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Metadata

DS ID:

DS30495

Shelfmark:

ege-03

Title:

Ege leaf 03: Lectionary, Italy, 1200s

Lectionary

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1200s

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

Vellum (parchment)

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf; Vellum (parchment); 33.25 cm x 24 cm

Former Owner(s):

Ege, Otto F.

Otto Ege WIKIDATA

Note:

Script: Caroline minuscule
Decoration: initials (layout features); long-line format; pen-flourished initials; rubrics; rules (layout features);
The following text is based on the original seller's label. 3. VELLUM LEAF FROM A MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT
ITALY
middle Xllth century
Latin text
revived Carolingian Script
Lectionary
(Lectionarium)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF OTTO F. EGE.
A Lectionary contains selected readings from the Epistles and Gospels as well as the Acts of the Saints and the Lives of the Martyrs
These were read by the sub-deacon from a side pulpit
This practice necessitated that they be written in a separate volume, apart from the complete Missal
The fine large book hand shown here, suited to easier reading in a dark cathedral, is a revival of the script developed nearly four centuries earlier in scriptoria founded by Charlemagne
Maunde Thompson calls this Lombardic revival the finest of all European book hands
Even the XVth century humanistic scribes could not surpass it for beauty and legibility
The tone or hue of ink frequently helps allocate a manuscript to a particular district or century
Ink of brown tone is generally found in early manuscripts, less frequently after 1200 A.D.
Fifty original leaves from medieval manuscripts, Western Europe, XII-XVI century

Keyword:

Lectionaries

Manuscripts

Institutional Record:

http://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/p15808coll19/id/15

IIIF Manifest:

https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:15/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Ohio University