Lectionary (Lectionarium). [leaf from Ege medieval manuscripts]
Date
1150
Date approximate?
yes
Creator
Ege, Otto F.
Subject headings
Manuscripts, Medieval -- Specimens;Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Specimens;Illumination of books and manuscripts;Manuscripts, Medieval
Place
Greensboro (N.C.)
Description
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 15th 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.
Italy: Lectionary: Middle 12th C. Latin text; Revived Carolingian script.
Type
Text
Original format
manuscripts
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Language
la
Contributing institution
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection
Fifty original leaves from medieval manuscripts: Western Europe XII-XVI century Ege Descriptions
NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES. This item has been determined to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material.
Object ID
Z6605.L3 E44_03
Digital master format
Image/tiff
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304
