YALE UNIVERSITY BEINECKE RARE BOOK AND
MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY GENERAL COLLECTION OF RARE BOOKS AND
MANUSCRIPTS MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPTS
Beinecke MS 1172
France, [ca. 1175-1225].
Usuard, -876 or 877, Martyrology of Usuard.
In Latin.
182 l. : parchment ; 235 x185mm.
Material is open for research.
Manuscript on parchment, in several hands, containing the Usuard Martyrology, with
many added marginal obituary notices of Beauvais Cathedral from the twelfth through
the early fourteenth centuries.
Purchased from Richard A. Linenthal (Sotheby's London sale, 2013 July 2, lot 51) on
the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013.
Rubricated.
Decoration: Rubricated. Four large ornamental initials in red penwork, including scrollwork,
geometric knotwork and animal masks.
Endleaves reused from other manuscripts and contain notes and pen trials. Last endleaf
contains polyphonic music on a five-line stave.
Binding: white leather over beveled boards. Spine title in a later hand: Martyrolog.
d'alia Obituarium...
Martyrology of Usuard. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library,
Yale University.
Subjects:
Usuard, -876 or 877.
CatheĢdrale Saint-Pierre (Beauvais, France)
Manuscripts, Medieval -- Connecticut -- New Haven.
Martyrologies -- Early works to 1800.
Necrologies -- France -- Beauvais.
Beauvais (France)
Manuscripts, Medieval -- France -- 12th century.
Manuscripts, Medieval -- France -- 13th century.
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.