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Beinecke MS 1173
France, [ca. 1200-1299]
Usuard, -876 or 877, Martyrology of Usuard.
In Latin.
158 l. : parchment ; 263 x 175 mm.
- Material is open for research.
- Manuscript, in several hands, of the Martyrology of Usuard, with a tabulated martyrology
arranged according to the calendar, with numerous added obituary notices for St. Nicholas,
Beauvais.
- Purchased from Richard A. Linenthal (Sotheby's London sale, 2013 July 2, lot 51) on
the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013.
- Script: main text in early gothic. Additional obituaries in a variety of book and
cursive scripts.
- Decoration: rubricated.
- Binding: later medieval brown leather over beveled boards; some damage to upper board
where a chain has been removed.
- 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 -- 13th century.
- Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.