YALE UNIVERSITY BEINECKE RARE BOOK AND
MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY GENERAL COLLECTION OF RARE BOOKS AND
MANUSCRIPTS MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPTS
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.