Identifier:

2/XI/ITA/11.

Scope and content:

ff. 1-2v: [Homiliary]//cetus et candidatorum grex. Quam si diligentius . . . apparuerit in fine seculi cum ipso et vos appareatis in gloria. Amen [Jerome, Ep. supp. IX de assumptione B.M.V..: PL vol.30, columns 138B-142; BHL no.5355d; Clavis 633; B. Lambert, Bibliotheca hieronymiana manuscripta 3 A (Steenbrugge-'s-Gravenhage 1970) no.309]; f. 2rb Incipit prologus. Defloratio Iohannis humilis Aretini episcopi in venerabilem dormitionem sanc-tissime et gloriosissime dominae nostre Dei genitricis semperque virginis intemerate Marie ex dictis reverentissimorum sanctissimorum patrum . . . digna veneratione concelebrant. Incipit sermo de asumptione sancte Marie. Hodierna die festivitatis Dei genitricis virginis Marie dormitionem . . . cum nulla mulier absque ea . . . //.

On Iohannes, bishop of Arezzo 872-898, see P.B. Gams, Series episcoporum ecclesiae catholicae (Regensburg 1873-1886) p.741; C. Vogel, Introduction aux sources de l'histoire du culte chrétien au moyen âge (Spoleto, 1966) pp.75, 78; Deshusses 40; G. Ropa, in Contribute e studi di liturgia e musica nella regione padana (Bologna 1972) 100. Concerning the sermon on the Assumption see G. Philippart, “Jean évêque d'Arezzo (IXe s.) auteur du De assumptione de Reichenau,” Analecta Bollandiana vol.92 (1974) pp.345-346.

Acquisition information:

Written in central Italy, most probably Tuscany. Severely stained and rubbed on ff. 1r, 2v (flesh-side). Used for binding an account book (s. XVI): f. 1, “A. 1529 usque ad 35.”

Physical description:

Parchment, 1 incomplete bifolium; f. 1, 470 × 235 (cropped) mm., f. 2 (complete) 470 × 340 (353 × 227) mm. Originally the inner bifolium of a quire. 2 columns of 55 lines; single bounding lines; drypoint ruling. Fully developed Caroline minuscule script, often showing descenders ending in a serif; and go below the line; appears in two forms; is flat-topped; the ampersand ends in a long upright stroke; the diphthong is mostly written in full; 7-shaped abbreviation marks for and ; brown ink. 9/14-line vinestem initials in yellow, red, and green; rubrics in mixed majuscule, in red; first line of text in brown capitals touched with red.

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