Sélestat Lectionary

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The Sélestat Lectionary is a Merovingian illuminated manuscript dating to around 700. It contains part of the texts from a lectionary and is the oldest manuscript in Alsace. It is held in the Humanist Library of Sélestat.

Lectionary book of scripture readings for a particular day or occasion

A lectionary is a book or listing that contains a collection of scripture readings appointed for Christian or Judaic worship on a given day or occasion. There are sub-types such as a "gospel lectionary" or evangeliary, and an epistolary with the readings from the New Testament Epistles.

Alsace Place in Grand Est, France

Alsace is a cultural and historical region in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland.

Humanist Library of Sélestat library

The Humanist Library in Sélestat is one of the most important cultural treasures of Alsace, France. According to a traditional saying, Alsace has three great treasures: Strasbourg Cathedral, the Isenheim Altarpiece in Colmar and the Humanist Library in Sélestat. Actually, there are in fact two Renaissance humanist libraries involved, the library of the Humanist School and the private library of the famous scholar, Beatus Rhenanus (1485–1547).

Contents

Written in semi-uncial, it contains 59 texts for Mass, of which 45 are drawn from the Old Testament books of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel and 19 from the Acts of the Apostles. It concludes with an apocryphal chronicle of Jerome. [1] It only contains ornamental initials and occasionally an ornamented title.

Mass (liturgy) type of worship service within many Christian denomination

Mass is a term used to describe the main eucharistic liturgical service in many forms of Western Christianity. The term Mass is commonly used in the Catholic Church and Anglican churches, as well as some Lutheran churches, Methodist, Western Rite Orthodox and Old Catholic churches.

Acts of the Apostles Book of the New Testament

Acts of the Apostles, often referred to simply as Acts, or formally the Book of Acts, is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian church and the spread of its message to the Roman Empire.

Jerome 4th and 5th-century Catholic priest, theologian, and saint

Saint Jerome was a Christian priest, confessor, theologian, and historian. He was born at Stridon, a village near Emona on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia. He is best known for his translation of most of the Bible into Latin, and his commentaries on the Gospels. His list of writings is extensive.

Bibliography

Codices Latini Antiquiores, generally abbreviated CLA, is a catalogue of all surviving manuscripts in Latin written before the 9th century. The complete title of the work is Codices Latini Antiquiores:A Paleographical Guide to Latin Manuscripts Prior to the Ninth Century. Elias Avery Lowe founded the project in 1929 and directed it himself until his death in 1969.

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References

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