The Codex Benedictus
Subtitle: an eleventh-century lectionary from Monte Cassino
By: edited by Paul Meyvaert ; preface by Herbert Bloch.
Contributors: Meyvaert, Paul.
Series: Codices e Vaticanis selecti quam simillime expressi ;; v. 50; Codices e Vaticanis selecti ;; v. 50.
Publisher: Johnson Reprint Corp.; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Published: 1982
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Liturgy -- Facsimiles.; Catholic Church -- Liturgy -- Illustrations.; Codex Benedictus -- Facsimiles.; Lectionaries -- Facsimiles.; Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Vatican City.; Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Facsimiles.; Lectionaries -- Illustrations.; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval -- Italy.
Notes: Issued in a case with full-color facsimile of the manuscript, entitled: Lectionary for the feasts of Saint Benedict, Saint Maurus, and Saint Scholastica : Vat Lat 1202 (LC record 89-151034).
Table of contents: title: The historical setting and significance of the Codex Benedictus / Paul Meyvaert; title: Codicological introduction to the manuscript Vaticanus Latinus 1202 / Louis Duval-Arnould, Agostino Paravicini Bagliani; title: The script and the scribe of the Codex Benedictus / Paul Meyvaert; title: Art-historical introduction to the Codex Benedictus / Penelope Mayo; title: The illustrations, captions, and full-page initials of the Codex Benedictus / Penelope Mayo, Paul Meyvaert; title: A poem in praise of Abbot Desiderius : [Latin transcription from the ms., with English translation]; title: Verses on St. Maurus / by Abbot Desiderius : [Latin transcription from the ms.]; title: Bibliography / Louis Duval-Arnould, Agostino Paravicini Bagliani ; revised and expanded by Janet Long (p. 101-104).