Lectionary for the feasts of Saint Benedict, Saint Maurus, and Saint Scholastica
Subtitle: Vat Lat 1202.
Contributors: Montecassino (Monastery)
Series: Codices e Vaticanis selecti quam simillime expressi ;; no. 50; Codices e Vaticanis selecti ;; v. 50.
Publisher: Johnson Reprint Corp.; Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich
Published: 1982
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: lat
Number of pages: 524
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Liturgy -- Texts -- Facsimiles; Catholic Church -- Liturgy -- Illustrations; Codex Benedictus -- Facsimiles; Lectionaries -- Facsimiles; Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Vatican City; Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Facsimiles; Lectionaries -- Illuminations; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval -- Italy
Other titles: Codex Benedictus.; Codex Benedictus.
Notes: Colophon title.
Full-color facsimile of the 11th cent. manuscript in the Biblioteca apostolica vaticana.
Spine title: The Codex Benedictus.
"A liturgical book used for the Night Office [in the monastery at Monte Cassino]"--The Codex Benedictus, c1982, p. 24. Contains readings for 5 occasions: the vigil, the feast, and the octave of St. Benedict, the feast of St. Maurus, and the feast of St. Scholastica.
Limited ed. of 650 copies, of which 600 are for sale.
"A German language introductory volume to the Codex Benedictus, Vat Lat 1202, by Professor Beat Brenk and others, was published in 1981 by Belser Verlag, Zurich"--The Codex Benedictus, c1982, p. [4].
Issued in a case with a volume of critical essays on the ms., entitled: The Codex Benedictus : an eleventh-century lectionary from Monte Cassino (LC record 82-72249).