Salerno Exultet Roll

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Alternative Titles: Rotolo Salernitano dell'Exultet
Salerno Exultet Rotulus
L’Exultet di Salerno
Salerno Exultet-Rolle
Type: Manuscript on parchment
Size / Format: 1 scroll / 820.0 × 47.0 cm
Origin: Benevento or Salerno (Italy)
Date: Late 12th century – first half of the 13th century
Epochs: High Middle Ages
Style: Gothic
Genre: Liturgical Manuscripts
Language: Latin
Script: Gothic Textualis
Content: Easter Proclamation, or hymns for the Easter Vigil's celebration

1 available facsimile edition(s) of „Salerno Exultet Roll“

L'Exultet di Salerno Facsimile

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1 volume: Exact reproduction of the original document (extent, color and size)

Publisher: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato – Rome, 1993
Limited Edition: 1000 copies
Binding: The facsimile consists of 11 plates (format 57.5 x 92.5 cm) presented in a canvas folder.
Commentary: 1 volume by Giuseppe Zampino, Guglielmo Cavallo, and Antonia D'Aniello
Language: Italian
More Information: Reproduction of the entire original document as detailed as possible (scope, format, colors). The binding may not correspond to the original or current document binding.

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