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

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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.

Created at the behest of Abbot Desiderius (1058–1087) from Monte Cassino: a Romanesque art treasure and one of the last scrolls ever made

Hymns for the Easter Vigil: The oldest surviving copy in the world of an "Exultet" role

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