Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing among other items: First Sunday of Advent; Christmas; Christmas Eve; St. Stephen (26 December); St. Silvester (31 December); St. Agnes (21 January); Conversion of Saint Paul (25 January); and Purification of the Virgin (2 February).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule by several scribes., Decoration: 7-line responsory initial "D" is a red uncial with red and black penwork and a portrait of St. Agnes; 4-line responsory initial "A" in red with vine-stem decoration; 1-line initials of "O" antiphons are in red capitals; other 1-line initials are brown rustic capitals; rubrics in red minuscule., and It is possible that not all these leaves come from the same manuscript. They were written by several scribes, and the written space varies.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary written by the 12th- and 13th-century Lambach-based scribe Gottschalk. Among other items it contains: Epiphany (6 January); St. Agatha (5 February); St. Scholastica (10 February); Chair of St. Peter (22 February); St. Gregory (12 March); Annunciation (25 March); Maundy Thursday, compline; Good Friday; Easter; Exaltation of the Cross (14 September); St. Thomas (21 December); and St. Andrew (30 November).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule by Gottschalk, a scribe at Lambach in the twelfth and early thirteenth century., and Decoration: the responsorial liturgy of most feasts begins with a 3- to 5-line initial in red with red vine-stem decoration and violet bands and foliage drawn by Gottschalk; three historiated initials of a trumpeter, Prophet Isaiah, and Gregory the great; 1-line red capitals are present in many antiphons as are 1-line initials of responses in thick brown uncials traced or dotted with red; rubrics written in red rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus; interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style; tonary letters are written in the outer margin of each folio drawn on tiers of a column representing architectural support.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a gradual containing among other items: First Sunday of Advent; St. John the Evangelist (27 December); Holy Innocents (28 December); St. Silvester (31 December); Invention of the Cross (3 May); Sts. Gordian and Epimachus (10 May); Sts. Pancras, Nereus, and Achilleus (12 May); and Ascension
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: three-quarter page initial "A" on green, red, and pale yellow ground with vine-stem decoration; 5-line initial "O" with a face; 4-line initial "C" with a face; 5-line initial "U" with portrait of Christ on a red and gree ground with modest foliate appendages; other 3- and 4-line initials, some with herringbone patterns in red; rubrics written in a mixture of red capitals and minuscule.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Graduals (Chants)
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Historia monachorum, containing portions of chapters 29, 32, and 33.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 1-line initials at the beginning of chapters are in red uncials; other 1-line initials are in brown, once filled with red, and are a mixture of uncial, rustic capital, and enlarged minuscule forms; rubrics are written in red rustic capitals; a line divider is in brown filled with red; punctuated with the puncus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a noted breviary containing among others: Invention of St. Stephen (3 August); Sts. Sixtus, Felicissimus, and Agapitus (6 August); St. Afra (9 August); St. Laurence (10 August); St. Tiburtius (11 August).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 2- to 4- line initials at the beginning of the feasts and lessons are writte in red square capitals; 1-line initials at beginning of lessons written in red square capitals; 1-line initials for other chants are in brown rustic capitals and frequently traced or dotted in red; 1-line initials of lessons are in brown rustic capitals; rubrics written in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus for chants, and the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus for the lessons; interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style; neumed differentiae and tonary letters for antiphons are in the outer margins.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a psalter containing portions of Psalm 7-17.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 3- to 4-line initials at the beginning of Psalms in red; some decorated with two or three small round red dots protruding from the interior of the letter; these initials are similar to those in Beinecke MS 481.48 and MS 481.52 and the Lambach Rituale (Cml LXXIII); 1-line initials at the beginning of verses in red square capitals; rubrics in red minuscule; first few words of each Psalm written in brown rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Augustine's Tractatus in Iohannis Evangelium ccxxiv
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule by Gottschalk, a monk from the abbey of Lambach, Austria, whose hand appears in of other manuscripts, including Beinecke MS 481.51., and Decoration: In the upper left corner of the verso is a faint sketch of a cat (or possibly a wolf or lion), probably contemporary with the manuscript; 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus.