Manuscript fragment on parchment of a homiliary containing among others: Paul the Deacon's Homiliary, Homily I.41; Pseudo-Augustine, Sermon 121; Pseudo-Augustine, Sermon 177; Pseudo-Augustine, Sermon 128; Augustine, In evangelium Iohannis tractatus; Jerome, Commentariorum in Mattheum
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 1-, 3-, and 4-line homily initials and lesson initials are in red square capitals; 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals; rubrics written in red minuscule; first word of sermon on 3r written in brown rustic capitals highlighted with red; punctuated with punctus, with rare use of punctus elevatus; punctus interrogativus also used; accents and hyphenations in same ink as the text.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420., Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430., Pseudo-Augustine., Paul, the Deacon, approximately 720-799?., and Catholic Church
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a noted breviary containing the Office of the Dead with lessons from Augustine, Sermon 173
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of Caroline minuscule, with a smaller script for the chants and a larger one for the lessons; by the same scribe who copied the psalter preserved in Beinecke MS 481.46., and Decoration: 3-line initial on f. 1v in orange that has been filled with crude, brown cross-hatching, perhaps later; 2-line initials at the beginning of lessons are in orange square capitals; 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals; rubrics written in orange minuscules with rustic capitals; punctuated with punctus in chants and punctus and punctus elevatus within lessons; chants have interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style; marginal notation in a contemporary hand on 3r.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. and Catholic Church