Manuscript fragment on parchment of portions of the biblical books of 1 Kings and Wisdom
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 1-line initials of each verse are in brown highlighted with red; punctuated with the punctus and the punctus elevatus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a portion of the biblical book of Leviticus containing chapters 22-24.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; accents are in the same ink as the text; chap. 23 begins with the number "lxxvi" in red.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a portion of the biblical book of Leviticus, including chapters 18-20 and 22-25.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: spaces are left within the text for 1-line initials but they have not been added; other 1-line initials are in brown; punctuated with the punctus, though it is extremely rare; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of the biblical book of Sirach
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: there are three plain 2-line initials in red; 1-line initials are brown filled with red and a mixture of uncial and rustic capital forms; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval and Apocryphal books (Old Testament)
Manuscript fragment on parchment from the biblical books of the minor prophets, including Zacharias and Malachi
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 2-line round "E" of Zach. 14.1 in red; the chapter also begins with the number "XIIII" in alternating blue and red; 1-line initials are in brown highlighted with red; rubrics written in red in a slightly larger and more formal littera textualis; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, punctus versus, and punctus interrogativus, many of which are added, altered, or highlighted in red; accents have been added in red ink; the rubricator has also made a number of corrections to the text, as has another contemporary hand in brown ink.
Manuscript on paper (watermarks in gutter) of 1) Petrarch, Boccacii Griseldis historia. 2) Pope Pius II, Epistola. 3) Petrarch, Famil. rerum., 12, 2. 4) Pope Pius II, Bulla retractationum. 5) Pope Pius II, Epistola de fortuna
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written by three scribes in similar styles of informal gothic scripts (batarde influence). Scribe 1) ff. 1r-7r; 2) ff. 7v-14v; 3) ff. 15r-26v., One calligraphic initial, f. 1r, 4-line, blue with white floral motifs; infilled with red penwork floral designs tinted with green; penwork trails into inner margin, with plain green dots. Four initials, ff. 1v, 7v, 10v, 21v, red ink, 6- to 2-line. Paragraph marks in red. Numerous capitals stroked in red; rubrics throughout; explicits underlined in red., and Binding: Twentieth century. Vellum spine (verso of an unidentified manuscript) with "Petrarcae et Aeneae Silvii Epistoles" inscribed; grey-blue paper sides.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Papal documents
Manuscript fragment on parchment from a Book of Hours including the Suffrage for St. Paul
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: Historiated 7-line initial "O" on the recto in blue with white highlights filled by a depiction of the apostle Paul standing on a green field with a gold ground; Paul holds a book in his left hand and a sword in his right; the 2-line initial at the beginning of the antiphon is in red, surrounded by brown penwork; 1-line initials are in black; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript on parchment (sturdy, of uneven quality) of a breviary
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written primarily by a single scribe in a small running script. Additions by several contemporary and later writers., Plain initials, 4- to 1-line, in red. Rubrics throughout., Portions of text, badly worn or trimmed, have been lost., and Binding: 15th-16th centuries. Resewn on two tapes. Wooden boards. Covered in dark brown calf, blind-tooled in a diamond pattern with indistinguishable ornaments within the diamonds and at their intersections. Traces of five round bosses, larger on lower board, metal corner pieces and a catch plate on the upper board. Rebacked, with leather formed in the shape of endbands in the turn-ins at head and tail of the spine and with a strap and pin (a modern nail?) fastening added.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a breviary containing: Common of a Martyr Bishop and Common of Martyrs
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 2- and 3-line initials at the beginning of lessons are in red uncials; the initials for prayers are in red and are 3-line initials when they occur at the beginning of a line and 1-line initials when they occur within a line; 1-line initials within lessons are in black; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.