Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing among other items: various Feria from Quadragesima; Saturday of the first week of Quadragesima; and Second Sunday of Quadragesima
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: on fol. 1v, there are portions of a 3-line square capital "T" in orange; initials of the antiphons beginning feriae IV and VI are 1-line rustic capitals in orange; initials of responses and of the antiphon beginning feria V are thick brown uncials filled with red; other 1-line initials are brown rustic capitals highlighted with red; rubrics are written in orange rustic capitals; liturgical directions are written in brown minuscule highlighted with red; punctuated with the punctus; interlinear neumes for chants with full text are in the St. Gall style.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of the Bible, Ezechiel, containing parts of chapters 18, 19, and 20.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 2-line initials in brown rustic capitals; portion of a running head in red in the upper margin of the verso; punctuated with punctus, punctus elevatus, punctus versus and punctus interrogativus; a contemporary hand has made some corrections and added a paraph at the beginning of chapter 20.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a portion of the biblical book of Mark, or a lectionary, or a missal
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., Decoration: 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus and punctus versus., and The speakers in the text are noted by letters above the first word of quoted text: "T" for Jesus, "C" for the narrator, and "I" for other speakers; these letters indicate the different ways to read the words of the speakers in the passage during Holy Week, in this case, Feria III.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, Lectionaries, and Missals
Manuscript fragment on parchment, of a leaf from the Dialogi of Septimus Severus
Description:
In Latin., Script: Caroline minuscule. One chapter heading in uncial capitals., Decoration: rubricated heading initial. Small initials in brown ink., and Three lines of interlinear commentary in a gothic cursive hand.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a gradual containing among other items: St. Ambrose (4 April); Sts. Tiburtius and Valerian (14 April); St. George (23 April); St. Boniface (5 June); Sts. Primus and Felician (9 June).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: the 3- and 4-line initials at the beginning of Masses are in two styles: several initials are composed of hollow intertwining vines in red outline on a blue and green background; other initials are plain red square capitals; 1-line initials are in thick brown square capitals; 1-line initials of Psalm incipits are in brown rustic capitals; rubrics written in red rustic capitals; liturgical directions are in brown rustic capitals as are the first few words of each mass; punctuated with the punctus; interlinear neumes are in the St. Gall style; liturgical notes have been written in the morgin of fol. 3v in a fifteenth-century cursive gothic hand.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Graduals (Chants).
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Paul the Deacon's homilies, I.49 and I.50.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 3-line square capital "Q" in orange, remainder of the first line written in brown rustic capitals; 1-line initials are in brown uncials; rubric written in orange rustic capitals; first line of the sermon is in brown rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Paul, the Deacon, approximately 720-799?. and Catholic Church
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a hymnal including among others: Bede, Carmen 6; Ambrose, hymn 12; anonymous hymns
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in an elegant Caroline minuscule in the same style and presumably in the same scriptorium as Beinecke MS 481.39 as well as several other fragments still at Lambach., and Decoration: 2-line initials written in orange uncials; rubrics written in orange rustic capitals; the first 1 to 4 words of each hymn are written in brown rustic capitals; there is space for neumes in the outer margin but they have not been added; punctuated with punctus.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church, Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735., and Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, -397.