Manuscript fragment on parchment of capitula, possibly from a breviary containing among others: Capitula for sext of Pentecost; Capitula for an unidentified office; capitula for unidentified Feria II-VI; capitula for an unidentified Saturday; Capitula from Isaiah 33.2 and Romans 10.13.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule bordering on early gothic., and Decoration: 1- and 2-line initials at the beginning of lessons are in red; rubrics written in red minuscule; the rubrics on fol. 2r are in a fifteenth-century hand; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; accents are in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Conversio Sanctae Justinae
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: only six lines of the homily initials "I" are preserved; the shaft of the letter is half red and half yellow on a geometric ground of blue and pale purple, with vine-stem decoration in red; 1-line initials are in brown uncials with occasional rustic capital forms (D, Q, M) and enlarged minuscule forms (n); punctuated with the punctus and the punctus interrogativus.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, Saints, and Lives and legends
Manuscript fragment on one leaf of parchment (soft, furry; trimmed) of 1) Apoc. 21.4-5: Epistle for last Sunday after Pentecost (?). 2) Beginning of Proper of the Saints, with Epistle for St. Andrew (30 Nov.); Rom. 10.10-15.
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written in bold, well spaced, and slightly rounded gothic bookhand., and Red hufnagel neumes scattered over the text for the subdeacon who reads the Epistle at Mass. On recto, space of 12 lines (140 mm.) left blank between arts. 1 and 2, perhaps for a miniature. 5-line initial in red, ending in pen and ink flourishes. On verso, illuminated initial C, 11-line, of poor quality, on brownish-red ground within rectangular frame of bright orange, green, and blue. Initial in white with bands of gold and silver; two gold-bordered medallions with white-blue centers, resembling jewels or mirrors. Initial encloses full-length figure of St. Andrew holding cross of his martyrdom. Text initials touched with red.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Epistolaries, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript fragment on portions of 2 parchment bifolios. Removed from a binding where it functioned as the pastedowns and the first and last flyleaves
Description:
In Latin., Script: Arts. 1-4, 8-15 written in uncial; arts. 5-7 in a pre-Caroline minuscule with prominent ascenders., Pen-drawn initials, touched with red, yellow, green, and/or orange occur for each art.; some incorporate a sawtooth pattern and fish motif. Heading for art. 8 in majuscules for first line (filled with yellow, red, green) and red uncials for second; remainder of headings in red uncials., Leaves damaged by pasting, cutting, and folding., and Boxed.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sacramentaries
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: 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 a gradual containing: the thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost; the fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost; the fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 2- and 3-line Mass initials are in red square capitals; 1-line initial "A" of Alleluias is in red; other 1-line initials are in brown square capitals; rubrics written in red rustic capitals; the first line of each Mass is written in brown rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus; interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style; a later hand has added reference numbers in Roman numerals over the abbreviated chants.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Graduals (Chants).
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a gradual containing: Letania maior; Mass for the Dead; and Holy Saturday
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 2-line initials are in red and green; 1-line initials of Kyries and of antiphons on fol. 1 are in red; 1-line initials of hymn verses and of chants on fol. 1v are in brown rustic capitals highlighted with red; rubrics written in red rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text; interlinear neumes are in the St. Gall style.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Graduals (Chants).
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a gradual in Latin with rubrics partially in Dutch containing the Vigil of St. Andrew (29 November) and St. Andrew (30 November).
Description:
In Latin and Dutch., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: 4-line historiated initial "D" in blue on a dark red ground bordered with gold; the initial, of workshop quality and badly rubbed and damaged by water, shows Christ standing on the shore with Andrew and Peter in a boat; the extant margins on the recto are decorated with blue and gold vines from which come pink, green, and gold flowers; rubrics written in red in a less formal script than the text; punctuated with the punctus; words and syllables are separated by horizontal strokes in red; the foliation is written in red in the center of the upper margin of the recto.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Graduals (Chants).