Manuscript on paper, composed in 3 parts, of unidentified sermons. The three sections appear to have the same origin and to have been united soon after their making. The scribe and owner was a lay brother in the convent of Augustinian Canons St. Dorothea in Vienna
Description:
In German and Latin., Watermarks: Part I: balance, var. Piccard, Waage V.331?; star, var. Briquet 6077?. Part II: bull's head, unidentified?. Part III: column var. Briquet 4408?; bull's head var. Briquet 14825? (last three folios)., Script: Part I (ff. 1-76) copied by various hands writing Gothica Cursiva Libraria with Bastarda features. Part II (ff. 77-160) copied by one hand in Gothica Cursiva Libraria with Bastarda features. Part III (ff. 161-261) copied by five hands in Gothica Cursiva Libraria., Part I: Headings in red, often missing; heightening of the majuscules in red; plain red 4-line initials; they are flourished with black penwork on ff.18v-19r. Part II: Headings in red, sometimes missing. Red heightening of majuscules on ff. 125v-126r only. Spaces and guide-letters for 2-3 line initials (4-line initial on f. 77r) , which have not been executed., Part III: The decoration of art. 15 consists of 3-4 line plain initials in red; at the opening a 5-line flourished initial in red. Art. 16 has red stroking of the opening majuscules of all verses and 2-line plain red initials. In art. 17 the majuscules are heightened with red. The Fables in art. 15 are illustrated with unframed watercoloured pen drawings., and Binding: Contemporary blind-tooled calf over unbevelled wooden boards, worm-eaten. Spine with three raised bands. Remnants of two brass clasps attached to the rear cover, containing several times the inscription in relief "Osan".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Augustinian Canons. and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Sermons, and Sermons, German
In German., Watermarks: quatrefoil, var. Briquet 5576?; balance, var. Briquet 2454?., Script: Hand A copied ff. 1r-39r (quires I-IV, artt. 1-7) in Gothica Cursiva Libraria; Hand B copied ff. 41r-84v (art. 8) in Gothica Cursiva Currens; Hand C copied ff. 85r-89r (art. 9) in Gothica Cursiva Libraria., There is space for initials in artt. 8-9 but they have not been executed. In artt. 1-7 the decoration consists of red heightening of majuscules and red plain initials, 1-3 lines, with guide-letters. Headings in red., and Binding: Original undecorated brown pigskin over heavy unbevelled wooden boards, with two decorated brass clasps attached to the rear cover and five decorated brass bosses on each cover (the center bosses are circular; one corner boss on the front cover missing). Remnants of a 17th-century paper title label on the spine.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Rome (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Books of hours, Devotional literature, German, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Description and travel
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a hymnal containing a variety of hymns, some unidentified, including Thomas Aquinas (Corpus Christi).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in a formal gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: 2- to 12-line initials at the beginning of hymns are in red; only those that begin with the letter "I" are set apart from the text; 1-line initials at the beginning of verses are in red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a hymnal containing portions of five hymns on: St. Martin (11 November); St. Elizabeth (19 Novembers); St. Catharine of Alexandria (25 November); St. Andrew (30 November); and St. Nicholas (6 December).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: 2-line initials at the beginning of hymns alternate red and blue; first letter following these initials is a brown capital highlighted with red; 1-line initials at the beginning of verses alternate red and blue; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a hymnal containing fragments of two unidentified hymns and St. Faith (6 October).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: one large hymn initial "S" in red with red penwork; 1-line verse initials alternate red and blue; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; there is no punctuation; hyphenation in the same ink as the text; musical notation on 5-line staves.
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of the Hystoria Tartarorum (The Tartar Relation), a detailed account of the history and customs of the inhabitants of the Mongol Empire, composed in 1247. Originally the Vinland Map (Beinecke MS 350A), Speculum historiale (Beinecke MS 350), and Hystoria Tartarorum were bound together in this order in a single volume, as is indicated by the patterns of the wormholes
Alternative Title:
Tartar relation
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: Briquet Tête de boeuf 15056., Layout: Double columns of 39-41 lines., Script: well-formed running hand with bâtarde shading., Decoration: incipit and explicit in red., and Binding: Modern. Heavy tan calf, blind- and gold-tooled.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a historiated initial and on the obverse a chant for the sprinkling of water in Paschaltide
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: historiated initial "R"; the initial is blue with white highlights on a gold ground contained within a square green border; the inside of the letter depicts Christ rising from a coffin surrounded by three sleeping guards; musical notation in black on a 4-line staff of lead, yellow, lead, and red lines.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a contract concerning land near Bruneck, a description in Latin of the damage to Mohammed's tomb in Mecca by a storm in 1481, and an account of the coronation of Emperor Maximilian I at Aachen in 1486, written in southern German dialect
Description:
In German and Latin., Script: written in a cursive gothic script (littera cursiva) in a hand similar to that of the scribe who wrote the document in MS 482.144., and Decoration: the first word of the document ("Ich") is enlarged, with the initial "I" trailing down the margin of the entire text; there is no punctuation.