Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing St. Paul (30 June).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: initials of antiphons and responses are 1-line red capitals; 1-line initials for verses and Psalm incipits are in brown highlighted with red; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text; interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style, somewhat surprising in a manuscript of this date; differentiae in roman numerals with neumes in the St. Gall style are in the outer margins for antiphons with full text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing: the Annunciation (25 March); Responsories from the book of Job and Psalms; and a computistical table for calculating the time between Christmas and Shrove Tuesday, with explicatory notes in German
Description:
In Latin and German., Script: written by three scribes in gothic script (littera textualis); one scribed copied fol. 1, another copied fol. 2r, and a third copies fol. 2v., and Decoration: 2-line initials at the beginning of the antiphon on fol. 1 are in red; the guide letters for these initials are still visible in light brown ink and some have been ornamented, including one with a crude figure of a person; 2-line initials at the beginning of verses on fol. 1 are in black with black penwork; fol. 2v begins with a very crude 2-line round D in red; rubrics written in red; musical notation is in black and on fol. 1 is on a 4-line staff in black; on fol. 2r it is on a 5-line staff in black; punctuated with the punctus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing: Sts. Cosmas and Damian (27 September); Archangel Michael (29 September); St. Dionysius (9 October); and St. Gall (16 October).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: The offices of Archangel Michael and of St. Gall begin with 2-line initials in red and blue; the insider of the letters is decorated with an animal on a red and green ground surrounded by red and blue penwork and white dots; the outside of the letters is surrounded by red and blue penwork; 2-line initials of antiphons and responses alternate red and blue; the 2-line initial of the verse is in brown highlighted with red; the left margins of both versos are decorated with red and blue designs, which are topped by an animal head in red on fol. 1v; musical notation is in black on a 5-line staff in black; punctuated with the punctus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing the Common of Martyrs
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 4-line initial "A" in red and blue ornamented with red and blue penwork; chant initials alternate as 2-line blue initials and 1-line red initials; other 1-line capitals in black; rubrics written in red minuscule; musical notation is in black on 4-line staves in red; punctuated with the punctus.
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 breviary containing the Fourth Sunday of Advent, second nocturn of matins, and Fourth Sunday of Advent, from the second to the third nocturn of matins
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: the initials of the lessons are slightly enlarged; they alternate blue with red penwork or red with blue penwork; initials at the beginning of verses are highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; liturgical directions are written in black and are underlined in red; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a breviary containing: Sts. Philip and James (1 May); Invention of the Cross (3 May); Sts. Gervase and Protase (19 June); Vigil of John the Baptist (23 June); and John the Baptist (24 June).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 2- to 7-line initials alternate red with blue penwork and blue with red penwork; 1-line initials in red or in black highlighted with red; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a breviary containing among other texts: Saturday of an unidentified feast; Sunday after Ascension; and Feria VI after the Sunday after Ascension
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 2- to 3-line initials alternate in red and blue; 1-line initials in brown highlighted with red; rubrics written in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Heinrich Seuse's Buchlein der Ewigen Weisheit; this is among the earliest known copies of the work and is written in a transitional dialect between Swabian and Alemannic
Description:
In Middle High German., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 3-line initials at the beginning of chapters are in red; 1-line initials are in black highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus and virgule.