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 a commentary on Priscian's Institutiones Grammaticae
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule in a minute, highly abbreviated scholastic hand., and Decoration: 1-line initials are in brown; the lemmata are set apart from the preceding commentary by paragraph marks in brown; punctuated with the punctus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Decretales, containing the end of an unidentified text and a text containing a portion of the Synod of Tribur (895).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 2-line capital "A" is a red square capital; 1-line initials are in brown capitals; the rubric is written in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a document detailing the duties of the cellarer at the Church of St. Victor, Xanten
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in an early gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 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, some of which are in red.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Isidore's Etymologia with portions of books 13 and 14.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 2- and 3-line initials are in red capitals with an uncial M and round E decorated with small round balls or with two or three cross-hatches; 1-line initials are in brown and a mixture of rustic capitals, uncials, and enlarged minuscules; rubrics are in red minuscule with some capital forms; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and the punctus versus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text; accents added by later hand.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Latin language, Etymology, and Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Manuscript fragment on parchment of the Flores Grammaticae of Ludolf de Luco of Hildesheim
Description:
In Latin., Script: main text written in gothic script (littera textualis); the commentary is added in a contemporary or slightly later hand in littera cursiva currens, both marginally and interlinearly., and Decoration: 1-line initials of each verse are in brown filled with red and are written with the text inside the single bounding line; there are frequent paragraph marks in red preceding the initials outside the bounding line; punctuated with the punctus; the commentary also has paragraph marks in red.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Grammar, Comparative and general, History, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a gradual containing: St. Silvester (31 December); St. Maurus (15 January); St. Marcellus (16 January); St. Prisca (18 January); and Sts. Fabian and Sebastian (20 January).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 2- and 3-line initials at the beginning of each feast are in blue with red penwork or red with blue penwork; 2-line initials alternate red and blue; 2-line initials of gradual verses and of Psalms are in brown highlighted with red; rubrics written in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text; music notation of 4-line staves whose lines alternate yellow, green, red and green.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Graduals (Chants)
Manuscript fragment on parchment of some of Gregory the Great's homilies on the gospels
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: two initials, "I" (4-line) and "C" (3-line) are in red and yellow. The red 1-line initial "D" beginning the lesson is round and highlighted with yellow; other 1-line initials are in brown uncials with some rustic capital and enlarged minuscule forms, usually highlighted in red; rubric in red minuscule highlighted with yellow; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604. and Catholic Church