In Latin., Script: Written in tiny gothic textura by a single scribe., Good initials for the beginning of each book and prologue, 10- to 4-line, blue or pink, with various shades combined in a single letter, with white highlights, often with prominent floral serifs in blue, pink, red, orange, and yellow, against pink and blue grounds; grounds for body of letter and serifs in opposite colors. Elaborate descenders, ascenders, as serifs, but often with biting dragons. Letters filled with curling floral motifs, often with dragon-head terminals, and biting dragons. The initials on f. 214r (Esther) and f. 220r (Job) are more elaborate than the others. 2-line initials for each chapter, blue or red, with red or blue flourishes. Running headings and chapter numbers in red and blue, with flourishes. Rubrics throughout., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Printed vellum fragment, in large gothic letters, with portion of John 4.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Versions, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript, on parchment, of the books of the Bible from Proverbs through the Apocalypse.
Description:
Binding: modern goatskin., Decoration: red and blue penwork initials., Ex libris Ronald A. Coates; Eric Millar; Brian S. Cron. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of 49 lines., Script: small gothic script., and With an Oxford pledge note for the Selton Loan Chest dated 1469 and the mark of the stationer John More. There is also a note by M. Paris, possibly Master Thomas Paris of Oriel College.
Subject (Name):
Coates, Ronald A.--Autograph., Cron, Brian S.--Ownership., Millar, Eric George--Bookplate., Oriel College., and University of Oxford.
Subject (Topic):
Bible.--Latin., Bible.--Latin--Versions--Vulgate., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Universities and colleges--Great Britain.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a biblical commentary on the Prologue to the Pentateuch through Exodus 30 and on the Song of Songs through Matthew 5.
Description:
In Latin and Middle High German., Script: written in a very small, heavily abbreviated gothic bookhand (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 1-line initials are written in brown; punctuated with the punctus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an unidentified commentary on the biblical book of Wisdom
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in a small gothic script with frequent abbreviations (littera textualis currens)., and Decoration: 1-line initials are in black; punctuated with the punctus; quotations from Wisdom are underlined in black.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Criticism, interpretation, etc and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a portion of the biblical book of Leviticus, including chapters 18-20 and 22-25.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: spaces are left within the text for 1-line initials but they have not been added; other 1-line initials are in brown; punctuated with the punctus, though it is extremely rare; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment from the biblical books of the minor prophets, including Zacharias and Malachi
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 2-line round "E" of Zach. 14.1 in red; the chapter also begins with the number "XIIII" in alternating blue and red; 1-line initials are in brown highlighted with red; rubrics written in red in a slightly larger and more formal littera textualis; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, punctus versus, and punctus interrogativus, many of which are added, altered, or highlighted in red; accents have been added in red ink; the rubricator has also made a number of corrections to the text, as has another contemporary hand in brown ink.
Manuscript on parchment of an illuminated Bible, with the prologues attributed to St. Jerome, and interpretations of the Hebrew names.
Description:
Binding: 19th century: calf over cardboard; both covers and spine, in six compartments, gold-tooled. Purple silk doublures., Manuscript on parchment of an illuminated Bible, with the prologues attributed to St. Jerome; interpretations of the Hebrew names: Interpretationes nominum Hebraicorum, with additions in the margins and at the end; an alphabetical list of words with explanations and/or ethymologies; a table of Epistles, Gospels and other readings for the ecclesiastical year: Temporale, Sanctorale and Common of the Saints; and a list, in two columns, of the kings of Juda and Israel., and Script: probably copied by one hand in extremely small Gothica Textualis Libraria (Perlschrift). Article 3 is by a contemporary hand. Numerous historiated initials of various sizes with long vertical extensions.
Subject (Name):
Jerome,--Saint,--d. 419 or 20
Subject (Topic):
Bible.--Latin--Versions, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library