Manuscript fragment on parchment of one of Bede's homilies on John 16.23-30.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 1-line initials are in brown uncials with the use of some rustic capital forms; punctuated with the punctus, punctus versus, and punctus elevatus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735. and Catholic Church
Manuscript on parchment of a book of hours in the Premonstratensian use
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written by a single copyist in two sizes of liturgical gothic script., One miniature, f. v verso: Saul on the Road to Damascus, an addition (between 1500 and 1510) of fair quality, in an arched frame, brown and gold; a scatter border of flowers and insects on a beige ground, brown edging. Large initials, one (f. 4r) 8-line (45 x 45 mm.) on burnished gold with tooling, the others either on burnished gold with tooling (ff. 1r, 38r, 72v, 127v) or on pink and blue grounds (ff. 154r, 161r, 193v), set in full scatter borders of acanthus twigs (either gold with pink and brown or red, blue, and/or pink), flowers and, in some cases, birds, over compartmentalized (blue/gold, pink/beige, blue/dark blue, beige/brown), beige and parchment (with and without a background of black pen flecks) grounds; some borders without bounding lines. On f. 1r, an unidentified coat of arms in each corner of the border. Upper left and lower right, sable, in chief 2 wreaths vert with dots gules and or, in base a rose per pale gules and argent, barbed vert, seeded or. Upper right, or, a bear (?) rampant argent, langued gules. Lower left, ermine, a fess gules with 4 plates, cottised sable. Small initials, 3-line, gold, either filled with pink with gold filigree on a blue ground decorated with acanthus and black flecks, or filled with blue on a pink ground decorated with black filigree; some with additional flowers or pink and blue acanthus; all associated with short border strips, as above. Numerous 3- and 4-line initials, blue, filled with red curling acanthus drawn in pen, surrounded by red or crimson penwork. 2- and 1-line initials in red or blue. Rubrics throughout., Pieces of the illuminated borders have been cut from ff. 4, 38, 127, 154, and 193. Ink has run or been rubbed in several places, including ff. v verso and 1r., and Binding: Sixteenth century. Sewn on three double vegetable fiber cords laced into wooden boards. The book is so tightly bound that it is impossible to determine whether or not the sewing is original. No endband grooves. Edges gilt. Covered in dark brown calf with a panel stamp of the Virgin and Child on a crescent, within a flambent aureole in the center of each board, hearts pierced with an arrow and a dagger (?) in a diamond, stars in circles above and below the central stamp, all within a vine scroll border. Traces of one fastening, two later fastenings added. Rebacked, very possibly by the binder who rebacked MS 7 as there is a similar, unusual, endcap treatment.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church and Premonstratensians.
Subject (Topic):
Books of hours, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
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: an unidentified hymn; Anon., s. VI (Christmas); Venantius Fortunatus (Christmas); and Sedulius, A solis ortus cardine (Christmas).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in large gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 2-line hymn initials alternate red and blue; 1-line verse initials are in red; rubrics are in red in the same script as the text; guides to the rubricator are written in the outer margin of fol. 1r in a cursive hand; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text; in the outer margin of fol. 1r a fifteenth-century hand (littera cursiva libraria) has added the incipit for the hymn "Agnoscat omne seculum" several lines above where the text of the hymn begins.
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 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 lectionary containing portions of 2 Kings 2-3.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 2- and 3-line initials at the beginning of lessons are written in red uncials; 1-line initials are written in brown rustic capitals; rubrics written in red rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a lectionary containing lessons from Job
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 3- to 4-line initials are written in red uncials; 1-line initials written in brown rustic capitals with an enlarged minuscule "e"; rubrics are written in red rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus and the punctus elevatus.