Manuscript fragment on parchment of a gradual containing the Second and Third Sundays after Easter
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: one 4-line initial "I", the body of which is divided into three columns of blue, blue-grey, and light brown, each column decorated with a different pattern of white filigree; the first letter of the rubric is a blue uncial with red penwork, and the rest of the rubric is written in red; punctuated with the punctus; musical notation is in black on 4-line staves in red.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Graduals (Chants).
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 a gradual containing among other items: Christmas Eve (24 December); Christmas (25 December); St. Agatha (5 February); St. Valentine (14 February); Chair of Peter (22 December); an unidentified Mass; Annunciation (25 March); and St. Rupert (27 March).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 2-line initials of major feasts are in red uncials; 1-line chant initials are brown highlighted with red; rubrics are in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation in the same ink as the rubrics; interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style.
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
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a homiliary containing portions of Gregory the Great's Homiliae xl in evangelia and Pseudo-Origen's Homily I.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in early gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 3-line initial "I" and 2-line round "E" are in red; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; the first letter "M" of the Bible lesson on fol. 1r is in red; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text.
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 an initial; De Ricci records two manuscript numbers for this fragment; however, it contains only one initial
Description:
In Latin. and Decoration: initial "N" in light pink decorated with white foliate patterns around the outer edge of the letter and white dots around the inner edge; the ends of the letter terminate in green and yellow; the letter is on a gold geometric ground that is outlined in black and filled with green, pink, and red leaves attached to a blue vine and with balls that are half white and half blue or green.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of two initials that come from the same Psalter; for a further description of the manuscript from which they came, see Beinecke MS 483.11-14.
Description:
In Latin., Script: One letter "o" is preserved following the "H", written in gothic script in black ink., and Decoration: two 2-line initials "L" and "H" in blue decorated with foliate ornamentation outlined in brown and colored with green; the initials are for the beginning of Psalm verses.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, Psalters, and Initials
Manuscript fragment on parchment of initials from a variety of Psalms; it appears these initials come from the same manuscript as the initials in Beinecke MS 483.8-9.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: four 3-line initials from the beginning of Psalms; the first two initials are blue uncials on a square pink ground bordered in greeen; the second two are pink uncials on a square blue ground bordered in green; all four initials are filled with gold in which there are pink, green, or blue vines with white, yellow, or pink flowers; these initials are very similar in design, decoration, and size to the initials in MSS 483.8-9; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, Initials, and Psalters