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 on parchment. Includes computistical mnemonic verses for finding the date of Septuagesima for all the years of the 19-Years Cycle (Septuagesima interval prayer).
Description:
Binding: Eighteenth century (?). Plain leather over ... On the flat spine and partly on the covers, a label with the handwritten title "Heures / manuscrites / Sur Vélin. / d'une belle / Conservation". and Script: Copied by one hand, writing Gothica Textualis Formata in two sizes. The scribe Pierre Berger, priest of the church of Our Lady in Bourg-en-Bresse (France, dépt. de l'Ain), is unrecorded.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Liturgy
Subject (Topic):
Breviaries, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript fragment on vellum of 1 leaf from a Breviary, with offices for St. Ursula.
Description:
Two historical initials.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Liturgy and Ursula,--Saint
Subject (Topic):
Breviaries, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
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.