Manuscript fragment on parchment of lessons from the Mass, from a lectionary or missal, including among others: Anthony (13 June); Sts. Gervase and Protase (24 June); Vigil of St. John the Baptist (23 June); Vigil of Sts. Peter and Paul (28 June); and Octave of the Apostles
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: the words "In illo tempore" begin with a 7- to 8-line initial "I" in blue with red penwork; the initials of the lessons are 1-line red or blue initials decorated with blue or red penwork; 1-line initials within lessons are in black highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation and accents are in the same ink as the text; there are symbols similar to neumes above some of the text, perhaps aids for reading aloud.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, Lectionaries, and Missals
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Humbert of Romans' Liber Constitutionem Sororum O.P., a guidebook for Dominican nuns
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 3-line initials at the beginning of chapters are in red with red ornamentation; 1-line initials in the capitula list are in red; other 1-line initials are in black highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; paragraph marks in red are occasionally used in the margins to mark the beginning of a new lesson; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus.
Manuscript on parchment, composed of four parts. Written at the end of the 14th century (Parts I, III) and in 1578 (Parts II, IV); the prominence of St. Maclovius (Macutus) suggests that Parts II and IV were produced in Brittany or Normandy
Description:
In Latin., Script: Parts I and III (ff. 1r-40v, 48r-72v): Written in liturgical gothic of two sizes, by one scribe. Parts II and IV (ff. 41r-47v, 73r-102v) were intended to be integrated into the earlier portion: Written in liturgical gothic of the late 16th century, in two sizes by a single scribe; the letters slant slightly toward the left., On f. 48r, a 5-line historiated initial (65 x 58 mm.), white-decorated red and blue on a gold ground, enclosing a priest serving Communion; from the corners sprout blue vines with white, gold, and red trilobe leaves, extending around 3 sides of the page. On f. 1r, an 8-line illuminated initial of white-decorated blue and red (63 x 65 mm.), filled with blue and red trilobe leaves, on a gold ground; the base of the letter is extended around the inner and lower margins as a gold, blue, red, and white bounding line; from the lower two corners of this line and the upper left corner of the initial sprout vines, as for the historiated initial. 3- and 2-line initials in orange-tinted red or blue; rubrics throughout. Square notes in brown on 4-line orange-tinted red staves (the red ink has bled so that the whole written space has an orange glow). Parts II and IV: 4- to 1-line initials in red and blue. Rubrics are sometimes set off on the right side of the page by a narrow vertical border in brown. Musical notation: square notes on 4-line staves, all in brown., and Binding: 1981. Quarter cloth case, retaining brown mottled paper covered boards, 19th century. Traces of earlier bindings.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Missals
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing readings from: Common of Saints; Lesson from Hebrews 5; Unidentified secreta and postcommunio (Common of a Confessor?); and Common of Virgins
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: three lines of a large initial "F" (?) that is half green and half red are preserved on fol. 1r; 1-line initials at the beginning of prayers are in red square capitals; smaller 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals highlighted with red; rubrics are written in a mixture of red capitals and minuscule forms; liturgical directions are written in brown minuscule with some rustic capital forms and are dotted with red; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing: Feria III after the twelfth Sunday after Pentecost; Feria IV after the twelfth Sunday after Pentecost; Feria VI after the twelfth Sunday after Pentecost; and Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 3-line initials at the beginning of lessons alternate blue with red flourishes or red with not flourishes; 1-line initials at the beginning of verses are black, highlighted with red dots; punctuated with the punctus and punctus interrogativus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing Palm Sunday and Feria II after Palm Sunday
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of rounded gothic script (littera textualis), a larger script for the lessons and prayers and a smaller script for chants., and Decoration: 2-line initials of prayers and lessons alternate red and blue; 1-line initials within lessons, of chants and the first letters following a 2-line initial are brown and yellow; rubrics written in a red cursive script; punctuated with the punctus; a contemporary hand has made corrections in black ink.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing the Saturday after the First Sunday of Quadragesima and the Second Sunday of Quadragesima
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: 2- and 3-line initials at the beginning of lessons and prayers alternate blue decorated with red penwork and red with no flourishes (the blue is faded); 1-line initials beginning the second word of the lessons alternate red and blue; other 1-line initials are brown highlighted with red strokes and dots; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation added by a later hand.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing the Common of Confessors and the Common of a Confessor Bishop
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of gothic script (littera textualis), with a larger script for the prayers and a smaller script for the chants., and Decoration: 1- and 2-line initials alternate red and blue; rubrics are in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing: Visitation of Mary (2 July); Mass for an unidentified martyr; St. Pantaleon (27 July); Mass on the five wounds of Christ; Mass for the living; and Votive Mass in time of temptation
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of gothic script (littera textualis formata) with a larger script for the lessons and prayers and a smaller script for the chants., and Decoration: there are spaces for initials and rubrics, but none have been added except for the lengthy rubric on fol. 2v; 1-line capitals within lessons are black; punctuated with the punctus, rarely; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text; accents added by a later hand.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing the Great Litany and St. Anne (26 July).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of gothic script (littera textualis formata), with a smaller script for the chants and a larger one for the prayers and lessons., and Decoration: 2-line initials at the beginning of Masses and lessons and 1-line initials at the beginning of chants and prayers alternate red and blue uncials; 1-line initials within the lessons are in brown highlighted with red; the rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Anne (Mother of the Virgin Mary), Saint and Catholic Church