- Published / Created:
- [between 1150 and 1199]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 481.52
- Image Count:
- 22
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing among other items: First Sunday of Advent; Christmas; Christmas Eve; St. Stephen (26 December); St. Silvester (31 December); St. Agnes (21 January); Conversion of Saint Paul (25 January); and Purification of the Virgin (2 February).
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule by several scribes., Decoration: 7-line responsory initial "D" is a red uncial with red and black penwork and a portrait of St. Agnes; 4-line responsory initial "A" in red with vine-stem decoration; 1-line initials of "O" antiphons are in red capitals; other 1-line initials are brown rustic capitals; rubrics in red minuscule., and It is possible that not all these leaves come from the same manuscript. They were written by several scribes, and the written space varies.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).
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- Published / Created:
- [between 1190 and 1199]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 481.51
- Image Count:
- 34
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary written by the 12th- and 13th-century Lambach-based scribe Gottschalk. Among other items it contains: Epiphany (6 January); St. Agatha (5 February); St. Scholastica (10 February); Chair of St. Peter (22 February); St. Gregory (12 March); Annunciation (25 March); Maundy Thursday, compline; Good Friday; Easter; Exaltation of the Cross (14 September); St. Thomas (21 December); and St. Andrew (30 November).
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule by Gottschalk, a scribe at Lambach in the twelfth and early thirteenth century., and Decoration: the responsorial liturgy of most feasts begins with a 3- to 5-line initial in red with red vine-stem decoration and violet bands and foliage drawn by Gottschalk; three historiated initials of a trumpeter, Prophet Isaiah, and Gregory the great; 1-line red capitals are present in many antiphons as are 1-line initials of responses in thick brown uncials traced or dotted with red; rubrics written in red rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus; interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style; tonary letters are written in the outer margin of each folio drawn on tiers of a column representing architectural support.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gottschalk Antiphonary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [between 1190 and 1199].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 481.48
- Image Count:
- 16
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of a gradual containing among other items: First Sunday of Advent; St. John the Evangelist (27 December); Holy Innocents (28 December); St. Silvester (31 December); Invention of the Cross (3 May); Sts. Gordian and Epimachus (10 May); Sts. Pancras, Nereus, and Achilleus (12 May); and Ascension
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: three-quarter page initial "A" on green, red, and pale yellow ground with vine-stem decoration; 5-line initial "O" with a face; 4-line initial "C" with a face; 5-line initial "U" with portrait of Christ on a red and gree ground with modest foliate appendages; other 3- and 4-line initials, some with herringbone patterns in red; rubrics written in a mixture of red capitals and minuscule.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Graduals (Chants)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gradual (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [between 1150 and 1199]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 481.66
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of a noted breviary containing among others: Invention of St. Stephen (3 August); Sts. Sixtus, Felicissimus, and Agapitus (6 August); St. Afra (9 August); St. Laurence (10 August); St. Tiburtius (11 August).
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 2- to 4- line initials at the beginning of the feasts and lessons are writte in red square capitals; 1-line initials at beginning of lessons written in red square capitals; 1-line initials for other chants are in brown rustic capitals and frequently traced or dotted in red; 1-line initials of lessons are in brown rustic capitals; rubrics written in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus for chants, and the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus for the lessons; interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style; neumed differentiae and tonary letters for antiphons are in the outer margins.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Breviaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Noted Breviary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [between 1190 and 1199].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 481.88
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of a psalter containing portions of Psalm 7-17.
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 3- to 4-line initials at the beginning of Psalms in red; some decorated with two or three small round red dots protruding from the interior of the letter; these initials are similar to those in Beinecke MS 481.48 and MS 481.52 and the Lambach Rituale (Cml LXXIII); 1-line initials at the beginning of verses in red square capitals; rubrics in red minuscule; first few words of each Psalm written in brown rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Psalters
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Psalter (fragment).