Manuscript fragment on parchment of Alan of Farfa, Homily I.87 (Vigil of Palm Sunday) and Homily I.88 (Maundy Thursday).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule; corrections added in dark ink by a contemporary hand; annotations identifying biblical passages and Augustine's tractates added in pencil by a modern hand., and Decoration: 4-line initial "P" in brown and red on f. 2r; 1-line intials in brown uncials; rubric in red uncials; punctuation consisting of the punctus, punctus elevatus, punctus versus, and the punctus interrogativus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a homiliary containing among others: Paul the Deacon's Homiliary, Homily I.41; Pseudo-Augustine, Sermon 121; Pseudo-Augustine, Sermon 177; Pseudo-Augustine, Sermon 128; Augustine, In evangelium Iohannis tractatus; Jerome, Commentariorum in Mattheum
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 1-, 3-, and 4-line homily initials and lesson initials are in red square capitals; 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals; rubrics written in red minuscule; first word of sermon on 3r written in brown rustic capitals highlighted with red; punctuated with punctus, with rare use of punctus elevatus; punctus interrogativus also used; accents and hyphenations in same ink as the text.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420., Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430., Pseudo-Augustine., Paul, the Deacon, approximately 720-799?., and Catholic Church
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a homiliary containing among others: Pseudo-Augustine, Sermon 196; Ambrose, Expositio evangelii secundum Lucam; Gregory the Great, Homiliae xl in evangelia
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: two 7-line initials in yellow on a square ground, colored with blue, red, dark red, and green and decorated with white interlacing foliage; 2-line initials at the beginning of lessons in red square capitals; 1-line initials in brown uncials; rubrics written in red uncials with rustic capital "D"; first words of the homily and the first initial of the biblical text are written in brown uncials with rustic capital "D" filled with red; punctuated with punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604., Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, -397., Pseudo-Augustine., and Catholic Church
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a homiliary containing Maximus Taurinensis, Sermon 48; Conversio Sanctae Justinae virginis et Sancti Cypriani episcopi
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: only the upper eight lines of the homily initial "I" are preserved; the initial is yellow on a red, blue, purple, and green ground; 1-line initials are a mixture of brown rustic capitals and uncial forms with the occasional use of an enlarged minuscule "e"; rubric in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus; hyphenation and diacritical marks in same ink as text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Homilies, possibly by Haimo of Halberstadt
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: on fol. 1v there is a very fine 3/4-page decorated initial "I" in red and yellow on a purple, blue, and orange ground, with vine-stem decoration lightly washed with yellow; 1-line initials are either in red rustic capitals or brown rustic capitals highlighted with red; rubrics are written in a mixture of red minuscule and rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; double quotation marks are within the text; accents are in the same ink as the text.
Illuminated manuscript leaf from a Gradual, on parchment, containing the opening of the Office of St. Felicitas. The large historiated initial contains an illumination of St. Felicitas enthroned and surrounded by the Seven Martyred Brothers. Two kneeling women at the bottom of the image may represent the donors
Description:
In Latin., The leaf was originally part of a Gradual that is now Beinecke MS 42. The evidence is that it followed folio 52., This leaf has been attributed to Attavante degli Attavanti., and Decoration: in addition to the large historiated initial, the wide border contains numerous putti and eight figurative rondels.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Graduals (Liturgical books), and Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Augustine's In Iohannis evangelium tractatus
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 1-line initials are in brown uncials; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus; hyphenation by the first hand.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a large, illuminated initial "D" and on the obverse an unidentified chant
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: large illuminated initial "D" or "O" in blue, pink, green, and red on a gold ground, with elongated marginal flourishes ending in gold balls outlined and decorated with black; musical notation in black on a 4-line staff in red; there is no punctuation.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an initial; De Ricci records two manuscript numbers for this fragment; however, it contains only one initial
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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.