Manuscript fragment on parchment of a legal document containing a document concerning tenure of land; an account of the election of Maximilian, Archduke of Austria and Duke of Burgundy, as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 1486; and a brief description of how one is to celebrate the feast of a newly canonized saint
Description:
In German and Latin., Script: written in cursive gothic script (littera cursiva), similar to that of the scribe who wrote the document in MS 482.143., and Decoration: the document begins with a flourished initial; there is no punctuation.
Manuscript on paper, composed of two distinct sections, of various religious tracts, mostly unidentified, including Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda aurea; Pseudo-Augustine, Sermo de annuntiatione beatae virginis mariae
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: Part I: unidentified bull's head. Part II: buried in gutter., Script: Part I (ff. 60): Written in a neat running script by three scribes: 1) ff. 1r-52r; 2) ff. 52r-54v; 3) f. 60r-v. Part II (ff. 132): Written by a single scribe in an elegant running script. Portions of the marginal notes by original scribe have been lost due to trimming., Part I: Small, crude initials in red, some with simple penwork designs; initials strokes, in red. Part II: Headings, paragraph marks, and initial strokes, in red, throughout., and Binding: 15th-16th centuries. Original sewing on three thick, double, vegetable fiber cords laced and pegged in grooves in wooden boards. The grooves for the endband cores, which are also vegetable fiber, start on the spine edge of the boards. The spine of the bookblock is cut off at an angle at head and tail so the braided endbands extend very little beyond the edges. The spine is square and lined all along with tawed skin which extends to the inside of the boards. Covered in tawed skin, originally pink, with two labels at the head of the upper board; on the first, "Passionale ad aduentum domini usque ad festum mathie sancte [?] sermonum collectio [?]," on the second, "G.27". Five round bosses on each board and two strap and pin fastenings, the pins on the upper one. Lower board detached, bosses and fastenings wanting.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298.
Subject (Topic):
Christian legends, Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sermons
Manuscript fragment on parchment of lessons for the Mass, either from a lectionary or a missal. Readings include: Matthew 10, Luke 6, 11, and 12.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: 1- and 3-line initials at the beginning of lessons are in red; initials at the beginning of verses are in brown highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, Lectionaries, and Missals
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing a variety of Feriae and the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: 2-line initials are in red; 1-line initials are in brown highlighted with red; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; the foliation is written in red in the upper center of the recto; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing a variety of feriae from the third week of Quadragesima
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: The 2-line initial beginning the Mass of Feria III is a blue uncial; the 8-line initial "I" beginning the lesson is red; 1-line initials are uncials in red or black highlighted with red; rubrics written in red; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text; the foliation is written in red roman numerals in the center of the upper margin of the recto.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing: Common of the Apostles; Common of Martyrs; Common of a Martyr; Common of a Martyr not a Bishop; and Common of a Martyr Bishop
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of gothic script (littera textualis), with a larger script for the lessons and prayers and a smaller script for the chants., and Decoration: 6- to 7-line initials "I" at the beginning of lessons are in red; other 1-, 2-, and 3-line initials are in red; 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; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
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
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing Holy Saturday
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: 2-line initials alternate red and blue; 1-line initials are in black highlighted with red; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; the liturgical directions are written in black and are underlined in red; punctuated with the punctus and punctus versus; accents added by a later hand.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany and the Sunday of Septuagesima
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 1-, 2-, and 3-line initials alternate in blue and red; other 1-line initials are in black highlighted with red; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus, punctus interrogativus, and punctus elevatus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing: portions of Luke 10; Feria VI after the fifth Sunday of Pentecost; Sixth Sunday after Pentecost; and Feria IV after the sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 2- to 5-line initials alternate red and blue; 1-line initials in brown and are highlighted with red; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text.