Manuscript fragment on parchment of a lectionary containing portions of Ezechiel 33 and 34.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in large gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 1- and 2-line lesson initials are in red; 1-line initials within text are in black traced or dotted with red; rubrics written in red minuscule with capital "R"; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text.
Stand-alone miniature on paper depicting a Benedictine nun kneeling before Christ and the instruments of the Passion. Banderoles containing devotional phrases extend from the mouths of the nun and Christ; an excerpt from Psalm 31 (Vulgate) is written at the bottom of the miniature
Description:
In Latin., Script: banderole text in a small Gothic bookhand., Decoration: an example of the simple illustration style known as "nonnenarbeiten," which are devotional images produced by medieval nuns for personal use. The nun and Christ are placed in a grassy field comprised of penstrokes covered with a green wash. Details like Christ's wounds are conveyed through penstrokes as well. The instruments of the Passion are individually colored with wash: red and black for the cock, orange for the sponge, and orange for parts of the spear. An alternating blue and orange wash has been used to decorate the border of the miniature., and Binding: individually mounted on parchment.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Benediktinerinnenabtei St. Walburg (Eichstätt, Germany)
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Benedictine nuns, Nuns as artists, Devotional objects, and Catholic Church
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing the Sunday after Holy Trinity
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of late Caroline minuscule, with a smaller script for the chants and a larger one for the lessons., and Decoration: 3-line initial "I" at the beginning of the lesson is in red; 1-line chant initials are in red uncials; 1-line initials within the lessons are in brown rustic capitals highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus.
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 noted breviary containing the Office of the Dead with lessons from Augustine, Sermon 173
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of Caroline minuscule, with a smaller script for the chants and a larger one for the lessons; by the same scribe who copied the psalter preserved in Beinecke MS 481.46., and Decoration: 3-line initial on f. 1v in orange that has been filled with crude, brown cross-hatching, perhaps later; 2-line initials at the beginning of lessons are in orange square capitals; 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals; rubrics written in orange minuscules with rustic capitals; punctuated with punctus in chants and punctus and punctus elevatus within lessons; chants have interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style; marginal notation in a contemporary hand on 3r.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. and Catholic Church
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a noted breviary containing: Second Sunday of Advent; Feria II of the second week of Advent; and Feria III of the second week of Advent
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of late Caroline minuscule with a smaller script for the chants and a larger one for the lessons., and Decoration: 1- and 2-line initials at the beginning of lessons are in red square capitals; 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals; rubrics are written in red rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus; accents have been added by a later hand; interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a noted breviary containing the Assumption of Mary (15 August).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of Caroline minuscule, with a smaller script for the chants and a larger one for the lessons., and Decoration: 2- and 3-line initials at the beginning of lessons are in red square capitals; 1-line initials at the beginning of chants are in brown rustic capitals dotted or highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red rustic capitals except for the homily rubric which is partially in minuscule; punctuated with the punctus; interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style; the name "maria" has been supplied twice on the recto by a later hand.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a noted breviary containing Ascension, from vespers to the first nocturn of matins with lessons from Leo Magnus' Tractatus septem et nonaginta
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: written in two sizes, a smaller module for the chants and a larger one for the lessons; 2-line initials are in red square capitals; 1-line initials in brown square capitals; rubrics written in red minuscule; punctuated with punctus in chants and the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus versus within the lessons; accents in same ink as the text; interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a noted breviary containing services for a variety of dates including: Fourth Sunday of Advent; Feria IV before Christmas; Feria V before Christmas; John the Evangelist (27 December); Holy Innocents (28 December); Sunday after Christmas; Epiphany; St. Sebastian (20 January); St. Agnes (21 January); Exaltation of the Cross (14 September); St. Matthew (21 September); St. Maurice (22 September); St. Michael (29 September); St. Dionysius (9 October).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule; written in two sizes, smaller for chants, larger size for lessons; script similar to the style of Otloh of St. Emmeram., and Decoration: 2-line initials at the beginning of offices and lessons are in red square capitals; 1-line initials at beginning of chants are in brown square capitals with occasional use of uncial M and round E or an enlarged minuscule "m"; rubrics written in red rustic capitals; rubric letters for chants frequently written in left margin; liturgical directions written in brown rustic capitals touched with red; punctuated with punctus for the end of chants, and punctus, punctus versus, and punctus interrogativus for the lessons; chants have interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Othlo, Monk of St. Emmeram, approximately 1010-approximately 1070. and Catholic Church
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a noted breviary containing: Dedication of a church; Holy Trinity
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of Caroline minuscule with a larger script for the lessons and prayers and a smaller script for the chants., and Decoration: 1-line lesson and oration initials are in orange rustic capitals with uncial "M"; smaller 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals several highlighted with orange; rubrics are written in a mixture of orange minuscule or in rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus; interlinear neumes are in the St. Gall style.