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
Description:
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.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a lectionary containing readings from Luke 1 and 3 and John 1.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: one 4-line and two 3-line initials are in red, decorated with blue penwork; 1-line initials at the beginning of verses are in brown uncials highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus; hyphenation and accents in the same ink as the text; there are three signs that occur over syllables of words, one similar to a backwards "3", one similar to a squarish backwards "C", and the third a virgule; perhaps theese are pitch or accent marks or some other type of aid for reading aloud.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a lectionary containing: Lamentations 9 and Hebrews 6.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: two 3-line initials outlined in brown; 1-line capitals are in brown rustic capitals; Hebrew words in Lamentations are written in rustic capitals; interlinear neumes for the lessons from Lamentations were added later; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus.
Manuscript fragment, on parchment, from an Italian lectionary, containing readings from Luke 7.
Description:
In Latin., Script: Italian gothic bookhand., Decoration: rubricated. Capitals in alternating red and blue ink., and Top of leaf trimmed, with margin and text loss.
Manuscript fragment, on parchment, from an Italian lectionary, possibly containing Advent readings
Description:
In Latin., Script: late Caroline minuscule; headings in uncials., Decoration: rubricated. Three elongated initials in red ink., and Layout: two columns of 32 lines.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a lectionary for the Mass containing excerpts from Luke 1 and 12 and from John 21.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in progothic minuscule., and Decoration: 3-line initials "I" at the beginning of lessons are in red; other 1-line initials are in brown uncials; rubrics are written in red minuscule with some capital forms (H and Q); punctuated with the punctus and the punctus interrogativus.