Manuscript on paper of Albertus Magnus, Commentary on Book 4 of the Sentences of Peter Lombard
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Ancre 381, Balance 2427, Tete de boeuf 15102., Script: Gothic cursive script of three hands. Scribe 1) ff. 1r-156v; Scribe 2) ff. 157r-274r; Scribe 3, Laurence of Mechlin, wrote ff. 274r-317r and dated the codex 1452., Plain initials in red and rubrics throughout., and Binding: Fifteenth century. Original sewing on five slit, tawed straps laced into wooden boards. Endband cores laid in grooves. Covered with white, tawed skin, blind-tooled with a St. Andrew's cross within panel borders. The covering leather is sewn around the endbands, from spine to edges, with a back-stitch. Traces of round bosses, probably brass, and of two strap and pin fastenings, the pins on the upper board.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280. and Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1100-1160.
Manuscript on paper, composed of two distinct parts, of Leopold of Austria, Compilatio de astrorum scientia. Part II was copied to finish the incomplete text of Part I.
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: Part I: unidentified letter P similar in general design to Piccard Buchstabe XIII. Part II: Briquet Coupe 4586., Script: Part I (ff. i-vi and 1-83): Written in well formed hybrida script. Part II (pp. 1-76): Written in a small gothic bookhand with many initial letters of the opening word of each section of the text written in oversize majuscules., Part I: Plain red initials, 3- to 1-line, for major text divisions. Headings, paragraph marks, initial strokes, some punctuation, marginalia keyed to art. 1, all in red. Part II: Plain initials, 3-line, paragraph marks and initials strokes in red., and Binding: Fifteenth century, Germany. Paper wrapper held by stitching at head and tail of spine and sewing around the edges of sides. Astronomical diagram and title in ink on upper side: "Astronomia Leupoldi ducis Austrie filij et cetera".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Leopold, of Austria.
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy, Astronomy, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper (sturdy) of Cicero, Epistolae ad familiares. Marginal and interlinear notes accompany the text of each letter (except for that to P. Vatinius appearing on ff. 26v-27v which was copied twice, apparently in error). Written probably for use as a school text (vocabulary lists on ff. 4 and 9).
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: unidentified letter P in gutter., Script: Written by a single scribe in gothic cursive, with a smaller script for glosses., Simple initials in red at the beginning of each letter; titles preceded by paragraph marks, and underlined, in red., and Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Vellum case; spine fragile and splitting.
Manuscript on paper of Johannes Herolt, Sermones de tempore
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: several bull's heads including Piccard Ochsenkopf V.636 and similar in design to V.305-13., Script: Written in hybrida script, perhaps by a single scribe., Plain red initials, 3- to 2-line. Paragraph marks, initial strokes and underlining in red; rubrics added sporadically., and Binding: Fifteenth century, Germany. Sewn on four supports attached to wooden boards. Covers lined with parchment documents; text side pasted down and illegible. Covered in white tawed skin with two fastenings, the catches on the upper board. Remains of label with title on spine; traces of inscription on upper board. Rebacked.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Herolt, Johann.
Subject (Topic):
Church year sermons, Manuscripts, Medieval, Sermons, and Sermons, Latin
