Manuscript on paper in five parts, containing 1) Mariological interpretation of the first five books of the Bible, comparable to Albertus Magnus, Biblia Mariana, which, however, covers the whole Bible and is much less detailed. 2) Smaragdus (d. c. 830), Diadema monachorum. 3) Gerardus de Leodio (Gerard of Liège, d. 1270), debated authorship, De doctrina cordis, shortened version. 4) A series of interconnected anonymous texts, sermons and short treatises dealing with the love between Christ and the Soul, referring to the Song of Songs. With corrections and annotations. 5) Commentary on Cant. 3:9-10. 6) Collection of quotations from the Bible, the Church Fathers, Bernard of Clairvaux, Hugh of St. Victor, Richard of St. Victor, Petrus Manducator, etc. on the Last Things, the Cross, etc. 7) Invocation to God honouring his benefices. 8) Discussion between the Father and the Son about the fate of the sinners, settled through the intervention of theVirgin. 9) Defensor Locogiacensis (Defensor of Ligugé, 7th century), Liber scintillarum
Description:
In Latin., Script: The handwriting, by various scribes sometimes difficult to discern, is generally very uneven. Scripts include Hybrida Formata, Semihybrida Currens, Hybrida Libraria, and Cursiva Libraria. Part I (ff. 1-84): Copied by four Gothic hands. Part II (ff. 85-215) Copied by several hands. Part III (ff. 216-273): Copied by three hands. Part IV (ff. 274-343): Copied by one hand. Part V (ff. 344-388): Copied by three hands., Headings in red. Part I: The majuscules are stroked in red. Plain initials of various sizes in red, generally with the simplest form of penwork; they are all executed by the same hand. Part II: Plain initials in red of various styles and sizes, often with some flourishing; they are missing on ff. 206r-207v. Part III: The majuscules are stroked in red. 2-3 line plain initials in red. Part IV: Red stroking of majuscules and red paragraph-marks. Plain initials in red of mediocre execution; on ff. 279r-284r cadels with fancy forms; a face in the initial on f. 312r; some initials (ff. 324r-341v) apparently by the same hand as those in Part I. Part V: Stroking of initials in red. 2-3-line plain initials in red at the opening of the chapters. A human face in the initials on ff. 351r, 352r, 375v. The names of the authorities quoted are in red., The paper at places damaged by the acidity of the ink., Binding: Original blind-tooled brown leather over unbevelled oak boards, bound on four double cords. The two covers are decorated by means of triple fillets with different patterns: on the front cover a double rectangular frame divided into small lozenges decorated with lozenge-shaped hand-tools: griffon, unicorn (?), undetermined, ad two small flowerets; on the rear cover a double rectangular frame divided into six triangles decorated with only a few lozzenge-shaped hand-tools. Both covers protected by four engraved brass corner-pieces (three lost). Remnants of two clasps attached to the rear cover. Spine reinforcement consisting of four fragments from a missal (see below). Spine (damaged) with four raised bands and plaited headbands. Brown leather spine label with gold-tooled title and shelf-mark: "VEN. BEDAE / SCINTILLA ETC. / I. XXII. B. V." (now detached). Five red leather tabs or traces of tabs, one at the beginning of each part. Front paste-down of blank parchment., and Consecutive rear fly-leaf and paste-down cut from the same missal as the binding reinforcements, Germany, 14th century. Final part of the Ordinary of the Mass, containing corrections and changes. The Pater noster has neumatic notation on 4-line staves in black, red and yellow. Parchment. Copied by one hand in Gothica Textualis Formata, the corrections in smaller Textualis Libraria (ca. 1400). Red stroking of majuscules, red rubrics and plain initials.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint., Smaragdus, Abbot of St. Mihiel, active 809-819., and Stephan Bodeker, Bishop of Brandenburg, 1383-1459.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sermons
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Gregorius Magnus (Gregory the Great, pope 590-604), Moralia in Iob
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in bold Praegothica marked by strong bifurcation at the top of the ascenders, frequent use of lengthened i, unusual ct-ligature and the Southern form of tironian et., The text opens with a 6-line decorated initial P, half inset, with long tail in the margin in red and blue., and The inner margin is trimmed, damaging part of the initial on the recto. Both pages are stained and the recto (hair side) is worn.
Manuscript fragment on parchment (upper half of a leaf) of Gregory the Great, Moralia in Iob, XVIII.41-42.
Description:
In Latin., Script: Copied by one hand in a splendid large uncial with very few abbreviations. On f. 1v the two final letters of the last word on the top line ("habere") have been supplied in Anglo-Saxon minuscule; on line 6 the two final letters of the last word ("praemisimus") are supplied in smaller uncial script., The parchment is thin with greasy transparent patches and a hole (before writing) close to its lower edge., and Later the fragment was used as a flyleaf; an early owner wrote alongside the right-hand edge of f. 1v the ownership inscription "Liber iste est fratris Reyneri de Capella. Orate pro eo".
Manuscript on parchment of books I-IX of Gregory the Great, Moralia in Job, also containing two Masses: (1) feast of Charlemagne (Jan 28) and (2) feast of St Catherine (Nov 25); various prayers; scriptural excerpts; and a list of donations to the abbey of Mersburg
Description:
In Latin., Script: The main section is copied by various similar hands, in Carolingian script: hand (A) copied ff. 3v and 5r-65v; hand (B) ff. 66r-254v and 256r-259v; hand (C) f. 255r-v. The 15th century replacements for missing parts are copied in Gothica Hybrida Libraria, and the additional texts are copied by various 13th-14th century hands, writing in Gothica Textualis Libraria in various sizes, except art. 2, which is in Gothica Cursiva Antiquior., Decoration: Limited and uneven, ceasing after f. 122r. A few simple initials. A small pen drawing of a young man sitting on a bench, with undecipherable accompanying text, and a dry-point sketch of a standing male figure., and Binding: 20th century brown morocco de luxe over cardboard, by Marguerite Duprez-Lahey (1880-1958); both covers blind-tooled with frames and disk motif, also apparent on the blind-tooled turn-ins; and the spine has four raised bands and gold-tooled inscriptions.
Manuscript on parchment of Pauline Epistles (Epistola ad Romanos 2.27 through Epistola ad Hebreos 11.34), with commentary of Gilbert de la Porree. With Argumenta, later additions, all attributed to Hugo de Sancto Caro or Peter Lombard
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written in fine early gothic bookhand in two sizes of script, above top line., Three illuminated initials at beginning of first three Epistles of excellent quality, ff. 34v, 69v, 86v, 8- to 5-line, with descenders extending into margins, red, blue, green and beige against gold ground. Bodies of initials filled with stylized scrolling foliage, bright blue, red, green, orange, silver and yellow with white highlights against gold ground. Descenders serve as a trellis for similar scrolls, some ending in biting animal's heads or fantastic birds. Scrolling foliage, f. 86v, inhabited by beasts of a canine variety, white with red shading. The decoration of manuscript is unfinished; f. 99r pen and ink underdrawing for an initial as above, with only touches of red added; blank spaces left for initals for remaining Epistles. Small initials, 3-line, gold with red penwork, for beginning of commentary for each Epistle. Headings in red or alternating red and blue majuscules. Plain initials touched with red. Running titles, later addition, in red., and Binding: Twentieth century, United States (?). Half bound in dark red goatskin with gold-tooled lettering on the spine ("St. Paul/ Epistulae cum commento/ MS. 12th Cent."), marbled paper sides, and yellow edges.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Gilbert, de La Porrée, approximately 1075-1154., Hugh, of Saint-Cher, Cardinal, approximately 1200-1263., and Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1100-1160.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on parchment of Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla super psalterium; Postilla super libros prophetorum
Description:
In Latin., Script: copied by two scribes: A copied ff. 1r-95r (with the exception of f. 40) in Gothica Cursiva Antiquior Libraria; and B copied ff. 97r-272r in the same type of script, but closer to Anglicana., Decoration: Illuminated initials in red, purple, blue, and gold leaf. Elaborate marginal vine-and-floral ornamentation at beginnings of chapters in red, blue, green, brown, and gold leaf. Occasional multi-colored pictures and diagrams. Traces of indexing tabs on the first leaf of every book. See catalog description for further detail., and Binding: 19th century parchment over pasteboards. Each cover has a central embossed design of an interlocking lozenge and rectangle in red and black with floral ornamentation in gold and blue. Red leather labels on spine with embossed gold letters.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Nicholas, of Lyra, ca. 1270-1349.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on parchment of Nicolaus de Lyra, Postillae on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and I-IV Kings
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written by several scribes in gothic bookhand., 19 pen-and-ink drawings with washes in red, green, blue and pale yellow, some inserted into the text column, others up to half-page size dealing with the Tabernacle in the Desert and the Temple of Solomon: the drawings serve to clarify the written text by depicting differences in interpretations between Jewish and Catholic exegesis; contrasting drawings are usually juxtaposed and labelled with the respective source for each., Many fine flourished initials, red and blue divided, 9- to 3-line, with penwork designs in red, blue and/or purple; somewhat smaller less ambitious initials alternate red and blue with designs in the opposite color. The minor decoration appears inconsistently, with running headlines, rubrics, paragraph marks and underlining of Biblical texts, in various colors or totally absent., and Binding: Modern restoration? Limp vellum case with earlier title (mostly illegible) running lengthwise on spine and later title added at top of spine: "Fr. Nicolai de Lyra ord. min. Commentaria in Libro historico Sacrae Scripturae".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Nicholas, of Lyra, ca. 1270-1349.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholasticism
Manuscript on parchment composed in two parts. Part I (13th century): Nicolaus Tornacensis [?], Commentaria super Exodum 14.4-15.5; Commentaria in Lucam 1.19-1.33. With Philippus Cancellarius, Sermones de tempore; and unidentified texts on canon law. Part II (15th century): Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla in Iosuam; Postilla in Iudices
Description:
In Latin., Script: Part I (ff. 1-113): Written by multiple scribes in spiky gothic bookhand, both above and below top line; ff. 59v-60r in a later, less formal gothic script. Part II (ff. 114-165): Written in batarde script, below top line., Part I: Poorly executed initials, 3- to 2-line, in blue or red with designs in opposite color; plain red or blue initials for arts. 1 and 5. Headings and underlining for Biblical passages in red. Part II: Plain initials, 4- to 2-line, headings, paragraph marks, underlining for Biblical passages, initial strokes and punctuation, in red., Rust stains on ff. 109-113 indicate that Part I was once bound separately., and Binding: 19th-20th centuries, France (?). Quarter bound in brown calf, blind-tooled, over oak boards. Bound by the same binder as Marston MSS 119, 214 and 236.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Nicholas, of Lyra, ca. 1270-1349.
Subject (Topic):
Canon law, Church year sermons, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sermons
Manuscript on parchment of Isidore of Seville, Quaestiones in Vetus Testamentum
Description:
In Latin., Script: copied by various hands, all writing Praegothica., Red headings, chapter numbers and running headlines. Red, blue, brown or green half inset 2-line (sometimes 1-line) plain initials. Yellow heightening of the opening majuscules in the chapter lists. 4-line decorated initial in green, blue and red on f. 1r., and Binding: early binding, the back repaired with a piece of leather fixed with nails: dark brown leather over wooden boards. On both covers numerous marks of clasps, bosses and corner pieces. On the rear cover remnants of a paper title label. On the back a parchment label with the handwritten s. XVII title "S. Isidor. Hisp. / In Sacr. Script."
Manuscript on parchment of Petrus Cantor (d. 1197), Distinctiones (Summa Abel); with various sermon and treatise material on virtues and vices (artt. 1-4).
Description:
In Latin., Script: The main text (art. 5) is copied by perhaps one hand in a small early Northern Gothica Textualis Libraria; while artt. 1-4 are copied by another hand in similar script and light brown ink., Decoration: In Art. 5, there is red stroking of majuscules; alternately red and blue 1- to 3-line plain initials at the opening of each lemma; the first initial of each letter of the alphabet is a large flourished initial or littera duplex (but N.B. initial “B” missing on f. 14v); and the lemmata are connected with their various explanations by means of wavy red lines. Artt. 1-4 have red headings, red stroking of majuscules and 2- or 3-line plain, decorated, or flourished initials entirely in red., and Binding: Twentieth century white pigskin over cardboard. Both covers blind-tooled with a frame of stamps, and with interior space divided into 25 rectangles, each decorated with lozenge-shaped foliate stamp. The spine has five raised bands, and most compartments are blind-tooled with a quadrangular stamp.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Abel (Biblical figure). and Petrus, Cantor, approximately 1130-1197.
