Manuscript on parchment of a sumptuously illuminated and exceptionally well preserved manuscript of East Anglian origin
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written in fine gothic bookhand., Eight of the original ten historiated initials survive. The initials are pink and blue with white filigree and dots on f. 7r incorporating intertwining leaves in pink, blue, green and orange; the figures predominantly orange, and purple with some pink, blue and green, on elaborately tooled gold, set against square grounds, quartered blue and red, with diapering. Each initial with a lavishly ornamented full border incorporating spiraling foliage, large oak leaves, flowers, knots, grotesques, and quatrefoils framing additional figures. 2-line initials for Psalms, pink and/or blue, with white filigree and dots, filled with spiraling ivy, large leaves and dots, blue, green and orange, occasionally a fleur-de-lis, flower, or diaper pattern, on gold, against pink and blue grounds, with white filigree and dots, most connected to bar borders, pink, blue, orange and gold with floral, ivy and grotesque terminals. 1-line initials for verses, gold, thickly edged in black, against irregular pink and blue grounds with white filigree and dots. Many varied line fillers in red and blue., Lower right corners of ff. 42 and 85 excised., and Binding: Sixteenth century, perhaps at Oxford. Caught-up sewing on twelve tawed, slit strap supports, only four of them laced into beech boards, the others cut off at the edges of the spine. The spine is square and the bands prominent and defined. Covered in dark brown calf, blind-tooled with two concentric frames of medallion heads and arabesques, with thistles in the outer corners of the inner panel and an ornament with a cherub's head on it in the center. Nails for catches but no marks of them on the leather, stubs of two straps on the upper board.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Psalters
Manuscript on parchment of a Liturgical Psalter (Pss. 1-108) with hymns, canticles, and antiphons. Capitals A and B in outer margins every two Psalms, perhaps to denote change in reader. With Hymns for Matins and Lauds
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written in a large round gothic bookhand., One crude historiated initial, 6-line (Ps. 1): David seated on ground with both hands raised in prayer, against a blue ground, the letter-form tan, orange, and red with white filigree; large blue, green, pink, and red acanthus leaves at the corners, against a gold ground, edged with two thick black bands, penwork, gold dots, and hair-spray. In bottom margin a "YHS" monogram, against a blue ground, inside sunburst and green, pink, and blue wreath, supported by large bud from which sprout two large acanthus leaves, red berries, gold dots and hair-spray, as above. 6- or 5-line initials red and/or blue, with large green or red dots, elaborate purple calligraphic decoration, portions filled with green and tan. 2-line initials, red or blue, with calligraphic ornament and flourishes, as above. 1-line initials, blue or red, with guide-letters throughout. On f. 160v a large pen drawing of a hand pointing to text., and Binding: 16th-17th centuries. Sewn on five tawed skin straps. Plain, wound endbands on cores laced into tunnels in the edges of heavy wooden boards. Covered with three separate pieces of dark brown leather (cowskin?) with leather straps extending across the spine and nailed to the boards over the sewing straps. Each board has four corner pieces, a central boss and a strip of metal, probably iron, nailed around the four edges. Strap and pin fastening, the pin on the lower board, stubs of pink, tawed straps attached to the upper one. Fragments from several parchment manuscripts and early printed texts used as binding reinforcements.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Psalters
Manuscript fragment on parchment of the Canticles (Psalter) containing Te Deum and Canticle: Benedictus dominus deus
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 3-line initial "B" in red with blue and red penwork; 1-line initials at the beginning of verses in red uncials; line dividers in red; punctuated with the punctus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Canticles from a Psalter, including readings from Exodus 15 and Habakkuk 3.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 3-line initial "D" is in red with blue flourishes; 1-line initials are in red square capitals; rubrics written in red rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus and punctus versus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of two initials that come from the same Psalter; for a further description of the manuscript from which they came, see Beinecke MS 483.11-14.
Description:
In Latin., Script: One letter "o" is preserved following the "H", written in gothic script in black ink., and Decoration: two 2-line initials "L" and "H" in blue decorated with foliate ornamentation outlined in brown and colored with green; the initials are for the beginning of Psalm verses.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, Psalters, and Initials
Manuscript fragment on parchment of initials from a variety of Psalms; it appears these initials come from the same manuscript as the initials in Beinecke MS 483.8-9.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: four 3-line initials from the beginning of Psalms; the first two initials are blue uncials on a square pink ground bordered in greeen; the second two are pink uncials on a square blue ground bordered in green; all four initials are filled with gold in which there are pink, green, or blue vines with white, yellow, or pink flowers; these initials are very similar in design, decoration, and size to the initials in MSS 483.8-9; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, Initials, and Psalters
Manuscript fragment on parchment of the Office for the Virgin Mary, Canticle from a breviary or a psalter
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 1- to 3-line initials alternate red and green square capitals with round "E"; 1-line initials of chants written in brown rustic capitals frequently dotted with red or green; rubrics written in red and green minuscule with uncial "M"; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, Breviaries, and Psalters
In Latin., Script: copied by one hand in Southern Gothica Textualis Formata, using Uncial and Half-Uncial d. Headings in red. Alternately blue and red 1-line plain versals. Alternately blue and red 2-line flourished initials, respectively with red and purple penwork., and Manuscript on parchment of fragments of a Psalter in which the Psalms (or parts of them) seem to have been arranged according to various intentions; an unknown number of leaves is missing between ff. 1 and 2. Including Psalms 31, 37, 50, 142, and the Kyrie eleyson.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a Gallican Psalter containing a reading from Psalm 26.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: the Psalm is written according to verse lines; 8-line initial "D" is in red outline and is filled with blue and green wash; the style is reminiscent of Regensburg decoration; the letters of the first two words of the Psalm are written on four lines to the right of the initial in 1-line square capitals that alternate between red and blue highlighted with red; 1-line initials at the beginning of verses are written in red square capitals; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text; line fillers and line dividers in red.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a Gallican Psalter containing readings from Psalms 42, 50, and 58.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 3-line initials at the beginning of Psalms are in red, which in places has oxidized to a silver color; 1-line initials at the beginning of verses are in red square capitals; rubrics written in red rustic capitals; the first line of each Psalm is written in brown rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus.