Manuscript fragment on parchment of a gradual containing among other items: First Sunday of Advent; St. John the Evangelist (27 December); Holy Innocents (28 December); St. Silvester (31 December); Invention of the Cross (3 May); Sts. Gordian and Epimachus (10 May); Sts. Pancras, Nereus, and Achilleus (12 May); and Ascension
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: three-quarter page initial "A" on green, red, and pale yellow ground with vine-stem decoration; 5-line initial "O" with a face; 4-line initial "C" with a face; 5-line initial "U" with portrait of Christ on a red and gree ground with modest foliate appendages; other 3- and 4-line initials, some with herringbone patterns in red; rubrics written in a mixture of red capitals and minuscule.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Graduals (Chants)
