Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing St. Paul (30 June).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: initials of antiphons and responses are 1-line red capitals; 1-line initials for verses and Psalm incipits are in brown highlighted with red; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text; interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style, somewhat surprising in a manuscript of this date; differentiae in roman numerals with neumes in the St. Gall style are in the outer margins for antiphons with full text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing the Common of Martyrs
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 4-line initial "A" in red and blue ornamented with red and blue penwork; chant initials alternate as 2-line blue initials and 1-line red initials; other 1-line capitals in black; rubrics written in red minuscule; musical notation is in black on 4-line staves in red; punctuated with the punctus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing: Visitation of Mary (2 July); Mass for an unidentified martyr; St. Pantaleon (27 July); Mass on the five wounds of Christ; Mass for the living; and Votive Mass in time of temptation
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of gothic script (littera textualis formata) with a larger script for the lessons and prayers and a smaller script for the chants., and Decoration: there are spaces for initials and rubrics, but none have been added except for the lengthy rubric on fol. 2v; 1-line capitals within lessons are black; punctuated with the punctus, rarely; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text; accents added by a later hand.
Manuscript on parchment of sermons on the Epistles and the Gospels of Sundays and sermons for Lent
Description:
In Latin., Script: copied by one hand in Northern Gothica Textualis Libraria. Ascenders at the top line are lengthened, thickened and indented and decorated with delicate penwork., Headings, underlining and paragraph marks in red. 2-line red plain initials, some filled with drawings of a human head; some are flourished initials with penwork in the same colour extending in the margin or in the intercolumnar space. The rubricator tends to place the short marginal notes in a red rectangular, diamond or leaf-shaped frame, or to link several notes on the same page by placing them in the loops of a curving line. Elegant pointing hands., and Binding: original binding: red leather over slightly bevelled wooden boards, sewn on five leather thongs, rebacked in white leather, the corners repaired with brown leather. Marks of two leather straps attached to the rear cover; holes of the iron pins on the front cover. Iron chain of nine elongated links and large round eyelet (length: 82 cm.), fixed to the top of the rear board by means of an iron staple.
Manuscript on paper (thick with heavy chain lines) of Sermons by Graeculus O.F.M. (early 14th century) and Conradus de Waldhausen Can. Reg. (d. 1369). With additional sermons
Description:
In Latin., Script: Copied by various hands all writing Gothica Cursiva Antiquior Currens. Scribes in quires I-V often make remarkable extensions to majuscules or ascenders on the first line, decorated with foliage or grotesque heads., Headings, heightening of majuscules and plain initials in red applied very irregularly and totally missing on ff. 26v-29v, 30v-118v, 119v-130v and 135v-138v. Some 2- or 3-line initials of coarse execution, with or without guide-letters; most initials are not executed., and Binding: Damaged original limp parchment with flap, made from several pieces of parchment sewn together by means of parchment strips. The sewing runs through the spine and is gathered in decorative patterns over two strips of heavy leather.
