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)
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Historia monachorum, containing portions of chapters 29, 32, and 33.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 1-line initials at the beginning of chapters are in red uncials; other 1-line initials are in brown, once filled with red, and are a mixture of uncial, rustic capital, and enlarged minuscule forms; rubrics are written in red rustic capitals; a line divider is in brown filled with red; punctuated with the puncus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a homiliary containing portions of Gregory the Great's Homiliae xl in evangelia and Pseudo-Origen's Homily I.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in early gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 3-line initial "I" and 2-line round "E" are in red; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; the first letter "M" of the Bible lesson on fol. 1r is in red; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a homiliary containing an unidentified sermon on the Resurrection; Pseudo-Maximus Taurinensis, Sermones; an unidentified sermon on confession; a sermon on confession based on Ps.-Augustine's Sermon 254
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 2-line initials at the beginning of sermons are in red uncials; 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals and uncials; rubrics written in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a portion of Gregory the Great's Moralia in Iob
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals filled or dotted with red; the lower loop of the letter "g" is usually dotted with red; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a noted breviary containing: Epiphany (6 January) with lessons from Bede and Paul the Deacon's Homilary; Purification of Mary (2 February) with lessons from Pseudo-Augustine, Sermon 370
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of Caroline minuscule with a smaller script for chants and a larger script for lessons., and Decoration: 1-line initials at beginning of lessons and of lauds are in orange square capitals or uncials; other 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals with enlarged minuscule "e" are occasionally highlighted in orange; initials of responses ornamented with orange dots; rubrics written in orange capitals; punctuated with punctus in chants and punctus, punctus versus, and punctus interrogativus in lessons; antiphons and responses contain interlinear neumes in St. Gall style.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735., Pseudo-Augustine., and Catholic Church
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a noted breviary containing among others: Invention of St. Stephen (3 August); Sts. Sixtus, Felicissimus, and Agapitus (6 August); St. Afra (9 August); St. Laurence (10 August); St. Tiburtius (11 August).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 2- to 4- line initials at the beginning of the feasts and lessons are writte in red square capitals; 1-line initials at beginning of lessons written in red square capitals; 1-line initials for other chants are in brown rustic capitals and frequently traced or dotted in red; 1-line initials of lessons are in brown rustic capitals; rubrics written in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus for chants, and the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus for the lessons; interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style; neumed differentiae and tonary letters for antiphons are in the outer margins.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a noted breviary containing in part: Epiphany (6 January); Octave of Epiphany; Sunday I after Epiphany; and Sunday I per annum
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of early gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 1- to 3-line initials at the beginning of lessons and prayers are in red square capitals; the responsorial liturgy on fol. 4v begins with a 2-line round "D" in red; initials at the beginning of the Benedictus and Magnificat antiphons are 1-line red capitals; other 1-line initials are in a mixture of brown uncials or rustic capitals with initials of responses dotted in red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus for the chants, and the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus for the lessons; interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a Gallican Psalter containing readings from Psalms 32, 35, and 36.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: the Psalms are written according to verse lines; 3-line initial "N" at the beginning of Psalm 36 is a square capital in orange; 1-line initials at the beginning of verses are in orange; rubrics written in orange rustic capitals; the first line of Psalm 36 is written in brown capitals with uncial and rustic capital forms; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; a contemporary hand has written "...viam" with neumes in the margin of fol. 2r.
