Manuscript on paper and parchment of Compendia in verse of the Bible and of the Sententiae; works on Canon and Roman Law; and Notes and metra especially on moral theology. Almost all texts and tables in this small manuscript are either by Iohannes Slitpacher, a Benedictine monk in the abbey of Melk, or anonymous and unrecorded
Description:
In Latin., Probably copied by one hand, writing an extremely small Gothica Semihybrida, varying from Libraria to Currens., Headings in red. Red heightening of majuscules and underlining. Red plain initials. A few crude flourished initials. Tables and circular diagrams in red and black ink; an unfinished diagram on the rear cover (f. 136v)., and Binding: Twentieth century. Brown leather over pasteboard, spine with three raised bands. Ff. 1 and 136, of thick yellowish parchment, are the original covers.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Slitpacher, Iohannes. and Benedictines.
Subject (Topic):
Canon law, Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a noted missal containing Holy Saturday
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script in red ink (littera textualis), at Klosterneuburg according to Alois Haidinger., and Decoration: 2-line initials of each verse are in green; the rubric is written in red minuscule; each word is separated by a green line; punctuated with the punctus; musical notation in gold outlined in black on 4-line staves in orange ink; the upper and lower margins are decorated with green foliage and penwork; the side margins are decorated with brown foliage and penwork.
Manuscript on paper of a miscellany. The manuscript seems to be a compilation organized, corrected and expanded by a single person specialized in pharmacology and medicine and interested in natural history, encyclopedical knowledge and history
Description:
In Latin with some Czech (?), German, and Hebrew., Watermarks: crown (var. Briquet 4616?), circles (var. Briquet 3194?), bull's head (?)., Script: Copied by various scribes, writing Gothica Cursiva Libraria or Currens in various sizes, often very small; ff. 127r-143r, 7 are in a markedly different, larger form of Gothica Cursiva Libraria., The decoration is unevenly spread: heightening of majuscules and plain initials in red. On ff. 162-170 alternance of red and green initials, on f. 162r flourished initial in the same colours. Artt. 21 and 22 are not illustrated, although the text mentions figurae., At many places the paper is deteriorated by the acidity of the ink., and Binding: Original limp parchment. A bifolium from a German manuscript in Gothica Cursiva, worn and stained, lined with a German document on parchment in Gothica Cursiva Antiquior/Recentior. Leather spine stiffener with ornamental stitching.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, Medicine, Medieval, Natural history, and Pharmacology
Manuscript on parchment of 2 works that belong to the Pseudoclementine Literature, ascribed to Clement bishop of Rome (ca. 96), in a Latin translation by Rufinus of Aquileia
Description:
In Latin., Watermark: resembles Piccard, v. 2, IV.36 (?)., Script: Copied by one hand in light red-brown ink in Humanistica Cursiva Libraria., Ample space was provided for headings and initials at the beginning of the Prologue and the ten Books of art. 1 and at the beginning of art. 2, but these were never executed., and Binding: Seventeenth century (?). Deerskin (formerly red) over pasteboard. Spine with three raised bands and worn handwritten title " ******* Epistola. M.S."; at the bottom of the spine handwritten worn pressmark. Remnants of four leather ties, including one in the middle of the upper and one in the middle of the lower edge of the covers. On the lower edge of the book the handwritten title in ink (17th century): "Epist. D. Clementis".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Pseudo-Clemens I.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper of Iohannes Herolt OP (d. c. 1468), Sermones de tempore, incomplete: from the first Sunday of Advent through the fourth Sunday after Easter
Description:
In Latin., Script: copied probably by one scribe writing Gothica Cursiva Libraria. When the first letter on a page is a majuscule it is as a rule made larger, with some calligraphic development., Red stroking of majuscules and underlining, red plain generally 3-line initials., Leaves are badly waterstained in the outer lower corner in the second half of the manuscript., and Binding: 15th-16th century. Parchment over light wooden boards; leather spine with three raised bands; marks of two clasps. At the top of the rear board there is an excavation for the staple to which a chain was attached. On the spine parchment label with the handwritten title (19th century?) “JOHANNES HEROLT / Sermones Discipuli / De Tempore / saec. XV. 1436.” At the top of the rear cover close to the spine a printed paper label containing space for a shelfmark covering a large capital “W”; the handwritten shelfmark is “5867”.
Manuscript on paper of John of Freiburg (Iohannes Lector Friburgensis OP, d. 1314), Summa confessorum, German adaptation by Berthold of Freiburg (Bertholdus Friburgensis OP, 14th century).
Description:
In German., Watermarks: var. Piccard, v. 15, VIII.1547?; var. Piccard, v. 110, III.1667?., Script: Copied by Johannes Geratwol in Gothica Cursiva Libraria/Currens with some Bastarda characteristics., Headings, heightening of the majuscules and mostly 1-line plain initials in red or green. The initial on f. 1r has green penwork. The first lines of all titles in art. 1 are underlined in red., and Binding: Original pigskin, blind-tooled with lozenges traced in double fillets over bevelled oak boards. Spine with three raised bands, a label with handwritten title (worn) and a small label with the shelfmark "634"; the same number is written on the front cover. Traces of one strap attached to the rear cover and clutching over a pin (lacking) on the front cover.The binding stays and the lining inside the spine are said to come from a 12th-century Antiphonary from Tyrol, with text from the office for Epiphany. One strip of the spine lining would be from an unidentified 14th-century manuscript.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Johannes, von Freiburg, d. 1314. and Dominicans
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Christian literature, German, Confession, Catholic Church, and Manuscripts, Medieval
