Manuscript on parchment roll consisting of 2 irregularly trimmed membranes stitched together, of Constitution for the dinghof or colonge of Ingersheim in Alsace, consisting of 16 articles
Description:
In Middle High German., Script: Written in neat gothic hand by a single scribe., Paragraph mark before each article., Roll shows considerable use., and Binding: Boxed.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Humbert of Romans' Liber Constitutionem Sororum O.P., a guidebook for Dominican nuns
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 3-line initials at the beginning of chapters are in red with red ornamentation; 1-line initials in the capitula list are in red; other 1-line initials are in black highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; paragraph marks in red are occasionally used in the margins to mark the beginning of a new lesson; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing readings from: Common of Saints; Lesson from Hebrews 5; Unidentified secreta and postcommunio (Common of a Confessor?); and Common of Virgins
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: three lines of a large initial "F" (?) that is half green and half red are preserved on fol. 1r; 1-line initials at the beginning of prayers are in red square capitals; smaller 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals highlighted with red; rubrics are written in a mixture of red capitals and minuscule forms; liturgical directions are written in brown minuscule with some rustic capital forms and are dotted with red; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a noted breviary containing among others: Christmas (25 December); St. Stephen (26 December).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 2- to 4-line initials in red; 1-line initials at the beginning of responses are in thick brown ink, sometimes highlighted in red; smaller 1-line initials at the beginnings of antiphons, psalms, and verses are in brown, highlighted in red; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus; chants have interlinear neumes; another hand has added interlinear hufnagel neumes over several lessons.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a noted missal containing among other texts: St. Matthias (24 February); St. Benedict (21 March); Annunciation (25 March); Ash Wednesday; Common of the Apostles; Dedication of a church; and Mary
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in early gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 4-line initial "D" for the Annunciation is outlined in red with an interlace pattern and filled with blue and red on a square ground outlined with red; 3- to 6-line initials for other feasts and for hymns in red with red penwork; 1-line initials of prayers and of hymn verses are in red; other 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals traced with red; rubrics in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; the alleluia and prosula hymn following the "Gaude maria templum" has interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of prayers in Latin and Middle High German; the Latin prayer is the Rhythmica oratio while the Middle High German prayers are unidentified
Description:
In Latin and Middle High German., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 1-line initials are in black capitals highlighted with red; sections within the Rhymica oratio are marked by paragraph marks in red; rubrics in the prayers are written in black minuscule and underlined in red; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript on parchment (sturdy) of Calendar; Psalter; Six canticles; and Litany
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written by a single scribe in bold, early gothic bookhand. Notes by several later scribes, some of which have been erased., Full page initial B (f. 2v) in blue with pink and blue interior vine-stem patterns, on gold ground surrounded by red rectangular frame outlined in black. Smaller gold initials, 10- to 8-line, for Psalms 26, 38, 51, 52, 80, 97, 101, 109 (ff. 21r, 33v, 43r, 43v, 53v, 68r, 70r, 83r), of similar design, on blue ground with vine-stem patterns of olive green, white, and red, and rectangular frame of red and white. Other psalms introduced by gold initials, 9- to 3-line, outlined in red, infilled and surrounded by blue penwork designs; headings and first letter of each verse in red. Most decorative initials are severely rubbed., Trimming of outer margins on ff. 8 and 122 affects text., and Binding: 16th-17th centuries. Resewn with three strands of thread on four round, twisted, vegetable fiber cords laid in forked grooves and laced in and out of flush oak boards. The cords are pegged twice: from outside to inside and vice versa with almost square pegs. The vegetable fiber endband cores are laced into the boards, the endbands themselves wanting. The spine is rounded, with traces of adhesive. Covered in tawed skin, once white, now tan and white. The turn-ins are sometimes turned in over small fragments of a parchment manuscript, in other cases, under, and the corners cut square. There is some inscribed parchment on the outside of the upper board, probably part of a spine lining. The discoloration on the endleaves does not match the present turn-ins. There are traces of four round bosses on each board and of a pin in the center of the upper one. The white, tawed strap, most of which is now wanting, is attached to the lower board through a metal plate. One corner of the upper board is cut away and the covering of the spine and part of the boards wanting. A messy, somewhat primitive binding.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Psalters
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a sacramentary containing: Canon of the Mass; Christmas Eve (24 December); and Christmas (25 December).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in early gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 6-line Romanesque initial "D" in brown with intertwining brown vines ending in leaves; the letter and vines are decorated with bands filled with circles one of which has a 5-pointed asterisk in the center compartment; 2-line initials are in red square capitals; 1-line initials in red square capitals; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; the first line of the mass for Christmas Eve is written in red capitals; 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, and Sacramentaries
