Manuscript on paper (unidentified watermark) of a List of English Knights with Blazons. The names of the knights are arranged by counties. The manuscript was originally part of a larger manuscript
Description:
In French., Script: Copied by one hand in Gothica Cursiva Libraria (Secretary)., Edges and folds of most leaves repaired., and Binding: Twentieth century. Half leather (dark brown sprinkled calf) over cardboard covered with blue-grey marbled paper. On the spine gold-tooled inscription "ENGLISH KNIGHTS. MS - ABOUT - 1480".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Heraldry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
Manuscript fragment on parchment containing a portion of the Litany of the Saints. Saint Lubin of Chartres is among the saints invoked
Description:
In Latin., Script: gothica textualis semiquadrata., and Decoration: Ruled in red. Each invocation begins with a small gold capital on a red or blue ink ground. Line fillers in alternating red or blue ink with gold highlighting.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a liturgical book containing instructions for a Feria on Dec. 27, among others, possibly from a missal
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in an unidentified script., Decoration: chapter marks and rubrics in red; unheightened neumes appear in red over parts of the text., and These fragments, which appear to be from the same manuscript, are contained in Zi +1215 (Albertus Magnus, Enarrationes in Evangelium Iohannis), in which they are used as front and back pastedowns.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a fragment of an antiphon from a liturgical book, possibly an antiphonary
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late pregothic script., Decoration: heightened neumes; initials in red., and This fragment is contained in Zi 145.5 (Utrisque juris canonum...), in which the fragment is used as a front endpaper.
Manuscript on parchment (thick; most leaves palimpsest: religious text of the 10th century, in a small, regular Greek minuscule is faintly visible) of Miscellaneous prayers. Includes Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (the many peculiarities of the text suggest that it was copied by a scribe unfamiliar with Greek, perhaps from dictation); Gospel of John, 1.1-14. The lower text of palimpsest leaves appears to contain the Life of an unidentified saint named Ioannes
Description:
In Greek and Latin., Script: Written by two scribes in clumsily formed Greek minuscule: Scribe 1, ff. 1r-5v, 41r-42v (he signs himself brother Jacobus on f. 42r); Scribe 2, ff. 6r-39r (an unusually large and thick script). Latin added on ff. 39v-41r in gothic cursive of 15th or 16th century. Marginal notes in Greek by various later hands., Initials very crudely done, in various styles and several shades of red. Rubrics throughout. Some scribblings in the margins, including a cow on f. 25v., Folios 1, 2, 3, 41, and 42 are all torn, so that significant portions of the text are missing., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Rigid vellum case; handwritten on spine: "Codex Memb Graec"; on front cover, "no. 2".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
John Chrysostom, Saint, -407.
Subject (Topic):
Christian hagiography, Liturgies, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Prayers
Manuscript on parchment of 1) Passio S. Agapiti. 2) Passio S. Iustinae. 3) Passio S. Secundi. Followed by poems in praise of St. Secundus and a note on his translation from Gubbio to Pergola
Description:
In Latin., Script: The main part is copied by two hands: A (artt. 1-2), writing a careful Humanistica Textualis; B copied art. 3 in Southern Gothica Semitextualis; the first two pages of this section (ff. 5v-6r) are very faded and worn and are probably palimpsest., Artt. 1-2 have headings and explicit formulas in red but are otherwise undecorated. On f. 1r there is space for a 4-5-line initial, on f. 3r for a 4-line initial. Art. 3 opens with a 3-line decorated initial in black and orange, with penwork extensions in the left margin, and all majuscules in this part have red stroking., and Binding: Twentieth century. Blue and yellow marbled paper over pasteboard. Paper endleaves.
Manuscript on paper (?) containing 1) Atto Pistoriensis, Vita sancti Iohannis Gualberti, Italian adaptation by friar Giovanni. 2) Gregorius abbas Passinianensis, Miraculum sancti Iohannis Gualberti, Italian version. 3) Prayer to God and St. John Gualbert. 4) Final Epilogue to the Life of St. John Gualbert. 5) Vita sanctae Euphrosynae Alexandrinae, Italian adaptation. 6) Poem in honour of St. John the Baptist, consisting of 10 strophes of 17 verses, describing "la nobile chapella del Batista" in Florence. 7) Sermon for nuns
Description:
In Italian., Script: copied by various rapid hands in Gothica Cursiva Currens (ff. 25r-40r, line 20; 42r-47v) or Gothica Hybrida Libraria (ff. 40r, line 20 - 41v). The explicit formula on f. 41v is in Humanistica Textualis., No decoration., and Binding: Eighteenth century (?). Marbled paper over pasteboard. On the spine a label with the handwritten title "Vite / dei Si / Gio: / Gual: / ed / Eufra/sina" (Eighteenth Century).
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Biography, Christian hagiography, Monasticism and religious orders, and Manuscripts, Medieval
