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 an antiphonary containing: Common of the Martyrs; Common of a Confessor
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 1- and 2-line initials at the beginning of chants are in brown highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; square musical notation in block on four-line red staff; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing among other items: First Sunday of Advent; Christmas; Christmas Eve; St. Stephen (26 December); St. Silvester (31 December); St. Agnes (21 January); Conversion of Saint Paul (25 January); and Purification of the Virgin (2 February).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule by several scribes., Decoration: 7-line responsory initial "D" is a red uncial with red and black penwork and a portrait of St. Agnes; 4-line responsory initial "A" in red with vine-stem decoration; 1-line initials of "O" antiphons are in red capitals; other 1-line initials are brown rustic capitals; rubrics in red minuscule., and It is possible that not all these leaves come from the same manuscript. They were written by several scribes, and the written space varies.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing among other items: St. Agnes (21 January); St. Vincent (22 January); Conversion of St. Paul (25 January); St. Agatha (5 February); St. Scholastica (10 February); St. Valetine (14 February); and Chair of Peter (22 February).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in early Gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: initials of the first antiphon for lauds and for several other hymns are 1- to 2-line square capitals in red; other initials are 1-line brown rustic capitals highlighted with red; rubrics written in red minuscule; minor initials in black highlighted with red; punctuated with punctus; interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style have been added by several hands.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing the Assumption of Mary (15 August).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in early Gothic script., and Decoration: initials of the first antiphons of lauds and of second vespers are 1-line red capitals; other 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals; those for the antiphons and responses of matins are dotted or traced in red; rubrics are written in red rustic capitals; the name "maria" is sometimes written with uncial "M" and mostly with capital "R"; punctuated with the punctus; chants and marginal tonary letters have neumes in the St. Gall style.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary, containing Antiphons for the week of Septuagesima; Sexagesima, first vespers to second vespers; Quinquagesima, from vespers to the first nocturn of matins
Description:
In Latin, Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 2-line initial "Q" on f. 1v in red; 1-line initials in brown capitals with uncial M and an enlarged minuscule e; rubrics written in red minuscule, with occasional use of uncial M; interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style; punctuated with punctus placed on the base line; cross-shaped "+" mark in brown ink on f. 1r.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary, possibly from Lambach. Contains circumcision (1 January) from second nocturn of matins through second vespers; antiphons for the Benedictus and Magnificat for Sundays I, II, III and IV after Epiphany; Saturday throughout the year, vespers to the first nocturn of matins
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., Decoration: 2-line initials in red capitals, set apart from the text; rubrics written in red minuscule; interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style; neumed differentiae (evovae) provided in the outer margins for antiphons with full text; punctuated with punctus placed on base line., and Other leaves from the same antiphonary are preserved in the bindings of Lambach, Stiftsbibliothek, Cml XVI (2 leaves) and Cml LXXIII (the Lambach Rituale, 1 leaf).
Manuscript fragment on parchment (6 non-consecutive leaves) of vesper antiphons. Feasts noted for some antiphons are: Ascension; 21st-23rd Sunday after Pentecost; Vigil of Saints Peter and Paul
Description:
In Latin., Script: written by a single scribe in a formal gothic bookhand., Six lines of text with musical notation on a four-line red staff. Initials in red, blue, and black., and Unbound.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Antiphonaries, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Vespers (Music)
Manuscript fragment on parchment of 2 leaves from an Advent Sunday antiphonal
Description:
In Latin., Script: praegothica handwriting with Southern features. Notation on four-line staves, marked with letter keys. Headings in bold Uncial. Headings, versals and plain initials in red., and Fragments from an antiphonary, including the first Sunday of Advent and the Feast of St. Lucia (December 13). A bifolium; between the two leaves an unknown number of folios is missing.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Advent music, Antiphonaries, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Music
