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1. Liturgical book (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [unidentified date]
- Call Number:
- Zi 145.5
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Liturgical book (fragment).
2. Antiphonary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [between 1090 and 1110].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 482.28
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing among other items: various Feria from Quadragesima; Saturday of the first week of Quadragesima; and Second Sunday of Quadragesima
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: on fol. 1v, there are portions of a 3-line square capital "T" in orange; initials of the antiphons beginning feriae IV and VI are 1-line rustic capitals in orange; initials of responses and of the antiphon beginning feria V are thick brown uncials filled with red; other 1-line initials are brown rustic capitals highlighted with red; rubrics are written in orange rustic capitals; liturgical directions are written in brown minuscule highlighted with red; punctuated with the punctus; interlinear neumes for chants with full text are in the St. Gall style.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).
3. Antiphonal (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- approximately 1100.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 712.24 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment, on parchment, from an antiphonal, containing parts of the offices for the first Tuesday and the second Sunday in Lent
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: late caroline minuscule with protogothic features., Decoration: rubricated. Large initials in red., and Musical notation (neumes) above the lines of text; no staves.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Antiphonaries, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Neumes
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonal (fragment).
4. Antiphonary
- Published / Created:
- 12th century
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 763
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary
5. Antiphonary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [between 1100 and 1150].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 481.19
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Antiphonaries, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).
6. Antiphonary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [11--]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 481.49
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).
7. Antiphonary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [11--].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 482.26
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing among other items: Epiphany; first through fourth Sundays after Epiphany; and Psalm responsories for use between Epiphany and Septuagesima
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 1-line initials at the beginning of responses are in square capitals in thick brown ink dotted or filled with orange; 1-line initials at the beginning of antiphons and verses are brown rustic capitals highlighted with orange; rubrics are written in orange rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus; interlinear neumes for chants with full texts are in the St. Gall style.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).
8. Antiphonary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [between 1100 and 1150].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 482.31
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing: St. Pantaleon (27 July), from first vespers to the first nocturn of matins; St. Pantaleon, from the third nocturn of matins to lauds
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 2-line initials at the beginning of the office, of the responsorial liturgy, and of lauds are in red square capitals; 1-line initials at the beginning of responses are in thick black square capitals highlighted with red; other 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals highlighted with red; rubrics written in red with a mixture of rustic capital and minuscule forms; punctuated with the punctus; interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style are on the recto and only occasionally on the verso; some of the neumes on the verso may be later additions.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).
9. Antiphonary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [11--].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 482.32
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing: Sts. Sixtus, Felicissimus, and Agapitus (6 August); St. Laurence (10 August); Assumption of the Virgin (15 August).
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 2-line initials at the beginning of responsorial liturgy are in red square capitals; 1-line initials are in brown rustic capital with uncial forms of "M" and round forms of "E" and sometimes "D"; rubrics are written in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus (rare); interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).
10. Antiphonary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [between 1140 and 1160]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 481.18
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Antiphonaries, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).
11. Antiphonary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [between 1150 and 1199]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 481.52
- Image Count:
- 22
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).
12. Gottschalk Antiphonary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [between 1190 and 1199]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 481.51
- Image Count:
- 34
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary written by the 12th- and 13th-century Lambach-based scribe Gottschalk. Among other items it contains: Epiphany (6 January); St. Agatha (5 February); St. Scholastica (10 February); Chair of St. Peter (22 February); St. Gregory (12 March); Annunciation (25 March); Maundy Thursday, compline; Good Friday; Easter; Exaltation of the Cross (14 September); St. Thomas (21 December); and St. Andrew (30 November).
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule by Gottschalk, a scribe at Lambach in the twelfth and early thirteenth century., and Decoration: the responsorial liturgy of most feasts begins with a 3- to 5-line initial in red with red vine-stem decoration and violet bands and foliage drawn by Gottschalk; three historiated initials of a trumpeter, Prophet Isaiah, and Gregory the great; 1-line red capitals are present in many antiphons as are 1-line initials of responses in thick brown uncials traced or dotted with red; rubrics written in red rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus; interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style; tonary letters are written in the outer margin of each folio drawn on tiers of a column representing architectural support.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gottschalk Antiphonary (fragment).
13. Antiphonary
- Published / Created:
- 13th or 14th century
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 810
- Image Count:
- 32
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of 3 liturgical rolls, containing Ambrosian Rite Antiphons for Rogation Days, with musical notation
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: copied by a single hand in Southern Gothica Textualis Libraria. Musical notation in early nota quadrata on four-line staves., Three rolls, consisting of pieces of parchment sewn together., and Liturgical chants for the Monday of the Minor Rogations (the Monday before Ascension day), according to the Ambrosian rite; liturgical chants for the Tuesday of the Minor Rogations; liturgical chants for the Wednesday of the Minor Rogations; and a fragment of a manuscript on parchment pasted onto the verso of roll 3, 13th or 14th century, written in Southern Gothica Textualis Libraria (Rotunda): Albertus Gandinus (1245?-1310?), Tractatus de maleficiis.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Ambrosian rite, Antiphonaries, Manuscripts, Medieval, Music, and Rogation days
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary
14. Antiphonary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [between 1200 and 1250]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 481.47
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).
15. Antiphonary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [12--]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 481.95
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).
16. Antiphonary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [between 1290 and 1310]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 482.78A
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing St. Paul (30 June).
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: initials of antiphons and responses are 1-line red capitals; 1-line initials for verses and Psalm incipits are in brown highlighted with red; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text; interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style, somewhat surprising in a manuscript of this date; differentiae in roman numerals with neumes in the St. Gall style are in the outer margins for antiphons with full text.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).
17. Antiphonal
- Published / Created:
- [between 1300 and 1350]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 178
- Image Count:
- 5
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written in two sizes of round liturgical gothic script by several scribes: Scribe 1, ff. 1r-235r; Scribe 2, f. 235r-v, and Scribe 3, ff. 236r-245v., Three fine historiated initials, 4- to 2-line, shaded pink and/or green, with blue, yellow, green and orange foliage and knots, with gold dots and orange frame; figures against blue ground. 3- to 2-line calligraphic initials, divided, red and blue with red penwork, with blue and red penwork flourishes. 1-line initials red or blue with blue or red penwork, sometimes with black and green; some initials with guide-letters in outer margin. 1-line initials with yellow. Square notes on 4-line red staves. Rubrics throughout, with notes to rubricator in margins. One very crude 4-line initial (s. xvii) on f. 1r, in red, yellow, blue, green and purple., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Rebound in brown cowhide (?), blind-tooled, with numerous metal bosses. Pastedowns from the same 17th-century antiphonary used as flyleaves.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Antiphonaries, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonal
18. Antiphonary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [between 1300 and 1350].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 481.114
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).
19. Hours
- Published / Created:
- [between 1350 and 1400]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 19
- Image Count:
- 44
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of the Penitential Psalms (incomplete), probably written as part of a Book of Hours
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written by a single scribe in liturgical gothic script., Carefully executed initials, 3-line, on blue or pink rectangles outlined in black, mark the beginning of each psalm; partial cusped borders, also in blue and pink, attached to each. Initials infilled with intertwining vines, often on gold ground, sometimes with small animals; modest use of gold dots inside rectangular grounds and borders. 1-line initials of blue with red penwork with blue dots and of gold with blue penwork and red dots. Line-fillers in combinations of red, blue and gold (various linear and flower designs)., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Bound in a piece of blind-tooled brown calf, once part of a 17th-18th century binding. Front pastedown and flyleaf from a Bible concordance, version 3 (France, ca. 1300). Back pastedown from 15th-century antiphonal, with musical notation, containing a portion of the office for Nicolas (6 Dec.).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Antiphonaries, Books of hours, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hours
20. Antiphonary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [between 1390 and 1410].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 482.106
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing: the Annunciation (25 March); Responsories from the book of Job and Psalms; and a computistical table for calculating the time between Christmas and Shrove Tuesday, with explicatory notes in German
- Description:
- In Latin and German., Script: written by three scribes in gothic script (littera textualis); one scribed copied fol. 1, another copied fol. 2r, and a third copies fol. 2v., and Decoration: 2-line initials at the beginning of the antiphon on fol. 1 are in red; the guide letters for these initials are still visible in light brown ink and some have been ornamented, including one with a crude figure of a person; 2-line initials at the beginning of verses on fol. 1 are in black with black penwork; fol. 2v begins with a very crude 2-line round D in red; rubrics written in red; musical notation is in black and on fol. 1 is on a 4-line staff in black; on fol. 2r it is on a 5-line staff in black; punctuated with the punctus.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).
21. Antiphonary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [between 1390 and 1410].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 482.107
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing: Sts. Cosmas and Damian (27 September); Archangel Michael (29 September); St. Dionysius (9 October); and St. Gall (16 October).
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: The offices of Archangel Michael and of St. Gall begin with 2-line initials in red and blue; the insider of the letters is decorated with an animal on a red and green ground surrounded by red and blue penwork and white dots; the outside of the letters is surrounded by red and blue penwork; 2-line initials of antiphons and responses alternate red and blue; the 2-line initial of the verse is in brown highlighted with red; the left margins of both versos are decorated with red and blue designs, which are topped by an animal head in red on fol. 1v; musical notation is in black on a 5-line staff in black; punctuated with the punctus.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).
22. Antiphonary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- approximately 1400.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 712.32
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment, from a German antiphonary. Musical notation on four-line staves above lines
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: gothica textualis precissa., and Decoration: rubricated. Large in-line capitals in black ink.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval, Antiphonaries, and Musical notation
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).
23. Documents (Sebenico).
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1530]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 55
- Image Count:
- 274
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (sturdy) of Documents and accounts (ca. 1400-1530) pertaining to the church of St. Gregory in Sebenico (Dalmatia). Folios 63v-64r contain a copy of a will, in Latin, of Gregory of Sebenico. Other items, including an inventory of the church of St. Gregory (dated 8 Sept. 1403) are in Italian
- Description:
- In Italian and Latin., Watermarks: unidentified mountain., Script: Arranged in a tabular format and written in many different cursive hands. Some entries have been crossed out., Numerous folios are stained and partly illegible; final leaves mutilated; loss of text throughout., and Binding: Date? Sewn with coarse thread on seven double, wound thongs. Tacketed to a brown goatskin wrapper with seven sets of four tawed, pinkish-brown thongs, wound around each other on the outside of the spine. Sewing holes about 10 mm. apart outline the edges of the spine, sides, fore-edge and envelope flaps. Mold has eaten into cover and book, and the wrapper has shrunk so that it is now much smaller than the bookblock. Home-made notarial binding? Covers are lined with fragments of a noted antiphonal (12th century); part of one sheet containing responds and antiphons for Epiphany and its octave is legible. Ca. 17 lines of text. Diastematic notation on a dry point staff with one red line. C and f are used as clefs, but from the condition of the sheet it is not possible to tell which clef should be associated with the red line.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Šibenik (Croatia)
- Subject (Topic):
- Accounts, Antiphonaries, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Documents (Sebenico).
24. Antiphonary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [14--].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 482.128
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing unidentified chants and Holy Saturday, lauds
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: the 4-line initial "U" is in blue and red; some of the sketched flourishes outside of the letter have been traced in red and filled with green; inside the letter a floral pattern has been sketched and partially completed; the 2-line initial "O" is red with sketched flourishes only partially completed and filled with green; rubrics in red in the same script as the text; quadrata notation is in black on a 4-line staff in red; punctuated with the punctus.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).
25. Antiphonary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [14--].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 483.18
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing Feria V throughout the year
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in a formal, rounded Italian gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: the 6-line initial "M" at the beginning of the Psalm is in gold, on a square ground of blue decorated with white filigree; the inside of the initial depicts a good-quality image of David kneeling against a mauve background and looking up to the hand of god; 1-line initials at the beginning of Psalm verses and antiphons alternate in red and blue uncials; rubrics written in red capitals; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; musical notation is in black on 4-line staves in red.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).
26. Antiphonary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [14--].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 483.19
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing Saturday throughout the year
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in a formal, rounded Italian gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: the 7-line initial "D" at the beginning of the Psalm is in light tan and gold on a square ground in blue with white filigree; the inside of the initial contains a miniature that is badly rubbed, depicting Christ holding a book on a mauve ground; the first line of the Psalm is written in 1-line white capitals on a rectangular red ground; guide letters for the artist are in the margin in red; 1-line initials are black capitals highlighted with red; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text; musical notation is in black on 4-line staves in red.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).
27. Antiphonary and officium
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1077
- Image Count:
- 153
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment
- Description:
- In Latin.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Antiphonaries, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary and officium
28. Antiphonary
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 627
- Image Count:
- 12
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary
29. Antiphonary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1499].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 482.116
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing the Common of the Apostles
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in rounded gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: The 4-line initial at the beginning of the office is blue and red with blue and red flourishes; 2-line initials at the beginning of responses alternate blue and red; 2-line initials at the beginning of verses are brown with brown and yellow flourishes; 1-line initials within verses are in brown and are highlighted with red; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text; musical notation is on a four-line staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).
30. The fire of love, etc
- Creator:
- Rolle, Richard, of Hampole, 1290?-1349
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 331
- Image Count:
- 92
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment (thick, furry) of 1) Richard Rolle, The Fire of Love. 2) Poem added, 16th century, by Richard Hutton. 3) Richard Rolle, The Mending of Life. 4) Verse life of John of Bridlington (d. 1379). Written in a Northern dialect; numerous marginal and interlinear notes in hands of 16th-17th centuries illustrate that the text was being read for comprehension in this period. Annotations include corrections (often by one individual on comments made by another), glosses on particular words, and whole passages transcribed in the margins
- Description:
- In English (Northern dialect)., Script: Written by a single scribe in bastard Secretary script. Marginal and interlinear glosses by several hands, 16th-17th centuries., Blue initials, 2-line, with elaborate pen-work flourishes, in red: zigzags along the margin and foliage designs in and around the body of letter. Underlining, initial strokes, and simple helical line-fillers, in red., and Binding: Fifteenth century. Original, wound sewing on seven small, double, tawed-skin supports laced into grooves on the inside of oak boards and pegged. Covered in pink, tawed skin with two strap-and-pin fastenings, flower-shaped pin bases on the lower board. Fastenings wanting and supports breaking. Original pastedowns from an antiphonal (England, 13th century) with parts of the office for Stephen at Matins and at Lauds; musical notation on 4-line red staves.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Rolle, Richard, of Hampole, 1290?-1349.
- Subject (Topic):
- Antiphonaries, Devotional literature, English (Middle), English poetry, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The fire of love, etc
