Manuscript on parchment of 1) Lactantius, Divinae institutiones; 2) Augustine, Enchiridion, with preceding table of contents; 3) Bonaventure, Lignum vitae, Breviloquium, and Hymn on the Cross; 4) hymns, and a few works regarding different saints
Description:
In Latin., Script: the manuscript proper (artt. 4-11), is copied by two hands very close to each other: A copied ff. 1r-151r (upper half), 151v-155r, and 156v in Gothica Semitextualis Libraria; B copied ff. 151r (lower half) and 155v-156r. Art. 1 is copied by a 15th century hand using deviant spellings. Art. 2 is in 16th century Humanistica Cursiva. Art. 3 (the endleaves) is in large Carolingian handwriting., Decoration: Red headings and stroking of majuscules; red line-fillers for verses; red or blue paragraph marks. The text copied by hand B as well as the additional artt. 1 and 2 are undecorated. Art. 3 (the endleaves) has red heading and red stroking., and Binding: contemporary, undecorated white leather (deerskin?) over wooden boards, sewn onto three split leather thongs. The remains of a leather strap are attached to the front board and closes over a pin (lost) in the center of the rear board.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. and Bonaventure, Saint, Cardinal, approximately 1217-1274.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Latin, Fathers of the church, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on parchment of 1) Jacobus Palladinus de Teramo, Belial (also known as Consolatio peccatorum seu Processus Luciferi contra Iesum Christum). 2) Athanasian Creed, added in a different hand
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written in a cramped gothic cursive by a single scribe, above top line; art. 2 added in an awkwardly formed gothic bookhand., Divided initial, 15-line, in red in f. 1r. Plain initials, 10- to 4-line, initial strokes, and paragraph marks (in outer margin) in red throughout., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Dark brown, hard-grained goatskin, blind- and gold-tooled. Gilt edges. On spine: "Liber Bellial" and "Codex Ms. Saec. XV".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jacobus, de Theramo, 1350 or 1351-1417.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Latin, Consolation, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Cassian, John, approximately 360-approximately 435
Published / Created:
[between 1300 and 1400]
Image Count:
276
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on parchment of Iohannes Cassianus, Collationes
Description:
In Latin., Script: copied by one hand in Southern Gothica Textualis Libraria. Headings and running headlines in red. 2-line flourished initials, protruding into the margin or intercolumn, alternately in red and blue with penwork in the contrasting colours, at the opening of the chapters. Historiated initials on square background and with long marginal extensions (foliate bar borders) at the opening of the Prologue and of the Collationes., and Binding: de luxe binding s. XIX by Thibaron (d. c. 1880): blind-tooled brown morocco over cardboard boards, both covers decorated with fillets and flowery ornaments.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Cassian, John, approximately 360-approximately 435.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Latin, Manuscripts, Medieval, Theology, and History
Manuscript on parchment (goatskin) of Pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux (Ps.-Bernardus Claraevallensis), 1) De interiori homine (Mediationes). 2) De illis qui ingrediuntur religionem ut abundent bonis. 3) De interiori domo. Due to the loss of a quire 20 pages are missing, foliated 49-58. Due to the loss of f. 83 the final paragraphs of this text are lost. 4) A compilation on virtues and vices, followed by quotations of a theological and moral nature. The beginning of this text was on the lost f. 83.
Description:
In Latin., Script: With the exception of f. 1r apparently copied by one hand, writing Southern Gothica Semitextualis Libraria; f. 1r, in the same type of script, is by another more rapid hand and is perhaps palimpsest., Headings in red added afterwards, with instructions for the rubricator in Gothica Cursiva in the margins (the headings are missing from f. 91r onwards). Red plain initials, 2-3 lines, sometimes with simple flourishing. A few pointing hands and Nota-marks., and Binding: Original deerskin over bevelled wooden boards. On each cover four small brass bosses. Four similar bosses at the four corners of the spine and at the attachment of a white leather strap attached to the front cover and clutching with a decorated brass piece over a pin in the rear cover. The front paste-down is a fragment of a 14th-century Latin grammatical treatise in two columns.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux. and Cistercians.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Latin, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Monasticism and religious orders
Manuscript on parchment of St. Jermone, Epistulae et tractatus. With Ambrosius Mediolanensis (St. Ambrose, 339-397), De excessu fratris
Description:
In Latin., Script: Apparently four scribes: A, Iohannes de Carnago, is the main scribe and copied ff. 1r-260v (with the exception of 8 lines at the bottom) in Gothico-Humanistica Semitextualis Libraria; B copied from the bottom lines of f. 260v to f. 270v, in Humanistica Textualis Libraria; C copied ff. 271r-275v in Gothico-Humanistica Textualis Libraria; and D copied ff. 276r-304v in Gothico-Humanistica Semitextualis Libraria., Headings in red. Red heightening (stroking) of the majuscules. 2-3-line flourished initials (with guide letters) in red with penwork varying from pale red to purple. A large (10 lines) decorated flourished initial in red, with developed purple penwork ("R" instead of "D") in littera duplex style on f. 229v. Two Gothic historiated initials on gold background with floral marginal extensions: f. 1r: St. Jerome with lion and boy holding open a book (damaged); f. 25v: a monk copying., and Binding: Sixteenth century. Brown leather over cardboard boards, the covers blind-tooled with a triple fillet lozenge inside a floral roll frame, the center and the corners gold-tooled with two different floral tools. Spine with four raised bands and remnants of gold-tooled lilies in the compartments. Edges painted blue. Marks of two pairs of ties.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Latin, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin letters, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on parchment of 1) Copy of passage omitted from Institutiones VII.9 and supplied in a later hand. 2) Prefatory material. 3) Lactantius, Divinarum Institutionum Libri VII. 4) Lactantius, De Opificio Dei. 5) Lactantius, De Ira Dei
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written by a single scribe in a "fractured" gothic script. Marginal notations by several later writers, one of whom made extensive corrections to the text and added Latin translations for the Greek passages., Ten neat gold initials, 9- to 8-line, infilled and surrounded by white vinework on blue, pale green, and pale red grounds, with white dots and pale yellow highlights (ff. 9r, 33v, 53v, 77r, 100r, 119v, 144r, 163r, 163v, 177v). Greek quotations in red (only for ff. 1r-88r). Capitals and paragraph marks, alternating red and blue for ff. 2r-8v., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Brown calf case, gold- and blind-tooled with interesting pictorial tools.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Lactantius, approximately 240-approximately 320.
Subject (Topic):
Apologies, Christian literature, Latin, Church history, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on parchment of Ambrose, 1) De virginibus. 2) De virginitate. 3) (Incorrectly attributed) De lapsu virginis consecratae. 4) De viduis. 5) De institutione virginis. 6) De Helia et ieiunio. 7) De penitentia
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written in bold humansitic cursive script that slopes toward the right by a single scribe, above top line., Illuminated title page, severely rubbed and stained, with full border, white vine-stem ornament on red, blue, green and gold ground with white dots, in inner border with ribbon interlace. In lower border wreathed medallion within narrow gold bands, supported by two haloed angels, one dressed in green, the other in red; central shield of medallion blank. Included in border are a standing and a seated putto. Historiated initial, 6-line, gold, with a portrait of St. Ambrose seated at a lectern and reading, against a blue sky. 8 illuminated initials, 5-line, in gold against blue, green and red grounds with white dots and white vine-stem ornament extending into the margins to form partial borders. Headings, running titles and foliation (Roman numerals), in red., Many pages stained with some loss of text; f. 220r-v mostly illegible., and Binding: Nineteenth century, France. Brown goatskin with the arms of comte Chandon de Briailles gold-tooled on both sides. Edges, headcaps, and doublures also gold-tooled.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, -397.
Subject (Topic):
Celibacy, Christianity, Christian literature, Latin, Fathers of the church, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper containing numerous patristic and medieval theological texts
Description:
In Latin., Script: copied by one hand in bold Gothica Cursiva Libraria. The running headlines and the marginal notes are written in small Gothica Cursiva Currens of often scant legibility. The pastedowns are copied by a contemporary hand writing a very bold and angular Gothica Hybrida Libraria (Fractura)., The headings are written or underlined in red; red heightening of the majuscules and red plain initials. There is no red heightening and the initials are not executed on ff. 133-156. On many pages the reading is impaired by the acid ink., The manuscript contains: 1) Ps.-Ambrosius Mediolanensis (Pseudo-Ambrose), De dignitate sacerdotali, without the opening section. 2) Caesarius Arelatensis (Caesarius of Arles, Ps.-Augustinus Hipponensis, c. 470-542), Sermo 41 (De indigna familiaritate extranearum mulierum et de martyrio). 3) Fastidius (s. V, attrib.; Ps.-Augustinus), De vita christiana. 4) Ps.-Augustinus Hipponensis (Pseudo-Augustine), Speculum peccatoris. 5) Ps.-Bernardus Claraevallensis (Pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux) or Ps.-Augustinus Hipponensis (Pseudo-Augustine), Planctus de passione Domini. 6) Richardus de Sancto Victore (Richard of Saint Victor, d. 1173) or Egbertus Schonaugiensis (Egbert von Schönau, d. 1184), Soliloquia. 7) Iohannes Chrysostomus (John Chrysostom, c. 345-407), Quod nemo laeditur nisi a seipso, Latin version. 8) Iohannes Chrysostomus, De compunctione, Latin version. 9) Ps.-Iohannes Chrysostomus (Pseudo-John Chrysostom), De paenitentia, Latin version. 10) Iohannes Chrysostomus, De reparatione lapsi, Latin translation ascribed to Anianus Celedensis (5th century). 11) Fulgentius Ruspensis (Ps.-Augustinus, c. 468-533), De fide ad Petrum. 12) Ps.-Augustinus (Pseudo-Augustine), De contemptu mundi. 13) Caesarius Arelatensis (Ps.-Augustinus), Sermo 7 (Admonitio per quam ostenditur quantum boni sit lectionem divinam legere, et quantum mali sit ab illa vel inquisitione desistere). 14) Ps.-Hieronymus Stridonensis (Pseudo-Jerome), Epistula ad Paulinum. 15) Ps.-Bernardus Claraevallensis (Pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux), De quattuor beneficiis. 16) Hieronymus Stridonensis (St. Jerome, c. 348-420), Epistula 52 (Ad Nepotianum). 17) Hieronymus Stridonensis, Epistula 109 (Ad Riparium). 18) Hieronymus Stridonensis, Contra Vigilantium. 19) Hieronymus Stridonensis, Epistula 22 (Ad Eustochium). 20) Hieronymus Stridonensis, Epistula 125 (Ad Rusticum de vita monastica). 21) Caesarius Arelatensis (Caesarius of Arles, c. 470-542), Sermo 44 (De castitate). 22) Caesarius Arelatensis, Sermo 43 (De castitate coniugali). 23) Caesarius Arelatensis, Sermo 157 (De lectione evangelica). 24) Caesarius Arelatensis, Sermo 33 (De reddendis decimis). 25) Ps.-Augustinus, Sermo de die iudicii. 26) Ps.-Augustinus, Sermo de die iudicii., and Binding: original undecorated white parchment (spine repaired) over wooden boards; spine with three raised bands. Remnants (rectangular brass plates fixed with four nails) of two clasps attached to the rear cover. At the top of the front cover the damaged early inscription in ink: “*******o*ale” (pastorale?).
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Latin, Manuscripts, Medieval, Theology, and History
Manuscript on parchment of theological and moral treatises
Description:
In Latin., Script: main text is copied by one hand writing Southern Gothica Textualis Formata. The additional artt. 5-9 and the notes are written in extremely small Gothica Cursiva Libraria, all probably by Dominicus de Seraphinis., The manuscript contains: 1) Gerardus de Prato OFM, Breviloquium in sententias. 2) Iacobus de Benevento OP (s. XIII2 , Ps.-Bonaventura), Viridarium consolationis. 3) Aldobrandinus de Tuscanella OP (1250-1300), Scala fidei, second recension. 4) Note on the ten virtues. 5) Quodlibet questions with answers based on Raymundus de Pennaforti (d. 1275). 6) Note on the real existence of Purgatory. 7) A legal note on the conditions on which toll must not be paid for the transportation of goods, quoting Henricus de Segusio (Hostiensis, d. 1271). 8) A note about the four senses of Scripture., The first page is badly soiled., Headings in red. Alternately red and blue paragraph marks. 2- and 3-line flourished initials alternately in red and blue with very developed penwork in the contrasting colours in the left margin or in the intercolumnar space; at both ends the penwork terminates in conspicuous corkscrew ornament. 3- and 4-line litterae duplices with a yet more elaborate execution of the same type of penwork on ff. 2r (beginning of art. 2), 35v (2, beginning of art. 3), 52v (beginning of art. 4). The additional artt. 5-9 are undecorated., and Binding: 19th century (?). Quarter binding, parchment (from a music manuscript with 4-line red staves?) and paper printed in a rose and white decorative pattern over cardboard. On the front cover, in s. XIX handwriting: "Trattato di morale e teologia"; on the spine, in 19th century handwriting: "M.S. / 1421". Blue sprinkled edges.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Christian ethics, Christian literature, Latin, and Manuscripts, Medieval
