Manuscript fragment on parchment of a portion of the biblical book of Leviticus containing chapters 22-24.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; accents are in the same ink as the text; chap. 23 begins with the number "lxxvi" in red.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a portion of the biblical book of Leviticus, including chapters 18-20 and 22-25.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: spaces are left within the text for 1-line initials but they have not been added; other 1-line initials are in brown; punctuated with the punctus, though it is extremely rare; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of the biblical book of Sirach
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: there are three plain 2-line initials in red; 1-line initials are brown filled with red and a mixture of uncial and rustic capital forms; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval and Apocryphal books (Old Testament)
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a portion of the biblical book of Mark, or a lectionary, or a missal
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., Decoration: 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus and punctus versus., and The speakers in the text are noted by letters above the first word of quoted text: "T" for Jesus, "C" for the narrator, and "I" for other speakers; these letters indicate the different ways to read the words of the speakers in the passage during Holy Week, in this case, Feria III.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, Lectionaries, and Missals
Manuscript fragment on parchment of the biblical book of Matthew, containing portions of chapter 25 (Parable of the Talents).
Description:
In Latin., Decoration: initials in red., Script: written in an unidentified script., and Contained in Zi +237 (Dionysius de Burgo Sancti Sepulcri, Commentarii in Valerium Maximum), in which the fragment has been used as a spine support.
Manuscript fragment on parchment from the biblical books of the minor prophets, including Zacharias and Malachi
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 2-line round "E" of Zach. 14.1 in red; the chapter also begins with the number "XIIII" in alternating blue and red; 1-line initials are in brown highlighted with red; rubrics written in red in a slightly larger and more formal littera textualis; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, punctus versus, and punctus interrogativus, many of which are added, altered, or highlighted in red; accents have been added in red ink; the rubricator has also made a number of corrections to the text, as has another contemporary hand in brown ink.
Manuscript on parchment, incomplete, of a Latin sermon about God's mercy and His aversion to pride, demonstrated from teh example of the woman caught in adultery (John 8:1-11).
Description:
In Latin., Title devised by cataloger., Layout: single columns of 25 lines., Script: Caroline minuscule., Decoration: rubrication., and Water damage with loss of text on verso.
Manuscript fragment on parchment from a Book of Hours including the Suffrage for St. Paul
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: Historiated 7-line initial "O" on the recto in blue with white highlights filled by a depiction of the apostle Paul standing on a green field with a gold ground; Paul holds a book in his left hand and a sword in his right; the 2-line initial at the beginning of the antiphon is in red, surrounded by brown penwork; 1-line initials are in black; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript on paper and parchment of a collection of saints' lives
Description:
In Latin., Script: copied by one hand in Gothica Hybrida Libraria., Headings and stroking of the majuscules in red. 3-line red plain initials. On f. 1r 6-line blue initial with interior reserved shapes and developed purple penwork in the shape of a rose; purple penwork extensions in the left margin., and Binding: original binding: brown calf over wooden boards, sewn on three double cords; both covers blind-tooled with frames of double fillets and a St Andrew's cross, and a few lozenge-shaped tools. Remnants of one brass clasp, attached to the rear board. On the front board a damaged parchment title label with the inscription in Northern Gothica Textualis Formata beginning with a red majuscule: “Vita sanct** Barlaam *********”. On the rear board four brass bosses and, in the center in black ink, the letter D (part of a shelfmark, s. XVII/XVIII?).
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
John, of Damascus, Saint.
Subject (Topic):
Christian hagiography, Christian legends, and Manuscripts, Medieval