Manuscript fragment on parchment of Paul the Deacon's Homiliary
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 7-line initial "L" is in red, the horizontal stroke decorated with two round balls; 1-line initials are brown uncials; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text, but in a larger module; punctuated with the punctus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Paul the Deacon's Homiliary
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: on fol. 1r there is a fine 7-line decorated initial "E" in yellow filled with red geometric penwork on a ground of blue, green, and dark red, with four vine stems originating from the lower bar of the "E"; a guide letter appears in the margin opposite the decorated initial; 1-line initials are black uncials; rubrics written in red uncials; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation and accents were added by a later hand.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Alan of Farfa, Homily I.87 (Vigil of Palm Sunday) and Homily I.88 (Maundy Thursday).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule; corrections added in dark ink by a contemporary hand; annotations identifying biblical passages and Augustine's tractates added in pencil by a modern hand., and Decoration: 4-line initial "P" in brown and red on f. 2r; 1-line intials in brown uncials; rubric in red uncials; punctuation consisting of the punctus, punctus elevatus, punctus versus, and the punctus interrogativus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a homiliary containing among others: Paul the Deacon's Homiliary, Homily I.41; Pseudo-Augustine, Sermon 121; Pseudo-Augustine, Sermon 177; Pseudo-Augustine, Sermon 128; Augustine, In evangelium Iohannis tractatus; Jerome, Commentariorum in Mattheum
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 1-, 3-, and 4-line homily initials and lesson initials are in red square capitals; 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals; rubrics written in red minuscule; first word of sermon on 3r written in brown rustic capitals highlighted with red; punctuated with punctus, with rare use of punctus elevatus; punctus interrogativus also used; accents and hyphenations in same ink as the text.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420., Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430., Pseudo-Augustine., Paul, the Deacon, approximately 720-799?., and Catholic Church
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a homiliary containing among others: Pseudo-Augustine, Sermon 196; Ambrose, Expositio evangelii secundum Lucam; Gregory the Great, Homiliae xl in evangelia
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: two 7-line initials in yellow on a square ground, colored with blue, red, dark red, and green and decorated with white interlacing foliage; 2-line initials at the beginning of lessons in red square capitals; 1-line initials in brown uncials; rubrics written in red uncials with rustic capital "D"; first words of the homily and the first initial of the biblical text are written in brown uncials with rustic capital "D" filled with red; punctuated with punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604., Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, -397., Pseudo-Augustine., and Catholic Church
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a homiliary containing Maximus Taurinensis, Sermon 48; Conversio Sanctae Justinae virginis et Sancti Cypriani episcopi
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: only the upper eight lines of the homily initial "I" are preserved; the initial is yellow on a red, blue, purple, and green ground; 1-line initials are a mixture of brown rustic capitals and uncial forms with the occasional use of an enlarged minuscule "e"; rubric in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus; hyphenation and diacritical marks in same ink as text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Homilies, possibly by Haimo of Halberstadt
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: on fol. 1v there is a very fine 3/4-page decorated initial "I" in red and yellow on a purple, blue, and orange ground, with vine-stem decoration lightly washed with yellow; 1-line initials are either in red rustic capitals or brown rustic capitals highlighted with red; rubrics are written in a mixture of red minuscule and rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; double quotation marks are within the text; accents are in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of the Venerable Bede, Homily II.10.110-15; 124-30; 138-44; and 153-58. Note that the folio has been cut vertically into two pieces with a corresponding column (A and B) to each piece
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule; corrections added in darker ink by a contemporary hand., Decoration: 1-line initials in brown rustic capitals or uncials; punctuation consisting of the punctus, punctus elevatus, punctus versus, and punctus interrogativus., and Former call numbers: Beinecke MS 482.7 (column B of the folio).
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 635-735. and Catholic Church
Manuscript on parchment of Henry Suso, Horologium Sapientiae, translated into Italian. With Office of Eternal Wisdom (Cursus de aeterna sapientia), composed by Henry Suso; and several anonymous, miscellaneous texts
Description:
In Italian., Script: Main text written in gothic bookhand, below top line., For main text divisions good blue initials with plain parchment designs and red penwork flourishes; elsewhere 2-line initials alternate red with blue harping designs and blue with red. On f. 11r red rectangular page filler at bottom of text space. Small plain 1-line initials alternate red and blue. Headings and paragraph marks in red. Majuscules stroked with yellow. Remains of guide letters., and Binding: Fifteenth century, Italy. Original sewing on four tawed skin, kermes pink slit straps laced through tunnels in the edge of wooden boards to channels on the outside and nailed. A tawed skin endband core is laid in grooves and covered with plain, wound primary and red secondary embroidery. Spine: supports outlined and panels diapered with triple fillets. Covered in light brown goatskin with corner tongues, and decorated with interlace squares on their points within concentric frames. Trace of one fastening, the catch on the lower board and the upper one cut in for a red fabric strap attached with star-headed nails. The cover has been varnished.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Seuse, Heinrich, 1295-1366.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, Italian, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Mysticism
