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
In Latin., Script: copied by two hands in small late Carolingian script: hand A copied ff. 1r-59v; hand B copied ff. 61r-103r. Art. 5 has been added on a blank page by a 13th cent. hand, writing in Gothic documentary cursive script., Decoration: red headings in larger script, in Uncialis/Capitalis or Carolingian minuscule; red 1-line versals; 2- or 3-line plain red initials., and Binding: 16th century brown leather over cardboard; both covers are blindtooled with frames of triple fillets, decorated with two rolls; spine undecorated, with label “203”.
Manuscript fragment on vellum of a lectionary. Arrived at the Beinecke as two separate accessions. Accession 1 (1 leaf): recto: Luke 18:35-43 and Luke 17:3-4a; verso: Luke 17:4a-10. Accession 2 (4 leaves): F. 1 recto: Luke 22:32-39 and Matt. 26:2; verso: Matt. 26:3-13. F. 2 recto: Matt. 14:15-14:22 and 15:32; verso: Matt. 15:32-33 and Matt. 14:22-25. F. 3 recto: Matt. 26:20; verso: Matt. 26:31-39. F. 4 recto: John 19:7-13; verso: Matt. 27:3-14.
Description:
In Greek., Initials in red., and Edges cut; later inscription at bottom rubbed out.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
Subject (Topic):
Lectionaries, Lectionary preaching, Orthodox Eastern Church, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on parchment of 1) Lessons for the sanctorale from Saturninus through Catharine, including many Franciscan feasts. 2) Bull of canonization of Bernardinus of Siena, ending defectively. 3) Lessons for the common of saints and for the anniversary of a dedication of a church
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written by one person in round gothic bookhand., One 9-line initial, f. 1r, St. Saturninus holding an open book and martyr's palm, three-quarter length in front of trees and sky, dark blue with white filigree; purple foliage against a gold ground edged in black, with curling purple, green, and gold foliage extending into margin. Full border, framed in blue and gold, with three roundels in lower margin, right and left, hour glasses with scrolls with the motto "Pan. se. de. moi.", center, a coat of arms (barry of 6, sable and argent; overall a bend or). In upper margin, at right, a smaller roundel with a duck; at center, a Greek cross in gold, on purple; each framed in gold with blue or purple. Some foliage, as in initial, in center outer margin; border otherwise filled with blue and purple flowers with red and green centers, symmetrically disposed with smaller blue, purple, and green flowers, blue, purple, red and gold dots and fine spiralling vines in light brown. 2-line initials throughout, red or blue with blue or red penwork, with flourishes. 1-line red or blue paragraph marks. Rubrics throughout., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Brown calf over wooden boards, blind-tooled. Five very small, round bosses on each board and two fastenings. Rebacked. Pastedowns and flyleaves are conjugate leaves from a gradual (Italy, 16th century): front pastedown hidden under bookplates; front flyleaf with parts of the third Christmas mass and the rubric for Circumcision; back flyleaf with part of the first Christmas mass; back pastedown with parts of the mass of Epiphany.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Padua (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Graduals (Liturgical books), Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Lectionaries, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single scribal hand, of a Gospel lectionary containing the daily lessons for the ecclesiastical year for both fixed and moveable feasts. Manuscript begins the readings of John from Easter to the sixth Sunday after Easter, and concludes with the readings from 21 May to 31 August
Description:
In Greek., Accompanied by detailed list of contents., Script: Greek minuscule., Decoration: ornamented headbands in red ink mark the four major sections of the text. Ornamented initials in red ink at the beginnings of some Gospel readings., Bookplate: L. A., and Binding: Fifteenth-century? Greek-style binding of full brown leather over squared and grooved boards. Blind-tooled; bordered with interlace tendrils, diapered and checker-ruled with additional circular tools containing peacock, Agnus Dei, vase, rampant lion, eagle and fleuron designs.
Manuscript on parchment of fragments from an Epistolary of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Temporale
Description:
In Latin., Script: copied by a single hand writing a large and regular Carolina. Headings in a mixture of Capitalis and Uncialis. Neumatic notation on a red line., Headings in red. Heightening of majuscules in yellow. Initials in red heightened with yellow, placed between the double bounding lines., and Binding: red morocco over pasteboard; spine with 4 raised bands. The front cover decorated with a wreath in green, silver and gold containing the initials “S.C.C.” in gold.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a lectionary containing portions of 2 Kings 2-3.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 2- and 3-line initials at the beginning of lessons are written in red uncials; 1-line initials are written in brown rustic capitals; rubrics written in red rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a lectionary containing readings from Luke 1 and 3 and John 1.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: one 4-line and two 3-line initials are in red, decorated with blue penwork; 1-line initials at the beginning of verses are in brown uncials highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus; hyphenation and accents in the same ink as the text; there are three signs that occur over syllables of words, one similar to a backwards "3", one similar to a squarish backwards "C", and the third a virgule; perhaps theese are pitch or accent marks or some other type of aid for reading aloud.
Manuscript fragment on parhcment of a south German lectionary including weekday readings concerning the Easter season
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., Decoration: 1-line initials in brown uncials with occasional square capital forms, frequently filled with dark red ink; rubics in dark red square capitals mixed with uncial and minuscule forms; punctuation consisting of punctus, punctus elevatus, punctus versus, and punctus interrogativus., and Former call numbers: Beinecke MS 482.10 (f. 1).
