Manuscript fragment on parchment of an unidentified commentary on Luke
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in small, highly abbreviated gothic script (littera textualis currens)., and Decoration: 1-line initials in black; punctuated with the punctus; accents added by a later hand.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a commentary on Priscian's Institutiones Grammaticae
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule in a minute, highly abbreviated scholastic hand., and Decoration: 1-line initials are in brown; the lemmata are set apart from the preceding commentary by paragraph marks in brown; punctuated with the punctus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a commentary on Ps.-Gilbert of Poitiers, Lib. VI principiorum
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in a small gothic script with frequent abbreviations (scriptura notularis)., and Decoration: spaces are left for two 2-line initials, but they have not been added; 1-line initials are in brown capitals; quotations from the text are underlined in brown; paragraph marks are in brown; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment containing part of a commentary on the Romance of Alexander. The second nonconsecutive leaf of the bifolium contains part of a commentary on the New Testament, including a citation of John 6:45 in Greek
Description:
In Latin; small citation in Ancient Greek. and Script: gothic bookhand.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Macrobius, Commentary on the Dream of Scipio; original text by Cicero
Description:
Script: Copied by one hand in Carolina., Decoration: None; after the manuscript was dismounted, a large (15th century?) vine-scrolls design was made in red crayon over ff. 1r to 2v, the meaning of which remains unclear., and In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Cicero, Marcus Tullius. and Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius.
Subject (Topic):
Classical literature, Dreams, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript fragment, on paper, of a commonplace book in a stingle hand, containing about 20 poems by named authors, including Bartolomeus Venetus and Martinus Philecticus
Description:
In Latin. and Script: humanist cursive.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy., Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Humanism, Latin poetry, Medieval and modern, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript fragment, on vellum, in a single hand, of text from Book IV of Gower's Confessio Amantis
Description:
In Middle English., Taken from the Stafford Gower (Huntington Library MS EL 26 A 17) and used as binding waste., Layout: double columns of 36 lines (complete columns are of 46 lines), Script: formal bastard anglicana., Decoration: initials in gold, red, blue and purple., and Byname: Stafford Gower (fragment)
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Gower, John, 1325?-1408.
Subject (Topic):
English literature, English poetry, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript fragment on paper of the Consolatio peccatorum of Jacobus de Theramo, here in Czech translation. The Consolatio describes a lawsuit between the Devil (Beilal) and Jesus Christ, with Solomon presiding, in which the Devil sues Christ for having trespassed by descending into Hell to redeem lost souls. Leaf was formerly used as a pastedown
Alternative Title:
Consolatio peccatorum. Czech, Processus Luciferi contra Jesum Christum, and Processus Belial
Description:
In Czech., Layout: 2 columns of 44 lines, with unknown number of lines trimmed from top of leaf., Script: gothic cursiva., and Decoration: one 3-line initial in blue wash, one 3-line initial in red wash.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jacobus, de Theramo, 1349-1417. and Jesus Christ
Subject (Topic):
Devil, Mock trials, Redemption, and Manuscripts, Medieval