Manuscript fragment on parchment of an unidentified commentary on the Gospel of Luke
Description:
In Latin., Script: late Carolingian handwriting with Italian features., No decoration., Both sides are stained; the lower section of f. 1rb is partly illegible., and Binding: used for the cover of an archival register, with f. 1r as the outer side, as appears from the title written in capitals upside down in horizontal sense on the lower half of that page: “L(ibro) di rendite 1629”.
Manuscript leaf, on parchment, apparently from a collection of law reports (perhaps a Year-book). Actions mentioned include cases of Dower and Quare impedit
Description:
In Law French (Anglo-Norman)., Layout: single columns of 61-62 lines each., and Script: cursive legal script with some anglicana features.
Manuscript fragments on paper of loose leaves of a judicial register. The lawsuit before the court of the Parliament of Dauphiné (“curia Dalphinalis parlamenti,” founded 1453) is about land, meadows (“prata”), a barn (“grangia”), and a house
Description:
In Latin., Watermark: letter P?., Script: copied by various scribes all writing a rapid documentary script (Gothica Cursiva Currens)., Badly deteriorated by glue, worm holes and the fading of the ink on many pages., and Detached from a binding. With the fragments a strip of parchment (goatskin), obviously coming from the same binding, is preserved. It is a fragment (c. 12 lines on both sides) of a Latin manuscript containing an unidentified text of Roman law (Italy, 14th century), written in two columns with a column of gloss at both sides of the text. The handwriting is Southern Textualis Libraria/Formata (Rotunda).
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 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).
