Manuscript fragment on parchment of a document related to Rovereto (?), diocese of Trent, transferring the debts that are owed to Nicolaus de Francinis
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Humanistic notarial script., and Decoration: the document begins with a 7-line initial "I" in brown; 1-line initials within the text are in brown; punctuated with the punctus, the comma, and the punctus versus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a settlement of a land dispute
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Italian notarial script., and Decoration: the document begins with a 6-line initial "I" in brown; 1-line initials are written in brown; punctuated with the punctus and the colon; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a contract for sale of property by Bernardino a Buscho to the monastery of St. Mark in Trent
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Italian notarial minuscule., and Decoration: the document begins with a 7-line initial "I" in brown; 1-line initials within the text are in brown; punctuated with the colon; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a contract concerning land near Bruneck, a description in Latin of the damage to Mohammed's tomb in Mecca by a storm in 1481, and an account of the coronation of Emperor Maximilian I at Aachen in 1486, written in southern German dialect
Description:
In German and Latin., Script: written in a cursive gothic script (littera cursiva) in a hand similar to that of the scribe who wrote the document in MS 482.144., and Decoration: the first word of the document ("Ich") is enlarged, with the initial "I" trailing down the margin of the entire text; there is no punctuation.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a legal document containing a document concerning tenure of land; an account of the election of Maximilian, Archduke of Austria and Duke of Burgundy, as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 1486; and a brief description of how one is to celebrate the feast of a newly canonized saint
Description:
In German and Latin., Script: written in cursive gothic script (littera cursiva), similar to that of the scribe who wrote the document in MS 482.143., and Decoration: the document begins with a flourished initial; there is no punctuation.
Manuscript fragment, on parchment, of a legal text surrounded by its accompanying gloss
Description:
In Latin., Script: gothica textura., Decoration: rubricated. Decorated marginal capitals in blue ink; small internal capitals in red ink for main text. Gloss contains small capitals in red and blue ink., and Gloss further annotated in a 14th century gothic cursive hand.
Fragment of a legendary of Saints Nicostratus, Claudius, Symphorian, Castorius and Simpliius, stonemasons martyred by Diocletian. The passage mentions the quarrying of porphyry columns for the temple of Diocletian
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in a proto-Carloingian minuscule. The scribe has been identified (by Bernard Bischoff) as Cundpato, monk of the Benedictine monastery of Freising., and Leaf has several small marks and holes indicating that it was used as part of a later bookbinding.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Cundpato. and Freisinger Domkloster.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript fragment on parchment of lessons from the Mass, from a lectionary or missal, including among others: Anthony (13 June); Sts. Gervase and Protase (24 June); Vigil of St. John the Baptist (23 June); Vigil of Sts. Peter and Paul (28 June); and Octave of the Apostles
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: the words "In illo tempore" begin with a 7- to 8-line initial "I" in blue with red penwork; the initials of the lessons are 1-line red or blue initials decorated with blue or red penwork; 1-line initials within lessons are in black highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation and accents are in the same ink as the text; there are symbols similar to neumes above some of the text, perhaps aids for reading aloud.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, Lectionaries, and Missals
