Manuscript fragment on parchment of a liturgical book containing instructions for a Feria on Dec. 27, among others, possibly from a missal
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in an unidentified script., Decoration: chapter marks and rubrics in red; unheightened neumes appear in red over parts of the text., and These fragments, which appear to be from the same manuscript, are contained in Zi +1215 (Albertus Magnus, Enarrationes in Evangelium Iohannis), in which they are used as front and back pastedowns.
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
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a noted missal, containing among others: Sts. Felix, Simplicius, Faustinus, and Beatrice (29 July); St. Felix II, Antipope (29 July); Sts. Abdon and Senan (30 July); Chains of Peter (1 August); Seven Maccabean Brothers (1 August).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of Caroline minuscule, with a larger script for the lessons and prayers and a smaller script for the chants., and Decoration: 2-line initials in orange square capitals, but with round "D"; 1-line intials in brown rustic capitals frequently filled with orange; rubrics written in orange minuscule with uncial "M" and occasional rustic capitals; punctuated with punctus and punctus elevatus; chants on the recto have interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing among others: St. Felix in Pincis (14 January); St. Marcellus (16 January); St. Prisca (18 January); St. George (23 April); St. Mark (25 April); Letania Maior ad S. Laurentium (25 April); Apostles Philip and James (1 May); and Sts. Alexander, Eventius, Theodolus, and Juvenal (3 May).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule by two scribes, one on fols. 1-2 and the other on fols. 3-4., and Decoration: there are two 7-line initials on fol. 2; they are in red outline with a center shaft filled with red and are decorated with foliate ornamentation; 1- and 2-line prayer initials alternate red and brown; the red initials are sometimes filled with yellow; 1-line chant initials are in brown rustic capitals, occasionally highlighted with red; punctuated with the punctus and punctus interrogativus; diacritical marks appear over the interrogative word in a question, in the Beneventan fashion; accents in the same ink as the text; there are 2 10-line initials on fols. 3-4; rubrics written in red rustic capitals marked with a horizontal yellow line; punctuated with the punctus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a noted missal containing St. Agatha (5 February); St. Valentine (14 February); and the Chair of St. Peter (22 February).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of late Caroline minuscule, a larger module for the lessons and prayers and a smaller module for the chants., and Decoration: 2- and 3-line initials in red square capitals, which has oxidized to a silver color; 1-line initials in brown rustic capitals; rubrics written in red minuscule; line fillers in red; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; chants have interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a noted missal containing among other items: Conversion of St. Paul (25 January); Octave of St. Agnes (28 January); Chair of St. Peter (22 February); St. Matthias (24 February); Sts. Perpetua and Felicity (7 March); St. Gregory (12 March); St. Cuthbert (20 March).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of late Caroline script, with a larger script for the lessons and prayers and a smaller script for the chants., and Decoration: 1- and 2-line initials are in red square capitals with round "D"; other 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals; rubrics written in red minuscule with occasional rustic capital and uncial forms; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation and accents are in the same ink as the text; interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing the Sunday after Holy Trinity
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of late Caroline minuscule, with a smaller script for the chants and a larger one for the lessons., and Decoration: 3-line initial "I" at the beginning of the lesson is in red; 1-line chant initials are in red uncials; 1-line initials within the lessons are in brown rustic capitals highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus.
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a missal for the Use of Beauvais
Description:
In Latin., Script: early gothic bookhand., Decoration: rubricated., and Binding: fourteenth-century (?) brown leather over beveled wooden boards; remains of one clasp.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Beauvais (France)
Subject (Name):
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre (Beauvais, France) and Catholic Church