Manuscript fragment on parchment of a lectionary or missal containing portions of the biblical books of Wisdom, Hebrews, Proverbs, and the Apocalypse
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Beneventan script., and Decoration: 3- and 4-line initials are written on the inner vertical bounding line; one of them is a plain red square capital "I"; the others are brown square capitals filled with red foliate ornamentation; 1-line initials are brown, highlighted with red; rubrics written in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus versus.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, Lectionaries, and Missals
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
Manuscript fragment on parchment of lessons for the Mass, either from a lectionary or a missal. Readings include: Matthew 10, Luke 6, 11, and 12.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: 1- and 3-line initials at the beginning of lessons are in red; initials at the beginning of verses are in brown highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, Lectionaries, and Missals
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 on parchment. Formerly known as the "Fouquet Missal", based on the mistaken attribution of the illumination to Fouquet
Description:
In French., Script: Written by a single scribe in formal gothic bookhand., A richly decorated manuscript with an unusual and elaborate program of miniatures by at least four artists: the Master of the Vienna Mamerot, Jean Colombe, a hand close to the Masters of Morgan 96 and 366, and a fourth artist whose hand has not yet been identified in other manuscripts. Each large miniature (107 total) has a full border incorporating four marginal scenes (428 in all) with subjects which either amplify or follow closely from the action of the miniature, disposed with two rectangular scenes in the outer border and two roundels in the lower border. The subsidiary miniatures, framed in red, are surrounded by blue and gold acanthus, flowering vines in green, blue and red, ivy in black pen with gold dots, large, naturalistic flowers, and black hair-spray with gold dots. The borders are framed on the outer edges with a red bounding line, on the inner edges with a red or gold bounding line., 4- and 2-line initials throughout, shaded pink or blue with gold foliate decoration against blue or pink grounds with pink or blue curling leaves, heightened in gold. 1-line initials, gold, against pink or blue grounds with gold filigree. On ff. 6r-13v the 4- and 2-line initials, as well as line-fillers in the same manner, are painted over blue or red initials with red or blue penwork and line fillers in red, blue and gold. The overpainting of this archaizing decoration reflects a change in decorative scheme rather than an interval of three-quarters of a century between the writing and the illumination of the manuscript. Rubrics and some underlining in red throughout., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Quarter bound in brown goatskin. Blue/green cloth sides with silver fastenings and fittings. On fastenings small roundels with portraits of the evangelists; on clasp a roundel with Annunciation. Numerous Turk's head place-marks on fore edge. Earlier covers, 17th century, mounted inside boards.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Missals
Manuscript on parchment, composed of four parts. Written at the end of the 14th century (Parts I, III) and in 1578 (Parts II, IV); the prominence of St. Maclovius (Macutus) suggests that Parts II and IV were produced in Brittany or Normandy
Description:
In Latin., Script: Parts I and III (ff. 1r-40v, 48r-72v): Written in liturgical gothic of two sizes, by one scribe. Parts II and IV (ff. 41r-47v, 73r-102v) were intended to be integrated into the earlier portion: Written in liturgical gothic of the late 16th century, in two sizes by a single scribe; the letters slant slightly toward the left., On f. 48r, a 5-line historiated initial (65 x 58 mm.), white-decorated red and blue on a gold ground, enclosing a priest serving Communion; from the corners sprout blue vines with white, gold, and red trilobe leaves, extending around 3 sides of the page. On f. 1r, an 8-line illuminated initial of white-decorated blue and red (63 x 65 mm.), filled with blue and red trilobe leaves, on a gold ground; the base of the letter is extended around the inner and lower margins as a gold, blue, red, and white bounding line; from the lower two corners of this line and the upper left corner of the initial sprout vines, as for the historiated initial. 3- and 2-line initials in orange-tinted red or blue; rubrics throughout. Square notes in brown on 4-line orange-tinted red staves (the red ink has bled so that the whole written space has an orange glow). Parts II and IV: 4- to 1-line initials in red and blue. Rubrics are sometimes set off on the right side of the page by a narrow vertical border in brown. Musical notation: square notes on 4-line staves, all in brown., and Binding: 1981. Quarter cloth case, retaining brown mottled paper covered boards, 19th century. Traces of earlier bindings.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Missals
Manuscript on paper of a Missal, containing Masses and prayers for various occasions, a Benediction and Exorcism, and Liturgical notes
Description:
Script: copied by a single hand in a bold Gothica Semihybrida Libraria/Formata, Binding: Contemporary quarter binding sewn on three double cords: blind-tooled brown leather and wooden boards. One engraved brass clasp attached to the rear board, with an engraved brass catch on the front board. On the spine, two later parchment(?) labels carrying the shelfmark “E 40.” The binding is strengthened by means of a lead from an eleventh century biblical manuscript on parchment., and In Latin.