Manuscript on parchment (thick, good quality), composed of four parts. Although all four parts may be roughly contemporary in execution, they apparently were not assembled together as a "missal" until the 15th century, at which point the manuscript was annotated and cross-referenced from beginning to end; it is possible that only the lectionary and sacramentary in Part IV were originally intended to be used together
Description:
In Latin., Script: Part I (ff. 2-8): Text of calendar written in gothic bookhand by a single scribe; many later additions in several hands. Part II (ff. 9-56): Written in gothic bookhand, with additions in several different hands in less formal styles of writing. Musical notation consists of Austrian adiastematic neumes in the same ink as the text. Part III (ff. 57-64): Written in large liturgical gothic bookhand. Part IV (ff. 65-276): Written in gothic bookhand; several layers of marginalia added in less formal hands., Part I: KL monograms, in red, embellished with knobs. Part II: Eleven large initials, 12- to 6-line, drawn in red and/or brown ink against geometric grounds of blue and lime-green washes. The initials are constructed of dragons and other fantastic animals, or of stylized foliage inhabited by biting beasts and birds. Plain initials in blue, red or lime-green, some with blue and/or red penwork designs, others with knobs. Major headings in majuscules with letters alternating red, black, and sometimes lime green; other headings in red. Instructions to rubricator perpendicular to text. Part III: The decoration of the Canon of the Mass consists of a 3/4-page miniature of the crucifixion, f. 60r, framed with a narrow border of olive green, red and blue with white filigree. Christ is shown hanging from a Y-shaped Astkreuz flanked by Mary and St. John, against gold ground. The gold ground is largely rubbed and the figures are partly restored (lower part of St. John's robe has been reworked, and flaked paint on the cross and Christ's loin cloth replaced). Marginal illustration of what appears to be a kneeling Augustinian canon dressed in white and red robes, adjoining the Te igitur (f. 60v). Three illuminated initials, ff. 58r, 59v, 60v, for the Canon of the Mass, 7- to 5-line, pale mauve with stylized scrolls and green foliage against gold ground edged in blue with white filigree. Vere dignum initials, 3-line, alternate in red and blue with penwork in either blue or red. Part IV: Pen-and-ink initials, 7- to 4-line, of a similar design as in Part II, but lacking the vitality; drawn in brown and/or red ink with stylized foliage and palmettes sometimes touched with blue or red against blue, red and/or lime-green ground. Smaller initials, 4-line, red, blue or green with red and/or green penwork design. Plain initials in red. Headings in red. Instructions for rubricator perpendicular to text., Elegant repairs to parchment sewn with blue and chartreuse thread (e.g., f. 27). Most of the leaves of Part III have been repaired., and Binding: Nineteenth century, England. Quarter bound in brown calf, blind-tooled, over wooden board. Metal fittings at the head and tail of the leather and two fastenings.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, 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 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 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 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 an index from a missal of the temporale, sanctorale, and Common of the saints
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis formata) in red and black ink., and Decoration: the 1-line initials at the beginning of each line are in red or in black highlighted with red; the feasts of Advent, the canon and prefaces of the Mass, the first Sunday after Easter, the beginning of the sanctorale, and all the items of the Commons are written in red; other important feast days such as Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, and Pentecost begin with a paragraph mark in red; punctuated with the punctus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a gradual or a missal containing the Common of Martyrs and rubric for the Common of a Martyr
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in a formal gothic bookhand (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: musical notation in brown on 4-line staves in red; 1-line initials alternate red with brown penwork and blue with red penwork; the 1-line initial at the beginning of the rubric is a blue capital with red penwork, and the rubric is written in in a smaller version of the text script; words and syllables are divided by red horizontal strokes; punctuated with the punctus.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, Missals, and Graduals (Chants).
