Manuscript, in several hands, of the Martyrology of Usuard, with a tabulated martyrology arranged according to the calendar, with numerous added obituary notices for St. Nicholas, Beauvais
Description:
In Latin., Script: main text in early gothic. Additional obituaries in a variety of book and cursive scripts., Decoration: rubricated., and Binding: later medieval brown leather over beveled boards; some damage to upper board where a chain has been removed.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., France, Beauvais., and Beauvais (France)
Subject (Name):
Usuard, -876 or 877. and Cathédrale Saint-Pierre (Beauvais, France)
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Martyrologies, and Necrologies
Manuscript on parchment, in several hands, containing the Usuard Martyrology, with many added marginal obituary notices of Beauvais Cathedral from the twelfth through the early fourteenth centuries
Description:
In Latin., Rubricated., Decoration: Rubricated. Four large ornamental initials in red penwork, including scrollwork, geometric knotwork and animal masks., Endleaves reused from other manuscripts and contain notes and pen trials. Last endleaf contains polyphonic music on a five-line stave., and Binding: white leather over beveled boards. Spine title in a later hand: Martyrolog. d'alia Obituarium...
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., France, Beauvais., and Beauvais (France)
Subject (Name):
Usuard, -876 or 877. and Cathédrale Saint-Pierre (Beauvais, France)
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Martyrologies, and Necrologies
Manuscript, on parchment, in a liturgical Gothic bookhand, with additional notes in later hands, containing a necrology for the parish church of Hollain in Hainaut, including information concerning the deceased, the donors, the donated properties, and the fees for the celebrants. A brief list of obits (ff. 4-9v) is followed by a detailed list, organized in calendar form (ff. 14-47). Notes added to some entries in later hands contain corrections and updates to the original entries. The perpetual calendar of obits is followed by a register of lands and incomes held by the parish of Hollain (ff. 48-64v.).
Description:
In Middle French, with some Latin., Ownership inscription on verso of last leaf:"Antoine Descamps pasteur de Hollain 1607.", Ownership inscription on verso of last leaf: "Alard Sprien pasteur de Hollain 1647 26 Januarii.", Ownership inscription on verso of last leaf: "Pierre Lemari pasteur de hollain, x julii 1660.", Ownership inscription on verso of last leaf: "Paul François Deschamps pasteur de hollain le 12 de decembre 1693.", Layout: single column with varying number of lines., Script: Gothic liturgical bookhand., Decoration: Rubricated. Initials in red or blue; paragraph marks in alternating red and blue., and Binding: Remnant of original wooden binding attached to back of volume.
Subject (Geographic):
Hainaut (Belgium), Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Finance, Church property, Endowments, Catholic Church, Manuscripts, Medieval, Necrologies, Obituaries, and Parishes (Canon law)
Manuscript on parchment. The Obituary was organized in the early 16th century, obits being transcribed from a 15th-century manuscript recording the deaths of members and benefactors; the majority of the obits were entered subsequently, at the time of the decease of the persons involved. Includes a sealed transcription of a charter, granted by Joseph Bergaigne, Provincial of the Franciscan Order, dealing with the lightening of the obligations incurred towards the benefactors and drawn up in the Convent of Poor Clares at Trier, Jan. 1618, and confirmation of that charter drawn up at Trier, 16 May 1725. Its patronym "Sta. Maria Magdalena" is mentioned in one of the printed documents kept together with the manuscript
Description:
In German., Script: Many Gothic hands ranging from the early 16th to the 19th centuries, but mostly from the 16th and 17th centuries., The Day Letters are in red ("A") or stroked with red ("B-G"). Names of months and feasts in red., and Binding: Original brown blind-tooled leather over oak boards, decorated with double fillets and small lozenge tools ("Ihesus" and "Maria" monograms) and rosettes; bound on five white leather thongs. Spine with five raised bands, rebacked. Remnants of one brass clasp attached to the rear cover. The front pastedown is detached.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Trier (Germany)
Subject (Name):
Poor Clares.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, and Necrologies
Manuscript on parchment. The Obituary was organized in the early 16th century, obits being transcribed from a 15th-century manuscript recording the deaths of members and benefactors; the majority of the obits were entered subsequently, at the time of the decease of the persons involved. Includes a sealed transcription of a charter, granted by Joseph Bergaigne, Provincial of the Franciscan Order, dealing with the lightening of the obligations incurred towards the benefactors and drawn up in the Convent of Poor Clares at Trier, Jan. 1618, and confirmation of that charter drawn up at Trier, 16 May 1725. Its patronym "Sta. Maria Magdalena" is mentioned in one of the printed documents kept together with the manuscript
Description:
In German., Script: Many Gothic hands ranging from the early 16th to the 19th centuries, but mostly from the 16th and 17th centuries., The Day Letters are in red ("A") or stroked with red ("B-G"). Names of months and feasts in red., and Binding: Original brown blind-tooled leather over oak boards, decorated with double fillets and small lozenge tools ("Ihesus" and "Maria" monograms) and rosettes; bound on five white leather thongs. Spine with five raised bands, rebacked. Remnants of one brass clasp attached to the rear cover. The front pastedown is detached.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Trier (Germany)
Subject (Name):
Poor Clares.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, and Necrologies
