Manuscript fragment on parchment of a homiliary containing among others: Pseudo-Augustine, Sermon 196; Ambrose, Expositio evangelii secundum Lucam; Gregory the Great, Homiliae xl in evangelia
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In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: two 7-line initials in yellow on a square ground, colored with blue, red, dark red, and green and decorated with white interlacing foliage; 2-line initials at the beginning of lessons in red square capitals; 1-line initials in brown uncials; rubrics written in red uncials with rustic capital "D"; first words of the homily and the first initial of the biblical text are written in brown uncials with rustic capital "D" filled with red; punctuated with punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604., Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, -397., Pseudo-Augustine., and Catholic Church
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a homiliary containing Maximus Taurinensis, Sermon 48; Conversio Sanctae Justinae virginis et Sancti Cypriani episcopi
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: only the upper eight lines of the homily initial "I" are preserved; the initial is yellow on a red, blue, purple, and green ground; 1-line initials are a mixture of brown rustic capitals and uncial forms with the occasional use of an enlarged minuscule "e"; rubric in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus; hyphenation and diacritical marks in same ink as text.
Manuscript on paper, composed of two distinct sections, of various religious tracts, mostly unidentified, including Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda aurea; Pseudo-Augustine, Sermo de annuntiatione beatae virginis mariae
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: Part I: unidentified bull's head. Part II: buried in gutter., Script: Part I (ff. 60): Written in a neat running script by three scribes: 1) ff. 1r-52r; 2) ff. 52r-54v; 3) f. 60r-v. Part II (ff. 132): Written by a single scribe in an elegant running script. Portions of the marginal notes by original scribe have been lost due to trimming., Part I: Small, crude initials in red, some with simple penwork designs; initials strokes, in red. Part II: Headings, paragraph marks, and initial strokes, in red, throughout., and Binding: 15th-16th centuries. Original sewing on three thick, double, vegetable fiber cords laced and pegged in grooves in wooden boards. The grooves for the endband cores, which are also vegetable fiber, start on the spine edge of the boards. The spine of the bookblock is cut off at an angle at head and tail so the braided endbands extend very little beyond the edges. The spine is square and lined all along with tawed skin which extends to the inside of the boards. Covered in tawed skin, originally pink, with two labels at the head of the upper board; on the first, "Passionale ad aduentum domini usque ad festum mathie sancte [?] sermonum collectio [?]," on the second, "G.27". Five round bosses on each board and two strap and pin fastenings, the pins on the upper one. Lower board detached, bosses and fastenings wanting.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298.
Subject (Topic):
Christian legends, Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sermons
Manuscript on paper containing 1) Ps.-Bernardus Claraevallensis, Planctus beatae Mariae. 2) Ps.-Bernardus Claraevallensis, Contemplationes de passione Domini secundum septem horas canonicas. 3) Excerpts about the Virgin Mary. 4) Extracts from Isaac Syrus, De contemptu mundi. 5) Extracts from various sermons by Ephraem Syrus (d. 373) in Latin translation. 6) Extracts from Bernardus Claraevallensis, De gradibus humilitatis et superbiae. 7) Excerpts from Caesarius, followed by other moral excerpts from the Bible, Aristoteles, Iohannes Chrysostomus, Cicero, Gregorius Magnus, Origenes, Hieronymus, Augustinus, Bernardus Claraevallensis, Basilius, Ambrosius, Hugo de Sancto Victore, Benedictus, Beda, Isaac Syrus, Seneca, Ps.-Boethius, Cassiodorus, Cassianus, etc. 8) Extracts from Antoninus Florentinus (1389-1459), Summa, part 3, tit. 13, chapter 5. 9) Martinus Bracarensis (fl. 556-572; Ps.-Seneca), Formula vitae honestae, without the Prologue and ending incomplete in chapter 4. 10) Iohannes Gallensis (Waleys, John of Wales, d. 1285), Breviloquium de virtutibus antiquorum principum et philosophorum. 11) Moral extracts from Boethius, Isidorus Hispalensis, Galfredus de Vino Salvo, Augustinus, Gregorius Magnus. 12) Excerpts from Hugo de Folieto (d. c. 1174; Ps.-Hugo de Sancto Victore), De claustro animae. 13) Moral excerpts from Hieronymus, Bernardus Claraevallensis, Speculum conscientiae, Leo Magnus, Remigius Autissiodorensis, and the Bible
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In Latin., Script: Apparently copied by four different hands, mostly very unstable and looking different depending on the period during which they entered the various sections. A (ff. 1r-54v and ff. 107v-108v) writes peculiar forms of Humanistica Semitextualis Libraria. B (ff. 55r-66v) writes Humanistica Semitextualis Libraria. C (ff. 67r-98v) writes a small sloping Gothico-Antiqua Currens. D (ff. 99r-105r) writes a Humanistica Cursiva Libraria., Leaves are missing, and many texts are consequently incomplete. Many pages spoilt by the acidity of the ink., The decoration is uneven and differs from section to section. Headings in red ink, red (sometimes yellow) heightening of majuscules, red paragraph marks and red plain initials of various sizes. Sometimes guide-letters without initials. Running headlines (author names) in large Southern Gothica Textualis Formata in some sections., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Damaged half linen, the pasteboard covers covered with red paper impressed with a spiky lozenge pattern in black. Removed and rebound in purple paper.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153., John, of Wales, 13th cent., and Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Contemplation in literature, Exempla, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sermons
Manuscript on paper in five parts, containing 1) Mariological interpretation of the first five books of the Bible, comparable to Albertus Magnus, Biblia Mariana, which, however, covers the whole Bible and is much less detailed. 2) Smaragdus (d. c. 830), Diadema monachorum. 3) Gerardus de Leodio (Gerard of Liège, d. 1270), debated authorship, De doctrina cordis, shortened version. 4) A series of interconnected anonymous texts, sermons and short treatises dealing with the love between Christ and the Soul, referring to the Song of Songs. With corrections and annotations. 5) Commentary on Cant. 3:9-10. 6) Collection of quotations from the Bible, the Church Fathers, Bernard of Clairvaux, Hugh of St. Victor, Richard of St. Victor, Petrus Manducator, etc. on the Last Things, the Cross, etc. 7) Invocation to God honouring his benefices. 8) Discussion between the Father and the Son about the fate of the sinners, settled through the intervention of theVirgin. 9) Defensor Locogiacensis (Defensor of Ligugé, 7th century), Liber scintillarum
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In Latin., Script: The handwriting, by various scribes sometimes difficult to discern, is generally very uneven. Scripts include Hybrida Formata, Semihybrida Currens, Hybrida Libraria, and Cursiva Libraria. Part I (ff. 1-84): Copied by four Gothic hands. Part II (ff. 85-215) Copied by several hands. Part III (ff. 216-273): Copied by three hands. Part IV (ff. 274-343): Copied by one hand. Part V (ff. 344-388): Copied by three hands., Headings in red. Part I: The majuscules are stroked in red. Plain initials of various sizes in red, generally with the simplest form of penwork; they are all executed by the same hand. Part II: Plain initials in red of various styles and sizes, often with some flourishing; they are missing on ff. 206r-207v. Part III: The majuscules are stroked in red. 2-3 line plain initials in red. Part IV: Red stroking of majuscules and red paragraph-marks. Plain initials in red of mediocre execution; on ff. 279r-284r cadels with fancy forms; a face in the initial on f. 312r; some initials (ff. 324r-341v) apparently by the same hand as those in Part I. Part V: Stroking of initials in red. 2-3-line plain initials in red at the opening of the chapters. A human face in the initials on ff. 351r, 352r, 375v. The names of the authorities quoted are in red., The paper at places damaged by the acidity of the ink., Binding: Original blind-tooled brown leather over unbevelled oak boards, bound on four double cords. The two covers are decorated by means of triple fillets with different patterns: on the front cover a double rectangular frame divided into small lozenges decorated with lozenge-shaped hand-tools: griffon, unicorn (?), undetermined, ad two small flowerets; on the rear cover a double rectangular frame divided into six triangles decorated with only a few lozzenge-shaped hand-tools. Both covers protected by four engraved brass corner-pieces (three lost). Remnants of two clasps attached to the rear cover. Spine reinforcement consisting of four fragments from a missal (see below). Spine (damaged) with four raised bands and plaited headbands. Brown leather spine label with gold-tooled title and shelf-mark: "VEN. BEDAE / SCINTILLA ETC. / I. XXII. B. V." (now detached). Five red leather tabs or traces of tabs, one at the beginning of each part. Front paste-down of blank parchment., and Consecutive rear fly-leaf and paste-down cut from the same missal as the binding reinforcements, Germany, 14th century. Final part of the Ordinary of the Mass, containing corrections and changes. The Pater noster has neumatic notation on 4-line staves in black, red and yellow. Parchment. Copied by one hand in Gothica Textualis Formata, the corrections in smaller Textualis Libraria (ca. 1400). Red stroking of majuscules, red rubrics and plain initials.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint., Smaragdus, Abbot of St. Mihiel, active 809-819., and Stephan Bodeker, Bishop of Brandenburg, 1383-1459.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sermons
Manuscript on paper of 1) Poem warning against sin. 2) Sermons. 3) Notes on Christian, historical and other subjects, sermons, commonplaces, recipes etc. This is followed by notes on the churches and other buildings of the city, and the relics kept in the churches. 4) Latin proverbs and quotations in alphabetical order. The sources as far as indicated are the Bible, the Church Fathers, a few Christian authors of the Middle Ages, pagan authors and philosophers. 5) Notes on monuments in Sinigallia. 6) Latin verses in honor of the Virgin. 7) Text of epitaphs in churches at Sinigallia, dated 1600-1602, in which the family names have been replaced by "N." With historical notes, astronomical tables, and a list of herbs
Description:
In Italian., Script: Various scribes, mostly writing Humanistica Cursiva Currens difficult to decipher. Some parts are written by a more calligraphic hand, especially the original parts of artt. 4, 6 and 7., There is no decoration., The paper badly damaged by the acid ink, often impairing legibility. Some texts much faded., and Binding: Modern blue paper wrappers; on the spine a paper label with the printed inscription "ITALIAN MISCELLANY. MS. c. 1650".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Senigallia (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Italian poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, Sermons, and Sermons, Italian
Manuscript on paper (thick) of 1) Five lines of verse on the proper formulaic conclusion to prayers addressed to members of the Trinity. 2) Nicolaus de Dinkelsbuehl, De septem peccatis capitalibus (Confessionale). 3) Latin and German names of the books of the Bible; Latin and German names of Aristotle's principal works; Latin names of the Minor Prophets; etc. 4) Johannes Herolt ("Discipulus"), Sermones dominicales. 5) Johannes Herolt, Sermo in festo Iohannis Baptiste
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In German and Latin., Watermarks, in gutter: similar to Briquet Monts 11786 and unidentified bull's head., Script: Written by multiple scribes in varying styles of gothic hybrida and bookhand scripts., Crude red initials, 3- to 2-line, throughout; ff. 33v-38r, 113v-114v and 166r-203r rubricated., and Binding: Fifteenth century, Germany. The backs of the quires are cut in. Original sewing on three double supports is laced into almost flush wooden boards, and the tawed skin cores of braided endbands, sewn through the cover, are also laced. The spine is back cornered with lining extending between supports on the outside of the boards. Large vermilion and sepia roses are painted on each edge. Back pastedown (and perhaps the inner front pastedown, covered by paper) consists of a parchment bifolium (Germany, 1200-1250) containing the Sermones de tempore of Johannes Halgrinus de Abbatisvilla. Written in small neat early gothic bookhand, above top line. Binding stays from this and other parchment manuscripts, 13th-14th centuries. Covered in kermes pink skin blind-tooled with an X in a frame on the front board, tying-up marks on the spine, and a frame on the lower one. Five round, brass bosses on each board and one fastening, the catch inset on the upper board, the lower one cut in for the strap.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
John, the Baptist, Saint. and Dinkelsbuehl, Nicolaus de.
Subject (Topic):
Church year sermons, Confession, Catholic Church, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sermons
Manuscript on parchment (palimpsests of ecclesiastical documents, many leaves pieced and patched) of Bernard of Clairvaux, Collection of sermons, treatises, and letters. With works by Ogerius de Lucedio, David of Augsburg, O. F. M., Arnulfus de Boeriis, and Honorius Augustodunensis
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In Latin., Script: Written by multiple scribes in a small rounded gothic bookhand, below top line., Folios 1-50 have flourished initials, 3- to 2-line, alternating blue with red penwork designs and red with purple; two initials of better quality, divided red and blue, with red and purple flourishes (ff. 42r, 43v); many initials have harping designs. For remainder of manuscript uninspired red initials, either plain or with harping designs in brown ink. Rubrics, underlining and initial strokes, in red, throughout. Running headlines, in red, on ff. 1r-83r. Notes to rubricator in margins. Paragraph marks, red or blue., and Binding: Eighteenth century, France. Greenish brown goatskin gold-tooled. Gold-tooled panels and dark red gold-tooled label (damaged) on spine. Red edges.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Latin letters, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, Sermons, and Sermons, Latin
Manuscript on parchment of Albertano da Brescia, 1) Liber de doctrina dicendi et tacendi. 2) Liber consolationis et consilii. 3) De amore et dilectione Dei. 4-8) Sermones. 9) De omnibus ordinibus omnium hominum. 10-13) Unidentified moralistic passages. 14) Ps.-Seneca, Proverbia. 15) Seneca, De beneficiis (extracts).
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In Latin., Script: Written by a single scribe in an informal gothic bookhand, below top line., Initials for major text divisions in red with designs on parchment ground, 18- to 4-line, and some (e.g., f. 28r) with modest penwork designs in red and/or black. Small plain initials, 3- to 1-line, rubrics, and paragraph marks, in red., and Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy. Quarter bound in tan paper with semi-limp paper sides. Written, in ink, on spine: "De Scientia/ Loquendi/ Tacendi/ Manos" and "Albertani/ Pergomena". On parchment leaves at front and rear: rust stains from five bosses and 2 fore-edge fastenings of an earlier binding.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Albertano, da Brescia, 13th cent.
Subject (Topic):
Consolation, Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Didactic literature, Latin, Manuscripts, Medieval, Sermons, Sermons, Latin, and Theology
Manuscript on parchment composed in two parts. Part I (13th century): Nicolaus Tornacensis [?], Commentaria super Exodum 14.4-15.5; Commentaria in Lucam 1.19-1.33. With Philippus Cancellarius, Sermones de tempore; and unidentified texts on canon law. Part II (15th century): Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla in Iosuam; Postilla in Iudices
Description:
In Latin., Script: Part I (ff. 1-113): Written by multiple scribes in spiky gothic bookhand, both above and below top line; ff. 59v-60r in a later, less formal gothic script. Part II (ff. 114-165): Written in batarde script, below top line., Part I: Poorly executed initials, 3- to 2-line, in blue or red with designs in opposite color; plain red or blue initials for arts. 1 and 5. Headings and underlining for Biblical passages in red. Part II: Plain initials, 4- to 2-line, headings, paragraph marks, underlining for Biblical passages, initial strokes and punctuation, in red., Rust stains on ff. 109-113 indicate that Part I was once bound separately., and Binding: 19th-20th centuries, France (?). Quarter bound in brown calf, blind-tooled, over oak boards. Bound by the same binder as Marston MSS 119, 214 and 236.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Nicholas, of Lyra, ca. 1270-1349.
Subject (Topic):
Canon law, Church year sermons, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sermons
