Manuscript fragment on parchment of the Verba Seniorum, which comprises chapters 5-7 of the Vitae Patrum, a collection of Saint's Lives
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in rounded early gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 2- and 3-line initials are in red with red and blue penwork; 1-line initials are in brown uncials; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and colon; accents and hyphenation in the same ink as the text.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Saints, and Lives and legends
In Latin., Script: copied by one hand, writing Gothica Hybrida Libraria/Currens. Red headings and stroking of majuscules. Red initials, some plain and some flourished, the latter of which have black penwork of various sizes., and Binding: original, blind-tooled white leather over bevelled wooden boards (the front board broken and repaired), sewn on three split leather thongs. On each board five small brass bosses. Marks of two leather straps fixed on the rear board with small decorated brass plates. Pins in rectangular brass plates in the middle of the front board.
