Manuscript fragment on parchment of a sacramentary containing: Canon of the Mass; Christmas Eve (24 December); and Christmas (25 December).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in early gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 6-line Romanesque initial "D" in brown with intertwining brown vines ending in leaves; the letter and vines are decorated with bands filled with circles one of which has a 5-pointed asterisk in the center compartment; 2-line initials are in red square capitals; 1-line initials in red square capitals; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; the first line of the mass for Christmas Eve is written in red capitals; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sacramentaries
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a sacramentary containing among other items: Mass for a saint whose relics are held in the church; Mass for a priest; Mass requesting the grace of the Holy Spirit; Mass on the temptation of the flesh; Mass for the Bishop; Mass for the living; and Mass for the living and the dead
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 2-line initials at the beginning of each Mass are in red square capitals; 1-line initials are in red square capitals; rubrics written in red rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sacramentaries
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a sacramentary containing: Mass for an unidentified saint and companions; St. Emmeram (22 September); Sts. Cosmas and Damian (27 September); Archangel Michael (29 September); St. Jerome (30 September); Sts. Simon and Jude (28 October); Vigil of All Saints (31 October); All Saints (1 November); and St. Caesarius (1 November).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in early gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 2-line initials at the beginning of each Mass and 1-line initials for other prayers are in red; rubrics are written in in red in the same script as the text, with occasional use of uncial or rustic capital forms; 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, and Sacramentaries
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a sacramentary containing prayers for an unidentified Mass
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 2- and 3-line initials alternate red with blue penwork and blue with red penwork; rubrics written in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sacramentaries
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a sacramentary containing: an unidentified prayer; prayers for before and after meals; benedictions; and prayers for the exorcism of people possessed by devils (including candidates for baptism).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 2-line initials are red rustic capitals with single round "D"; 1-line initials are brown uncials; rubrics written in red rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus and punctus versus; accents in the same ink as the text.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sacramentaries
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a sacramentary containing votive masses
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 2-line initials in red square capitals; 1-line capitals in brown uncials; rubrics written in red uncials; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text; a thirteenth-century hand has added text in the margin; there are numerous erasures and corrections in the text.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sacramentaries
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a sacramentary containing a mass for the living and dead and masses for dead bishops and for a dead priest
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 4-line initial "P" in red; the initials of other prayers are in red; rubrics in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sacramentaries
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a sacramentary containing Feria for various dates
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 2- to 3-line initials at the beginning of each Mass are in red square capitals; 1-line initials in a mixture of red uncials and square capitals; rubrics written in red minuscule, with some rustic capital forms; first word after the major initial is frequently written in brown rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sacramentaries
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a sacramentary containing numerous texts, including among others: St. Sebastian (20 January); St. Agnes (21 January); St. Vincent (22 January); St. Blaise (3 February); Deposition of St. Ambrose (5 April); an unidentified feast; Mass for almsgiving; Mass for the sick; Mass against mortality; Mass in tribulation; Mass to ask for fair weather; Mass for the living and the dead
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in small late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: initials for masses on fols. 1-3 are 2- to 5-line square capitals or uncials in red; on fols. 4-5 they are 1-line capitals in red; other 1-line initials are in red; rubrics, many rubbed and illegible, written in red minuscule; guide words for the rubricator written in brown minuscule; occasional chants have interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sacramentaries
