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 missal (use of Sarum) containing Feria IV after the Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity and the Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: there are three 2-line initials in blue with red penwork trailing up and down the entire margin or the column; 1-line initials are in brown; rubrics are written in red; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
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).
Manuscript on parchment of Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, and other liturgical texts, with motets by Josquin des Pres added at a later date
Description:
In Latin., Script: original text and additions copied in extremely large Southern (Spanish) Gothica Textualis Formata (Textus Praescissus), with music notation in nota quadrata., Richly decorated with red rubrics and painted initials., and Binding: s. XVI: undecorated brown leather over heavy wooden boards, sewn on four double cords. On both covers four large engraved brass corner pieces and more centrally five smaller engraved brass bosses. The leather damaged and several metal pieces lost. On the front cover upside down large number "26" in white paint. On the rear cover four engraved brass catches for clasps (one both at the top and at the bottom edge, and two at the outer edge), and eight nails towards the top probably for fixing a fenestra with title label (now lost). Leather tabs partly with Spanish inscriptions pasted on the outer edges of the leaves.
Manuscript on paper of a Missal, containing Masses and prayers for various occasions, a Benediction and Exorcism, and Liturgical notes
Description:
Script: copied by a single hand in a bold Gothica Semihybrida Libraria/Formata, Binding: Contemporary quarter binding sewn on three double cords: blind-tooled brown leather and wooden boards. One engraved brass clasp attached to the rear board, with an engraved brass catch on the front board. On the spine, two later parchment(?) labels carrying the shelfmark “E 40.” The binding is strengthened by means of a lead from an eleventh century biblical manuscript on parchment., and In Latin.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing Christmas
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of gothic script, the small a littera textualis and the large a textualis formata., and Decoration: 1 10-line initial "I" in red; 1- and 2-line initials are in red; other 1-line initials are in black highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; foliation written in red; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing: Sunday of Sexagesima; Feria IV after Sexagesima; Feria VI after Sexagesima; and Sunday of Quinquagesima
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of gothic script (littera textualis), with a slightly smaller script for chants; on fol. 1v there is a change of hands., and Decoration: 2-line initials at the beginning of masses and lessons alternate red and blue; 1-line initials in brown highlighted with red; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text; foliation in red; several small original holes in the parchment are circled in red.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing a variety of Feriae and the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: 2-line initials are in red; 1-line initials are in brown highlighted with red; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; the foliation is written in red in the upper center of the recto; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing: St. Chrysogonus (24 November); St. Catharine of Alexandria (25 November); St. Virgil, Bishop of Salzburg (27 November); Common of an Apostle; and Common of Martyrs
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in a formal gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: There is a 7-line initial "E" on fol. 1v in pink with red and white highlights on a gold ground; green and blue vines with pink flowers extend from the initial into the lower margin and the forks in the vines were once filled with gold wedges; other 1- to 4-line initials are in 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.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing a variety of feriae from the third week of Quadragesima
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of gothic script (littera textualis formata), with a larger script for the lessons and prayers and a smaller script for the chants., and Decoration: The 2-line initial beginning the Mass of Feria III is a blue uncial; the 8-line initial "I" beginning the lesson is red; 1-line initials are uncials in red or black highlighted with red; rubrics written in red; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text; the foliation is written in red roman numerals in the center of the upper margin of the recto.
