Medieval Manuscript Leaves and Fragments

mmfrag_20190715_1425

File	Title	Alternate Title	Date	Language	Description	Subject	Genre	Format	Type	Extent	Collection	Identifier	Donor	Rights
index.cpd	[Antiphonary]		1600~	lat	Propers of the Church year, music and text for the Office of the Epiphany: sixth responsory, antiphon. LAYOUT: 1 column, full page, frame ruled in lead (580 x 370 mm.). Five 5-line staves with square notation, bass clef. Additional ruling lines between the staves for the written text and on the upper border for running title and foliation. There are five lines of text. Pricking holes in correspondence of the ruling for the text lines. SCRIPT: Gothic liturgical book hand. DECORATION: primary initial ‘V’ in red and mauve, (110 x 75 mm). Pen-flourished secondary initials ‘V’ and ‘G’ (110 x 65 mm), in black. In red: running titles, indication of psalms, antiphons and verses. PLACE OF CREATION: Spain	Antiphonaries Gregorian chants Catholic Church Liturgies	illuminated manuscripts		Text	1 sheet 63 x 54 cm	Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Collection (University of Houston) Medieval Manuscript Leaves and Fragments Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries	M2147 XVII M2		Public Domain
index.cpd	[Book of hours]		13XX	lat	Psalms fragment in the sequence used in the Book of Hours, for the Tuesday Lauds and for the Office of the Dead. LAYOUT: 1 column, full page, frame ruled in red / brownish ink (97 x 63 mm.). Leroy 00D1, written in 16 lines below top line. SCRIPT: very accurate French Gothic (textura). DECORATION: partial ivy -leaf borders, on three sides (upper - bottom - left). The ivy is gold on the recto, with few green and blue floral elements. On the verso the branches are thicker and doubled up, with some red and blue ivy. Primary initials, 2-line, red D on the recto, blue E on the verso, on gold ground, with ivy ramifications inside. From the D depart two long tail-like extensions which form the left bar border. Secondary initials, 1-line, in gold, on blue and red-brownish ground. Line-fillers in blue, red, gold. Rubrications. PLACE OF CREATION: France, Northern.	Book of Hours Catholic Church Prayers and devotions	illuminated manuscripts	Parchment	Text	1 leaf 22 x 16 cm	Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Collection (University of Houston) Medieval Manuscript Leaves and Fragments Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries	BX2080.A2 1300z	Albright, Frell	Public Domain
index.cpd	[Book of hours]	Book of hours	1475~	lat	Ms. text includes: Proper of Season, Christmastide, Office at Matins, First and second nocturn. LAYOUT: 2 columns, ruled in lead, very faded (118 x 82 mm). Leroy 00D2, written in 31 lines below top line. SCRIPT: Gothic textualis. Few abbreviations, diacritical sign on Is. Good hand, quite spontaneous. Catchword on the leaf verso. DECORATION: primary initials, 2-line, alternating red and blue. Secondary initials, 1-line, alternating red and blue. Rubrications. Guide letters partially visible underneath the rubrications, in cursive script and subtly traced with the point of the stylus, e.g. the diacritical signs and the sign for the broken word at the end of the Line. PLACE OF CREATION: Northern France or Flanders	Book of Hours Catholic Church Prayers and devotions	illuminated manuscripts	Vellum	Text	1 sheet 18 x 12 cm	Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Collection (University of Houston) Medieval Manuscript Leaves and Fragments Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries	BX2080.A2 1475z	Withers, Henry, Dr.	Public Domain
index.cpd	[Gradual]		15XX	lat	Music and text for seventh Sunday after Pentecost: Offertory (Daniel 3.40) and Communion (Ps. 30.3), eighth Sunday after Pentecost: Introitus (Ps. 47.10). LAYOUT: 1 column, full page, frame ruled in lead (410 x 255 mm.). Six 5-line staves with square notation, bass and treble clef. Additional ruling lines between the staves for the written text. There are six lines of text. SCRIPT: mannerist gothic liturgical book hand, the rule on the use of round ‘d’ is totally ignored. DECORATION: woodcut capitals imitating pen-flourished initials, alternating red on blue ground and blue on red ground. The inside of the letters is hand colored. Red titles. PLACE OF CREATION: Spain	Graduals (Liturgical books) Gregorian chants Catholic Church Liturgies	illuminated manuscripts		Text	1 sheet 53 x 36 cm	Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Collection (University of Houston) Medieval Manuscript Leaves and Fragments Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries	M2148.L42 1500z	Goodman, Paul	Public Domain
index.cpd	[Hymnal]		13XX	lat	The leaf probably belonged to a Psalter (Hymnal section) where there are presented hymns proper of the Benedictine order. This specimen bears three hymns with partial music notation: the 4th strophe of the Hymn to Saint Benedict at Lauds, the hymn to be sung at Lauds (May 3rd) for the celebration of the finding of the True Cross, and the Hymn to Saint John the Baptist (June 24th) at Matins. SCRIPT: Italian gothic liturgical book hand. DECORATION: recto. first column: historiated gothic capital O in light mauve, embellished with foliated elements in green and blue and framed in burnished gold ground. Inside the letter is depicted a young person dressed in green, with curly hair and lowered eyelids, in a pose of adoration, embracing the Holy Cross. Seen in the distance is a background of green hills under a blue sky. Recto. second column: historiated gothic capital 'T' in light mauve and green, embellished with foliated elements in blue and framed in burnished gold ground. The letter is nearly filled by the haloed figure of Saint John the Baptist with his usual attributes: beard and camel's hair garment with leather belt. He holds a book, probably the Gospel, on which a lamb, representing the Christ, rests. PLACE OF CREATION: [France]	Hymns, Latin Catholic Church Liturgies	illuminated manuscripts	Parchment	Text	1 leaf 59.5 x 44.5 cm	Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Collection (University of Houston) Medieval Manuscript Leaves and Fragments Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries	BV468.C4	Glover, Claude R.	Public Domain
index.cpd	[Psalms]	Psalter	14XX	lat	Partial section of the Psalter, containing psalms 113A, 113B, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118 Vulgate version, and some orations. COLLATION: parchment, i(paper) + 1⁴⁸ (1-48) +1⁸ (49-64) + 1¹ (65) + ii + iii (paper). Few indications to the binder are visible as: quire signature, almost totally trimmed away, on pp.1, 3, 33, and quire numeration, of later hand, in lead point on pp. 33, 48, 49, 65. LAYOUT: 1 column, (full page), frame ruled in red ink (112x 60 mm.). Leroy 00D1. Written in 15 lines below top line. Pricking holes of framing visible on the lower margin, on several pages (pp. 39-45, etc.), in correspondence of the vertical lines. SCRIPT: Late Gothic texura, by one hand, in black ink. DECORATION: Primary initials, blue, 2-line, on gold ground with vegetal elements inside. Secondary initials, in gold, on alternating blue and red ground. Line fillings in red, gold, blue. Few rubrications. BINDING: modern binding, in light brown leather. Pastedowns in leather as well. Gilt border on three sides of the front and back pastedowns. Pseudo raised bands in spine. Gilt edges. PROVENANCE: folio ir is written in black ink, by unstable hand, quite modern: To my dear Horace (Horace crossed out and corrected on the side with Henry, in a second hand with blue ink) with every kindness and compliment from your friend Thomas F. Grady (Thomas F. Grady crossed out and substituted by Hallie). PLACE OF CREATION: [France]	Psalters Catholic Church Liturgies	illuminated manuscripts	Parchment	Text	33 leaves 24 x 15 cm	Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Collection (University of Houston) Medieval Manuscript Leaves and Fragments Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries	BX2033.A2 1400zb	Friends of the Library	Public Domain
index.cpd	[Psalter]		13XX	lat	Ms. text includes: Canticles of Freedom, of Ezekiel and of AnnaLAYOUT: 1 column, full page, frame ruled in lead (110mm. x 165mm). Leroy 20D1, written in 23 lines above top line. The leaf bears the initial part of the Canticles section common in Psalters. On the recto Isaiah, 12:2-6, Isaiah 38:10-12, on the verso, Isaiah 38:14-18, 20, I Samuel 2:1. While copying, the scribe skips part of text in two points and the missing parts are added at the bottom of the leaf recto and at the top of the leaf verso by two different hands. SCRIPT: Gothic textualis. Very few abbreviations, of typical 14th century form, diacritical sign on the 'I's next to the letter 'U', to avoid confusion in reading. Few text mistakes. On the lower margin of the leaf recto, a later and quite cursive hand, adds the missing verse Isaiah 38:13 in a light brown ink, while a second hand adds the missing Isaiah 38:19 on the upper margin of the leaf verso. This hand writes in a small Gothic textualis libraria and is probably the work of a corrector who operates immediately after the completion of the book. DECORATION: verso: primary initial 'E' (of 'Exultavit', beginning of Anna's canticle), 4-line, in gold, on blue and red ground. Tail extensions bar border, colored in blue, gold and red, depart from the letter for the length of the outer and lower margins. Recto: primary initial 'E' (of 'Ego', beginning of Ezekiel's canticle), 4-line, in gold, on blue and red ground, without departing tails. Secondary initials, 1-line, in gold, at the beginning of every verse. Line-fillers alternating red and blue. PLACE OF CREATION: [The Netherlands]	Psalters Catholic Church Liturgies	illuminated manuscripts	Parchment	Text	1 sheet 24 x 16 cm	Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Collection (University of Houston) Medieval Manuscript Leaves and Fragments Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries	BX2033.A2 1300z		Public Domain
index.cpd	Cambridge Bible		12XX	lat	LAYOUT: 2 columns. SCRIPT: Early angular Gothic script. DECORATION: Primary initials in gold on red and blue ground. PROVENANCE: Otto F. Ege.	Bible	illuminated manuscripts		Text	1 leaf	Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Collection (University of Houston) Medieval Manuscript Leaves and Fragments Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries	BS4.O74 1936	Dannenbaum Company	Public Domain
index.cpd	Latin Vulgate Bible		1230	lat	LAYOUT: 2 columns. PROVENANCE: Otto F. Ege.	Bible	illuminated manuscripts		Text	1 leaf	Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Collection (University of Houston) Medieval Manuscript Leaves and Fragments Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries	BS4.O74 1936	Dannenbaum Company	Public Domain
index.cpd	Miniature Manuscript Bible		1240	lat	LAYOUT: 2 columns. SCRIPT: Angular Gothic script. PROVENANCE: Otto F. Ege.	Bible	illuminated manuscripts		Text	1 leaf	Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Collection (University of Houston) Medieval Manuscript Leaves and Fragments Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries	BS4.O74 1936	Dannenbaum Company	Public Domain
index.cpd	Paris Manuscript Bible		1310	lat	LAYOUT: 2 columns. SCRIPT: Gothic script. PROVENANCE: Otto F. Ege.	Bible	illuminated manuscripts		Text	1 leaf	Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Collection (University of Houston) Medieval Manuscript Leaves and Fragments Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries	BS4.O74 1936	Dannenbaum Company	Public Domain
index.cpd	Psalterium Beati Gregorii	[Psalter of St. Gregory]	13XX	lat	Abridged and adapted version of the canonical Psalms, attributed to Pope Gregory the Great. COLLATION: the ms. is unbound but the quires are folded in three separated units: 1⁸(1-8), 1⁶(9-14), 1⁶(15-20). Horizontal catchwords. LAYOUT: 1 column (full page), frame ruled in ink (111 x 72mm.). Leroy 00D1, written in 18 lines, below top line. SCRIPT: British Gothic textura, by a single hand in dark brown ink. Few abbreviations. DECORATION: Rubricated title on f.1r. Opening initial D, in gold leaf, 4-line, on blue and red-brownish squared ground. Primary initial C, 2-line, almost faded away, blue on red ground. Secondary initials, 1-line alternating red and blue throughout the entire text. Guide letters visible under the initials themselves. Rubricated titles. BINDING: the Ms. is unbound, nevertheless it is contained in a jacket or wrapper in heavy parchment that can be dated at the 16th century. On the back of the wrapper is written: Psalter of St. Gregory written by an English scribe, saec. XIVth. On the parchment of reinforcement: Psalter of St. Gregory the Great, Pope A.D. 540-604. PROVENANCE: on the folding of the wrapper is written:D[..]um D: Rogeri Warne de Chippenham 4 July 7mo 1733. The borough of Chippenham is located in Wiltshire, South England, E of Bristol. PLACE OF CREATION: [British Isles]	Psalters	illuminated manuscripts	Insular parchment	Text	20 leaves 14 x 10 cm	Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Collection (University of Houston) Medieval Manuscript Leaves and Fragments Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries	BX2033.A2 1300zb	Friends of the Library	Public Domain