Manuscript document. Title devised by cataloger., Disbound leaf (2 pages) form a missal., Collation: Parchment, single leaf, 2 pages., Decoration: Initials in red or blue, with opposite color flourishing. The blue flourishing either faded, or was never applied, for only a light pink outline of the flourish remains around the red initials. Text is in black and red, and alternates in size throughout. The text of the verso appears to have been done by a different hand than the recto; the text is much squarer than the recto., Binding: disbound., Lettering: Written in Gothic script (littera textualis semi-quadrata).
Manuscript document. Partial translation indicating John 16:22 provided by bookseller: ...your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh away from you..., Collation: Parchment; disbound sheets., Decoration: Red capitals with pink linework; blue capitals with red linework; staves and foliation in red., Binding: Disbound sewn quire., Lettering: Written in Textura script., Partial translation indicating John 16:22 provided by bookseller: ...your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh away from you...
Manuscript document. Title devised by cataloger. Leaf has modern pencil markings, various stains, a small tear at the bottom (not affecting text) and scattered small holes (some affecting text)., Collation: Single sheet., Origin: France., Lettering: Main text: Continental protogothic book script. Marginal annotation in red ink on recto: English protogothic book script. Annotation in black ink on recto may be in a progothic documentary script., Decoration: Recto: Initials in blue, red, yellow ochre, and green. Instances of initial S have red flourishing; initial V has a flourish on left arm; initial D has green flourish; and initial P has red flourish. Verso: Initials in blue, red, and yellow ochre. Initial C has red flourish; initial F has blue flourishing; and initial I has red flourishing. Rubrication on both recto and verso., Annotations in two hands on recto., Binding: Disbound.
Manuscript document. Contains text from Daniel 2:31-49 and Hosea 1:1-11., Collation: Parchment, single sheet., Decoration: Initials in red and blue, with red and blue flourishing; rubrication., Binding: Disbound., Lettering: Textura., Date from dealer description., Contains text from Daniel 2:31-49 and Hosea 1:1-11.
Manuscript document, Collation: two disbound leaves., Decoration: On recto of one sheet, a large 'Q' in elaborate black penwork. On the 2nd sheet recto, a large 'D' in elaborate black penwork, and on verso, a large 'B' in red with diapered background and border in black ink., Binding: Disbound., Script: Gothic script sine pedibus (without foot serifs) in black ink. Staves ruled in red with brown bar lines, notes black., Content note: First leaf recto has the first two lines of Psalm 79: Qui regis Israel, intende qui deducis velut ovem Jo and continues on verso, seph Qui sedes super cherubin, appare coram Effraim, Beniamin, et Manasse. Recto has trimmed red page number xl ... in upper right corner. Second leaf recto: part of the Mass Introit for Christmas Dawn: et vocabitur admirabilis deus princeps pacis pater futuris eculi cuius regni non erit finis. v. Domin[us]. Verso: regnauit decorem induit induit* dominus fortitudinem et precinxit se virtute. Gloria Sec R. Benedictus q. Recto has complete red page number xlviii on upper right corner. *Note: text typically given as indutus est indutus est.
Manuscript document, Collation: A single leaf, having been pasted onto a piece of paper therefore showing only its recto, introduced by 5 lines of rubrication in its left column., Decoration: Borders include variety of gilt floral and serif, as well as illustrations of the last supper of Jesus, with 13 guests, an angel displays arms of argent chevron upon azure base. Other decoration is a decorated green majuscule 'B' upon gilt square containing an image of a cloaked man praying., Binding: Disbound., Script: Much abbreviated early gothic bookhand. The 'g' is portrayed with a crossbar extending through ascenders. Contains many, less-frequent ligatures.
Manuscript document. Twelve initials from a ... French Gothic manuscript mounted on five leaves, and bound in a book. Initials ... painted in dark blue and delicate pink on ground of burnished gold; cameo-like ornamentation, with white pen work; graceful ivy-leaf extensions of varied shape; blue and gold dominant colors. Bound in boards covered with art paper, red morocco back--Bookdealer's description. Includes two inhabited initials., Binding: Disbound.
Manuscript document. Title devised by cataloger., Commentaries on the Book of Numbers by Saint Rabanus Maurus, in 4 volumes. Rabanus Marus was the Abbot of Fulda, as well as the Archbishop of Mainz. This text is a commentary on the Book of Numbers by German teacher and theologian Rabanus Maurus (776-856). The authorship of the text is divulged in three places within the text. The scribe denoted the author as Rabanus Maurus in the phrase that begins the preface, the phrase that begins Book I and the phrase that ends Book IV (see list of contents above). Rabanus Maurus was born of French parents in Mainz in 776. He completed his studies at Fulda and became deacon there in 801. In 802 he traveled to Tours and studied under the famous Alcuin. Rabanus became well-known for his successful teaching and drew many pupils around him as head of the convent school at Fulda. In 822 he was consecrated abbot of Fulda. In 847 he was drawn out of retirement to become archbishop of Mainz. He died on 4 February 856. In addition to successful teaching of literature, science and theology, Rabanus was an erudite Biblical scholar. He wrote commentaries on all of the books of the New and Old Testaments and many of the Apocryphal ones. (McClintock and Strong, p. 1) MS 9 contains commentary on all 36 chapters of the Book of Numbers. The text is divided into four books. Each book is divided into a number of chapters (17, 25, 12 and 12, respectively). However, these chapters and book divisions do not match up with the actual chapter divisions of the Book of Numbers. As a remedy to this problem, another scribe marked the true biblical chapters at the top of the recto and verso of each leaf., Collation: Large folio in 10 gatherings of 8 (except 10_). With signatures. Vertical catchwords at the foot of the final verso of each quire. Rubricated headings on each page indicate book and chapter., Origin: Northern France., Decoration: 3 large and 2 smaller illuminated initials with zoomorphic elements, also alternating blue initials with red tracery, and rubricated initials with blue tracery; f1r (12 line knotted green N upon red square entangled with serif of lion); f2v (11+ line Large blue L with Agape lion in green with floral tail); f63r (blue faced lion inside blue D, upon gold square, 4 lines); f18v (Large blue 35 line L, with foot of a Lion headed bird with floral serif proclaiming from its mouth)., Binding: rebound in 2009, in dark brown calf over laminated boards of 4 layer rag mat board.
Manuscript document, Collation: Parchment, single disbound sheets., Decoration: 10 minor initials in red, blue, and gold; numerous in text decorative capitals in gold with blue linework, or blue with red linework; vine borders in gold, blue, and red; rubrication; minor line fill in red and blue or gold and blue., Binding: Disbound., Lettering: Written in Textura Quadrata script.
Manuscript document fragment, Decoration: Historiated letter 'h' in pale pink with touches of white, with monk in brown robe at a desk writing in a book, all on a flat gold ground outlined in black.