6. Liturgy
MS in Latin on vellum, Bari, Italy, early 12th c., 21 lines in Beneventan minuscule of the Bari type, Beneventan neumes, small initials, some intertwined with foliate decoration and zoomorphic finials.
MS in Latin on vellum, Brabant, Belgium, 15th c., 18 lines in a regular Gothic book script of high grade and quality, 18 large decorated initials with 3/4 borders, and 2 near full-page initials, one including a sacred heart on the Cross.
MS in Latin and Middle English (text 2) on vellum, South Weald, Essex, 1405-10, 36 lines in a Gothic liturgical book script, music notation, 15 large illuminated initials, 1 large illuminated initial in the style of the workshop of Herman Scheere.
MS in Sahidic on limestone, Egypt, 7th c., 1 limestone, 22x17 cm, single column, 40 lines in a sloping Coptic uncial.
This collection starts with Christianity's earliest liturgical manuscripts from the 3rd century AD and comprises a great variety of liturgical texts of the Roman Catholic, Greek, Russian and Syrian Orthodox churches.