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1. Chronicle
- Creator:
- Twinger, Jakob, von Königshofen, 1346-1420
- Published / Created:
- 1454.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 421
- Image Count:
- 252
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of the A-recension of Twinger's Chronicle which was written in 1386. Chapter 1: History of the Ancient World, based on the Bible and classical sources (ff. 2r-32v); 2: History of the Roman Emperors from Julius Caesar to King Wenceslas (ff. 32v-101r); 3: History of the Popes (ff. 101v-135r); 4: History of the Bishops of Strasbourg (ff. 135v-158v); 5: History of Strasbourg and Alsace (ff. 159v-225v). With a short passage referring to the war of the Swiss in Alsace and the Black Forest in 1468, added in a later hand
- Description:
- In German., Watermarks similar to Piccard Ochsenkopf VII.151., Script: Written in a cursive book hand by a single scribe. Numerous annotations to the text in margins by a later hand., Two uninspired initials, 7- and 5-line, in red with crude penwork in green. Plain initials, headings and rubrics in red., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries (?). Vellum over wooden boards with two brass clasps. Blue/green edges and title in ink on spine.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Germany
- Subject (Name):
- Twinger, Jakob, von Königshofen, 1346-1420.
- Subject (Topic):
- German literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Chronicle
2. Commentaries on the Sunday Epistles; theologico-moral treatises
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 861
- Image Count:
- 698
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of commentaries on the Sunday Epistles and other theological and moral texts
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: copied by several similar hands in Gothica Cursiva or Semihybrida Currens; Libraria in art. 5. The headings and the commented texts are in a large, bold and more careful form of the same script; Gothica Textualis Formata at the opening of art. 1, the first section of art. 2 and the opening of art. 3., Red underlining, stroking of majuscules and plain initials of various sizes. A littera duplex (black and red) on ff. 1r and 38r. The decoration is missing at the end of art. 1 (starting f. 32r)., The manuscript contains: 1) Epistles for the Sundays, from Easter to the 16th Sunday after Pentecost, with commentary. 2) Epistles for the Sundays, from Easter to Palm Sunday, with commentary. 3) Summa poenitentiariorum, a commentary on the poem Poeniteas cito. 4) Short instructions for confession, followed by an extensive list in tabular form of sins, the Ten Commandments, the Seven Sacraments, the Works of Bodily Charity, the Works of Spiritual Charity, the Beatitudes, the Cardinal Virtues, the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. 5) Lumen animae. Theological and moral treatise in alphabetical form based on hundreds of quotations, mostly from texts of a scientific nature (medicine, natural history, astrology, alchemy, philosophy, etc.). 6) Jean Gerson, Donatus spiritualis. 7) Note on sexual perversities., and Binding: 19th century. Quarter binding, dark brown flat leather spine, the cardboard covers covered with dark brown paper paper.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Gerson, Jean, 1363-1429.
- Subject (Topic):
- Confession, Catholic Church, Manuscripts, Medieval, Repentance, Christianity, Science, Medieval, Theology, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commentaries on the Sunday Epistles; theologico-moral treatises
3. Flores Grammaticae (fragment).
- Creator:
- Ludolphus, de Luco
- Published / Created:
- [13--].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 482.109
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of the Flores Grammaticae of Ludolf de Luco of Hildesheim
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: main text written in gothic script (littera textualis); the commentary is added in a contemporary or slightly later hand in littera cursiva currens, both marginally and interlinearly., and Decoration: 1-line initials of each verse are in brown filled with red and are written with the text inside the single bounding line; there are frequent paragraph marks in red preceding the initials outside the bounding line; punctuated with the punctus; the commentary also has paragraph marks in red.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Grammar, Comparative and general, History, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Flores Grammaticae (fragment).
4. Pommersche chronik, etc
- Creator:
- Eickstedt, Valentin von
- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1600]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 99
- Image Count:
- 1047
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (sturdy and rough) of 1) Valentin von Eickstedt, Pommersche Chronik, in German. Contains descriptions of some cities of Pomerania, genealogy of the Dukes of Pomerania, and the Chronicle proper. Written by Valentin von Eickstedt (1527-79) in 1574. 2) Funeral orations for the Dukes of Pomerania (in Latin), by Daniel Cramer (1568-1637), Lutheran theologian and archdeacon of Stettin
- Description:
- In German and Latin., Watermarks: an unidentified letter Z in two concentric circles., Script: Written by several scribes in gothic cursive and italic script., Headings of gothic textura, square capitals, and a large humanistic script, in reddish brown, green, and black., and Binding: Nineteenth century, after 1861. Brown goatskin Jansenist binding by Chambolle-Duru (Paris).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., Germany, and Pomerania (Poland and Germany)
- Subject (Name):
- Cramer, Daniel. and Eickstedt, Valtentin von.
- Subject (Topic):
- German literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, History, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Pommersche chronik, etc
5. Ps.-John Chrysostom; Martinus Strepus. etc
- Creator:
- Martinus, Polonus, -1279
- Published / Created:
- [between 1300 and 1350]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 156
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment (thick) of 1) Ps.-John Chrysostom, Opus imperfectum in Mathaeum (collection of sermons). 2) Hugo de Sancto Caro, De doctrina cordis. 3) Unidentified articuli fidei. 4) Martinus Strepus, Chronicon pontificum et imperatorum, concluding with "Ludovicus rex francie" in 1270
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written in good quality gothic bookhand., Red and blue divided initials, f. 1r (10-line) and f. 86v (9-line), with floral and linear motifs in parchment. Running titles, headings in red. Plain initials, 3- to 2-line, alternate red and blue. Red and blue 1-line initials alternate in table of contents. Majuscules stroked with yellow. Remains of notes for rubricator., and Binding: Twentieth century, U.S.A. Half-bound in red goatskin with gold-tooled title on spine ("Martinus Polonus/ Chronicon/ MS c. 1300") and marbled paper sides. By the same binder as Marston MS 152.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Martinus, Polonus, -1279.
- Subject (Topic):
- Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, Papacy, History, Sermons, and Sermons, Latin
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ps.-John Chrysostom; Martinus Strepus. etc
6. Regula pastoralis
- Creator:
- Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604
- Published / Created:
- [between 1150 and 1200]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 846
- Image Count:
- 204
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Gregorius Magnus (Gregory the Great, pope 590-604), Regula pastoralis
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Copied by various scribes writing Praegothica, difficult to distinguish from each other because of the uneven level of execution of their hands., Headings in red, missing from f. 12v onwards. 1-3-line plain initials in red of various shades. On f. 1v very large (c. 25 lines) decorated Romanesque initial "P" in red., Holes and defective corners, many repaired; the lower margins of ff. 63 and 91-92 are repaired by means of a strip of parchment; the lower margin of f. 93 is cut off. The manuscript is heavily trimmed at the top. First and last pages very soiled., and Binding: Nineteenth century, England. De luxe, gold-tooled green morocco over cardboard; each cover framed by rich gold-tooling imitating the decorated initial on f. 1v; turn-ins gold-tooled. Gold-tooled spine with repeated motif in the same style and title: "GREGORII / PASTORALIS / M.S.". Gilt edges.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604.
- Subject (Topic):
- Fathers of the church, Letters, Papal, Manuscripts, Medieval, Theology, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Regula pastoralis
