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1. A true relation of the state of Virginia
- Creator:
- Rolfe, John, 1585-1622
- Published / Created:
- 1616.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 567
- Image Count:
- 22
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of John Rolfe (1585-1622), A true relation of the state of Virginia, autograph manuscript
- Description:
- The author, best known for his part in the colonization of Virginia under the governorship of Sir Thomas Dale (d. 1619) and his marriage to the Indian princess Pocahontas (d. 1617), wrote this account after his return to England in 1616 to show the suitability of Virginia for colonization., In English., Script: Written in Gothica Cursiva (Secretary)., The acidity of the ink has damaged the paper., and Binding: Original paper wrappers.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Virginia
- Subject (Name):
- Rolfe, John, 1585-1622.
- Subject (Topic):
- English literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Description and travel, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A true relation of the state of Virginia
2. Bible
- Published / Created:
- [between 1225 and 1250].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 604
- Image Count:
- 889
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of the Bible, with prologues to almost every book; also includes interpretations of Hebrew names
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: copied by several similar-looking hands writing in Northern Gothica Textualis Libraria., Decoration: each Prologue (except Jeremiah, f. 240rb) opens with a painted initial, decorated with interlace and hybrid animals, fishes, etc. Numerous large and small decorative initials in red and blue pen-work. Execution of decoration ascribed to the "Vie de Saint Denis Atelier." See catalog description for further detail., and Binding: Eighteenth century : rose-coloured parchment over wooden boards; both covers gold-tooled; brass bosses and clasps; arms of Johann Christoph Borzek on front cover; cartouche containing a peasant pruning a tree, with the motto "Cum tempore fructus," on rear cover.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bible
3. Bible, Luke (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [unidentified date].
- Call Number:
- Zi +5140
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of the biblical book of Luke, containing verses 5:12-26.
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in an unidentified script., Decoration: rubrics, initials, and chapter marks in red., and This fragment is contained in Zi +5140 (Roberto Caracciolo, Specchio della fede), in which the fragment is used as the front pastedown.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bible, Luke (fragment).
4. Canticum canticorum, with glossa ordinaria
- Published / Created:
- [between 1175 and 1200]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 2
- Image Count:
- 146
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment (scraps, endpieces) of the Canticum canticorum, with glossa ordinaria
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Text written in large round late caroline minuscule; commentary in a similar, but smaller script with many abbreviations., One unpretentious illuminated initial, f. 1r, 3-line, yellow edged in red, against blue and red ground with yellow filigree, filled with stylized vine-stem ornament, white with green and yellow shading. First word of text in alternating letters, red and brown with yellow touches. Small initials in blue or red. Guide letters for rubricator throughout., and Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy. Quarter bound in vellum, spine worm-eaten and peeling; blue-grey paper sides. Title in rectangular frame, in ink, on spine: "Cant. Salo. MS".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Canticum canticorum, with glossa ordinaria
5. Cistercian statutes
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1200]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 635
- Image Count:
- 155
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment. Possibly produced at the Cistercian abbey of Fitero (between Pamplona and Tudela).
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Copied by various hands in Iberian Praegothica., The original sections (articles 1, 2, 7 and 8) have red headings and red decorative line-fillers; 1-line plain initials and numerous 2-line (sometimes 3- or 4-line) plain or flourished initials or litterae duplices intermingled. Many round initials such as C, D, O, Q are filled with a human face ("face initials"); in art. 7 some initials I are zoomorphic and take the shape of a fish (ff. 127r, 134r). Red and purple initials normally alternate. Art. 4 has red initials. The remaining articles are undecorated., Lower edge of many leaves damaged, with loss of text. The final pages worn and smudged., and Binding: ca. 1800. Limp parchment with remains of two leather ties. On the spine the hand-written title "Charta charitatis, liber usuum et institut. Ordinis S. Bernardi. M.S." At the bottom of the spine a label with the handwritten modern number "1280".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Cistercians
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Monasticism and religious orders
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cistercian statutes
6. Collection of 12 manuscript fragments
- Published / Created:
- [between 800 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 887
- Image Count:
- 25
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragments on parchment of legal, liturgical, and literary texts. 11 fragments in Latin, 1 fragment in French
- Description:
- In Latin and French.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collection of 12 manuscript fragments
7. Decretales (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [11--].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 482.75
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of Decretales, containing the end of an unidentified text and a text containing a portion of the Synod of Tribur (895).
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 2-line capital "A" is a red square capital; 1-line initials are in brown capitals; the rubric is written in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Canon law, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Decretals
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Decretales (fragment).
8. Digesta (fragment).
- Creator:
- Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565
- Published / Created:
- [12--].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 482.99
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of Justinian's Digesta with the glossa ordinaria commentary of Accursius
- Alternative Title:
- Digesta
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in a rounded gothic script (littera textualis); later marginal and interlinear notes., and Decoration: initials of the names of authorities are 2- and 3-line blue capitals with red penwork; the initials of the first word of each section are 1-line red capitals; 1-line initials within the text are in black; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; paragraph marks are either red, blue, or black; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval, Law, Medieval, and Law, Roman
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Digesta (fragment).
9. Emendatio vitae and other works
- Creator:
- Rolle, Richard, 1290?-1349
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1425-1450]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 66
- Image Count:
- 248
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, containing Middle English versions of several works by Rolle, including Emendatio vitae; Ego dormio; The Commandment; and Form of Living. Also contains a Middle English version of Walter Hilton's Mixed Life and The volume also contains Johannes de Rupescissa, Tractatus de Quinta Essentia (ca. 1470). 84 l. Manuscript on paper, in a single gothic bookhand. In Latin. Preceded by a title page dated 1650
- Description:
- In Middle English., Layout: single columns of 25-31 lines., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: some rubrication., and Binding: seventeenth-century limp vellum.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Rolle, Richard, 1290?-1349.
- Subject (Topic):
- Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature, English prose literature, Alchemy, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Emendatio vitae and other works
