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1.
Itinerarium; Boccaccio, De montibus, silvis, fontibus

Creator:
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374
Published / Created:
1434.
Call Number:
Marston MS 17
Image Count:
152
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper, with parchment for inner and outer bifolia, of 1) Petrarch, Itinerarium breve de Ianua usque ad Ierusalem et Terram sanctam. 2) Boccaccio, De montibus, silvis, fontibus...
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Monts 11854., Script: Written in fere-humanistic script by a single scribe, above top line., Plain red initial, 5-line, f. 1r; space unfilled for 10-line initial, f. 8r. Plain red initials, 3- to 1-line, throughout. Paragraph marks in red, in art. 1. Rubrics throughout, except f. 1r., First folio torn with loss of lower third of leaf; beginning and end of manuscript stained; some stains and wormholes affect text., and Binding: Eighteenth century, France (?). Brown, mottled sheepskin. Two blackish green labels (probably later additions) on gold-tooled spine: "Petrarchae Itinerarium" and "Boccatius De Montibus et Fluuiis." Contemporary green gold-tooled label on upper cover: "Fr. Petrachi. Itinerarium J. Bouatii. De. Flauiis. M. S. 1434."
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Jerusalem
Subject (Name):
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.
Subject (Topic):
Latin literature, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Description and travel
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Itinerarium; Boccaccio, De montibus, silvis, fontibus

2.
Jerusalem photographic album

Creator:
Eccleston, John C.
Published / Created:
1865.
Call Number:
1995 Folio 19
Image Count:
28
Description:
Title from printed leaf which was pasted on inside front cover., Signed and dated on leaf: John C. Eccleston ... Dec. 1st, 1865., Descriptive letterpress below each photograph., and "In the winter of 1859 the King of Prussia sent an artist to the Holy Land to procure accurate views for his portfolio ... I was so fortunate as to secure ... fine impressions from the most valuable of these negatives ... photographers, Messrs. Stoutenburgh & Rose (of this city) having reproduced these views"--printed label.
Publisher:
John C. Eccleston
Subject (Geographic):
Jerusalem
Subject (Topic):
Description and travel
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Jerusalem photographic album

4.
Mizrah plaque : Jerusalem, 697 [1936 or 1937].

Call Number:
Hebrew MSS suppl 79 7 (Oversize)
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
Printed on paper, dated 697 (1936 or 1937). At the top of the document are the words "Jerusalem" in Hebrew and in English. In the center is the word "Mizraḥ". At the center of the document is an oval enclosing a biblical map of Israel with the tribal settlements indicated by Roman numerals, which correspond to the names of the tribes listed in a chart on the side of the map. On both sides of the oval are lists of modern Jewish settlements designated by Arabic numerals. Around the oval are depictions of holy sites in the land of Israel. These sites include Tiberias, Hebron, Jerusalem and Safed. Above are illustrations of the two port cities of Israel, Jaffa and Haifa, with an image of Solomon's Temple in the middle
Description:
In Hebrew, Yiddish and English.
Subject (Geographic):
Jerusalem. and Jerusalem
Subject (Topic):
Prayer, Judaism, Religious articles, Jewish art and symbolism, and Religious life and customs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mizrah plaque : Jerusalem, 697 [1936 or 1937]., מזרח : ירושלים, ‪697 [1936 or 1937]‬.

5.
Shiviti plaque : Jerusalem, 1932

Call Number:
Hebrew MSS suppl 234 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Manuscript, ink on paper, dated 693 Kisleṿ (1932). The traditional shiviti statement, Psalm 16:8, "I have set (shiviti) the Lord always before me" is written at the top of the document. In the center of the document is a large seven-branched candelabrum formed from the text of Psalm 67. At the very bottom of the menorah is a statement that this shiviti was made by Mosheh ben Yitsḥaḳ Mizraḥi. On either side there are two circles which contain the date and the place, the holy city of Jerusalem. The frame around the document consists of abbreviations, with the exhortation, "Know before Whom you stand" at the top. In the two upper corners and the center there are floral designs. At the bottom of the document is the name Yokheved bat ḥakham ʻAmram Mizraḥi.
Description:
In Hebrew.
Subject (Geographic):
Jerusalem. and Jerusalem
Subject (Topic):
Prayer, Judaism, Religious articles, Jewish art and symbolism, and Religious life and customs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Shiviti plaque : Jerusalem, 1932, שויתי : ירושלים, ‪1932‬.

6.
Titus and Vespasian, [circa 1300-1325].

Call Number:
Osborn a11
Image Count:
96
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, on parchment, in Anglicana script, produced in England during the early fourteenth century
Description:
In English., The text is incomplete, ending at line 4902 of 5166 lines., One of the flyleaves has the name Thomas Redyng in a late sixteenth-century hand., Bought from Lord Kingsborough by Lord Derby (Edward Smith Stanley, 13th Earl) in Dublin, Nov. 1, 1842., and Binding: nineteenth-century brown morocco with gilt Derby crest.
Subject (Geographic):
Jerusalem
Subject (Topic):
History
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Titus and Vespasian, [circa 1300-1325].