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2.
- Creator:
- Trippe, Simon
- Call Number:
- Osborn a43
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper in a single Italic hand of a treatise on the compatibility of the science of medicine with belief in Christianity and a vindication of Galen against four traditional attacks on him, including the "calumnies" that Galen favored reason over religion and that he scoffed at both Judaism and Christianity. Trippe frequently alludes to and quotes other medical and scientific authors in developing his argument, including Hippocrates, Dioscorides, Nicander, Avicenna, and his contemporaries Antonio Guainerio, Jean Fernel, Pietro Andreas Mattioli, and Leonhard Fuchs, as well as the humanist thinkers Henry Cornelius Agrippa, Guillaume Bude, and Ramus (Pierre de la Ramee). and Text prefaced (p. 5-7) by a dedicatory epistle to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, who was Chancellor of Oxford and from whom Trippe was soliciting recommendation for appointment as Physician of Corpus Christi
- Description:
- In Latin and English., Pages are ruled in red; marginal annotations in the same hand in the marginal compartments., Annotation on recto of front flyleaf: "Presented to Chas. Leeson Prince M.R.C.S by The late Revd. Edward Turner Rector of Maresfield Sussex. 1870.", Tipped in on recto of front flyleaf: printed dealer description., Annotation by Edward Turner on added p. 1 containing detailed biographical information on Simon Trippe., Bookplate: Ex libris Robert Hoe., Bookplate: T[homas] J[efferson] Coolidge, Jr., and Binding: contemporary full paneled calf, extensive gold tooled decoration on boards and spine; cloth ties not present. Possibly bound for the dedicatee, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Galen. and Corpus Christi College (University of Oxford).
- Subject (Topic):
- Humanism, Medicine, Early works to 1800, History, Philosophy, and Physicians
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Christianus medicus, siue disceptatio quaedam instituta aduersus receptam publice opinionem, bene medicum male christianum existere, in qua comprimis Galenus vindicatus a 4. calumnijs..., 1572 May 15.
3.
- Creator:
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius
- Published / Created:
- 1465.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 313
- Image Count:
- 22
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of works by Cicero, Plutarch, Petrus Diaconus, Marcus Valerius Probus, Leonardo Bruni, and Plato
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written in humanistic bookhand below the top line by two persons: Scribe 1) ff. 1r-128r and 149r-191v; Scribe 2) ff. 129r-148v and 192r-207v., Initials, 5- to 2-line, ff. 1r, 39v, 71r (space for additional initials on ff. 105v and 149r), gold edged in black with white-vine ornament, against crimson, green and light blue; white-vine extensions in upper and inner margins. On f. 1r a coat of arms in lower margin surrounded by a wreath with a ribbon. 3-, 2-, and 1-line initials in red or blue. Rubrics throughout., Water damage has obliterated several words in the lower left of f. 1r., and Binding: 17th-18th centuries. Brown/red calf, gold-tooled. Paste decorated edges. On spine, stamped in gold but nearly effaced: "Ciceronis et aliorum varia. MSS 1465".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
- Subject (Topic):
- Classical literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Philosophy, and Roman law
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De amicitia, etc
4.
- Creator:
- Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755
- Published / Created:
- [1748]
- Call Number:
- Ocg55 M765 +748 1
- Container / Volume:
- 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- Esprit des loix
- Description:
- BEIN Ocg55 M765 +748: Uncut. and First edition; edited by J.J. Varnet. cf. Brunet. Manuel du librarie.
- Publisher:
- Barrillot & fils
- Subject (Topic):
- Political science, Law, Philosophy, Jurisprudence, and State, The
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De l'esprit des loix, ou, Du rapport que les loix doivent avoir avec la constitution de chaque gouvernement, les moeurs, le climat, la religion, le commerce, &c., à quoi d'auteur a ajouté des recherches nouvelles, sur les loix romaines touchant les successions, sur les loix françoises, & sur les loix féodales ...
5.
- Creator:
- Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755
- Published / Created:
- [1748]
- Call Number:
- Ocg55 M765 +748 1
- Container / Volume:
- 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- Esprit des loix
- Description:
- BEIN Ocg55 M765 +748: Uncut. and First edition; edited by J.J. Varnet. cf. Brunet. Manuel du librarie.
- Publisher:
- Barrillot & fils
- Subject (Topic):
- Political science, Law, Philosophy, Jurisprudence, and State, The
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De l'esprit des loix, ou, Du rapport que les loix doivent avoir avec la constitution de chaque gouvernement, les moeurs, le climat, la religion, le commerce, &c., à quoi d'auteur a ajouté des recherches nouvelles, sur les loix romaines touchant les successions, sur les loix françoises, & sur les loix féodales ...
6.
- Creator:
- Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1720-1790
- Published / Created:
- 1738-1741
- Call Number:
- Osborn c368
- Image Count:
- 13
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in multiple hands, of about 36 essays and verse translations on various subjects. The collection begins with an essay titled "Character & Design of the Author," which compares his collection of works to the Spectator, Tatler, and Guardian. In addition to subsequent essays which address such topics as "A Vision on human Life," "Against ignorant Pretenders to Politicks," and a letter "on the present state of the Theatre from Will. Drama," the manuscript also contains verse translations of classical works such as those of Silius Italicus and Theocritus.
- Description:
- Binding: half calf., In English., and Table of contents at beginning of manuscript.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Intellectual life--18th century
- Subject (Name):
- Hardwicke, Philip Yorke,--Earl of,--1720-1790, Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius, and Theocritus
- Subject (Topic):
- English periodicals, English poetry--18th century, Philosophy, and Theater--England
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The philosopher or essays on various subjects begun at Cambridge, 1738-1741.
7.
- Creator:
- Han, William
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1644-1707].
- Call Number:
- Osborn b150
- Image Count:
- 2
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, in several different hands, of a collection of about 69 poems and prose entries, primarily on philosophical, religious, and metaphysical subjects. Prose pieces in the volume include a copy of Ethica Compendium, by Johann Stier; and The Life of Richard Marsh D. D. Archdeacon of York Vicar of Halifax, and Chaplain to King Charles 2nd From a Manuscript Written By His Descendant. Verses include numerous poems by John Donne; Song To A Coy Lady by Alexander Brome; and other poems by Cowley, Thomas Otway, and Richard Fanshaw. Pasted in on p. 263 is a contemporary MS copy of a poem, "Rise oh my sone wth thy desires to heaven," which the writer attributes to Sir Henry Wotton. The manuscript also includes a list of Middle English words titled "A few words from Urry's Chaucer that seem to have furnished several English families with surnames."
- Description:
- Cloth endpapers. Binding: full sheep. and Signature on flyleaf: "William Han. 1644."
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century and Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century
- Subject (Name):
- Brome, Alexander,--1620-1666, Cowley, Abraham,--1618-1667, Donne, John,--1572-1631, Fanshawe, Richard,--Sir,--1608-1666, Han, William, Otway, Thomas,--1652-1685, Stier, Johann,--1599-1648, Urry, John,--1606-1715, and Wotton, Henry,--Sir,--1568-1639
- Subject (Topic):
- English poetry--17th century, Metaphysics--Poetry, Occasional verse, English, Philosophy, and Religious poetry, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book]
8.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1612]
- Call Number:
- Osborn b144
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, in several hands, of Latin quotations grouped by philosophical and moral subjects such as Bellum; Fortuna; Humilitas; Ingratus; Patientia; and Virtus Moralis. Other entries include several religious poems; medical recipes "for the stone"; Biblical quotations; a history of England from William the Conqueror to 1502; and a prayer which asks God to bless "thy servant James by thy grace...King defender of the true ancient CS A. F. In all causes and over all persons...Blesse the noble queene Ana & let not the scepter depart from prince Henry nor thy gratious goodnes from all the Roial progeny."
- Description:
- Binding: full sheep; blind-stamped decoration on covers., Pen trials inside front and back covers, including several drawings of cats, mice, and a bird., Signature of Robert Cottesford on end-paper., and Table of contents to the Latin quotations appears on pp. 172-5.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--History--1066-1687, Great Britain--Intellectual life--17th century, and Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century
- Subject (Name):
- James--I,--King of England,--1566-1625
- Subject (Topic):
- English poetry--17th century, Latin poetry--17th century, Medicine, Meditations (Religious), Philosophy, and Prayers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book], [ca. 1612].
