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1. A curious piece of antiquity, on the crucifixion of our Saviour and the two thieves
- Published / Created:
- [1765?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Date of publication from ESTC., Verse of 26 lines in acrostic form; first lines: O God, my God! In rivers of my tears I come to thee., Below imprint: Price One Penny, or 8d per dozen., Mounted on leaf 16. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
- Publisher:
- Printed and sold by W. Bailey, at No. 28 Great Tower-street, London
- Subject (Name):
- Jesus Christ
- Subject (Topic):
- Christian poetry
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A curious piece of antiquity, on the crucifixion of our Saviour and the two thieves
2. Arma Christi prayer roll
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1187
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript roll, on parchment, in a single hand, illuminated, containing the "Arma Christi" poem and other prayers, in Dutch, including prayers ascribed to Popes Sixtus IV and Alexander VI. The prayers are preceded by a rubric instructing readers to kneel as they recite the prayers in order to obtain an indulgence
- Description:
- In Dutch., Layout: single column of text., Script: gothic., Decoration: Rubricated. Initials in red or blue. Large miniature at head of roll containing a bust of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, displaying his stigmata, and surrounded by the "arma Christi" (also known as the Instruments of the Passion). On a blue ground in gold frame. One large decorated initial immediately below miniature. Text accompanied by decorated borders on both sides., and Binding: section of leather sewn to top of scroll. Accompanied by seventeenth-century? fabric case with fabric and metal appliqués.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Netherlands
- Subject (Name):
- Jesus Christ and Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Passion, Dutch, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Indulgences, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Religious life and customs
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Arma Christi prayer roll
3. Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi
- Creator:
- Peter, of Poitiers, approximately 1130-1205
- Published / Created:
- [between 1300 and 1350]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1183
- Container / Volume:
- (Roll)
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Decorated roll containing the text of the Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi by Peter of Poitiers (Petrus Pictaviensis). The text, presented in genealogical tree format, appears to be a copy of the second version of this work, containing the full text of the first version accompanied by interpolations from the Historia scholastica and other sources
- Description:
- In Latin., Format: seven membranes sewn together to form one roll., Layout: single vertical column in the form of a genealogical tree., Script: single gothic bookhand., Decoration: text is presented as a genealogical tree, in brown ink, with rubrication; initials in red and blue ink; roundels and planned spaces for diagrams and miniatures (unfinished) outlined in red and blue ink. Linking genealogical tree branches and diagram lines in red and blue ink. Complex grid for layout of design elements ruled in plummet., and Ownership inscriptions at top and bottom of roll: Conradus Mondone Astensis. (Corrado Mondone d'Asti, Master General of the Dominican Order, 1462-1465).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Jesus Christ and Peter, of Poitiers, approximately 1130-1205.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi
4. Consolatio peccatorum, seu Processus Belial (fragment).
- Creator:
- Jacobus, de Theramo, 1349-1417
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1460]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 935
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on paper of the Consolatio peccatorum of Jacobus de Theramo, here in Czech translation. The Consolatio describes a lawsuit between the Devil (Beilal) and Jesus Christ, with Solomon presiding, in which the Devil sues Christ for having trespassed by descending into Hell to redeem lost souls. Leaf was formerly used as a pastedown
- Alternative Title:
- Consolatio peccatorum. Czech, Processus Luciferi contra Jesum Christum, and Processus Belial
- Description:
- In Czech., Layout: 2 columns of 44 lines, with unknown number of lines trimmed from top of leaf., Script: gothic cursiva., and Decoration: one 3-line initial in blue wash, one 3-line initial in red wash.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Jacobus, de Theramo, 1349-1417. and Jesus Christ
- Subject (Topic):
- Devil, Mock trials, Redemption, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Consolatio peccatorum, seu Processus Belial (fragment).
5. Expositio super Matthaeum, etc
- Creator:
- Remigius, of Auxerre, approximately 841-908
- Published / Created:
- [between 1300 and 1350]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 80
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (sturdy but of uneven weight; no watermarks, wavering chain-lines ca. 53 mm. apart) of a collection of excerpts from Biblical commentaries and sermons by patristic writers. Mainly drawn from Remigius of Auxerre, Expositio super Matthaeum; and Bede, Expositio super Lucam. Also includes texts by Leo, Gregory, Gualterus Anglicus, Augustine, Anselm, Ambrose, and Boethius. Sermons written for feast days and about the Passion of Christ
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written mostly by one scribe, perhaps over a period of time, in a small gothic book hand with many abbreviations. Additions by slightly later hands in more or less formal script, e.g. ff. 1v, 3r-5v, 87v-105v., Initials (3-line), paragraph marks, underlining and strokes on 1-line capitals in red., and Binding: Date? Square, flush boards. Trimmed out turn-ins suggest a late date. Covered in vellum with contents and a compass-drawn circle on lower cover.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Jesus Christ and Remigius, of Auxerre, approximately 841-908.
- Subject (Topic):
- Passion, Catenae, Church year sermons, Fathers of the church, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Expositio super Matthaeum, etc
6. Historia scholastica, with other works
- Creator:
- Petrus, Comestor, active 12th century
- Published / Created:
- circa 1225-1249.
- Call Number:
- Osborn fa75
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 322
- Abstract:
- Manuscript volume, on paper, containing the complete text of Peter Comestor's Historia scholastica, with marginal glosses and later annotations. This work is preceded in the volume by the Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi of Peter of Poitiers, with complex genealogical diagrams in color. It is followed by the Prophesies of Pseudo-Methodius and the Allegoriae of Hugh of St. Victor
- Description:
- In Latin., Two original flyleaves. Manuscript preceded by three paper leaves to which bibliographical and historical notes about the texts contained in the volume have been affixed., Script: small gothic book script., Decoration: chapter headings in red; red and blue penwork initials., and Binding: twentieth-century full red morocco.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Jesus Christ and Petrus, Comestor, active 12th century.
- Subject (Topic):
- Genealogy, History Bibles, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Historia scholastica, with other works
7. Le Visioni di Santa Brigida di Suuetia : Cauate da i libri delle sue diuine reuelationi : manuscript
- Published / Created:
- 1626.
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS VOL 1141
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 5
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript volume, in the hand of an unidentified nun at the monastery of Scala Coeli in Genoa, containing copies of Italian translations from the Revelationes, Sermo Angelicus, and other texts from the Liber Caelestis of Saint Bridget. On the colophon, the scribe identifies herself as a professed nun of the Order of Saint Bridget, and states that the work was completed on July 26, 1626. The manuscript also includes circa 27 contemporary devotional engravings placed throughout the text, many with identifiable artists and publishers from Italy, France, the Netherlands, and elsewhere. The engravings depict Christian figures, including the Blessed Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, the archangel Michael, and various saints; and scenes from the New Testament, including from the lives of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ
- Description:
- Bridget of Sweden (approximately 1303-1373) was a mystic and saint. She experienced visions beginning in childhood, the records of which were gathered and translated into Latin. They are collectively known as the Revelationes and Liber Caelestis., The Birgittine convent known as Scala Coeli was founded in Genoa, Italy, circa 1406. Nuns at the convent translated the writings of Saint Bridget into Italian., In Italian; colophon in Latin., Title from first leaf., Includes table of contents on six leaves at end., Colophon, leaf 317r., and Binding: Contemporary red leather over wooden boards; front and back covers have blind tooled rules and rolls, with a central figure of a female saint and the letters "M S B G" tooled in gold; spine with raised bands and a blind tooled flower in each compartment; front edge originally had two leather straps with brass clasps, and is now lacking one strap and clasp. Later (19th century?) paper spine label with manuscript inscription: "[illegible] S. Brigid. Cavate dei libri delle sue rivela[tion]. Opera di una monaca della ordine stisso[?] per comodite delle Sorelle 1626".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Italy., Italy, and Sweden
- Subject (Name):
- Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373., Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373, Jesus Christ, John, the Baptist, Saint, Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint, and Michael (Archangel)
- Subject (Topic):
- Devotion to, Devotion, Nuns, Saints, and Religious life and customs
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Le Visioni di Santa Brigida di Suuetia : Cauate da i libri delle sue diuine reuelationi : manuscript
8. Meditationes vitae Christi
- Creator:
- Johannes, de Caulibus, 14th cent
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1400-1450]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1162
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 204
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in a single cursive gothic bookhand, of this popular Latin devotional work on the life of Christ. Long attributed to St. Bonaventure, the work is now considered to be by the fourteenth-century Franciscan Johannes de Caulibus. This version, copied in England, contains the three "Canticle chapters" often omitted in later copies
- Description:
- In Latin., Annotations: numerous corrections and additions in a contemporary or near-contemporary hand, apparently the records of a collation of this copy of the text against another version., Layout: laid out in double columns, ruled in plummet., Script: written in a single cursive gothic bookhand., Decoration: numerous two-line initials in blue and red., and Binding: modern brown calf over contemporary wooden boards (leaving original lacing paths visible).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Jesus Christ, Johannes, de Caulibus, 14th cent., and Franciscans.
- Subject (Topic):
- Biography, Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Devotional literature, Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Meditationes vitae Christi
9. Miniatures of the passion of Christ (fragments).
- Published / Created:
- circa 1400.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 712.193
- Container / Volume:
- (File)
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Two miniatures, on parchment, both fragments of a Book of Hours, depicting events in the Passion of Christ, both in color with gold and burnished gold. The first depicts the Flagellation of Christ within a stylized architectural frame. The second depicts the Carrying of the Cross in a stylized landscape which includes two other crosses erected against a gold diapered background
- Description:
- Attributed to the workshop of Jacquemart de Hesdin.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Jacquemart, de Hesdin, active 1380-1411. and Jesus Christ
- Subject (Topic):
- Passion, Books of hours, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miniatures of the passion of Christ (fragments).
