BEIN AUS91: Imperfect: 2 of Cups wanting. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., Latin/Italian suit system., Composition of deck: 36 [A, K, C, J, 10-7, 2]., Tax stamps on King of Coins, black: KARTEN SIGIL HOCHF SALZPURGIS / [heraldic device] and on Ace of Batons, black: S. / KARTEN., Aces: AB: ZU FINDEN BEI IOSE / PH TRAUNWI / SER; AC, eagle perched on cup., and Pipcards: 2S: SALZBURG / [heraldic device].
BEIN AUS89: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., Latin/Italian suit system., Composition of deck: 36 [A, K, C, J, 10-7, 2]., Tax stamp on 7 of Coins, black: [asymmetrical cartouche] / AS / 7X., Ace of Batons: N.S.; Ace of Coins, lion's head; Ace of Cups, eagle., King of Cups: I.A., and 2 of Swords, woman plays lute.
BEIN AUS76: Imperfect: AB, K, JS; JB; K, JD; C, JC; 9B; 2D; 8, 7C wanting. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., Latin/Italian suit system., Composition of deck: 36 [A, K, C, J, 10-7, 2]., Tax stamp on 7 of Coins, black: [asymmetrical cartouche] K / 7X., 2 of Swords: 1 / [cross] / I / [heraldic device]., and Ace of Cups, eagle: CLAGENE.
Manuscript, on parchment, in two Gothic bookhands, containig copies of Walter of Biblesworth (Bibbesworth), Le tretiz ff.1-27v; Nicholas Bozon (c.1280-1320), Les proverbes de bons enseignements, here called Liber de proverbiis sapientie, ff.28-40v; Hue de Tabarie, Ordre de la chevalerie ff.42-53v; Le mariage des ix filles du diable, often attributed to Robert Grosseteste (1170-1253), bishop of Lincoln but here described as St Maurice, bishop of Paris's translation from the Latin, ff.54-67. The text of Le tretiz contains numerous interlineations and side notes in Middle English
Description:
In Anglo-Norman French with Middle English glosses and annotations., Ownership inscriptions of Sir Henry Sharington (d. 1581)., Script: Gothic bookhand., Decoration: some rubrication of initials., and Binding: contemporary chemise binding of white leather over corded boards.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Biblesworth, Walter de.
Subject (Topic):
Administration of estates, Anglo-Norman dialect, Chivalry, Conduct of life, French language, Study and teaching, and Manuscripts, Medieval
BEIN FRAsheet212: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., Uncut sheet of 16 court cards: K-JS, K-JH, K-JD, K-JC, with 4 additional cards, K (2), Q, J., French suit system., Original design., CourtCards: KS: borbon; QS: argine; JS: molart / p. gayon; KH: Ciermoy; QH: Judic; JH: alansont; KD: le Couer con [?]; QD: Bersabee; JD; Lapdorat; KC; orliens; QC: dame donner; K, aligned with S; David; Q, aligned with H. la puselle; J, aligned with D: artus; K, aligned with C: charlemaine., and This sheet, in two pieces, apparently was part of the binding material of Les fleurs et maineres des temps passes, Louis Cruse, Geneva, 1495.
BEIN GERsheet219: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., Uncut sheet of 12 court cards (K-J)., French suit system., and XP-6 pattern.
Manuscript, on vellum and paper, in several hands, containing a collection of texts in Latin and Middle English. Almost two-thirds of the volume consists of an untitled collection of Latin sermons, followed by a Latin verse text, Stimulus compassionis. Middle English texts include The three kings of Cologne, a devotional work in prose; Prester John, a travel narrative; John Lydgate's Middle English poem Stans puer ad mensam; and the Middle English verses The myrour of mankind and The treatise of a gallant
Description:
In Latin and Middle English., Title devised by cataloger., Most of the volume is parchment; 15 leaves toward the end of the volume are paper., Bookseller's description tipped in at front of volume., Spine title in gilt: M. S. Vellum., Layout: single columns of 26-31 lines., Script: several English cursive bookhands (Anglicana and secretary)., Decoration: numerous initials in blue with red penwork., and Binding: early eighteenth-century sheep over pasteboards. Nineteenth-century green morocco case with spine title: Ancient English Poetry M. S.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451? and Prester John (Legendary character)
Subject (Topic):
Conduct of life, Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature, English poetry, English prose literature, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sermons, Latin
Page 16. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A circular image with three concentric designs surrounding the center image of a view of the bridge and Castel Sant'Angelo with the cupola of St. Peter's. The outer most circle is split into twelve equal sections with classical scenes which in turn are topped with an image of an open book with a page numbered "Tab. I-[XII]" moving counter-clockwise
Alternative Title:
Qua mare qua terras lustrat sol lumine semper, sospite me pater imperium Romanus habebit
Description:
Title devised by curator., Statement of responsibility written by Horace Walpole on separate slip of paper (2.9 x 6.6 cm), mounted on opposite page., and Mounted on page 16 in Anne Damer's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 33.
Subject (Geographic):
Rome
Subject (Name):
Dionysus (Greek deity), Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano,, and Museo nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo,
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Agriculture, Rites & ceremonies, and Views
