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1. Speculum Christiani
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1400-1425]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 96
- Image Count:
- 110
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of a version of this fourteenth-century pastoral manual. The text is in eight sections, or Tabulae, in Latin, with extensive passages in Middle English prose and interpolated Middle English verse
- Description:
- In Latin and Middle English., Layout: single columns of 32 lines., Script: written in an English bookhand., Decoration: red and blue initials with contrasting penwork., and Binding: nineteenth-century morocco.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Christian life, English poetry, English prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Speculum Christiani
2. The inventory of chirurgy
- Creator:
- Guy, de Chauliac, approximately 1300-1368
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 59
- Image Count:
- 323
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on paper and parchment, in a single hand, of a Middle English translation of de Chauliac's treatise on surgery and other aspects of practical medical treatment, particularly of wounds
- Description:
- In Middle English., Support: mixed. 101 paper leaves, 52 parchment leaves., Layout: double columns of 54 lines., Script: cursive bookhand., Decoration: seven large decorated initials; numerous smaller initials in blue with red penwork., and Binding: fifteenth-century blind-stamped full calf over wooden boards, rebacked; remains of later hardware. BInder's label on back pastedown: W. H. Woods & Co. / Manchester / 1879.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Guy, de Chauliac, approximately 1300-1368.
- Subject (Topic):
- English prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Medicine, Medicine, Medieval, and Surgery
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The inventory of chirurgy
