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1.
Ain nuetzliche materi von mangerlay ussgeprentem wasser

Creator:
Schrick, Michael Puff von, ca. 1400-1473
Published / Created:
[1479-1499]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 885
Image Count:
19
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of Michael Puff von Schrick's Von den ausgebrannten Wassern
Description:
In German., Script: copied by a single scribe writing Gothica Hybrida Libraria/Formata with some Fractura features. Red underlining and red heightening of majuscules and paragraph marks., Von den ausgebrannten Wassern by Michael Puff von Schrick. The manuscript also includes a table of body parts and diseases and the waters to be used as remedies for them., and Binding: plain parchment binding over cardboard, by P. Dusel, 1998.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Schrick, Michael Puff von, approximately 1400-1473.
Subject (Topic):
Distillation and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ain nuetzliche materi von mangerlay ussgeprentem wasser

2.
Alchemical and medical miscellany

Published / Created:
[ca. 1475]
Call Number:
Mellon MS 15
Image Count:
105
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of a collection of the works of Nicolaus, mostly related to medicine. In addition the codex has interesting lists of substances in Latin and German, as well as a tract on the distillation of brandy
Description:
In Latin and German., Watermarks: Two batches of unidentified paper watermarked with a gothic "P," the mark plain and smaller in one batch, larger and surmounted by a trefoil in the other., Script: Neatly written in a gothic cursive hand., Large capitals in red at text divisions, sometimes with slight pen ornament, other capitals stroked red throughout, fancy ascenders on top lines transgressing the upper rules and stroked red, similar descenders occasionally below the bottom bordering line, usually not colored., and Binding: Modern three-quarter binding of light brown buckram, plain brown niger back and corners, the back with five (false?) raised bands, gilt-lettered in the second compartment from the top, ANTIDOTARIUM NICOLAI, and at the foot of the spine, "AB. 1460". Plain edges.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Nicolaus, Salernitanus, active 12th century.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, Brandy, Latin language, Glossaries, vocabularies, etc, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Medicine, Medieval
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Alchemical and medical miscellany

3.
Alchemical miscellany

Published / Created:
[ca. 1400]
Call Number:
Mellon MS 5
Image Count:
282
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on parchment (palimpsest) of a large collection of medieval alchemies, both speculative and practical. Includes an important group of writings by Johannes of Teschen, notably his Antiphona with musical notation. Also contains works by Arnold of Villanova, Alanus, Geber, Khalid ibn Yazid, and Albertus Magnus
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written in Gothica textualis by a careful but ill-formed hand in which differing letter forms are often not discrete, with annotations by a later 15th-century cursive hand and occasional notes by other hands of the same period., Important capitals painted in red and blue with occasional filiform decoration, rubricated, and capitals frequently stroked red, but without other ornament or illustration., and Binding: Fifteenth century, German. Presumably original, of oaken boards covered with red-dyed hide, sides framed by triple blind fillets, additional fillets drawn diagonally to form a pattern of lozenges; the original back laid down on a new backstrip preserving the four original raised bands, plus head and foot bands, which are drawn into the boards, fastened with wooden wedges, and reinforced with strips of parchment (cut from a 13th-century manuscript with faint writing in a very small gothic hand) which are glued down to the inside boards. On both covers single nailholes near the corners and two such holes in the center of each cover indicate the removal of brass cornerpieces and centerpieces; a single brass catch with iron bar, fastened by three brass nails, is preserved in the upper cover, the clasp missing from the lower cover indicated only by a mark. Modern leather label on backstrip, stamped in silver between rules top and bottom: "ALCHEMICAL | MISCELLANY | MANUSCRIPT | FRANCE 15TH C.".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Music
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Alchemical miscellany

4.
Algorismus, etc

Creator:
Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, fl. 1230
Published / Created:
[between 1300 and 1450]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 1024
Image Count:
179
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on parchment and paper of 1) Johannes de Sacro Bosco, Algorismus. 2) Jordanus Rufus, Medecina equorum. 3) Pseudo-Aristotle, Secretum secretorum. 4) William Falconer, Falconibus
Description:
In Latin, German and French., Script: multiple hands writing in multiple scripts., and Binding: S. XV limp parchment binding with leather spine stiffener and visible sewing and flap. The parchment is from an erased music manuscript. Remnants of a paper title label on the spine (text lost).
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Pseudo-Augustinus. and Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, fl. 1230.
Subject (Topic):
Falconry, Horses, Manuscripts, Medieval, Mathematics, Medieval, Medicine, Medieval, and Occultism
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Algorismus, etc

5.
Antiphonary

Published / Created:
[between 1400 and 1500]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 627
Image Count:
12
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript fragment on parchment (6 non-consecutive leaves) of vesper antiphons. Feasts noted for some antiphons are: Ascension; 21st-23rd Sunday after Pentecost; Vigil of Saints Peter and Paul
Description:
In Latin., Script: written by a single scribe in a formal gothic bookhand., Six lines of text with musical notation on a four-line red staff. Initials in red, blue, and black., and Unbound.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Antiphonaries, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Vespers (Music)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary

6.
Antiphonary (fragment).

Published / Created:
approximately 1400.
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 712.32
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Manuscript fragment on parchment, from a German antiphonary. Musical notation on four-line staves above lines
Description:
In Latin., Script: gothica textualis precissa., and Decoration: rubricated. Large in-line capitals in black ink.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Antiphonaries, and Musical notation
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).

7.
Antiphonary (fragment).

Published / Created:
[between 1390 and 1410].
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 482.107
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing: Sts. Cosmas and Damian (27 September); Archangel Michael (29 September); St. Dionysius (9 October); and St. Gall (16 October).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: The offices of Archangel Michael and of St. Gall begin with 2-line initials in red and blue; the insider of the letters is decorated with an animal on a red and green ground surrounded by red and blue penwork and white dots; the outside of the letters is surrounded by red and blue penwork; 2-line initials of antiphons and responses alternate red and blue; the 2-line initial of the verse is in brown highlighted with red; the left margins of both versos are decorated with red and blue designs, which are topped by an animal head in red on fol. 1v; musical notation is in black on a 5-line staff in black; punctuated with the punctus.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).

8.
Antiphonary (fragment).

Published / Created:
[between 1450 and 1499].
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 482.116
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing the Common of the Apostles
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in rounded gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: The 4-line initial at the beginning of the office is blue and red with blue and red flourishes; 2-line initials at the beginning of responses alternate blue and red; 2-line initials at the beginning of verses are brown with brown and yellow flourishes; 1-line initials within verses are in brown and are highlighted with red; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text; musical notation is on a four-line staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).

9.
Antiphonary (fragment).

Published / Created:
[14--].
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 482.128
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing unidentified chants and Holy Saturday, lauds
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: the 4-line initial "U" is in blue and red; some of the sketched flourishes outside of the letter have been traced in red and filled with green; inside the letter a floral pattern has been sketched and partially completed; the 2-line initial "O" is red with sketched flourishes only partially completed and filled with green; rubrics in red in the same script as the text; quadrata notation is in black on a 4-line staff in red; punctuated with the punctus.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).

10.
Antiphonary (fragment).

Published / Created:
[between 1390 and 1410].
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 482.106
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing: the Annunciation (25 March); Responsories from the book of Job and Psalms; and a computistical table for calculating the time between Christmas and Shrove Tuesday, with explicatory notes in German
Description:
In Latin and German., Script: written by three scribes in gothic script (littera textualis); one scribed copied fol. 1, another copied fol. 2r, and a third copies fol. 2v., and Decoration: 2-line initials at the beginning of the antiphon on fol. 1 are in red; the guide letters for these initials are still visible in light brown ink and some have been ornamented, including one with a crude figure of a person; 2-line initials at the beginning of verses on fol. 1 are in black with black penwork; fol. 2v begins with a very crude 2-line round D in red; rubrics written in red; musical notation is in black and on fol. 1 is on a 4-line staff in black; on fol. 2r it is on a 5-line staff in black; punctuated with the punctus.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).

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