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1.
Calendar and handbook for the Carthusian Order of Wuerzburg

Published / Created:
1463
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 1044
Image Count:
38
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on parchment of a Carthusian calendar, prescriptions for diet, drinks and blood-letting, and collects and prayers for various occasions
Description:
In Latin and German., Script: copied by six hands in various scripts., Writing in black and red ink. Red stroking of majuscules (not in last section) and red paragraph marks. Red plain initials, 1-5 lines., and Binding: undecorated s. XVIII (?) parchment binding over pasteboard, with green marbled endleaves.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Würzburg (Germany)
Subject (Name):
Carthusians.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, and Religious calendars
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Calendar and handbook for the Carthusian Order of Wuerzburg

2.
Constitutions of the convent of St. Maria zum Weiler near Cologne

Published / Created:
15th century
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 961
Image Count:
89
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper containing St. Augustine's Regula (Informatio regularis, Praeceptum), as well as excerpts from the Constitutions of the convent of St. Maria zum Weiher near Cologne and related texts
Description:
In Latin and German., Script: copied by one hand in Gothica Cursiva Libraria., Headings in red; instructions for the rubricator along the lower edge of the pages, mostly lost at the trimming of the manuscript. Red paragraph marks, underlining and heightening of the majuscules. Plain red initials of various sizes with interior reserved shapes., Manuscript on paper containing 1) Augustinus Hipponensis (St. Augustine, 354-430), Regula (Informatio regularis, Praeceptum). 2) Admonitions in German to conventuals on points not expressly contained in the Constitutions: about sins, obedience to the superior, spiritual life, etc. 3) Precisions about the Constitutions: only the commissary of the archbishop of Cologne, the director of the convent or the visitators are allowed to alter the statutes on certain points. 4) Constitutions of the convent of St. Maria zum Weiher near Cologne (Sancta Maria ad Piscinam), excerpted, with adaptations, from the Constitutions of the Windesheim Congregation and the old statutes of the said convent, and promulgated by Theodericus archbishop of Cologne (Dietrich von Mörs, 1414-1463)., and Binding: early plain limp parchment register binding with flap.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Augustinians.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval and Monasticism and religious orders
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Constitutions of the convent of St. Maria zum Weiler near Cologne

3.
Obituary of the Convent of Poor Clares in Trier

Published / Created:
[between 1500 and 1700]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 698
Container / Volume:
Vol. 2
Image Count:
13
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on parchment. The Obituary was organized in the early 16th century, obits being transcribed from a 15th-century manuscript recording the deaths of members and benefactors; the majority of the obits were entered subsequently, at the time of the decease of the persons involved. Includes a sealed transcription of a charter, granted by Joseph Bergaigne, Provincial of the Franciscan Order, dealing with the lightening of the obligations incurred towards the benefactors and drawn up in the Convent of Poor Clares at Trier, Jan. 1618, and confirmation of that charter drawn up at Trier, 16 May 1725. Its patronym "Sta. Maria Magdalena" is mentioned in one of the printed documents kept together with the manuscript
Description:
In German., Script: Many Gothic hands ranging from the early 16th to the 19th centuries, but mostly from the 16th and 17th centuries., The Day Letters are in red ("A") or stroked with red ("B-G"). Names of months and feasts in red., and Binding: Original brown blind-tooled leather over oak boards, decorated with double fillets and small lozenge tools ("Ihesus" and "Maria" monograms) and rosettes; bound on five white leather thongs. Spine with five raised bands, rebacked. Remnants of one brass clasp attached to the rear cover. The front pastedown is detached.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Trier (Germany)
Subject (Name):
Poor Clares.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, and Necrologies
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Obituary of the Convent of Poor Clares in Trier

4.
Obituary of the Convent of Poor Clares in Trier

Published / Created:
[between 1500 and 1700]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 698
Container / Volume:
Vol. 1
Image Count:
86
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on parchment. The Obituary was organized in the early 16th century, obits being transcribed from a 15th-century manuscript recording the deaths of members and benefactors; the majority of the obits were entered subsequently, at the time of the decease of the persons involved. Includes a sealed transcription of a charter, granted by Joseph Bergaigne, Provincial of the Franciscan Order, dealing with the lightening of the obligations incurred towards the benefactors and drawn up in the Convent of Poor Clares at Trier, Jan. 1618, and confirmation of that charter drawn up at Trier, 16 May 1725. Its patronym "Sta. Maria Magdalena" is mentioned in one of the printed documents kept together with the manuscript
Description:
In German., Script: Many Gothic hands ranging from the early 16th to the 19th centuries, but mostly from the 16th and 17th centuries., The Day Letters are in red ("A") or stroked with red ("B-G"). Names of months and feasts in red., and Binding: Original brown blind-tooled leather over oak boards, decorated with double fillets and small lozenge tools ("Ihesus" and "Maria" monograms) and rosettes; bound on five white leather thongs. Spine with five raised bands, rebacked. Remnants of one brass clasp attached to the rear cover. The front pastedown is detached.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Trier (Germany)
Subject (Name):
Poor Clares.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, and Necrologies
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Obituary of the Convent of Poor Clares in Trier

5.
Prayers, for Augustinian use

Published / Created:
[between 1400 and 1450]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 134
Image Count:
312
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper (watermarks trimmed; unidentified) of various prayers
Description:
In German and Latin., Script: Text written in formal gothic by one scribe. Prayers added on the flyleaves, front and back, by several later hands in italic of the 17th century and later. 2- and 1-line initials in blue-grey or orange-tinted red. 1-line initials within the text, with red stroke. Extensive rubrication in orange-tinted red., and Binding: 16th-17th centuries. Sewn on three single, round, vegetable fiber cords laced into wooden boards. "Made" endbands glued on and extending onto the outer face of the boards. Red edges and numerous place marks of vellum or tawed skin on the fore-edge. The spine rounded and lined. Covered in dark brown calf with two brass catches on the upper board and brass clasps hinged to the lower. The lower board is detached and one clasp and some leather at head and tail of the spine are wanting.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Augustinians. and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, and Prayers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Prayers, for Augustinian use

7.
Processional, Dominican use

Published / Created:
[ca. 1440]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 205
Image Count:
143
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on parchment. Written as a gift for Barbara Pfintzing, who entered a nunnery in 1441 at the age of 16. The text indicates that the manuscript was produced for use in a Dominican house of nuns; liturgical directions are written in German (the feminine forms in the antiphons and prayers often bear suprascript masculine endings, in red).
Description:
In Latin and German., Script: Written by a single scribe in well formed gothic textura. Articles 1 and 6 have 4-line staves, in red, and black square notes., Uninspired blue initial, 2-stave, on f. 1r, infilled and surrounded by red penwork flourishes with blue accents. Similar plain initials, 2-line, alternate in blue, red, and black with red throughout. Running titles and headings in red., and Binding: Sixteenth century. Resewn, using original sewing holes, on three double vegetable fiber cords laced into back-cornered and indented oak boards. Endbands embroidered on a strip of vellum and adhered, the vellum extending onto the outside of the boards. The spine is square and lined all along with manuscript fragments extending to the inside of the boards. Covered in vellum blind-tooled with concentric borders containing heads in oval frames among foliage in the outer, and busts of saints in the inner. Two brass fastenings, the catch on the upper board, straps attached to the lower with a metal plate. Straps wanting and a slight crack in one joint.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church and Dominicans
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Dominican sisters, Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, and Processionals (Liturgical books)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Processional, Dominican use

8.
Regula sancti salvatoris, etc

Creator:
Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373
Published / Created:
[between 1450 and 1500]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 5
Image Count:
71
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on parchment of 1) St. Birgitta, Regula Sancti Salvatoris. 2) Urban V, Ut nihil a noviciis omnino exigatur. 3) Pseudo-Augustine, Disciplina monasterii. 4) Additiones domini Prioris Petri super Regula sancti Saluatoris. 5) [One leaf of another manuscript laid in:] Revelacio Sancte Birgitte
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written by a single scribe in batarde (no loops)., Primary plain initials, 11- to 1-line, in red; rubrics throughout., and Binding: Fifteenth century. Original sewing on four slit, tawed straps laced into beech boards as are the tawed cores of plain, wound endbands. Covered in cream-colored skin, cut or worn away so that the endbands are visible on the spine. Traces of five bosses on each board and of a strap-and-pin fastening, the strap attached to the lower board with a brass plate. Pin and strap wanting. Front pastedown: fragment of 15th-century manuscript, on paper; back pastedown: fragment of another 15th-century manuscript glued in upside down. Watercolor sketch of St. Birgitta (115 x 67 mm.) pasted on front cover, probably 16th century.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373. and Bridgettines.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, Monasticism and religious orders for women, and Women mystics
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Regula sancti salvatoris, etc

9.
Sermons, etc

Creator:
Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153
Published / Created:
[between 1450 and 1500]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 377
Image Count:
213
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper, with parchment for outer and inner conjugate leaves of each quire, composed of four "booklets" or units of similar format. Part I: 1) William of St. Thierry, Epistola ad fratres de monte Dei, formerly attributed to Guigo and Bernard of Clairvaux. Part II: 2) Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermo in festo annuntiationis B. V. Mariae. 3) Bernard of Cluny [?], Sermo de villico iniquitatis, formerly attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux. 4) Bernard of Cluny, Preface to art. 3. Part III: 5) Bernard of Clairvaux, De gradibus humilitatis et superbiae. 6) Jean, l'Homme de Dieu, Tractatus de ordine vitae et morum institutione, formerly attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux. Part IV: 7) Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermo I pro Dom. VI post Pentecosten. 8) Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermo II pro Dom. VI post Pentecosten. 9) Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermo II pro Dom. VI post Pentecosten. 10) Anonymous sermon on the Virgin Mary. 11) Nicholas of Clairvaux, Sermo in natali S. Benedicti de euangelio. 12) Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermo in obitu Domini Humberti
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: Part I: unidentified P in gutter. Parts II-IV: similar in design to Briquet Lettre Y 9182-84., Script: Part I (ff. 1-34): Written by a single scribe in well formed upright gothic script exhibiting batarde influence in the long descenders. Part II (ff. 35-46): Written in a script similar to that of Part I, but with less batarde shading. Part III (ff. 47-82): Written possibly by the same scribe as Part II. Part IV (ff. 83-99): Written in small cramped gothic script similar to those in I-III., Part I: Carefully executed red and blue divided initial, 8-line, on f. 1r; infilled and surrounded by delicate foliage designs in red and purple ink, on a green ground, with flourishes extending down inner border. Similar initial, f. 1v, without green ground and with blue scroll design for crossbar. Headings, paragraph marks, initial strokes, underlining, and Nota marks in red. Part II: Fine initial, 8-line, on f. 35r, divided red and blue, infilled and surrounded by six foliage designs in red penwork on green ground, with a central flower of six petals touched with yellow. Plain blue initial, 3-line, on f. 39v, with some floral designs in body in natural color of paper; red initials, 2-line, ff. 40r and 45v. Headings, initial strokes, underlining and corrections, in red. Paragraph marks in red or blue. Guide-letters for rubricator. Part III: Divided initial I, red and blue, 10-line, on f. 47r, with red and purple foliage designs on green ground surrounding initial, and with flourishes extending down inner margin. Blue initial, 4-line, on f. 68v, infilled and surrounded by penwork designs in red. Plain initials, 2-line, headings, initial strokes, paragraph marks, corrections, and some marginal notes, in red. Guide-letters and instructions for rubricator. Part IV: Blue initial, 5-line, on f. 83v, with interior floral designs in natural color of parchment; body infilled and surrounded by red penwork designs extending down inner margin. Initials, 5- to 2-line, headings, paragraph marks, in red., and Binding: 16th-17th centuries (?). Original sewing on four tawed, slit straps, the spine rounded and the supports prominent and defined. Plain, wound endbands on vegetable fiber cores, the covering leather saddle-stitched around them. Covered in dark brown calf with round and lozenge-shaped tools in diamonds and triangles formed by intersecting fillets in a central panel in a double outer frame. One fastening, the catch on the upper board and the strap wanting. Turk's head knot placemarks on the fore edge. Rectangular label removed from upper edge of front cover; two modern brown labels, stamped in gold, on spine: "Bernardi Varia" and "M. S." Original front pastedown: lower portion of a parchment bifolium (Germany, 15th century) of the Doctrinale of Alexander of Villa Dei with lines 1056-79 visible on verso and 1520-44 on recto. Ca. 5 mm. between lines of text. Binding restored.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153., Catholic Church, and Cistercians.
Subject (Topic):
Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, Sermons, and Theology
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sermons, etc

10.
Statuta antiqua ordinis cartusiensis in tribus partibus comprehensa (fragment).

Published / Created:
[between 1390 and 1410].
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 481.124
Image Count:
8
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a portion of old statutes related to the Carthusian order
Description:
In Latin., Script: written by two scribes in gothic script, one writing littera hybrida script (fols. 1-2) and the other writing littera textualis (fols. 3-4)., and Decoration: there are spaces for 2-line initials and rubrics, but they have not been added; 1-line capitals within text are in black; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus flexus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Carthusians.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval and Monasticism and religious orders
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Statuta antiqua ordinis cartusiensis in tribus partibus comprehensa (fragment).