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1. ALS to Paolo Giovio
- Creator:
- Avalos, Costanza d', Marquesa del Vasto
- Published / Created:
- [1541? or 1547?]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 724
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript of ALS from Costanza d'Avalos, Marquesa del Vasto, to Paolo Giovio
- Description:
- In Italian.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Avalos, Costanza d', Marquesa del Vasto.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > ALS to Paolo Giovio
2. Agreement for the establishment of a bank
- Published / Created:
- 1506-1507.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 705
- Image Count:
- 20
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of 1) Conditions agreed between Bianca Bentivoglio, Lady of Spilimbergo (d. 1519), and the Jew Daniel, son of Abraham of Modena, for the establishment of a bank by the latter in the castle of Spilimbergo, 15 July 1506. 2) Renewal for a second period of fifteen years, by Bianca Bentivoglio, widow of Niccolo Count Rangoni (d. 1500), of the agreement made at the time between her husband and Daniel, son of Abraham, allowing the latter to establish a bank in the castle of Spilimbergo, 13 Dec. 1507, subscribed by the chancellor Franco Correggi
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Art. 1 is written by one scribe in Gothica Hybrida Currens (Mercantesca); art. 2, by Franco Correggi, is in Humanistica Currens., and Binding: Original light blue paper.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Italy., Connecticut, New Haven., and Pordenone (Italy : Province)
- Subject (Topic):
- Banks and banking, Charters, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Agreement for the establishment of a bank
3. Catena on Job
- Creator:
- Nicetas, Archbishop of Heraclea, active 11th century
- Published / Created:
- [between 1550 and 1600]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 257
- Image Count:
- 456
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (polished).
- Description:
- In Greek., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Chapeau 3467, 3486, 3488, 3489 and 3507; unidentified crossbow., Script: Written by a single scribe who is the same as Scribe 2 in Beinecke MS 289, as Scribe 3 in MS 290, and as Scribe 1 in MS 490., Floral headpiece, in red, on f. 9r; elaborate initials, 10- to 2-line, in red, throughout text, many with accompanying floral motifs. Headings and most marginalia in red., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Edges spattered red and blue/green. Rigid vellum case. According to J. L. Sharpe this manuscript was bound at the Jesuit College of Clermont, Paris.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Nicetas, Archbishop of Heraclea, active 11th century.
- Subject (Topic):
- Catenae and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Catena on Job
4. Cestoi
- Creator:
- Africanus, Sextus Julius
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1580]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 276
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper
- Description:
- In Greek., Same watermark as Harlfinger Croix 41, from a manuscript signed by Andreas Darmarius and dated 5 April 1582., Script: Written by the scribe Andreas Darmarius, who signed the completed manuscript., Headpiece in black ink, on f. 1r. Headings and chapter notations, in red. 3-line initial, with decoration above and below letter, in red on f. 4r; other small initials in red throughout codex at beginning of each section., and Binding: Nineteenth century (?). Limp green vellum case, blue-green edges.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Africanus, Sextus Julius.
- Subject (Topic):
- Geography, Ancient, Encyclopedias and dictionaries, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cestoi
5. De instruendis aciebus
- Creator:
- Aelian, active 3rd century
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1560]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 242
- Image Count:
- 60
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Aelian, De instruendis aciebus. The scribe attempts to establish the correct text from a defective exemplar. For example, on f. 2v there is a note, in red, referring the reader to the proper portion of the text on f. 7v. There are several such corrections as well as marginal notes giving variant readings
- Description:
- In Greek., Watermarks: Harlfinger Couronne 25 from two manuscripts copied in Venice by Camillus Venetus, and dated 1561 and 1562., Script: Written in a highly calligraphic Greek minuscule by Angelus Vergecius., Decorative floral headpiece and initial, in red, on f. 1r; headings and marginal notations, in red. A number of beautifully executed diagrams, in black and red, often extend well into the margins., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries (?). Limp vellum wrapper, with the title on spine and "Aelianus Angeli Vergecij" on cover.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Aelian, active 3rd century.
- Subject (Topic):
- Charts, diagrams, etc, Greek literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Strategy
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De instruendis aciebus
6. De legendis gentilium libris
- Creator:
- Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379
- Published / Created:
- approximately 1200 - approximately 1599
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 532
- Image Count:
- 1416
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on vellum and paper of Saint Basil of Caesarea, De Legendis Gentilium Libris and various treatises on grammar and rhetoric bound together and Contains St. Basilius, De legendis gentilium libris, fols. 2r-14v, on vellum; Constantinus Lascaris, Grammaticae compendium, fols. 75r-104v, 196r-199r; Georgios Choeroboskos, Grammatica, fols. 107r-129r; Manuel the Rhetorician, Opusculum, fols. 134r-136r; Theodorus Prodromus, Erotemata, fols. 137r-160v; Michael Syncellus, De constructione libellus, fols. 178r-195v; Maximus Planudes, De constructione libellus, fols. 202r-233v; Corinthus, De dialectis, fols. 236r-262r; Phrynichus, Eclogae nominum et verborum Atticorum, fols. 282r-293v; Tryphon, De passionibus dictionum, fols. 296r-297v; Constantinus Lascaris, De pronominibus, fols. 344r-353r; Pythagoras, Aurea carmina, fol. 455r; Hymni Orphici, fols. 455r-460v; Michael Apostolios, Epistolae, fols. 463r-471r; Synesius Cyrenaeus, Epistolae, fols. 473r-574r; Theophylactus Simocatta, Dialogus, fols. 575r-587v; Astronomical Tables, fols. 619r-636v, 651r-664r. Also bound with Porphyrius, Liber Homericarum quaestionum, edited by C. Lascaris (Rome, 1518), which is not foliated and is bound between fols. 454 and 455
- Alternative Title:
- Address to young men
- Description:
- In Greek., Decoration: Some sections rubricated; astronomical and astrological tables at end., and Binding: Brown morocco over wooden boards; clasps missing.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379.
- Subject (Topic):
- Classical literature, Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Fathers of the church, Grammar, Comparative and general, Language and languages, Grammars, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Rhetoric
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De legendis gentilium libris
7. Fragments of manuscripts
- Published / Created:
- 1200-1600.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 525
- Image Count:
- 48
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragments on parchment
- Description:
- In Latin, Dutch, English, and Middle French., Title from description by Albert Derolez., and Bookseller description available.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Books of hours, Graduals (chants), Missals, Psalters, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fragments of manuscripts
8. Gradual (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [15--]; [between 1890 and 1910].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 485.1
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of a gradual containing the Fourth Sunday of Advent; the decorations have been added in modern times
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in a formal gothic bookhand (littera textualis formata), with musical notation in black on a four-line staff in red., and Decoration: the parchment and writing appear to be from the sixteenth century, but the decoration was added in modern times; there is a 2-line initial "U" in blue, green, and purple on a gold ground and containing the figure of an angel striking a tambourine; foliage decorations in the same colors as the initial extend from the initial into the left margin; punctuated with the punctus.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Graduals (Chants).
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gradual (fragment).
9. Harmonicum enchiridion; with Gaudentius, Introductio harmonica
- Creator:
- Nicomachus, of Gerasa
- Published / Created:
- 1585.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 272
- Image Count:
- 180
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of 1) Nicomachus Gerasenus, Harmonicum enchiridion, I-II. 2) Gaudentius, Introductio harmonica
- Description:
- In Greek., Watermarks: similar to Harlfinger Croix 42; a similar watermark occurs in Beinecke MSS 273 and 274., Script: Written and signed by the scribe Andreas Darmarius, who completed the work in Venice on 26 March 1585., Much rubrication of the text. Small initials, 3- to 1-line, some with floral motifs. Simple headpieces in black and red at beginning of each section., and Binding: Sixteenth century. Lavender edges. Tan leather, flesh side out, over wooden boards with a blind-tooled X and a single line border on each. Probably by the same binder who bound MS 301; almost certainly done in the same bindery.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Greece.
- Subject (Name):
- Nicomachus, of Gerasa.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval, Music, and Music theory
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Harmonicum enchiridion; with Gaudentius, Introductio harmonica
