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1.
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

2.
De engastrimytho, etc

Creator:
Origen
Published / Created:
[between 1550 and 1600]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 288
Image Count:
189
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of 1) Origen, De Engastrimytho. 2) Eustathius, De Engastrimytho contra Origenem. 3) Gregory of Nyssa, Epistola de Pythonissa ad Theodosium episcopum. 4) Zeno, Admonitio de unione
Description:
In Greek., Watermarks: Harlfinger Lettre 18 and similar to Briquet Lettre M 8392 and Monts 11932., Script: Written by a single scribe in calligraphic minuscule., and Binding: Date? The binding has been removed along with all flyleaves. Sewn with long stitches over two pieces of tawed skin to a narrow piece of vellum which is wrapped around the spine.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Origen. and Witch of Endor (Biblical figure)
Subject (Topic):
Fathers of the church, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Pastoral literature, Greek
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De engastrimytho, etc

3.
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

4.
Encomium, etc

Creator:
Jacobus Manas
Published / Created:
1720, 1721, 1729.
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 295
Image Count:
100
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper (watermarks: partial, unidentified) of Jacobus Manas, Encomium of Joannes Constantinus Bassarabas. With Jacobus Manas, Epigram on Joannes Constantinus Bassarabas
Description:
Jacobus Manas and the Bassarabas family are mentioned by S. Runciman, The Great Church in Captivity (Cambridge, 1968) pp. 360-84., In Greek., Script: Written by two copyists who date their work: 1720, 1721, 1729. Scribe 1 (also Scribe 1 in Beinecke MSS 294, 297, and 300, etc.) wrote ff. iv-4v and gives his name as Constantine Raphael Byzantinus; he dates his work on f. 2v (1721) and on f. 4v (1729). Scribe 2 (ff. 5r-42r) dates his section on f. 5r (1720)., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Brown goatskin gold-stamped with portrait heads in a foliage border and flowers in central panel. Title on spine reads Demetrius Moschopo[li]tes (author of the life of Jacobus Manas). A green tie.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jacobus Manas.
Subject (Topic):
Greek poetry, Modern, Laudatory poetry, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Encomium, etc

5.
Euchologium

Published / Created:
[between 1500 and 1600]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 302
Image Count:
258
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper (thick, with a slight shine; no watermarks visible) of liturgies of the Greek Orthodox Church, prayers, and sermons
Description:
In Greek., Script: Written in a large, bold minuscule by a single scribe., Three miniatures of good quality in Western style added later (19th century?) on blank folios: f. 1v, Sts. Basil, John Chrysostom and Gregory of Nazianzus, all in priestly vestments, in an elaborate red border; f. 23v, Mother of God between two angels swinging censers; f. 53v, Christ on a bier, in front of a patriarchal cross, flanked by angels swinging a censer and burning incense. Original decoration: elaborate headpieces, 4- to 2-line initials with stylized florals, plain 1-line initials and headings, all in red., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Diced brown calf, gold-tooled, with a black label. On the spine, "LITURG. GRAEC. M. S.".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Liturgics, Manuscripts, Medieval, Prayers, and Sermons, Greek
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Euchologium

6.
Geoponica

Published / Created:
[between 1490 and 1510]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 606
Image Count:
154
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of notes concerning Arcturus and the Pleiades; Preface to Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus; Geoponica
Description:
In Greek., Watermark: similar to Briquet 2538., Script: Written by a scribe associated with Georgius Moschos., Decorative designs, in red, on f. 6v and 90r; headings and initials in red., and Binding: Seventeenth century. French calf with original front wrapper as flyleaf.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy, Medieval, Greek literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Geoponica

7.
Hai ton pathon kategorici

Creator:
Simeon Monachus
Published / Created:
1608.
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 807
Image Count:
453
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of Simeon Monachus, Hai ton pathon kategorici (on the confession of sins).
Description:
In Greek.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Simeon Monachus.
Subject (Topic):
Confession and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hai ton pathon kategorici

8.
Humanistic commonplace book

Published / Created:
[after 1457]
Call Number:
Marston MS 48
Image Count:
510
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of excerpts from works of Greek and Roman history and philosophy (Greek works translated into Latin); religious tracts; and Italian strambotti
Description:
In Latin, with Greek headings and Italian poems., Watermarks, in gutter: unidentified hunting horn, crossbow, animal (?); in outer margin, trimmed: unidentified mountain in a circle surmounted by cross., Script: Written by a single scribe in a neat humanistic script with many cursive elements; later additions by several hands., Headings and initials often highlighted in red or ochre; some paragraph marks in same colors., and Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy. Rigid vellum case; paper label with title on spine: "Excerpta De Vetustioribus script. Latinis et Grecis, Saecul. XV".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Education, Humanistic, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Strambotto
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Humanistic commonplace book

9.
Oktoechos

Published / Created:
[between 1500 and 1600]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 767
Image Count:
196
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper
Description:
In Greek.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Oktoechos

10.
Passages on asceticism

Creator:
Anastasius, Sinaita, Saint, active 640-700
Published / Created:
[between 1500 and 1600]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 238
Image Count:
355
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper (polished, except for ff. 129-136) of Passages on Asceticism by various authors, including John Chrysostom, Basil, Isidore, Theodoretus, Maximus, Nilus. With other theological texts, especially concerning monasticism
Description:
In Greek., Unidentified watermarks: anchor in circle., Script: Written by a single scribe who signed himself "Callistus the holy deacon"., Simple headpieces on ff. 1r, 34r, 58r, 60v, 74r. Initials and headings, in red, for each new passage. Crudely drawn angel hovers over top of initial, f. 34r; birds perch on others. Folios 129-136 are not rubricated., and Binding: Date? Pastedowns sewn with bookblock. Three chain-stitched supports. Endbands attached to the square-edged, flush wooden boards. Loops of thread around the edges of the quires at head and tail. The spine is square and lined all along with vellum extending onto the inside of the boards and there seem to be lining strips extending on the outside of the boards also. Two pin holes with stubs of iron pins in them in the edges of the upper board and two holes for each strap on the lower. Rebacked. Covered with 13th-century Greek manuscript fragment containing musical notation, with front flyleaf from the same manuscript, and back flyleaf from a 12th century Greek liturgical text (all badly rubbed).
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Anastasius, Sinaita, Saint, active 640-700.
Subject (Topic):
Asceticism, Fathers of the church, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Monastic and religious life, and Theology
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Passages on asceticism

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