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19. Sermons; Lives of saints
- Published / Created:
- 1585, 1651.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 251
- Image Count:
- 1340
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (sturdy). Pages 9-1315 contain Sermons and Lives of Saints for March 25 through August 29. The manuscript is composed of three parts; the second two serve to complete a text that was either unfinished or damaged
- Description:
- In Greek., Watermarks: anchor within a circle and surmounted by a six-pointed star, all three parts with assorted countermarks., Script: Part I (pp. 1-1315, skips 399): Executed by a single scribe in large bold minuscule. The scribe of Part II notes on p. 1315 that this portion was completed by Cyrillus in 1585 at the monastery of St. Simon Petras, with the subvention of Constantinus. Cyrillus' own signature occurs on p. 1323. Part II (pp. 1315-323): Written by a single scribe in a smaller, more calligraphic minuscule than Part I. Part III (pp. 1324-1334): Executed by a single scribe who signed and dated the section on p. 1334: Ioasaph, 15 January 1651., Part I: Intricate headpiece of vine-tendrils within rectangular blocks, outlined in black and filled with red, yellow, and pale gold (p. 9). Large initials, 10- to 8- line, of similar design and colors, appear for each new text together with narrow headpieces. Some instructions for the rubricator remain along upper and lower edges. Part II: Simple headpiece in black and red (p. 1316); one ornamental initial, 5-line, sprouting floral motifs on same page, in red. 2-line initials in gold. Part III: Headpiece of plaited design, in red and burnt orange (p. 1324); single decorative initial, 9-line, at beginning of text., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Half bound in purple calfskin with watered cloth sides. "Lectionary. Greek MS. Mt. Athos 1555" on spine.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Athos (Greece)
- Subject (Name):
- Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
- Subject (Topic):
- Christian hagiography, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, and Sermons
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sermons; Lives of saints
20. The Child's book
- Published / Created:
- 1839.
- Call Number:
- Fys G797 1 8
- Image Count:
- 20
- Resource Type:
- text
- Alternative Title:
- Hyăh-ăh kĭnidĭ
- Description:
- Running title:Hyăh-ăh kĭbidĭ., Wrappers., and Text in Grebo and English.
- Publisher:
- Press of the A.B.C.F. Mission
- Subject (Topic):
- Grebo language
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Child's book
21. Unidentified geography
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1720-30]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 297
- Image Count:
- 624
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (no watermarks) of Unidentified Geography, translated into modern Greek from Latin by Demetrius Notaras. With Dedication to Chrysanthus Notaras, Patriarch of Jerusalem (1707-33).
- Description:
- In Greek., Script: The text was written by two scribes in similar styles of minuscule. Scribe 1 (pp. 1-238) is the same scribe (Constantine Raphael Byzantinus) as that designated as Scribe 1 in Beinecke MSS 294, 295 and 300, etc.; Scribe 2 copied pp. 239-586. A third person supplied the Table of Contents at the beginning of the codex (pp. i-xv)., No ornamentation or rubrication., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Near Eastern. Brown goatskin with a deeply impressed medallion containing a crown, sword, sceptre, eagle, bull and I. K., N. B., originally gilt. Title gold-tooled. Spattered edges.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Chrysanthos, Patriarch of Jerusalem, ca. 1663-1731.
- Subject (Topic):
- Geography and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Unidentified geography
22. Untitled: includes Diary, 1943-48 (pp.1-764), stories (765-798), "Putiami poter'" (memoirs) (801-963), [misc] (964-1000, I-LXIV), Diary, 1949 (LXV-LXVII)
- Creator:
- From the Collection: Panin, Gennadiĭ Gennadievich
- Published / Created:
- 1943-49
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 294
- Container / Volume:
- Box 7, folder 47
- Image Count:
- 25
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gennadiĭ Panin papers (GEN MSS 294) > Series I: Bound Volumes > Untitled: includes Diary, 1943-48 (pp.1-764), stories (765-798), "Putiami poter'" (memoirs) (801-963), [misc] (964-1000, I-LXIV), Diary, 1949 (LXV-LXVII)
23. [Germanicus Caesar] [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait head, in profile to the left, of Germanicus Caesar. After a intaglia portrait on cornelian kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., The name of the workman who created the intaglia, "Epitu" for Epitynchanes, is written in Greek letters to the lower left of the portrait head., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 163 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
- Subject (Name):
- Germanicus Caesar, 15 B.C.-19 A.D., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Germanicus Caesar] [art original].
24. [Marble vase on pedestal with Greek inscription] [art original].
- Creator:
- Bawtree, William, 1744-1824, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Wash drawing depicting the antique marble vase that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Great Cloyster at Strawberry Hill. The vase has on its side an image of three figures, full length; on the pedestal is an inscription in Greek and an image of a wreath with a ribbon
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; formerly cited with a questionable attributed to George Perfect Harding. Now attributed to Bawtree by Michael Snodin., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 194 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Vases
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Marble vase on pedestal with Greek inscription] [art original].
25. [Mastigeus] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1 July 1771]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 771.07.01.03.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on Samuel Smith, Master of Westminster School (No.13): a scholar wearing a large wig and academic gown sitting at a table on which are papers, a pen and a large book."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text in Greek below image., Questionable attribution to Bunbury from the British Museum catalogue., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "13" in upper right corner., For reissue with added volume numbering, see page 39 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Temporary local subject terms: Dr. Samuel Smith, Master of Westminster School., and Plate numbering has been mostly erased from sheet.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. according to act of Parlt. July 1st, 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Smith, Samuel, 1731-1808,
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy and Tables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Mastigeus] [graphic].
26. [Medal of Henry VIII] [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of a large gold medal of King Henry VIII housed in the Library at Strawberry Hill. On the obverse is the King's head in profile surrounded by two circular rows of lettering; on the reverse is his titles in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 99 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
- Subject (Name):
- Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Medals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Medal of Henry VIII] [art original].
