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1. Benefactors' book of the Candlemas Guild of Bury St. Edmunds
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1480-1499]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 44
- Image Count:
- 76
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in at least seven hands, containing the text of the wills of Jankyn (or John) Smyth and his wife, Margaret Odeham, detailing their bequests to the Candlemas Guild of Bury St. Edmunds, as well as to other religious foundations, and the funeral expenses for Smyth. Also included are the grant of probate for Smyth's second will, dated 1481; and lists of lands donated by the couple, by name and location
- Description:
- In Middle English and Latin., Numerous marginal annotations in both contemporary and later hands., Layout: single columns, mostly of 32 lines., Script: manuscript is in at least seven hands., Decoration: Rubricated. Large blue initial with red penwork (f. 8)., and Binding: contemporary binding of tawed white leather over bevelled wooden boards, sewn on four leather thongs. Remains of clasp; brass pin and mount on lower cover.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Bury St. Edmunds (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Odeham, Margaret, 1492., Smyth, Jankyn, 1481., and Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Finance, Charitable bequests, Endowments, Catholic Church, Legacies, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Benefactors' book of the Candlemas Guild of Bury St. Edmunds
2. Book of Hours : Use of Rome
- Published / Created:
- 1497.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1263
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 241
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, incomplete, containing the remains of a book of hours, probably Use of Rome. All illuminations have been excised and there are few complete sections except for the Penitential Psalms (63r-75v) and the Office of the Dead (82r-112v). These texts are followed by two prayers to Saint Lazarus in Latin (113v- 115r ). Folios 115v-116v contain a personal narrative in French by Sister Collette d'Oisellet of the Hospice of Beaune, the owner of the volume. She describes being miraculously healed from paralysis in 1497 at Autun cathedral through the relics of Saint Lazarus; an annotation records her decision to remain at the Hospice of Beaune to care for the poor. Her account is followed by two additional prayers, also in French
- Description:
- In Latin and Middle French., Ownership inscription of Sister Alix de Besançon on 116v., Nineteenth-century printed bookseller description, annotated in pen, affixed to 116r., Bookseller description available., Script: gothica textura (Book of Hours); bâtarde (personal narrative and final prayers)., Layout: single column, 14-16 lines (Book of Hours)., Decoration: rubricated. Many small decorated initials, gilt; some two-line initials, also gilt. Some line-filler decorated bars. Many ivy leaf borders with gold leaves and colored blossoms. All leaves that might have contained illuminations appear to have been excised from the volume., and Binding: modern amateur binding of reddish velvet over pasteboard. Needlepoint flowers and leaves on both covers; the embroidered word "Heures" on the front cover.
- Subject (Geographic):
- France., France, Connecticut, New Haven., and Autun (France)
- Subject (Name):
- Oisellet, Collette d'., Lazarus, Saint (Poor man from the Gospel of Luke), Cathedral of Saint-Lazare (Autun, France), Hospices civils de Beaune., and Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Relics, Books of hours, Manuscripts, Medieval, Miracles, Nuns, Women, Religious aspects, Catholic Church, and Religious life and customs
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Book of Hours : Use of Rome
3. Compendium theologicae veritatis
- Creator:
- Hugo, Argentinensis, approximately 1210-approximately 1270
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1300]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 14
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 368
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in a single scribal hand, of this widely popular theological work dealing with the creation, the fall of man, the Incarnation, grace, the sacraments, and the Four Last Things
- Description:
- In Latin., Work formerly attributed to Albertus Magnus (1193?-1280); now attributed to Hugh Ripelin of Strasburg (Hugo Argentinensis) and dated to 1268., Ownership inscription on rear flyleaf: "Mastre Roger Walle off Lychfeld Chanone.", Layout: double columns of 30 lines., Script: gothic script., Decoration: Rubricated. Initials in red and blue ink with penwork decoration. F1r decorated with a small historiated initial in gold containing drawing of a man's face., and Binding: early limp tawed leather wrapper.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280., Hugo, Argentinensis, approximately 1210-approximately 1270., Walle, Roger, of Lichfield., and Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Doctrines, Eschatology, Fall of man, Grace (Theology), Incarnation, Manuscripts, Medieval, Sacraments, Catholic Church, and Theology
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Compendium theologicae veritatis
