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1.
Breviari d'Amor (fragment).

Creator:
Ermengaud, Matfre, active 1288-1322
Published / Created:
[ca. 1320]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 712.161
Container / Volume:
file
Image Count:
24
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Manuscript fragment on parchment of the Breviari d'Amor by Matfre Ermengaud. This fragment, the sole example of troubadour lyric in North America outside of the Morgan Library, contains sections II.15913-16015 of the poem, which details the ten punishments of hell. Marginal notes in two later hands are present
Description:
In Old Occitan (Old Provençal)., Accompanied by: nineteenth-century printed description in French and translation into modern French., Script: main text in vernacular Gothic bookhand. Marginal notes in a late medieval hand and an early modern hand., Decoration: nine four-line initials in alternating red and blue with contrasting penwork. Two two-line initials in red. A single red capitulum mark. Rubrics present in red., and Layout: single column of thirty lines; the initial letter of each line is set slightly apart. Light brown ink.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Ermengaud, Matfre, active 1288-1322
Subject (Topic):
Hell, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Troubadour songs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Breviari d'Amor (fragment).

2.
Sixty-five documents from Aquitaine, 1254-1469

Call Number:
Beinecke MS 685
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
72
Abstract:
Collection of 65 legal documents, on parchment, from the region around Bordeaux in the Duchy of Aquitaine. Dating from between 1254 and 1469, most of the items are in Old Provençal (Occitan) and document various land transactions, including sales, leases, donations, and other transfers of lands, usually vineyards or other agricultural properties. There are also a few wills and letters, and one undated tithe map. The documents are from the Bordeaux region; fifteen concern properties in or near the town of St. Machaire
Description:
Digital version available;, Almost entirely in Old Provençal; six documents in Latin; two in Middle French., Finding aid available., Most documents docketed., and Most documents dated in accordance with the English regnal calendar; the remainder are dated in accordance with the French regnal calendar. A few give both regnal dates.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., France, Aquitaine., and Aquitaine (France)
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Administration of estates, Church lands, Land tenure, and Economic conditions
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sixty-five documents from Aquitaine, 1254-1469

3.
Sixty-five documents from Aquitaine, 1254-1469

Call Number:
Beinecke MS 685
Container / Volume:
Box 2
Image Count:
60
Abstract:
Collection of 65 legal documents, on parchment, from the region around Bordeaux in the Duchy of Aquitaine. Dating from between 1254 and 1469, most of the items are in Old Provençal (Occitan) and document various land transactions, including sales, leases, donations, and other transfers of lands, usually vineyards or other agricultural properties. There are also a few wills and letters, and one undated tithe map. The documents are from the Bordeaux region; fifteen concern properties in or near the town of St. Machaire
Description:
Digital version available;, Almost entirely in Old Provençal; six documents in Latin; two in Middle French., Finding aid available., Most documents docketed., and Most documents dated in accordance with the English regnal calendar; the remainder are dated in accordance with the French regnal calendar. A few give both regnal dates.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., France, Aquitaine., and Aquitaine (France)
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Administration of estates, Church lands, Land tenure, and Economic conditions
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sixty-five documents from Aquitaine, 1254-1469