Manuscript collection of poems probably compiled by a member of the Tytler family. The poems include many rhyming riddles; epigrams; fables; prologues and epilogues from plays performed in London in the early 1750s; an "Ode on the Eclipse of the Sun J...
Description:
Index in the hand of Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee.
Subject (Topic):
English literature, English poetry, Occasional verse, English, Prologues and epilogues, Riddles, and Solar eclipses
Manuscript on of a large personal collection of stray notes and excerpts, mostly in Latin under strong influence of Italian dialect, rarely in Italian, dealing especially and in great detail with confession and penance, interrogations by the confessor...
Description:
Script: copied in Humanistica or Gothico-Humanistica Cursiva, probably by a single hand, at various moments and in various degrees of rapidity. The display script is large Humanistica Textualis or large Southern Gothica Texualis.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Fathers of the church, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Amelia, Princess, daughter of George II, King of Great Britain, 1710-1786
Call Number:
LWL Mss Vol. 14
Image Count:
81
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 125 primarily lighthearted and satirical poems and songs. Most of the entries are on the subject of love, drinking, gossip, and the disappointments of marriage; many include pastoral scenes; and ...
Description:
Incomplete manuscript, pagination begins with p. 9.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Amelia, Princess, daughter of George II, King of Great Britain, 1710-1786., Bordoni, Faustina, 1700-1781., Cuzzoni, Francesca, 1696-1778., Stanhope, James Stanhope, Earl, 1673-1721, Sunderland, Charles Spencer, Earl of, 1675-1722, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Manuscript on paper of 1) Poem warning against sin. 2) Sermons. 3) Notes on Christian, historical and other subjects, sermons, commonplaces, recipes etc. This is followed by notes on the churches and other buildings of the city, and the relics kept in...
Description:
In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Senigallia (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Italian poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, Sermons, and Sermons, Italian
Manuscript on paper (various sizes and qualities) of a collection of notes and documents mostly related to Italian cities, dioceses and abbeys; Eastern churches and monasticism; and Central Europe; but containing also saints' lives, poetry, letters, a...
Description:
In Latin, Italian, French and Greek.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Italy
Subject (Topic):
Eastern churches, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, and Description and travel
Manuscript on paper of a Miscellany of vernacular humanistic prose texts, including works by Giovanni Boccaccio, Petrarch, Francesco Filelfo, and Leonardo Bruni
Description:
In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy., Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Humanism, Italian literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on parchment (thick, good quality), composed of four parts. Although all four parts may be roughly contemporary in execution, they apparently were not assembled together as a "missal" until the 15th century, at which point the manuscript wa...
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Missals
