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2.
- Creator:
- Dares, Phrygius
- Published / Created:
- [between 1250 and 1300]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 598
- Image Count:
- 219
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of 1) Dares Phrygius, De excidio Troiae historia, in the Latin translation ascribed to Cornelius Nepos, followed by the lists of those killed by the heroes on both sides. 2) Geoffrey of Monmouth (Galfredus Monemutensis, d. 1154), Historia regum Britanniae. 3) De origine Normannorum, a short history of Normandy up to Henry I, King of England and Duke of Normandy (d. 1135). The main part of this text derives from Hugh of Saint-Victor (Hugo de Sancto Victore, d. 1141), Excerptiones allegoricae, X, 10 (PL 177.284) and is followed by a short list of Dukes of Normandy. 4) Three unidentified poems on the miracles of St. Benedict, followed by rhymed liturgical prayers to be said in the presence of the relics of the saint, and another poem on St. Benedict. This manuscript, which from the beginning contained all four texts described above, was copied in a Benedictine abbey
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Carefully copied by one hand in Northern Gothica Textualis Libraria., Headings and running titles in red, many now poorly legible. Heightening of majuscules in red. Large decorated Romanesque initials, red or green, at the head of artt. 1 and 2; 2- or 3-line plain initials alternately in red and blue and 1-line initials in the same colours in the middle of the text in art. 2; on f. 91r, at the beginning of Book XI, there is a 3-line flourished initial in blue with red penwork, which may be added later. 3-line red plain initial at the beginning of art. 3. 2-line initials in art. 4, of the same kind as in artt. 1-2., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Sprinkled calf over cardboard; the covers have gilt edges.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., Great Britain, Normandy (France), and Troy (Extinct city)
- Subject (Name):
- Dares, Phrygius. and Benedictines.
- Subject (Topic):
- Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De excidio Troiae historia, etc
3.
- Creator:
- Colonne, Guido delle, active 13th century
- Published / Created:
- 1414.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1137
- Image Count:
- 359
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper and parchment of (1) Guido delle Colonne (13th cent.), Historia destructionis Troiae: Italian version by Filippo Ceffi (14th cent.); and (2) Boccaccio, Filostrato; with (3) notes on deceased military figures, poems, and pen and ink drawing
- Description:
- In Italian., Script: Copied by the Florentine scribe, Tedice di Ghuigliadore, while a prisoner in Naples in Gothica Cursiva Currens (Mercantesca)., Decoration: Artt. 1, 2, 6 and 7 are undecorated. In art. 4, there are red headings and paragraph marks; and 4-line red initials at the opening of each book. In art. 5, there are red headings and 2-line red initials. On f. 1r, a 3-line red flourished initial with penwork and a border in a wavy serrated pattern, suggesting a plant issuing from a vase. On f. IVr (art. 3), a full-page pen-and-ink drawing of a battle between the Greek and Trojan armies, with Achilles ("Achille"), Hector ("Ettore"), and Troilus ("Troiolo") in the foreground, and ships at the port and city of Tenedos ("Tenedon") in the background., and Binding: Quarter, reddish brown leather and wooden boards, sewn on four split thongs.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Troy (Extinct city)
- Subject (Name):
- Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. and Colonne, Guido delle, active 13th century.
- Subject (Topic):
- Italian literature and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Guido delle Colonne, Il Troiano; Boccaccio, Il Filostrato
4.
- Creator:
- Oppian, active 2nd century
- Published / Created:
- [between 1490 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 255
- Image Count:
- 308
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of 1) Table for Oppian, Halieutica. 2) Anonymous Life of Oppian. 3) Oppian of Anazarbos, Halieutica. The order of the text is distorted: I.1-66; 380-543; 67-379; I.544-III.189; IV.562-619; III.198-IV.561; IV.620-end. 4) Oppianus of Apamea, Cynegetica. 5) Colluthus, Raptus Helenae. 6) Tryphiodorus, Troiae Halosis. 7) Dionysius Periegetes, Description of the habitable world (De situ orbis).
- Description:
- In Greek., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Chapeau 3397 for leaves with text, and to Harlfinger Cloche 31 for blank pages., Script: Text was written by a single scribe. A later hand, bold and ill-formed, supplied the table of contents (ff. iii verso-iv verso), minor marginal notations and the foliation in the upper right corner (for ff. 1-60)., Tinted drawing of Oppian writing his poem while contemplating fish in a nearby stream occurs on f. 1v (perhaps an amateur copy of an author portrait); one simple 6-line initial in red and black penwork, f. 2r; headings in red., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Title in ink on fore edge. Tan calf case with deep geometric indentations, blind-tooled, with a dark blue, gold-tooled calf label. Similar to the bindings of MSS 256 and 258. Possibly bound by Whitaker (we thank A. R. A. Hobson for this information).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Greece., Connecticut, New Haven., and Troy (Extinct city)
- Subject (Name):
- Oppian, active 2nd century.
- Subject (Topic):
- Geography, Greek poetry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Legends, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Halieutica, etc
5.
- Creator:
- Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 216
- Image Count:
- 542
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Raoul LeFevre, Le Recueil des histoires de Troies. With Author's Prologue to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy
- Description:
- In French., Watermarks: similar in design to Briquet Lettres et Monogrammes 9747., Script: Written in bold batarde by two scribes. Scribe 1) ff. 1r-125r; Scribe 2) 125r-262r., On f. 6r, a 4-line initial in red and black, crude. 3- to 1-line plain initials and paragraph marks, in red. Rubrics, sometimes with calligraphic flourishes extending into margins, throughout., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Yellow edges. Blue diced calf, gold-tooled, with red labels.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Troy (Extinct city)
- Subject (Name):
- Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460. and Philip, Duke of Burgundy, 1396-1467.
- Subject (Topic):
- French literature and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Le recueil des histoires de Troies
6.
- Published / Created:
- [1400-1499]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 50
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 310
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript volume, on paper, containing two secular vernacular romances attributed in the dedication to a single unidentified author. The first, I Nobili Fatti di Alessandro Magno, is an Italian translation of the Latin version of the life of Alexander the Great by Pseudo-Callisthenes. The second text is The Romance of Troas. Troas, a descendant of Hector, is the king of Thessaly; his son Troiano journeys to Britain and joins the army of King Arthur's father, Uther Pendragon, who is leading an army of Britons, Trojans and Romans against the Greeks
- Description:
- In Italian., Ownership inscription and drawing of arms of "Alessandro dale Carte" on rear flyleaf., Bookplate of Sir Thomas Phillipps on front pastedown; Phillipps MS number inscribed on recto of f1., Layout: single columns of variable length., Script: Italian cursive bookhand., Decoration: Rubricated (ff. 1-91 only)., and Binding: nineteenth-century half-calf, rebacked.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Troy (Extinct city)
- Subject (Name):
- Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C. and Pseudo-Callisthenes.
- Subject (Topic):
- Arthurian romances, Italian prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Uther Pendragon (Legendary character)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Life of Alexander the great : and the Romance of Troas
7.
- Creator:
- Mela, Pomponius
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1475]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 76
- Image Count:
- 156
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (various watermarks), composed in four parts, of 1) Pomponius Mela, De chorographia libri tres, ending abruptly in III.107. 2) Vibius Sequester, De fluminibus, fontibus, lacubus, nemoribus, paludibus, montibus, gentibus. 3) Unidentified text(s) on the names of the Roman provinces and their regions (ff. 47v-48v) and the names of the cities in the provinces (ff. 48v-50r). 4) Dares Phrygius, De excidio troiae historia, ending abruptly and missing f. 54. Arts. 5-9, a series of exordia, appear to be school exercises in Latin prose composition, all poorly written and heavily corrected. They follow approximately the text of Justinus' Epitoma, but are much abbreviated; the Latin is often incomprehensible without a prior knowledge of the historical narrative. 10) Short unidentified passages on Epirus
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Part I (ff. 1-38): Written by multiple scribes in humanistic cursive script, above top line. Part II (ff. 41-50): Written by several scribes in humanistic cursive, above top line. Part III (ff. 51-76): Written by several scribes in varying styles of humanistic cursive, above top line. Part IV (ff. 72-76): Written by a single (?) scribe in humanistic cursive script., Part I: Plain red initials, 5- to 1-line. Epigraphic heading on f. 1r; other headings in humanistic bookhand, in red. Part II: Epigraphic headings and plain initials, 3- to 1-line, in black. Part III: Epigraphic heading, f. 51r, and plain intials in black. Part IV: Heading on f. 72r in red., The patterns of stains suggest that the parts were originally separate booklets., and Binding: Eighteenth century, Italy. Paper case, once white.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., Rome (Italy), and Troy (Extinct city)
- Subject (Name):
- Mela, Pomponius.
- Subject (Topic):
- Cosmography, Education, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Pomponius Mela; Vibius Sequester; Dares, etc
8.
- Creator:
- Benoît, de Sainte-More, 12th cent
- Published / Created:
- [between 1250 and 1260]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1132
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment
- Description:
- In Old French.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Troy (Extinct city)
- Subject (Name):
- Benoît, de Sainte-More, 12th cent.
- Subject (Topic):
- French literature and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Roman de Troie
