Title below image., Date supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
chez I. Mariette rue St. Jacques aux Colonnes d'Hercule
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, incomplete, containing the text of a prose allegorical pilgrimage of the soul. The narrator's soul is led by Dame Inspiration to the Fountain of Penitence (Fontaine de penitence); after being washed there, the soul continues her journey toward the Promised Land (Terre de promission) on the Ship of Penitence (Navire de penitence).
Description:
In Middle French., Laid in: autograph letter,signed, from the Liverpool bookseller Jaggard to Allan Heywood Bright, 1896 April 27, concerning the unknown early provenance of the manuscript. With autograph and typed notes by Allan Heywood Bright, 1898 and undated., Title from ownership inscription by Remy Megret (f80r)., Opening sentence: Les continuelles meditationes de la volubilite et soudaine mutation des creatures raisonnables., Layout: single columns of 19 lines., Script: gothic bastarda., and Decoration: 13 large full-color miniatures in architectural frames illustrating various events in the allegorical pilgrimage of the author's soul, guided by Dame Inspiration. The opening miniature is full-page and depicts the author asleep beneath a tree hung with her coat of arms. Other subjects include: the soul, accompanied by Dame Inspiration, begins her pilgrimage to the Fontaine de Penitence f.9; Inspiration explains to the soul what needs to be done in order to reach the Fontaine de Penitence f.11, the soul, carried on the back of Inspiration, flies to the Château de Contention diabolique f.17, Inspiration and the soul meet Raison f.20; the soul enters the Chemin de Crainte de Dieu f.35; souls are cleansed in the Fontaine de Penitence f.47; the soul sets off on her journey to the Terre de Promission f.50v; the company journey to the coast where they find boats awaiting them f.53; the company embark f.58; the company sets off on the Navire de Penitence f.61; the company is attacked by seven other boats f.63; the company is swept up by the Vent de Hypocrisie f.69v.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Amboise, Catherine d', 1481?-1550. and Megret, Remy.
Subject (Topic):
Allegories, Devotional literature, French, French prose literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, French, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance, Manuscripts, Medieval, Repentance, Soul, Women, Conduct of life, and Women authors, French
Reduced copy of Hogarth's satire in the form of a mock admission ticket; a masquerade consisting of debauched looking characters in costume; at left, 'A', 'a sacrifice to Priapus', an altar to Priapus decorated with ram's heads and antlers, in front of which the figure of Time is stabbed by a bishop and a butcher, his blood pouring into a bowl held up by a monkey in a surplice; opposite at right, burning hearts on an altar to Venus and Cupid decorated with doves and wigs; at the back of the room, a painting of a Bacchic subject, to either side shelves with jellies and cakes, labelled provactives, and two signs with the obscene pun 'Supper below'; to either side, 'B', two 'Lecherometers' in the form of barometers, at left labelled 'Expectation Hope Hot desire Extreem Hot Moist Sudden Cold', at right 'Cool Warm Dry Changable Hot moist Fixt'; above the design at centre, a clock with Heidegger's face at top, the hour hand 'Wit', the minute hand 'Impertinence', the second hand 'Nonsense', to either side a lolling unicorn and lion, stroking their tails between their legs. Cf. British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "Page 325". Upper right corner. From Ireland's Supplement to Hogarth illustrated., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 108., Ms. note in Steevens's hand at bottom of print: From J. Ireland's Hogarth illustrated., and On page 46 in volume 1.
Publisher:
J. Ireland
Subject (Name):
Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748
Subject (Topic):
Allegories, Animals, Goddesses, Gods, Erotica, Masquerades, and Sacrifices
Satire in the form of a mock admission ticket; a masquerade consisting of debauched looking characters in costume; at left, 'A', 'a sacrifice to Priapus', an altar to Priapus decorated with ram's heads and antlers, in front of which the figure of Time is stabbed by a bishop and a butcher, his blood pouring into a bowl held up by a monkey in a surplice; opposite at right, burning hearts on an altar to Venus and Cupid decorated with doves and wigs; at the back of the room, a painting of a Bacchic subject, to either side shelves with jellies and cakes, labelled provactives, and two signs with the obscene pun 'Supper below'; to either side, 'B', two 'Lecherometers' in the form of barometers, at left labelled 'Expectation Hope Hot desire Extreem Hot Moist Sudden Cold', at right 'Cool Warm Dry Changable Hot moist Fixt'; above the design at centre, a clock with Heidegger's face at top, the hour hand 'Wit', the minute hand 'Impertinence', the second hand 'Nonsense', to either side a lolling unicorn and lion, stroking their tails between their legs. Cf. British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., State, date, and printmaker from Paulson., State with "Prouocatiues" changed to "Provocatives"., Caption below title: A. a sacrifice to Priapus. B. a pair of Lecherometers shewing [the] companys inclinations as they approach em. Invented for the use of ladys & gentlemen by [the] ingenious Mr. H[eidegge]r., "Price one shiling."--Lower left corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above print: See Nichols's book, 3d edit. p. 150 / Great masquerade., and On page 46 in volume 1.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748,
Subject (Topic):
Allegories, Animals, Goddesses, Gods, Erotica, Masquerades, and Sacrifices
Title engraved in image., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from location of printmaker's place of business., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Two female allegorical figures are seated in a landscape. Mercy at the left with head bowed holds a branch; at right, a ray of sunlight shines above the head of Truth who holds a large book in her left hand. In the right foreground are two dramatic masks lying beside a broken yoke
Description:
Title etched in open letters below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Biblical quote etched below title: "Misericordia et veritas obviaverunt sibi. Psalm LXXV, ver. 10.", and Watermark.
An invitation in letterpress with an engraving above with allegorical figures
Alternative Title:
Original, ancient, and honourable lumber troop and Harrison's tobacco paper
Description:
Title engraved in image., Date from Paulson., Formerly attributed to Hogarth. See R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 17, p. 35., Contemporary ms. note on sheet, below arms: December 29. 1784. Mr. John Nichols was made a Trooper. Wm Wright Colen., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: Copy., 1 print : etching in red ink ; sheet 12.2 x 7.9 cm., and On page 3 in volume 1.
An invitation in letterpress with an engraving above with allegorical figures
Alternative Title:
Original, ancient, and honourable lumber troop and Harrison's tobacco paper
Description:
Title engraved in image., Date from Paulson., Formerly attributed to Hogarth. See R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 17, p. 35., On page 3 in volume 1 with Steevens' note above: Copy., and Number in pen and ink, lower left: No. 12.
Title from item., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., Plate is a frontispiece to Moyse Charas, Pharmacopée royale, galenique, et chymique. It was first published in 1676., Depicted are allegorical figures of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America bringing their riches to Pharmacopeia. Aloe and potatoes are represented on the plinths in the foreground., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Title from text engraved in image., All engraved., Text at continues: "... [Blank.] Being found duly qualified & having paid the sum of [blank], was this day admitted a member & is hereby declared entitled to the privileges of this society.", "Drawn by Wm. Warren, Glasgow. Engraved by A.W. Warren, London."--Engraved at bottom of sheet., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland, Glasgow., and Scotland.
Subject (Topic):
Charities, Fraternal organizations, Allegories, and Clothing & dress
