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1. Devise des armes des chevaliers de la table ronde : lequels estoyent du tres renomme et verteux Artus Roy de la grand Bretaigne avecq la description de leurs armoires
- Published / Created:
- [1500-1599]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 124
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 216
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of a collection of annotated coats of arms for 177 members of the Knights of the Round Table. Each knight is represented by a coat of arms drawn in trick and followed by an explanation of each device and its appropriateness to that knight. The main text is preceded by a nine page text, "De l'invention des armes," and followed by a "Briefue narration de la table ronde."
- Description:
- In Middle French., Modern title page in English bound in before original title page., Printed bookseller description pasted in on verso of rear flyleaf., Layout: Single columns of varying length. Armorial entries begin with the name of the knight and a pen and ink drawing of his coat of arms in trick, followed by a descriptive paragraph,, Script: secretary., Decoration: 177 pen and ink drawings in trick of coats of arms., and Binding: eighteenth-century green velvet over boards; silver castle ornament mounted on front cover.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Arthurian romances
- Subject (Name):
- Arthur, King
- Subject (Topic):
- Heraldry, Manuscripts, Renaissance, and Arthurian romances
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Devise des armes des chevaliers de la table ronde : lequels estoyent du tres renomme et verteux Artus Roy de la grand Bretaigne avecq la description de leurs armoires
2. Lancelot du Lac : Part I, sections A and B.
- Published / Created:
- [14th century]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 42
- Image Count:
- 723
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in multiple scribal hands, of sections A and B of Part I of the Lancelot series of Arthurian romances. These sections cover Lancelot's birth, upbringing, adventures as a Knight of the Round Table, and passion for Queen Guenevere
- Description:
- In Middle French., Layout: double columns of 50-53 lines., Script: gothic (multiple scribes)., Decoration: large historiated initial at the opening of each section; smaller initials in red and blue penwork., and Binding: early nineteenth-century? red silk velvet binding; gilt decoration on spine. Gilt leather spine tag: Lancelot du Lac. M S.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Lancelot (Legendary character)
- Subject (Topic):
- Arthurian romances, French literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Lancelot du Lac : Part I, sections A and B.
3. Lancelot du lac (fragment)
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1275-1300]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 121
- Container / Volume:
- File (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript binding fragment, on parchment, of part of the text of Lancelot du Lac
- Description:
- In Middle French., Accompanied by three unidentified manuscript fragments that were part of the 2002 sale lot., Script: gothic script., and Decoration: illuminated initial with brown penwork.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Lancelot (Legendary character)
- Subject (Topic):
- Arthurian romances and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Lancelot du lac (fragment)
4. Life of Alexander the great : and the Romance of Troas
- 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
5. Meliadus / Guiron le courtois (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [between 1350 and 1400]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 107
- Container / Volume:
- File (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript bifolium, in a single hand, containing text from chapters 34, 35, and 39 of this prose romance
- Description:
- In Middle French., Layout: double columns of 52 lines., Script: gothic script., and Decoration: Rubricated. Three-line initials in gold against blue and rose grounds.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Arthurian romances, French prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Meliadus / Guiron le courtois (fragment).
6. Roman de Tristan (fragments)
- Published / Created:
- [between 1350 and 1375]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 123
- Container / Volume:
- File (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Four manuscript fragments from three leaves containing text from Version III of the Roman de Tristan
- Description:
- In Middle French., Layout: triple columns with 30 lines per column., Script: gothic script., and Decoration: initials in red and blue penwork.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Arthurian romances, French prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Tristan (Legendary character)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Roman de Tristan (fragments)
7. [King Arthur and the knights of the round table].
- Creator:
- Grinken, John
- Published / Created:
- [between 1553 and 1603]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 34
- Image Count:
- 124
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Autograph manuscript, signed, on paper, of a list of many of the Knights of the Round Table and summaries of their histories as given in Thomas Malory's Morte d'Arthur. Some entries are accompanied by pen-and-ink drawings of coats of arms. The work may have been modeled on Les devise des armes de chevaliers de la table ronde, published by Antoine Verard. Grinken's preface notes that he has not included "many faned and vaine taylles" and connects his interest in the Round Table with Prince Arthur's Knights, the archery fellowship founded by "Kynge Henry of fames memory." The preface concludes with "vivat Regina."
- Description:
- In English., Title devised by cataloger., Book stamp of a lion rampant with autograph annotation by Sir Thomas Phillipps., Layout: single columns of 26 lines each., Script: secretary., Decoration: 33 armorial devices in ink; many blank shields in pencil., and Binding: eighteenth-century full calf; arms of John Lewis Goldsmid on front cover in gilt.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Arthur, King and Grinken, John.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Renaissance, Arthurian romances, and English prose literature
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [King Arthur and the knights of the round table].
