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10. Prayers
- Published / Created:
- 1513.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 28
- Image Count:
- 337
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of a collection of prayers, written at the Benedictine monastery of Tegernsee. Bound in with the manuscript are 3 printed works, each paginated separately; all with full-page engravings and full engraved borders: Das Leben der allerheyligsten vnnd vbergebenedeyten Jungkfrawen vnd Mutter Gottes Maria (Augspurg: Christoff Mang, 1609); Von den Siben Engelfurstenbetrachtungen vnd Gebett. Item. Von dreyerley Ambtern dess Heiligen Schutz Engels (Augspurg: Chrisostomo Dahertzhofer, 1612); Sunder Spiegel, Das ist (Augspurg: Chrisostomo Dahertzhofer, 1612).
- Description:
- In German., Script: Written by Melchior Wigg (alias Bruder Paulus) in a small even gothic cursive script, with loops. The scribe's signature on f. 117v is executed in large gothic textura, in blue ink, with red., A few initial I's extend the length of the writing area, done in blue with red or red alone; crude. 7- to 5-line initials in blue, with red penwork. On f. 77r, an elaborately split uncial d in blue. 4-, 3-, and 1-line initials in red or blue, sometimes with black or red penwork. Capitals stroked with red. Rubrics and red paragraph marks throughout., Some water stains and wax spills, none affecting the text. Reinforced in gutter by adding paper strips. Many pages trimmed, with loss of text., and Binding: 18th century. Black goatskin over wooden boards; on spine, gold filets and stars. Remains of 2 fore-edge clasps. Edges gilt.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Benedictines., Catholic Church, and Tegernsee (Abbey)
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Prayers
11. Processus super quibusdam demonstracionibus et peticionibus prioris de Couentre et peticione domine Isabelle regine Anglie exhibitis coram domino rege in parliamento suo apud Westmonasterium, 1336
- Call Number:
- Osborn a37
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Parchment scroll of a process brought before Parliament in a property dispute between Queen Isabella de France and the Priory of Coventry
- Description:
- In Latin and Law French.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Coventry.
- Subject (Name):
- Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377., Isabella, Queen, consort of Edward II, King of England, 1292-1358., England and Wales. Parliament., and Coventry Priory
- Subject (Topic):
- History and Benedictines
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Processus super quibusdam demonstracionibus et peticionibus prioris de Couentre et peticione domine Isabelle regine Anglie exhibitis coram domino rege in parliamento suo apud Westmonasterium, 1336
12. Psalter-hymnal
- Published / Created:
- [between 1300 and 1400, 1000 and 1100]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 578
- Image Count:
- 386
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of a Psalter-Hymnal, written for a Benedictine monastery. On the rear flyleaf, a fragment of the Gospel of Mark, 1:24-31 and 36-42, in West-Saxon translation
- Description:
- In Latin and Anglo-Saxon., Script: Copied by three scribes, all writing Northern Gothica Textualis Formata. The fragment is copied in careful Anglo-Saxon Minuscule., The decoration consists of 1-line plain initials alternately in red and blue in the text; 2-line flourished initials in blue with red penwork with marginal extensions; 3- and 5-line litterae duplices with partial or full penwork borders (J-motifs) as indicated in art. 2. Litterae duplices also on ff. 116r, 133v, 143v (artt. 3, 6 and 7)., and Binding: Original undecorated leather over oak boards (?). Spine with three raised bands. Traces (?) of one clasp.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Benedictines. and Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Hymns, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, and Psalters
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Psalter-hymnal
13. Rule of St. Benedict; Obituary of the abbey of Vangadizza
- Creator:
- Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino
- Published / Created:
- [between 1150 and 1200]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 910
- Image Count:
- 172
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment containing the Rule of St. Benedict, the Obituary of the Abbey of Vangadizza, and other texts
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: copied by various hands, all writing Southern Praegothica. In the Obituary (art. 6) the entries are added by many different, sometimes informal hands., The lower margin of f. 25 and the outer margin of f. 58 are replaced with modern parchment., The manuscript contains: 1) Benedictus Casinensis (500-550), Regula. 2) Promise formula of the novice upon his entry in religion. 3) Decrees of Pope Pascal II (1099-1118) and emperors Charlemagne (?800-814) and Lothar I (823-855) against alienating the goods of a church or monastery. 4) Alberic, bishop of Rimini (1158-1177), Letter to the prior and convent of Vangadizza, on the death of abbot Liutald. 5) Computistical notes and tables: (a) Table of the regulares lunae; (b) dates of the seven embolismi of the Nineteen-Years Cycle; (c) discussion of the three years of the Cycle in which epacts and embolismi differ; (d) table of the seven embolismi for all the years of the Nineteen-Years Cycle; in the first column the epacts; (e) a short table summarizing the data of table (d). 6) Obituary of the abbey of Vangadizza. 7) Liturgical instructions for observing the anniversary of Martin, first abbot of the monastery., Headings in red. Plain initials in red of various sizes (mostly 2-3 lines), sometimes with penwork decoration in the same colour (on f. 29 r in an initial a human head is drawn). On f. 4r the text of art. 1 opens with a 6-line zoomorphic initial "M" with two birds on a rectangular background. On f. 1r its preface opens with a 10-line historiated initial "A" , depicting St. Benedict explaining his rule to a monk, on a rectangular background. Both initials are in liquid gold, red, ocre and blue, and are followed by large display script in red, blue and ocre., and Binding: 19th century (?). Parchment over pasteboard. On the flat spine the handwritten 19th century inscription: "Regulae S. Benedicti et Kalendarium antiquum M.S."
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino., Benedictines., and Vangadizza (Abbey : Badia Polesine, Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and Monasticism and religious orders
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Rule of St. Benedict; Obituary of the abbey of Vangadizza
