Manuscript on paper of Johannes Baers, Lamentationes Ieremiae carmine elegiaco redditae. With a Dedicatory epistle to Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (c. 1563-1612), secretary of state of Queen Elizabeth
Description:
Iohannes Baers (Baersius), born in Ghent 1580, d. 1653, studied theology in Leiden, was minister in various places in the Northern Netherlands, was 1629 in Pernambuco (Brasil) and in 1632 back in the Netherlands minister in Soest. He is the author of two books in Dutch, published in 1648 and 1653 respectively, but his poetic paraphrase of Lamentations seems to be unrecorded. Whether this work was finished in 1601 or 1605 is not clear. This Carmelite monk in Ghent, named Paschasius Baers, became after his conversion minister in Zele (East Flanders) and from 1580 onwards in various places in the Netherlands; from 1590 to 1603 he was active in Leeuwarden., In Latin., Script: Written by a single scribe in careful Humanistica Cursiva. Titles and running titles are in a larger size of the same script., and Binding: Original limp vellum, both covers decorated with a simple blind-tooled frame and four small gilt fleurons in the corners. Remains of two green silk ties. Gold-tooled inscriptions in capitals, on front cover: ".SERO.SED.SERIO."; on rear cover "ANNO.1601." Inscription in ink on the spine: "Lamentationes ***********". Edges gilt.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Baers, Johannes, d. 1653. and Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Earl of, 1563-1612.
Subject (Topic):
Latin poetry, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Religious poetry, Latin
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an unidentified commentary on the Gospel of Luke
Description:
In Latin., Script: late Carolingian handwriting with Italian features., No decoration., Both sides are stained; the lower section of f. 1rb is partly illegible., and Binding: used for the cover of an archival register, with f. 1r as the outer side, as appears from the title written in capitals upside down in horizontal sense on the lower half of that page: “L(ibro) di rendite 1629”.
Manuscript on parchment (well prepared, but with holes and end pieces) in four parts. Part I: 1) Jerome, Liber Hebraicarum questionum in Genesim. 2) Jerome, Epistola LXXVIII. 3) Jerome, Liber de situ et nominibus locorum hebraicorum. 4) Jerome, Liber interpretationis hebraicorum nominum. 5) Abbreviated version of Jerome, Liber interpretationis hebraicorum nominum, De psalterio. 6) Greek alphabet, from alpha to omega; b) three systems of numbers: Roman numerals, Greek numbers transliterated into Roman letters, letters of the Greek alphabet. 7) Note diuine legi necessarie. Artt. 8-13: Commentaries by Pseudo-Jerome. Artt. 14-17: unidentified commentaries. 18) Unidentified lapidary. 19) De mensuris. 20) Part of a letter of Innocent III (dated 1142) concerning the disputed election at York of St. William Fitzherbert. Part II: 21) Rabanus Maurus, De universo, ending defectively in Book 19, ch. 8, sect. B. Part III: 22) Ambrose, Exameron. Part IV: 23) Eustathius, In Hexaemeron S. Basilii latina translatio
Description:
In Latin., Script: Part I (ff. 1-52): Written by a single scribe in small gothic textura. Part II (ff. 52-172): Written by two scribes in small gothic textura. Scribe 1) ff. 52r-160v; Scribe 2) ff. 161r-172v. Part III (ff. 173-200): Written by one scribe in small gothic textura. Numerous annotations in several contemporary and later hands. Part IV (ff. 201-222): Written by a single scribe in bold gothic textura., Part I: Spaces left for initials (5- to 1-line). Rubrics and running titles in red. Guide-letters and notes to rubricator, the latter along outer edges of most margins except inner. Part II: Spaces for initials, 6- to 3-line, left blank, with guide-letters in red. Initials within text stroked with red. Headings and some spiral line-fillers in red (lacking in ff. 161-172, final quire). Part III: 6-line initial, f. 173r, divided red and blue with penwork in the same colors; other initials, 3- to 1-line, in blue with red penwork or vice versa. Running titles in alternating red and blue versals. Headings in red. Guide-letters and notes to rubricator in most margins. Part IV: 3-line initial, f. 201r, red with blue penwork; 2-line initials red with blue or vice versa. Guide-letters still visible. Running titles in alternating red and blue versals. Headings in red., and Binding: 14th century. Apparently bound in England before arriving in Italy. Original sewing, wound and caught up, on five tawed skin, slit strap supports laced through tunnels in the edge to the outside of oak boards, laid in channels and pegged with rectangular pegs. The spine is square with no trace of adhesive. Quarter covered with vellum or tawed skin nailed along the edge. The boards are broken, the sewing breaking and most of the cover wanting; the boards were repaired in the 18th or 19th century when presumably the front flyleaf and pastedown from a document, in Italian, listing sale agreements made during 1650-52, were added.
Manuscript fragment on parchment (upper half of a leaf) of Gregory the Great, Moralia in Iob, XVIII.41-42.
Description:
In Latin., Script: Copied by one hand in a splendid large uncial with very few abbreviations. On f. 1v the two final letters of the last word on the top line ("habere") have been supplied in Anglo-Saxon minuscule; on line 6 the two final letters of the last word ("praemisimus") are supplied in smaller uncial script., The parchment is thin with greasy transparent patches and a hole (before writing) close to its lower edge., and Later the fragment was used as a flyleaf; an early owner wrote alongside the right-hand edge of f. 1v the ownership inscription "Liber iste est fratris Reyneri de Capella. Orate pro eo".
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Gregorius Magnus (Gregory the Great, pope 590-604), Moralia in Iob
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in bold Praegothica marked by strong bifurcation at the top of the ascenders, frequent use of lengthened i, unusual ct-ligature and the Southern form of tironian et., The text opens with a 6-line decorated initial P, half inset, with long tail in the margin in red and blue., and The inner margin is trimmed, damaging part of the initial on the recto. Both pages are stained and the recto (hair side) is worn.
Manuscript on paper of Gregory I, Pope, Moralia in Iob. Books 1-4 translated into Italian by Zanobi de Strata
Description:
In Italian., Several watermarks, most indeterminate, but one resembling Piccard, vol. 10, II 307 (Pavia, 1397-99)., Copied in Italian humanist cursive., and Binding: Plain vellum over boards. Endleaves from a 14th-century breviary.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Italian, Literature, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, containing the first section of an Old Testament chronicle and genealogy of Christ in Middle English prose
Description:
In Middle English., Originally formed a single roll with Takamiya MS 53., Annotation at top of roll in late 18th century hand attributing ownership in 1485 to Richard Kidderminster, Abbot of Winchecombe., Layout: double column., Script: English gothic bookhand., Decoration: names in colored cartouches of green or brown squares., and Binding: modern case.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jesus Christ
Subject (Topic):
English literature, English prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, containing the second section of an Old Testament chronicle and genealogy of Christ in Middle English
Description:
In Middle English., Originally formed a single roll with Takamiya MS 36., Layout: double columns., Script: English gothic bookhand., Decoration: names in colored cartouches of green or brown squares; circular diagram of the temple of Jerusalem., and Binding: modern case.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jesus Christ
Subject (Topic):
English literature, English prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on parchment of Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla super psalterium; Postilla super libros prophetorum
Description:
In Latin., Script: copied by two scribes: A copied ff. 1r-95r (with the exception of f. 40) in Gothica Cursiva Antiquior Libraria; and B copied ff. 97r-272r in the same type of script, but closer to Anglicana., Decoration: Illuminated initials in red, purple, blue, and gold leaf. Elaborate marginal vine-and-floral ornamentation at beginnings of chapters in red, blue, green, brown, and gold leaf. Occasional multi-colored pictures and diagrams. Traces of indexing tabs on the first leaf of every book. See catalog description for further detail., and Binding: 19th century parchment over pasteboards. Each cover has a central embossed design of an interlocking lozenge and rectangle in red and black with floral ornamentation in gold and blue. Red leather labels on spine with embossed gold letters.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Nicholas, of Lyra, ca. 1270-1349.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication from item., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Families & family life.
Publisher:
Kellogg & Bulkeley, Hartford, Conn
Subject (Topic):
Families, Piety, Bible, Reading, Children, Family members, Bibles, and Cats