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1. Basilici tyranni umbra, etc
- Published / Created:
- [between 1600 and 1700]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 45
- Image Count:
- 185
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (unidentified armorial watermarks) of Basilici tyranni umbra, a Latin tragedy with a list of characters drawn partly from Byzantine history, including Umbra Basilici tyranni (d. 497), Zeno Imperator, Longinus eius frater, Gazeus Rhetor, Euphemianus, Castor tribunus militum, and various pupilli and ephebi. With a collection of poems in Horatian meters on early Jesuits, e. g., St. Francis Xavier (1506-52), Brother Rudolph Acquaviva (1550-83), St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), St. Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-91), and Edmund Campion (d. 1581). Includes other miscellaneous texts
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written by several cursive hands, some clearly later additions. A few headings in square capitals., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Vellum case, blind-tooled. Bookblock almost detached. Front pastedown may be part of art. 2 of text, but is too badly mutilated to be certain.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Byzantine Empire
- Subject (Name):
- Jesuits
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Jesuit poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern), Latin drama (Tragedy), and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Basilici tyranni umbra, etc
2. Carmina aurea, etc
- Creator:
- Pseudo-Pythagoras
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1410]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 247
- Image Count:
- 202
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of 1) Pseudo-Pythagoras, Carmina aurea. 2) Hierocles, Commentary on Pythagoras
- Description:
- In Greek., Script: Written by a single copyist whose writing becomes more compact and more abbreviated in the latter portion of the codex., Initials for headings and text are lacking., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Dark blue goatskin, gold-tooled and with the arms of Henry Drury. Bound by C. Lewis (worked 1800-40).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Pseudo-Pythagoras. and Pythagoras.
- Subject (Topic):
- Greek poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholia
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carmina aurea, etc
3. De caelo; Porphyry, Isagoge; etc
- Creator:
- Aristotle
- Published / Created:
- [between 1300 and 1400]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 234
- Image Count:
- 416
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (no watermarks), divided into five distinct parts. Part I: Aristotle, De caelo. Part II: Aristotle, De incessu animalium, with marginal notes drawn from Michael of Ephesus; De longitudine vitae; De iuventute. Part III: Porphyry, Isagoge, with marginal notes. Part IV: Aristotle, Categories. Part V: Aristotle, De interpretatione, with marginal commentary of Michael of Ephesus; Analytica priora; Analytica posteriora. With Scholia to Galen, De naturalibus facultatibus, De locis affectis, De elementis secundum Hippocratem
- Description:
- In Greek., Script: Part I (ff. 1r-51v): Written in a rather careless Greek minuscule by two scribes: Scribe 1, ff. 1r-16v; Scribe 2, ff. 17r-51v. Some marginal and interlinear notes by a later hand. Part II (ff. 52r-80v): Written in minuscule, large and rather careless, by Scribe 2 of part I; marginal and interlinear notes by same hand. Part III (ff. 81r-88v): Written in Greek minuscule, small and very neat (tops of letters close to but not touching ruling), by Scribe 3; marginal and interlinear notes in red by original scribe; notes in brown by a different hand. Part IV (ff. 89r-129v): Written in minuscule, large and rather careless, by Scribe 4, who adds flourishes in the margins; a few marginal notes by a later hand. Part V (ff. 130r-198v): Written in minuscule by several scribes: Scribe 5 (ff. 130r-176r), a small neat hand; Scribe 6 (ff. 177r-198v), a large and progressively more careless hand; f. 176v by a small, neat later hand. A few notes in margins by a later hand., Part I: Diagrams, labelled by the original scribe: syllogisms, consisting of geometrical figures and other groups of curved or straight lines. One simple 2-line initial in red; line-fillers and heading also in red. Part II: Contains a few diagrams of syllogisms. Title in red crossed out and rewritten in blackish-brown; one 2-line initial in red. Part III: Four-line initials in red, with floral ornaments; red also used for headings, notes of original scribe, and diagrams of syllogisms. Part IV: Many diagrams of syllogisms with labels by the original scribe; some doodles in the margins. Part V: Spaces left for initials within the text were never filled., Water damage on ff. 9r-16v and ff. 161-174; Parts I and III eaten by worms. The pattern of the damage suggests that the parts of the manuscript were not originally bound together., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries. Brown calf blind- and gold-tooled. Cloth label attached to the spine reads "ARISTOTELIS OPERA VARIA G. M-S."
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Aristotle. and Michael, of Ephesus.
- Subject (Topic):
- Classical literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Scholia, and Science, Ancient
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De caelo; Porphyry, Isagoge; etc
4. Erotemata
- Creator:
- Moschopoulos, Manuel, approximately 1265?-
- Published / Created:
- 1453 (?).
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 265
- Image Count:
- 314
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (watermarks in gutter) of Manuel Moschopulos (fl. 1282-1320), Erotemata grammatika
- Description:
- In Greek., Script: Written in neat Greek minuscule by a single scribe. A colophon (incomplete) on f. 148r indicates that Andronikos Pazikeos wrote the manuscript while a captive in Constantinople., Headpiece (f. 1r), headings and many initials, 3- to 1-line, in red., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Red goatskin, gold-tooled. Edges gilt. Bound by C. Lewis (London, 1807-36).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Moschopoulos, Manuel, approximately 1265?-
- Subject (Topic):
- Greek language, Grammar, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Erotemata
5. Euchologium
- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1600]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 302
- Image Count:
- 258
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (thick, with a slight shine; no watermarks visible) of liturgies of the Greek Orthodox Church, prayers, and sermons
- Description:
- In Greek., Script: Written in a large, bold minuscule by a single scribe., Three miniatures of good quality in Western style added later (19th century?) on blank folios: f. 1v, Sts. Basil, John Chrysostom and Gregory of Nazianzus, all in priestly vestments, in an elaborate red border; f. 23v, Mother of God between two angels swinging censers; f. 53v, Christ on a bier, in front of a patriarchal cross, flanked by angels swinging a censer and burning incense. Original decoration: elaborate headpieces, 4- to 2-line initials with stylized florals, plain 1-line initials and headings, all in red., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Diced brown calf, gold-tooled, with a black label. On the spine, "LITURG. GRAEC. M. S.".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Liturgics, Manuscripts, Medieval, Prayers, and Sermons, Greek
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Euchologium
6. Golden Bulls of the emperors Theodosius II, Michael III, and Romanus III
- Published / Created:
- [between 1800 and 1900]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 583
- Image Count:
- 6
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on 3 vellum scrolls of laws and statutes of the Byzantine empire. Said to be of the 5th, 9th, and 11th centuries, but actually written in the 19th century
- Description:
- In Greek., Script: Written partly in gold. Each has a religious painting at the top., All very badly rubbed and in places illegible., and The first two are mounted on cloth; the third has fringe of red yarn on top.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Byzantine Empire.
- Subject (Topic):
- Literary forgeries and mystifications and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Golden Bulls of the emperors Theodosius II, Michael III, and Romanus III
7. Gospel of John
- Published / Created:
- [between 900 and 1000]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1114
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment
- Description:
- In Greek.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- John, the Apostle, Saint.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gospel of John
8. Gospel of Matthew
- Published / Created:
- [between 1100 and 1300]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 522
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on vellum. Recto: Matthew 25:6-15. Verso: Matthew 25:15-24.
- Description:
- In Greek. and Cut on three sides.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gospel of Matthew
9. Iliad
- Creator:
- Homer
- Published / Created:
- [between 1000 and 1200]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 478
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on one leaf of parchment of Homer, Ilias, 24.493-536 (lines 501-02 are nearly illegible).
- Description:
- In Greek., Script: Written by one hand in Greek minuscule, using brown ink; some accent marks added later in black., 1-line initial in red., and Discoloration, rubbing and punctures across lines 9-11, effacing some of the text; was once used as a binding reinforcement.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Homer.
- Subject (Topic):
- Epic poetry, Greek and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Iliad
