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1. "Glossa Ordinaria" on the Decretals of Gregory IX (fragment).
- Creator:
- Bottoni, Bernardo, -1266
- Published / Created:
- [12--].
- Call Number:
- Zi +156
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of Bernardo of Parma's gloss on the Decretals of Gregory IX, including sections over liber III
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in a heavily abbreviated gothic script., Decoration: running heads, initials, and rubrics in red; some contemporary marginal commentary., and These fragments, which appear to be from the same manuscript, are contained in Zi +156 (Bernhard von Breydenbach, Prefatio in opus transmarine...), in which the fragments are used as front and back endpapers.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Decretals, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Canon law
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > "Glossa Ordinaria" on the Decretals of Gregory IX (fragment).
2. Canon Law (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [13--].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 481.104
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of a commentary on chapters of either Innocent IV's third collection of Decretals from the first council of Lyon in 1245 or the Sixth Book of Decretals of Pope Boniface VIII
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis) with frequent abbreviations., and Decoration: 2-line chapter initials are in red; 1-line initials within text are in brown capitals; rubrics written in red minuscule; guide letters for the rubricator in the margins; punctuated with the punctus.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Boniface VIII, Pope, -1303. and Innocent IV, Pope, approximately 1200-1254.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and Canon law
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Canon Law (fragment).
3. Canon law text (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- approximately 1300.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 712.14 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript bifolium, on parchment, from a text on Canon law
- Description:
- In Latin. and Script: gothica textura.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and Canon law
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Canon law text (fragment).
4. Casus Breves Decretalium Gregorii IX (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [between 1250 and 1299].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 481.99
- Image Count:
- 12
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of the Casus Breves Decretalium Gregorii IX, which is closely related to Bernard of Parma's Casus longi super quinque libros decretalium; the commentary paraphrases Bernard but is much more abbreviated
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in a small, highly abbreviated gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: there are guide letters and space for rubrics and initials but none have been added; a fourteenth-century hand has added some rubrics in brown in a cursive gothic script; punctuated with the punctus.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval, Canon law, and Decretals
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Casus Breves Decretalium Gregorii IX (fragment).
5. Charter of Gregory IX (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [14 July 1235]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 481.103
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of a charter of Gregory IX mandating Franciscan friars be received charitably
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in chancery script., and Decoration: large initial "G" and 1-line capitals are in brown; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text; the rope for the seal is at the bottom of the document; there are no chancery marks or signatures under the fold.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Gregory IX, Pope, approximately 1170-1241.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval, Canon law, and Charters
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Charter of Gregory IX (fragment).
6. Cicero, Moral extracts, Canon law
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1143
- Image Count:
- 236
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of (1) M. Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.), Laelius de amicitia; (2) Cicero, Cato Maior de senectute; (3) moral examples from antiquity; (4) commentary on parts of Canon Law
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Artt. 1-2 (ff. 1-38) are copied in Gothica Hybrida Libraria/Currens, except f. 6v, which is in Semihybrida Libraria; art. 3 is copied in Gothica Semihybrida Currens; art. 4 is copied in Gothica Semihybrida Currens in two sizes (large for the texts and small for the commentaries); and art. 5 (the former pastedowns) are written in Gothica Textualis, with the marginal notes in small Gothica Hybrida., Decoration: Undecorated,; the former pastedowns (art. 5) contain Arabic numerals in black, red, and blue., and Binding: original, damaged brown calfskin over wooden boards sewn on three cords; covers are blind-tooled and stamped; two original clasps were replaced by a single clasp (now lost); spine with paper label.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Wiblingen (Ulm, Germany)
- Subject (Name):
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
- Subject (Topic):
- Canon law, Christian education, History, Education, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Monastic and religious life
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cicero, Moral extracts, Canon law
7. Compilatio tertia, with gloss of Johannes Teutonicus
- Creator:
- Joannes, Teutonicus, d. 1245?
- Published / Created:
- [between 1200 and 1215]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 423
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment (poor quality: holes, end pieces). The text is also accompanied by extracts from the gloss of Bernardus Parmensis on the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX; these were probably added ca. 1245 or later
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Text portion written in cramped bookhand; gloss and additions in several contemporary and later hands, some more cursive, all highly abbreviated., Headings in majuscules alternating red and blue with simple pen scrolls in opposite color. Decorative initials, 5- to 2-line, set out in margins, red with blue designs alternating blue with red. Rubrics, and running titles (book numbers) in red for arts. 1-2. Spiral line-fillers and 1-line initials in red or blue. Notes for rubricator., Some leaves stained and/or mutilated, with loss of text and gloss: ff. 1-3, 45, 84. Defects in leaves repaired with red and blue thread., and Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Spanish (?). Rigid vellum case; lettering on spine, in black: "Inocenti Decreta". On upper cover, painted inscription in red and blue, that attempts to reproduce heading on f. 1r: "Innocentij".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Joannes, Teutonicus, d. 1245?
- Subject (Topic):
- Canon law and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Compilatio tertia, with gloss of Johannes Teutonicus
8. Cronica del Rey don Enrique IV.
- Creator:
- Enríquez del Castillo, Diego, 1431-1503?
- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1525]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 27
- Image Count:
- 502
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Diego Enriquez del Castillo (1433-1504?), Chronicle of King Enrique IV of Castile (1425-74). With the Life of Don Juan Pacheco, Marques de Villena; Decretal texts concerning behavior of clerics; and Brief law text in Latin
- Description:
- In Spanish., Watermarks: unidentified hand., Script: Written by several scribes in late Spanish bookhands with cursive and humanistic features. Some headings in large gothic display script., and Binding: Sixteenth century, Spain. Sewn on three tawed skin, slit straps, now broken, laced into channels in wooden boards. One plain wound endband is sewn on a tawed skin core, the other endband was added later. Covered in brown calf blind-tooled with concentric frames, the central panel and alternate frames filled with rope interlace. The layout of the design is the same on both boards but different small tools are used in the central panels. Spine: four fillets outlining the supports and in the center of the panels a small rope tool in the center of the compartments so formed. Two fastenings, the catches on the lower board, the clasp straps later additions. The spine is mended at head and tail; some corners repaired.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Castile (Spain)
- Subject (Name):
- Enríquez del Castillo, Diego, 1431-1503? and Henry IV, King of Castile and Leon, 1425-1474.
- Subject (Topic):
- Biography, Canon law, Manuscripts, Medieval, Spanish literature, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cronica del Rey don Enrique IV.
9. Decretales (excerpts) (fragment).
- Creator:
- Pseudo-Isidore
- Published / Created:
- [between 1100 and 1150].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 482.44
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of portions of Pseudo-Isidore's Decretales
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 1-line initials are in red square capitals; one initial is in brown; rubrics are written in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Pseudo-Isidore.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and Canon law
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Decretales (excerpts) (fragment).
10. Decretales (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [11--].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 482.75
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of Decretales, containing the end of an unidentified text and a text containing a portion of the Synod of Tribur (895).
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 2-line capital "A" is a red square capital; 1-line initials are in brown capitals; the rubric is written in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Canon law, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Decretals
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Decretales (fragment).
11. Decretales (fragment).
- Creator:
- Gregory IX, Pope, approximately 1170-1241
- Published / Created:
- [between 1250 and 1299].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 482.94
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of some decretales of Gregory IX.
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: there are guide letters for initials at the beginning of each capitulum, but the initials have not been added; 1-line initials are in red; the heading of titulus VI is written in red; punctuated with the punctus; paragraph marks are in red ink, brackets in brown; corrections have been made by several contemporary hands.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Gregory IX, Pope, approximately 1170-1241.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and Canon law
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Decretales (fragment).
12. Decretals, etc
- Creator:
- Pseudo-Isidore
- Published / Created:
- [between 850 and 875]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 442
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 513
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment (thick, poor quality) of excerpts from the writings of Church Fathers, canon law, and conciliar documents. There has been extensive scholarly debate about the manuscript's provenance and its relation to other copies of the Pseudo-Isidore Decretals. The manuscript seems to have been written, corrected, and rubricated by multiple scribes and to have been composed in units; the quality of the parchment often changes from scribe to scribe
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written in Caroline minuscule., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Brown calf with gold-tooled spine. Boards mostly detached, sewing breaking, part of spine leather wanting.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Pseudo-Isidore.
- Subject (Topic):
- Canon law, Fathers of the church, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Decretals, etc
13. Formularium novum
- Published / Created:
- [between 1300 and 1400]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 600
- Image Count:
- 16
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Formularium novum, copied after an unbound exemplar in the hands of master Ulrich, librarius at the papal court in Rome. Preserved from the end of chapter 531 up to the end of the text, i.e. chapter 586. Many documents have connections with Bologna. Also contains an undated and unsigned letter addressed to a Pope, answering a letter by the General of the Franciscan order and referring to an invasion of property belonging to the writer's family by a certain Tiburtius, made into a formula
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Art. 1 copied by one hand in Gothica Cursiva Libraria; art. 2 is in another hand, writing a small script of the same type., Headings in red; instructions for them are written in small Cursiva in the margins, together with the chapter numbers. 2-line flourished initials, alternately red with purple and blue with red penwork. Art. 2 is undecorated., The reading is doubtful at many places. The corners and outer edges of the final leaves damaged., and Unbound.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Canon law, Forms (Law), and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Formularium novum
14. Institutio canonicorum
- Published / Created:
- [between 825 and 850]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 877
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of Institutio canonicorum promulgated by the Council of Aachen in 816
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: copied by one hand in Carolina., The upper section of the leaves and the outer half of f. 2 are missing and the pages are stained, obscuring the text. F. 1 is broken in two parts according to a vertical line., One bifolium, being the outer one of the last quaternio of a codex or of a section of a codex. At the bottom of the blank f. 2v the quire mark "XIIII"., and Heading in red. Black 2-line initials at the opening of the canons.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Council of Aachen
- Subject (Topic):
- Councils and synods, Canon law, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Institutio canonicorum
15. Ktābā d-Húdāyē : manuscript and ܟܬܒܐ ܕܗܘ̈ܕܝܐ : ܣܪܝܛܬܐ
- Creator:
- Bar Hebraeus, 1226-1286
ܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐ، 1226-1286 - Published / Created:
- 17th century.
- Call Number:
- Syriac MSS 11
- Image Count:
- 184
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- "Ktābā d-Húdāyē" (Book of Directions), also translated "Book of Guidances/Guides, and Nomocanon", "al-Hidāyāt" and "al-Hadāyā" (in Arabic), on canon law, by Bār ʻEbrāyā (Bar Hebraeus, 1226-1286), foremost representative of the Syriac renaissance of the 12th-13th centuries (folios 1a-146b (pages 1-289)), followed by 1. "Basis for calculation of inheritance according to the laws of the Arabs, and laws for manumission of slaves (pages 290-303). 2. "Laws of the victorious Christian emperors (sententiae syriacae)" (pages 303-307). 3. "Laws of the victorious Christian emperors Constantine, Theodosius, and Leo, Syro-Roman law book" (pages 307-337). Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 17th century
- Alternative Title:
- Húdāyē, Ktobo d-Hudoye, Hudoye, and ܗܘ̈ܕܝܐ
- Description:
- In Syriac., Title from the text and reference sources, Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit: The codex starts with a table of contents, as follows: "B-yad Alāhā Marē kūl mašarénan l-mektab 'Ktābā d-Húdāyē' meṭūl qānūnē ʻidtānāyē ú-nāmúsē ʻelmānāyē men syāmē d-Abún Māry Grígúríyos Mapryānā d-Madnḥā" (By the help of God, Lord of All, we start to write the 'Book of Directions' about the eclesiastical and secular laws, which is authored by our Father, Mār Grigorios, Maphrian of the East)., 17.5 x 27.5 cm; written surface: 12.5 x 20.5 cm (in two columns; 34 lines per column)., Binding: In dark brown leather with flap., In good West Syriac script, in black ink, on cream color paper; headings in red., The pages of the codex are also numbered in Syriac letters., Laid in: Two slips of notes about the manuscript (in French)., Table of contents (folios 1b-2a)., At the end of table of contents, the following statement: "Šlem menyān qeplē d-Ktābā d-Húyāyē, d-qārēʼ hākíl nṣālē ʻlay b-ḥúbā" (The listing of the chapters of the 'Book of Directions' is completed. Let him who reads pray for me in love)., The table of contents is followed by the titles of the three supplementary works, as follows: 1. "Ḥušbānā d-yārtūtā ayk nāmúsā d-Ṭayāyē." 2. "Nāmúsā d-malkē Krisṭíyāne." 3. "Nāmúsā Krisṭíyānā d-sím men Malkā Qúsṭanṭínús ú-Tāʼúdúsíyús ú-Lā́ún Malkā Rúmāyē.", On folio 3b (in pencil): "Ktābā d-Húdāyē d-sím l-Mapryānā Bar ʻEbrāyā d-lā síqúmā" (Book of Direction authored by Maphrian Bar Hebraeus is without date)., On folio 4a: An endowment statement (in Garshūnī and some Syriac) dated 5 February 1884, as follows: "Wāqif Kānīst Mār Buṭrus wa-Mār Būluṣ bi-Ūrfah: Ṭīmutāwus Aps Būlus Úrhoyo / 5 Šbāṭ 84 M" (The endower to the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Urfa [al-Ruhā / Edessa] is Timotheus Aps. Paulus Urhoyo / 5 February 84 M)., At the end of page 337: Statement of the original endowment by the unnamed donor (in Garshūnī with some Syriac) as follows: "Lammā ḥaḍarnā fī al-Ruhā fī sanat BY Yūnānīyah waqafnā hādhā 'Kitāb al-Hadāyā' ilá Kanīsat Mār Buṭrus wa-Būlus waqfan ṣaḥīḥan. Wa-kulman yaṭmaʻ ʻalayhi wa-yukhrijuhu min al-waqfīyah yakūnu taḥta kalimat Allāh, wa-yakūnu maḥūm min fam Māry Buṭrus wa-Māry Būlus. Āmīn ú-Ābūn ba-šmāyā u-šarkā.", Translation of the original statement of endowment: "When we arrived in al-Ruhā [Urfa/Edessa], in the Greek year BY [i.e. 2012 = 1699/1700] we endowed this 'Book of Directions' to the Church of Saints Peter and Paul, an authentic lawful endowment. Anyone who covets it and takes it out of its endowment location shall be under the word of God and will be excommunicated by the mouth of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Amen. 'Our Father who art in Heaven', etc.", The last five leaves of the manuscript are blank., Colophon of "Ktābā d-Húdāyē": "Šlem 'Ktābā d-Húdāyē' ú-l-Alāhā šúbḥā d-ḥayel ú-ʻadar wa-ʻlayn raḥmāwhe l-ʻālam ʻālmí. Amín ú-Amín.", and Translation of the colophon: "The Book of Directions is completed. Praise be to God who empowered and helped. May His mercies be upon us for ever and ever. Amen and Amen."
- Subject (Geographic):
- Islamic Empire.
- Subject (Name):
- Bar Hebraeus, 1226-1286.
- Subject (Topic):
- Canon law, Syrian Orthodox Church, Inheritance and succession (Islamic law), Law, Byzantine, Nomocanon, Roman law, Enslaved persons, Emancipation, Law and legislation, and Syriac language
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ktābā d-Húdāyē : manuscript, ܟܬܒܐ ܕܗܘ̈ܕܝܐ : ܣܪܝܛܬܐ
16. Lectura super Clementinis
- Creator:
- Zabarella, Francesco, 1360-1417
- Published / Created:
- 1437.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 343
- Image Count:
- 758
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Francesco Zabarella, Lectura super Clementinis
- Description:
- In Latin., Watermarks: unidentified mountain and unidentified animal obscured by text., Script: Written by a single scribe in small neat fere-humanistic script. Marginal notes by several writers (15th-16th centuries), one of whom added running titles in upper right-hand corner (recto)., A large empty space on f. 1r indicates that a miniature of ca. 27 lines was planned for the opening of the text. One 7-line initial, f. 1r, shaded pink and orange, with red, green, and blue acanthus leaves on dark blue, with white filigree, against a gold ground edged thickly in black. In the border, a red, blue, and gold flower, with spiraling vines above and below, green, light blue, red, brown, the spirals filled with dark blue or gold, with white filigree. Large gold dots with four black spikes. 2- and 1-line paragraph marks in red or blue throughout. Instructions to the rubricator in margins., and Binding: Twentieth century. Brown goatskin with gold-tooled title. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe (London, 1901 to the present).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Zabarella, Francesco, 1360-1417.
- Subject (Topic):
- Canon law, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Lectura super Clementinis
17. Liber de vita Christiana and Libellus de Sacramentis
- Creator:
- Bonizo, of Sutri, approximately 1045-approximately 1095
- Published / Created:
- [between 1125 and 1150]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1154
- Image Count:
- 255
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment, in a single hand, containing two works by Bonizo, Bishop of Sutri
- Description:
- Bonizo of Sutri was born around 1045, probably in Milan, and was appointed bishop of Sutri soon after his arrival in Rome in 1074. He was sent to Cremona as papal legate in 1078. Bonizo sided with Gregory VII during the investiture controversy, and lived for several years under the protection of Countess Mathilda of Tuscany., In Latin., and Binding: modern full red leather.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Bonizo, of Sutri, approximately 1045-approximately 1095.
- Subject (Topic):
- Canon law and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Liber de vita Christiana and Libellus de Sacramentis
18. Manual for confessors
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 739
- Image Count:
- 205
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of an extremely detailed but not consistently structured list of sins with the mention in the margin whether they are mortal ("M") or venial ("V"; the latter case is very rare). The text consists of countless cases opening with a paragraph mark generally followed by "Si ...".
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Copied by two scribes. Hand A (ff. 1r-30r, 14) writes a careful Gothico-Humanistica Textualis Libraria; Hand B (ff. 30r, 15-91v) writes a more rapid Gothico-Humanistica Cursiva Libraria/Currens. The parts copied by the two scribes differ from each other also in the style of the text and the headings., Numerous red paragraph marks in the left margins. The treatment of the headings is not consistent. 2-line (rarely 3-line, on f. 1r 4-line) initials in red at the head of all major subdivisions; they are plain initials on ff. 1r-30r, often flourished initials (black or red penwork) from f. 31r onwards, but the flourishing appears to have been blotted out., and Binding: Sixteenth century (?). Undecorated orange-brown sheepskin over pasteboard, the spine with three raised bands. Pastedowns and flyleaves from four leaves of an 11th-century manuscript, containing part of the Office for the burial of a monk.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Canon law, Confession, Catholic Church, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Manual for confessors
19. Mnemotechnical-didactical works and compendia
- Creator:
- Slitpacher, Iohannes
- Published / Created:
- 1439 (?).
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 668
- Image Count:
- 132
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper and parchment of Compendia in verse of the Bible and of the Sententiae; works on Canon and Roman Law; and Notes and metra especially on moral theology. Almost all texts and tables in this small manuscript are either by Iohannes Slitpacher, a Benedictine monk in the abbey of Melk, or anonymous and unrecorded
- Description:
- In Latin., Probably copied by one hand, writing an extremely small Gothica Semihybrida, varying from Libraria to Currens., Headings in red. Red heightening of majuscules and underlining. Red plain initials. A few crude flourished initials. Tables and circular diagrams in red and black ink; an unfinished diagram on the rear cover (f. 136v)., and Binding: Twentieth century. Brown leather over pasteboard, spine with three raised bands. Ff. 1 and 136, of thick yellowish parchment, are the original covers.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Slitpacher, Iohannes. and Benedictines.
- Subject (Topic):
- Canon law, Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mnemotechnical-didactical works and compendia
20. Postillae, etc
- Creator:
- Nicholas, of Lyra, approximately 1270-1349
- Published / Created:
- [between 1225 and 1250; ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 216
- Image Count:
- 339
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment composed in two parts. Part I (13th century): Nicolaus Tornacensis [?], Commentaria super Exodum 14.4-15.5; Commentaria in Lucam 1.19-1.33. With Philippus Cancellarius, Sermones de tempore; and unidentified texts on canon law. Part II (15th century): Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla in Iosuam; Postilla in Iudices
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Part I (ff. 1-113): Written by multiple scribes in spiky gothic bookhand, both above and below top line; ff. 59v-60r in a later, less formal gothic script. Part II (ff. 114-165): Written in batarde script, below top line., Part I: Poorly executed initials, 3- to 2-line, in blue or red with designs in opposite color; plain red or blue initials for arts. 1 and 5. Headings and underlining for Biblical passages in red. Part II: Plain initials, 4- to 2-line, headings, paragraph marks, underlining for Biblical passages, initial strokes and punctuation, in red., Rust stains on ff. 109-113 indicate that Part I was once bound separately., and Binding: 19th-20th centuries, France (?). Quarter bound in brown calf, blind-tooled, over oak boards. Bound by the same binder as Marston MSS 119, 214 and 236.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Nicholas, of Lyra, ca. 1270-1349.
- Subject (Topic):
- Canon law, Church year sermons, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sermons
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Postillae, etc
