Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of a set of planetary tables, followed by a two-page note of instructions for their use, which begins: "For the declaracion of this p[re]cedente tabule." The included feast days suggest an origin in southern England, perhaps London
Description:
In Middle English., Layout: tables in red and brown ink., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: gold initials., and Binding: modern half-calf.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy, Calendar, English prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of portions of the text of Higden's Polychronicon. mostly related to the history of England from BRutus to Richard II. Preceded by a table of contents
Description:
In Latin., Numerous marginal annotations in several contemporary and later hands. Marginal note on p. 136 refers to the death of Oliver Cromwell ("tyranno")., Bound with: Martinus Polonus, Margarita decreti seu tabula martiniana decreti (Strasburg, 1493); William Lyndwood, Constitutiones legitime seu legatine regionis anglicane, (Paris, 1504)., Watermark: Briquet 11159?, Layout: single columns of approximately 35 lines., Script: English cursive bookhand., Decoration: Rubricated. Approximately 60 large initials in red with penwork in brown ink., and Binding: late seventeenth-century full calf; blind-ruled, with crown stamp in the corners. The binder has been identified as a London binder who also worked for Samuel Pepys. Metal chain attached from the upper cover, fourteen links, a ring on either end, and a middle swivel.
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
Manuscript roll, on parchment, in a single hand, containing four Latin prayers for personal use. One of the rubrics is in Middle English
Description:
In Latin, with one rubric in Middle English., Probably written for the use of a man named Thomas, as that name is inserted in several passages., Layout: single column., Script: gothic script., and Decoration: Rubricated. Two initials with marginal penwork decoration.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, and Prayers, Medieval
Manuscript roll, on vellum, in a single hand, containing Latin prayers from the Sarum breviary, followed by Middle English devotional lyrics
Description:
In Latin and Middle English., The Middle English lyrics appear in several other manuscripts, including the Vernon MS (Bodleian Library)., Layout: single column., Script: gothic bookhand., Decoration: initial large miniature of the Virgin Mary and child. Numerous burnished gold initials on red or blue grounds with foliate sprays; numerous internal initials in either burnished gold or red or blue penwork., and Binding: modern red morocco case.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Prayers, Medieval.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature, English poetry, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript roll, on parchment, in a single hand, of a collection of Middle English and Latin prayers. Reverse of roll contains horizontal inscription suggesting that the item may have been intended as a birth girdle
Description:
In Middle English and Latin., Possibly from Tewkesbury (contains a copy of a prayer said to have been carried away by the Devil from Our Lady of Tewkesbury)., Layout: single column., Script: English rounded bookhand., Decoration: four illustrations: the Three Nails, a Heart and Crown of Thorns; a Cross with the Instruments of the Passion; the Holy Wounds of Christ; and the Instruments of the Passion., and Binding: modern case.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature, English poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Prayers, Medieval
Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of this unique English prose version of the twelfth-century Latin treatise Secretum secretorum, itself a translation of the Kitab sirr al-asrar. In addition to this text, the volume also includes a short astrological text in Middle English, headed "secreta." The opening leaf is not present; the introduction by the translator praises Sir Miles Stapleton as his patron
Alternative Title:
Secretum secretorum
Description:
In Middle English and Latin., Several verses and aphorisms in a sixteenth?-century cursive hand on blank leaves and in margins., Layout: single columns of 21-23 lines., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: numerous initials in gold or in blue with contrasting penwork., and Binding: fifteenth-century blind-stamped calf over wooden boards; remains of clasps.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Johannes, de Caritate.
Subject (Topic):
Astrology, Astronomy, Astronomy, Medieval, Education of princes, English prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Medicine, and Medicine, Medieval
Manuscript, on parchment, in two scribal hands, of a processional according to the use of Sarum. The manuscript, which is apparently lacking two gatherings and includes fourteen later additions, features extensive musical notation on 4-line staves
Alternative Title:
Processional
Description:
In Latin; ownership inscription and anathema in Middle English., Ownership inscription for the parish church of St. Mary, Redgrave, Suffolk: "Iste liber constat de Redgrave" in a fifteenth-century hand., Anathema in Middle English verse on the verso of the second flyleaf: "This bok is on and goddys crus ys anodur/He that stel the ton mot haue the todyr" in a fifteenth-century hand., Numerous other early ownership inscriptions and pen trials on front flyleaves., Annotation on verso of nineteenth-century endpaper, in pencil, identifying the text as a "Sarum Processional," dated 1847., Layout: single columns, mostly of 23 lines., Script: gothic script., Decoration: musical notation on 4-line staves, red and blue penwork initials, rubrics, and blue paragraph marks. Numerous initials in brown ink, some decorated with faces and grotesques., and Binding: nineteenth-century black morocco, gilt; marbled endpapers. JHS monogram framing cross centered on both covers. Title in gilt on black leather tag on spine.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church and Catholic Church.
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Processionals (Liturgical books)
Manuscript on parchment roll consisting of two skins clumsily sewn together by means of a green thread. Contains 3 prognostications for the year, the first based on the day of the week on which Nativity (25 Dec.) occurs, the second attributed to Bede and based on the day of the week on which 1 Jan. occurs; and the third ascribed to the prophet Ezekiel. The Latin, especially of the third prognostication, is quite poor
Description:
In Latin., Script: Apparently written by a single hand in Gothica Cursiva Libraria (Secretary), retaining many Anglicana features. Two-compartment a is rarely used; note the thorn-shape of y (except on line 1, where the letter has the normal shape), and the semicircular abbreviation stroke with a dot in its centre., No decoration., The lower section of the roll now covers one line of text of the upper section, but originally the two sections were attached to each other the other way and no text was covered., and The top end of the roll is cut in the form of a pointed arch and a cord is inserted for tying up the roll.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Latin literature, Medieval and modern and Manuscripts, Medieval
