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1. Gleanings in prose and verse, 1799
- Creator:
- Taylor, Joseph
- Call Number:
- Osborn fc185
- Image Count:
- 378
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 390 entries in verse and prose, which present satirical as well as sentimental and elegiac perspectives on the subjects of love, women, religion, and death. Titles include A reflection on death; On the death of a mother; Written in consequence of the execution of a young man for forgery, by Mrs. Taylor; Hymn by Miss Scott; To a lady who sung in too low a voice; On kissing; On female neatness after marriage; Advice to a young lady lately married; Unbeliever's creed; Sir Isaac Newton's creed; and numerous humorous epigrams and epitaphs. Several anonymous poems are labeled "Forton Prison" and dated 1795; the collection also includes poems by Tobias Smollett, Samuel Bishop, Samuel Rogers, Samuel Butler, and William Cowper
- Description:
- In English., 16-page index at beginning of manuscript., Title from title page. Also on title page: Vol 1., Laid in: newspaper clipping from the Daily Telegraph dated April 16, 1974., and Binding: half calf over paper-covered board; back cover missing. In gilt on spine: Gleanings.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Bishop, Samuel, 1731-1795., Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680., Cowper, William, 1731-1800., Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727., Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855., Taylor, Joseph., and Forton Gaol.
- Subject (Topic):
- Elegiac poetry, English, English wit and humor, Epigrams, Epitaphs, Occasional verse, English, Sentimentalism in literature, Verse satire, English, Women authors, Women, Conduct of life, and Religious life and customs
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gleanings in prose and verse, 1799
2. Poems by a lady, [1790].
- Creator:
- Craik, Helen, 1750?-1824
- Call Number:
- Osborn c375
- Image Count:
- 94
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of about 40 poems on various subjects dated between 1772 and 1782. The collection includes epitaphs and occasional verse, several "Charades," an epistolary poem titled "Helen, An Old Scots Tale" which is prefaced by a historical account of a certain Helen Kirkconnell in Annandale, and a two-part poem titled "The Indian Maid, A Tale, Intended for a Companion to the Harp" about a young Indian captive, "written by Mr. Macneil." The volume also contains a 4-line stanza in the hand of the author's friend, Robert Riddle , signed "R.R., 1790," as well as the 4th stanza of "Sensibility How Charming," written in the hand of Robert Burns
- Description:
- In English., Table of contents at end of manuscript., Note by E. H. W. Meyerstein dated 1949 on verso of flyleaf regarding the manuscript., Drawing on flyleaf: bust labeled "Ponpeo.", and Binding: full calf; gilt decoration and stamped crest with motto "Hab Shar Virtus Maturuit."
- Subject (Name):
- Burns, Robert, 1759-1796., Craik, Helen, 1750?-1824., and Meyerstein, Edward Harry William, 1889-1952.
- Subject (Topic):
- English literature, English poetry, Epitaphs, Love songs, Occasional verse, English, and Women authors
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Poems by a lady, [1790].
3. Pope Pius II, etc
- Creator:
- Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 188
- Image Count:
- 406
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (various watermarks) of a Collection of the letters and papal bulls of Pope Pius II. With other texts concerning the Pope's life and prayers for him after his death. The manuscript section of the codex is divided into 13 sections. Articles 1-3 are printed texts that were bound together with the manuscripts (arts. 4-21) in the 16th century
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Each of the 13 sections written by a different scribe, usually in a cursive hand. Format and decoration differs from section to section. Rubrication throughout., Stains throughout suggest that the sections were once bound separately., and Binding: Sixteenth century. There are vellum stays from a 15th-century humanistic manuscript in the center of the quires. Original sewing on three double, twisted, vegetable fiber cords laced into square wooden boards. Plain wound endbands, also laced, and covered with the covering leather which is back-stitched around them. Covered in brown leather with corner tongues, blind-tooled with six-petalled flowers at the intersections of diamonds within a linear border. Brass clasp-and-catch fastening, the catch on the upper board. Rebacked, clasp and strap wanting.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464.
- Subject (Topic):
- Bulls, Papal, Epitaphs, Letters, Papal, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Pope Pius II, etc
4. Virtues and vices, exempla
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1425]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 80
- Image Count:
- 310
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (coarse, thick) of 1) Commentary on selections from Seneca the Elder, Controversiae, beginning imperfectly in I.3. 2) 300 exempla. 3) Gualterus Angelicus, Fabulae. 4) More than 100 extracts about the Virgin Mary, and other topics. 5) Extracts about virtues and vices derived primarily from Gregory the Great, Dialogi. 6) Exempla drawn from Walter Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum. Arts. 7-18: collection of epitaphs
- Description:
- In Latin., Watermarks, in gutter: similar to Briquet Monts 11854 and unidentified mountain (?)., Script: Written by a single scribe in semi-cursive gothic bookhand, above top line. Arts. 8-18 added by one or more contemporary hands., 2-line plain initials, paragraph marks and headings, in red, throughout; some marginalia in red., Folio 151 damaged, with loss of text., and Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy (?). Limp vellum case made from a document; text not legible, but docketing note visible under ultra-violet light on upper cover: "N. 167".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Burlaeus, Gualterus, 1275-1345?, Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604., Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint., and Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 55 B.C.-approximately 39 A.D.
- Subject (Topic):
- Conduct of life, Epitaphs, Exempla, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholia
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Virtues and vices, exempla
