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28. Livre du roy Modus, etc
- Published / Created:
- [between 1490 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 121
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of 1) Les livres du roy Modus et de la royne Ratio. 2) Le bon chien Soullart (in verse).
- Description:
- In French., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Tete de cerf 15548, Tete de boeuf 14247, and unidentified unicorn., Script: Written by a single scribe in a running script, with a more formal style of writing for headings., Penwork drawing (with red added) of the hound, Soullart, on f. 59r; drawing of a lion (?) in same style on f. 60r. Simple decorative initials and headings in red, blue and/or black; some with calligraphic penwork designs and grotesques extending into margins. Paragraph marks, underlining, and highlights, in red., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Quarter purple leather with textured cloth sides.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, French literature, French poetry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Mathematics, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Livre du roy Modus, etc
29. Roman de Troie
- Creator:
- Benoît, de Sainte-More, 12th cent
- Published / Created:
- [between 1250 and 1260]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1132
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment
- Description:
- In Old French.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Troy (Extinct city)
- Subject (Name):
- Benoît, de Sainte-More, 12th cent.
- Subject (Topic):
- French literature and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Roman de Troie
30. Roman de la rose
- Creator:
- Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1475]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 418
- Image Count:
- 644
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Roman de la Rose. With Poem on Paris of Troy, added in a later hand (15th/16th century); and Poem including the name of the man for whom the volume was copied, Pierre Louvel
- Description:
- In French., Script: Written in well-formed batarde by one scribe; art. 1 and some marginal notations in a slightly later hand., Inscriptions in almost every miniature to identify the figures. Sixty-six miniatures, 16- to 12-line, framed in gold, on f. 1r with a cusped arch and a full border of blue and gold acanthus at the corners and midpoints, red and blue flowers, and hair-spray with gold leaves, bounded in red and with a gold bar in inner margin. Other miniatures with 3/4 borders in the same style, some with birds. On f. 1r a 4-line initial, blue with white highlights, filled with red and blue ivy against a gold ground. 3- or 2-line initials, gold, with pink and blue grounds with white filigree. Capital at beginning of each verse stroked in yellow., Borders and miniature on f. 1r rubbed. Black ink hair-spray on many borders smeared., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Rigid vellum case heavily gold-tooled, with a red label. Gilt, gauffered edges. Motto on upper cover: "Nobilis ira." Bound by Bevan.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230. and Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305.
- Subject (Topic):
- French literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Romances
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Roman de la rose
31. Roman de la rose
- Creator:
- Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230
- Published / Created:
- [between 1300 and 1400]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 33
- Image Count:
- 246
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Roman de la Rose. Seventeen leaves containing lines 8242-10751 are now missing between ff. 39 and 40; in addition, the text has been abridged to 16272 lines
- Description:
- In French., Script: Written by a single scribe in neat gothic textura., Plain initials, 2-line, alternating red and blue, throughout the text; headings in red. First letter of most verses stroked with yellow., Slits in parchment on ff. 42-44, some affecting text., and Binding: Nineteenth century. before 1881. A very fine Grolieresque binding in brick red goatskin, gold-tooled, by Riviere.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230.
- Subject (Topic):
- French literature, French poetry, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Roman de la rose
32. So-called Chronicle of Baudouin d'Avesnes
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1500].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1106
- Image Count:
- 517
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Chronique de Baudouin d'Avesnes or Trésor des histoires, a chronicle of the world in 633 chapters from Creation up to the time of emperor Tiberius, composed at the court of Hainaut between 1278 and 1281
- Description:
- In French., Script: Copied by one very developed hand in Gothica Cursiva Libraria/Formata (Bastarda)., Decoration: Red headings and yellow heightening of the majuscules; flourished initials, with penwork, e.g., a 7-line blue foliate initial decorated with green stems, prickly leaves and a small flower, and a (rubbed) coat of arms in a wreath of golden leaves; and at the top, a column-wide picture (attributed to the Egerton Master) representing God leading Adam and Eve into the walled Paradise and pointing to the Tree of Wisdom., and Binding: 14th century red morocco de luxe over cardboard, with gilt edges, and gold-tooled, namely on the front board, with the coat of arms of the Duke of Newcastle in an oval, crowned medallion; and a blind-tooled spine with six raised bands and inscriptions.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- French literature and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > So-called Chronicle of Baudouin d'Avesnes
33. Somme le roi
- Creator:
- Laurent, Frère.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1475]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 204
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Frère Laurent, Somme le Roi (The Book of Vices and Virtues). Written presumably for Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon, who died at Moulins-sur-Allier in 1476
- Description:
- In French., Watermarks: ff. ii-5, Briquet Armoiries 1876; ff. 6-315, similar to Briquet Lettre P 8527., Script: Written by two scribes in batarde script. Scribe 1) ff. 1r-100v, 131r-217v; Scribe 2) ff. 101r-130v, 217v-312r, 313r., At the beginning of each book there are spaces (9 to 13 lines) left blank for miniatures. 4- to 2-line initials for each book and for a few chapters, gold against blue and red grounds with silver or white filigree, with coarse gold ivy and black hair-spray. 2-line initials in blue or red for chapters; 1-line initials, blue or red, in table of contents. All initials with guide-letters. Chapter numbers and paragraph marks in red. Rubrics throughout., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Edges red. Brown calf, spine gold-tooled, with a red label: "Miroir du Monde M. S. S. Antiq."
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Laurent, Frère.
- Subject (Topic):
- Conduct of life, French literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Somme le roi
34. Traite sur l'art de la guerre
- Creator:
- Stuart, Bérault, seigneur d'Aubigny, ca. 1452-1508
- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1525]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 659
- Image Count:
- 34
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Berault Stuart (Bernard Stewart, ca. 1452/53-1508), Traite sur l'art de la guerre
- Description:
- In French., Script: Copied by one hand in a small Gothica Hybrida Formata (loopless Bastarda)., Line-fillers in liquid gold on red, blue or brown ground. 2-line (rarely 3- or 4-line) initials on square background, in liquid gold on coloured background or in colour, heightened with white, on liquid gold background decorated with leaves and flowers. Six miniatures., and Binding: Early nineteenth century. Cross-grained red leather over pasteboard, the covers gold-tooled with a decorative border, the turn-ins gold-tooled with dentelle border; brownish marbled endpapers; the spine gold-tooled with flowerets and the title "L'ORDRE D'UN CHEF DE GUERRE PAR D'AUBIGNY".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Stuart, Bérault, seigneur d'Aubigny, ca. 1452-1508.
- Subject (Topic):
- French literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Military art and science
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Traite sur l'art de la guerre
