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1. Mirour of mans salvacioune
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 97
- Image Count:
- 144
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of the English verse translation of this work of popular theology and devotional meditation
- Alternative Title:
- Speculum humanae salvationis. English, Middle (ca. 1100-1500)
- Description:
- In Middle English., Layout: single columns of 17 lines., Script: gothic bookhand., Decoration: some initials, line fillers, underlining, in red ink., and Binding: nineteenth-century full brown morocco, gilt.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Christian life, Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature, English poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, Salvation, and Typology (Theology)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mirour of mans salvacioune
2. Speculum Christiani
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1400-1425]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 96
- Image Count:
- 110
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of a version of this fourteenth-century pastoral manual. The text is in eight sections, or Tabulae, in Latin, with extensive passages in Middle English prose and interpolated Middle English verse
- Description:
- In Latin and Middle English., Layout: single columns of 32 lines., Script: written in an English bookhand., Decoration: red and blue initials with contrasting penwork., and Binding: nineteenth-century morocco.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Christian life, English poetry, English prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Speculum Christiani
3. [Sir John Mandeville's travels].
- Creator:
- Mandeville, John, Sir
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1440]
- Call Number:
- Osborn a55
- Image Count:
- 156
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of a Middle English text of the Book of Sir John Mandeville, probably related to the "Defective Version." Biblical quotations in Middle English on f63v-f64v
- Alternative Title:
- Itinerarium. English
- Description:
- Sir John Mandeville is the suppositious author of the "travel" book known as the Book of Sir John Mandeville, or Mandeville's Travels. Written in the 14th century in Anglo-Norman French, it was widely popular and thought to be an accurate account of a knight's journey through Europe, the Middle East and Asia., In Middle English., Title supplied by cataloger., Annotation, in a later hand, on f1r: Sir John Mandevile's Travails., Script: cursive anglicana hand in brown ink; 32 lines per page., Side notes and notation marks in various hands, 15th-17th century., Opening illuminated initial with ivy-leaf sprays into margins and 17 blue initials with extensive red penwork flourishing. Three contemporary or near-contemporary marginal drawings, one with color wash, of manicula., and Binding: 18th-century full mottled calf, gilt. Spine label reads: Mandevil's travails.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Mandeville, John, Sir.
- Subject (Topic):
- English prose literature, Voyages and travels, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Sir John Mandeville's travels].
