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1. A catalogue and succession of the kings, princes, dukes, marquesses, earles, and viscounts of this realme of England, since the Norman Conquest, to this present yeere 1622 : Together with their armes, wiues, and children; the times of their deaths and burials, with many of their memorable actions
- Creator:
- Brooke, Ralph, 1553-1625, author
- Published / Created:
- 1622.
- Call Number:
- 53 C67B B79
- Image Count:
- 207
- Resource Type:
- text
- Description:
- Signatures: [A]⁴ B-2L⁶., First leaf is blank., With final contents leaf., First edition 1619., Printed by William Stansby. See E.E. Willoughby. A printer of Shakespeare, 1934., Title page variant: author's name incorrectly spelled "Raphe"., Title-page inscribed: G. Dury, Esq. [17th century hand?], Imperfect: Preliminary blank leaf A₁ wanting., and Formerly laid in: William Roberts Gichard "Commemorative English and French heraldry keepsake". See Lewis Walpole Library 53 C67B B79x
- Publisher:
- Printed by William Stansby
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and Nobility
- Subject (Topic):
- Heraldry and Kings and rulers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A catalogue and succession of the kings, princes, dukes, marquesses, earles, and viscounts of this realme of England, since the Norman Conquest, to this present yeere 1622 : Together with their armes, wiues, and children; the times of their deaths and burials, with many of their memorable actions
2. Arms of the Foundling Hospital Several children of the Foundling Hospital / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cook, Thomas, approximately 1744-1818, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- July 1st, 1809.
- Call Number:
- Print01047
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Foundling Hospital: above, the achievement of arms; below, Captain Coram and several children, carrying implements of work, a church and ships in the distance. The lower scene shows Coram carrying the Royal Charter, granted in 1739, under his arm. Hogarth made the original drawing to head the subscription roll of the hospital
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate from: Nichols, J. The genuine works of William Hogarth. London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster Row, 1808-17, v. 2, page 152., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right edge., and Two images on one plate. Top image is a copy of an engraving after Hogarth from ca. 1747; see: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 230. Bottom image is a copy of an engraving after Hogarth from the 1740s; see: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 225.
- Publisher:
- Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Coram, Thomas, 1668?-1751,, Foundling Hospital (London, England), and Coram, Thomas, 1668?-1751.
- Subject (Topic):
- Orphanages, Hospitals, Foundlings, Children, Infants, Mothers, Beadles, Heraldry, and Ships
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Arms of the Foundling Hospital Several children of the Foundling Hospital / [graphic]
3. Arms of the Knights of the Garter, 1573
- Creator:
- Dethick, Gilbert, Sir
- Call Number:
- 49 2551
- Image Count:
- 29
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on vellum prepared by Sir Gilbert Dethicke for Queen Elizabeth I includes colorful drawings of the arms of all the knights elected or installed during the reigns of Richard III and Henry VII
- Description:
- Sir Gilbert Dethick (1499/1500-1584), herald and diplomat. Dethick became Garter king of arms on 20 April 1550 and was knighted on 14 April 1551. He was genealogist and heraldist, and a member of the original Society of Antiquaries., In English, with one French phrase., Bound in red velvet, the arms are beautifully balzoned in color., and Bound in red velvet. Bookplate 2 early state. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Order of the Garter.
- Subject (Topic):
- Heraldry and Coats of arms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Arms of the Knights of the Garter, 1573
4. Book of arms
- Creator:
- Dethick, Gilbert, Sir
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1564]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 97
- Image Count:
- 134
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment (thick and furry) of Sir Gilbert Dethick, Book of Arms. Illustrations of coats of arms, in color, one per folio recto or verso; above each except the first, the name of the bearer, as given below. No mottoes given. Dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I of England (1558-1603).
- Description:
- In English., Script: Introduction and labels of illustrations in cursive with loops, by one scribe., Each shield enclosed in shaded pink border designed to look like worked metal, and surmounted by a jousting helm in profile, mantling gules doubled argent with gold tassels; wreath in colors from shield. Only shields (in up to 17 quarters) and crests vary. Slight variations from this scheme on f. 2r (royal arms) and f. 3r (mantling sable doubled argent). Fair quality of workmanship., Bookblock detached from the binding. Illustration badly smeared on f. 11r, slightly smeared f. 28r., and Binding: ca. 1873. Gold-stamped red goatskin case.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain., Connecticut, and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Dethick, Gilbert, Sir. and Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
- Subject (Topic):
- Devices (Heraldry), Heraldry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Book of arms
5. Chronicles of Nuremberg, 1530-1600
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1600]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 833
- Image Count:
- 365
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript of a chronicle of events in Nuremberg from 1530 to 1600. Summaries of each item are written in the left margins..
- Description:
- In German. and Color illustrations of the coats of arms of Nuremberg patricians, 1530-1600.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Nuremberg (Germany)
- Subject (Topic):
- Heraldry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Chronicles of Nuremberg, 1530-1600
6. Cognizances [art original].
- Creator:
- Tovey, J., active 1793-1801, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1793]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 142 793D
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 382.1. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of six cognizances arranged in two columns, each associated with a name of an English king below
- Description:
- Title written in ink above image., Artist identified as Tovey in the Sotheby's catalogue description of the volume in which this drawing is bound., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Mounted on page 382.1 in volume 2 of James Dallaway's interleaved, extra-illustrated copy of his: Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England. Gloucester : Printed by R. Raikes, for T. Cadell, London, 1793.
- Subject (Topic):
- Heraldry and Emblems
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Cognizances [art original].
7. Collection of pedigrees
- Creator:
- Dale, Robert, -1722
- Published / Created:
- [circa 1700-1715]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 49
- Image Count:
- 128
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Autograph manuscript of a collection of pedigrees and genealogical charts, accompanied by many small illustrations of "arms in trick." Some of the pedigrees are taken from the Lincolnshire and Gloucestershire visitations of the early 1680s. An alphabetical index of the coats of arms represented preceeds the pedigrees
- Description:
- In English., Attributed to Robert Dale by Sir Thomas Phillipps in a pencil note on recto of front flyleaf. Several additional pages at the end of the Dale collection are attributed by Phillipps to Samuel Stebbing., Spine title: Stemmata. List of Crests., Bound with: An Alphabetical List of Crest's copied from a list in the handwriting of Mr. Ra: Thoresby, late of Leeds, Antiquarian, which Manuscript was bought at the sale of his Library in London on 7th May 1763. Manuscript on paper in copperplate script, corrections in a different hand in red ink, 36 p., undated. Phillipps MS 13396., and Binding: nineteenth-century quarter calf over marbled boards.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Dale, Robert, -1722. and Thoresby, Ralph, 1658-1725.
- Subject (Topic):
- Antiquarians, Gentry, Heraldry, and Nobility
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collection of pedigrees
8. Commonplace book: holograph
- Creator:
- Faucket, Jean, fl. 1488-1497
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1497]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 648
- Image Count:
- 273
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Jean Faucket (or Faucquet), Commonplace Book: Holograph. Completed 1497 or later
- Description:
- In French., Four distinct watermarks: one resembles Piccard, vol. 2, IX 96 (Xanten, 1452), one resembles Piccard vol. 2, IX 182 or 190 (Rhine valley, 1470-1480 or Flanders, 1463-70), one closely resembles Briquet 9196 (St. Omer, 1491), and a fourth closely resembles Briquet 8992 or 8993 (Vaudrevange, 1499 and 1493, respectively)., Script: written by the author in a gothic bastarda script., Numerous full color illuminations of coats of arms. Ornate initials in black and red throughout. Rubricated., and Binding: heavy black cloth over boards made of early printed material. Several parchment manuscript fragments which were used in binding are visible in the spine. One contains 12th-century Caroline minuscule and the other contains a gothic bookhand of the 13th-14th century. Damaged, front board detached.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Faucket, Jean, fl. 1488-1497.
- Subject (Topic):
- Commonplace-books, Heraldry, French literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book: holograph
9. De officio militari : and other works
- Creator:
- Upton, Nicholas, 1400?-1457
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1500]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 86
- Image Count:
- 252
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, of this work on heraldry, chivalry and the laws of war. Bound with two illustrated heraldic treatises copied from printed editions: Sensuyt le blason des armes (Lyons: Claude Nourry, 1527) and Treatyses perteynyng to coatarmour (Westminster: Wynkyn de Worde, 1496).
- Alternative Title:
- De studio militari
- Description:
- De officio in Latin; other texts in French and English., Ownership inscription at top of first page: "William Howard 1591.", Bookseller's printed description pasted in on front pastedown., Script: each work in a different professional book hand., Decoration: Headings and initial letters in red and blue; decorated throughout with more than 270 emblazoned coats of arms in colors., and Binding: modern parchment over boards, rebacked.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain., Great Britain, Connecticut, and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Upton, Nicholas, 1400?-1457.
- Subject (Topic):
- Chivalry, Heraldry, Manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Renaissance, and Nobility
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De officio militari : and other works
