Legal document, in a professional hand, signed by the first Baron Lumley, containing an acquittance for 2500 pounds received from Edward Greville for the manor of Mickleton in Gloucestershire
Description:
In English., Docketed in later hands., and Attached seal (worn).
Subject (Geographic):
England, Connecticut, New Haven., and Gloucestershire (England)
Subject (Name):
Greville, Edward, Sir, 1542-1616. and Lumley, John Lumley, Baron, 1534?-1609.
Manuscript, on parchment, incomplete, of a Carthusian psalter with the Canticles and the Creed, with musical notation
Description:
In Latin., Incomplete. Text ends with Psalm 77., Layout: single columns of 24 lines., Script: large gothic script., Decoration: smaller initial in alternate red and blue; 12 historiated initials; full illuminated border to one page with figures of Carthusian monks and an abbot., and Binding: contemporary pigskin over wooden boards; metal clasps, corner pieces and central bosses.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Germany
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church and Carthusians.
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Prayers and devotions, Manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Renaissance, and Psalters
Manuscript on paper, incomplete, containing a catalogue of acts of Parliament from approximately 1488 to 1610 ("septimo Jacobi Reg."). Formerly part of a larger volume; the leaves are numbered 280-370
Description:
In English., Script: secretary script., and Binding: disbound.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., Great Britain, and England
Manuscript compendium of astronomical and astrological texts, including a version of the Kalendarium of Regiomontanus, with lunar eclipse tables for the years 1475-1530 and a solar calendar for 1475-1513. Other contents include a number of astronomical and astrological tables and texts. including a poem on auspicious and inauspicious days (first line: "Fortunata dies operum disponere causas"); the Canon de aspectibus planetarum; the Cognitiones naturarum secundum nativtates; and a variety of prognostic texts based on zodiac signs and the day of the week on which January 1 falls in a given year. The volume also contains several quadrant diagrams and a working volvelle
Description:
In Latin., Bookseller description available., Inscribed at the head of 2r: S[an]c[t]i Cristofori Taurini Ad usu[m] fr[atr]is Anto[ni]i de lanteo., Signature of Joseff Gregri da Bologna? on back cover., Bookplate of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman on front pastedown., Tipped in before f1: printed catalog description of this volume, undated., Layout: main text in single columns of approximately 35 lines; wide margins., Script: gothica textualis italiana., Decoration: rubricated. Initials in red and blue ink, some with penwork flourishing; many blank spaces for initials. Illustrations of lunar eclipses. Charts, diagrams, and volvelles in red, blue and brown ink., and Binding: contemporary boards, rebacked.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Regiomontanus, Joannes, 1436-1476.
Subject (Topic):
Astrology, Astrology, Italian, Astronomy, Calendars, Lunar eclipses, Quadrants (Astronomical instruments), Solar eclipses, Manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Renaissance, and Zodiac
Manuscript leaves, on parchment, in a single hand, from a text of Terence's Comedies
Description:
In Latin., Attributed to the Florentine scribe "Messer Marco" (Giovanni d'Astore?)., Layout: single columns of 30 lines., Script: humanist script., and Decoration: initials in blue ink.
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
Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of a collection of annotated coats of arms for 177 members of the Knights of the Round Table. Each knight is represented by a coat of arms drawn in trick and followed by an explanation of each device and its appropriateness to that knight. The main text is preceded by a nine page text, "De l'invention des armes," and followed by a "Briefue narration de la table ronde."
Description:
In Middle French., Modern title page in English bound in before original title page., Printed bookseller description pasted in on verso of rear flyleaf., Layout: Single columns of varying length. Armorial entries begin with the name of the knight and a pen and ink drawing of his coat of arms in trick, followed by a descriptive paragraph,, Script: secretary., Decoration: 177 pen and ink drawings in trick of coats of arms., and Binding: eighteenth-century green velvet over boards; silver castle ornament mounted on front cover.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Arthurian romances
Subject (Name):
Arthur, King
Subject (Topic):
Heraldry, Manuscripts, Renaissance, and Arthurian romances
Autograph manuscript, signed, of a highly decorated and illustrated genealogy of the rulers of England from Egbert of Wessex to Queen Elizabeth I. The genealogical trees are illustrated with coats of arms, in full color, as well as marriage symbols and other decorations. Pages 13-14 and 33-34 are parchment rather than paper and contain an abbreviated and stylized family tree for Elizabeth I; color illustrations of an angelic figure with a trumpet and an armored knight; and a full-color chart with the white and red roses of York and Lancaster as the central roundel containing the name of Elizabeth I. The charts are followed by "Briefe observations of the disposition, of everie severall kynge of England from William the Conqueror untill this present 1592." The text concludes with Colman's monogram in red ink. The volume concludes with a full-color illustration of the coat of arms of Sir Francis Bacon
Description:
In English., Ownership inscription on front flyleaf: H. Crofts., Bookplate: Sir John Saunders Seabright., Script: English secretary script., Decoration: numerous illustrations of coats of arms and other genealogical decorations. Full-page, full-color illustrations on pages 13-14 and page 34., Title from spine., and Binding: eighteenth-century half russia, gilt.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. and Colman, Morgan.
Subject (Topic):
Heraldry, Kings and rulers, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Renaissance
Manuscript document, signed by William Fellow, Norroy King of Arms, granting Richard Revell of Shorlonglegge (Shirland) in Derbyshire a crest for his coat of arms
Description:
In English., Signed: "Norrey King of Arms of the north.", Seals of William Fellow and of the office of Norroy King of Arms suspended from document., Layout: single column of 20 lines., Script: secretary script., and Decoration: Portrait figure of Norrey King of Arms within the initial "T," in full color; illustration of Revell's coat of arms with the newly granted crest filling left margin, in full color; floral border, top and right margins, in full color.
Subject (Geographic):
England., England, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Fellow, William, -1546., Revell, Robert, 1502-1555., and College of Arms (Great Britain)
Subject (Topic):
Heraldry, Manuscripts, Renaissance, and Visitations, Heraldic
Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of a genealogy of the rulers of England from Brutus and Julius Caesar to James I, containing short biographies of each individual and illustrated with their emblazoned coats of arms
Description:
In English., Spine title: Arms of the Nobility of England. MS. 1042-1619., Script: English secretary hand., Decoration: more than 600 emblazoned coats of arms, in full color., and Binding: nineteenth-century full polished calf, by Clarke & Bedford.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Heraldry, Kings and rulers, Biography, Genealogy, Manuscripts, Renaissance, and Nobility
Manuscript on paper of the inventory of the archives kept at Whitehall palace
Description:
In English., Script: copied by various hands in Gothica Cursiva (Secretary). Many blank pages., Manuscript on paper of the inventory of the archives kept at Whitehall palace, the principal royal residence in London from 1530-1698., Many leaves blank; modern foliation does not include blanks., and Binding: paper cover.
Manuscript, on paper, in the hand of John Stow, of the opening section of John Leslie's Historie of Scotland. This copy ends in the middle of the account of the year 1512
Description:
In English., Layout: single column of 46-48 lines., and Script: mixed cursive.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Connecticut, New Haven., and Scotland
Subject (Name):
Stow, John, 1525?-1605.
Subject (Topic):
Antiquarians, Manuscripts, Renaissance, and History
Letter signed, on parchment, from Pope Leo X to Cardinal Albrecht (Albert) of Brandenburg concerning the appointment of Marino Caracciolo as papal nuncio to the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V. The body of the letter is in the hand of Ludovico degli Arrighi, a Vatican chancery scribe
Description:
In Latin., Layout: single column of five lines., and Script: italic cursive.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Albrecht, of Brandenburg, Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, Cardinal, 1490-1545., Arrighi, Ludovico degli, approximately 1480-1527., Caracciolo, Marino., Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558., and Leo X, Pope, 1475-1521.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Renaissance, Diplomatic and consular service, Papal States, and Papal nuncios
Adolf, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, 1526-1586
Published / Created:
1560 September 10.
Call Number:
Takamiya MS 128
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Letter, signed, thanking Queen Elizabeth for conferring the Order of the Garter on him. The Duke apologizes in advance for his absence from the ceremony, owing to his war with the Swedes, and requests that he be represented by Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex
Description:
In Latin., Signed: "Adolf Holsatia Dux," with monogram SH as the initial letter of the second word., Annotated with probable catalog number (Phillipps?): 33068., Seal: pendant red wax seal of Duke Adolf., Layout: single column of 14 lines., and Script: Italic.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., England, Schleswig-Holstein (Germany), and England.
Subject (Name):
Adolf, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, 1526-1586., Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603., Essex, Walter Devereux, Earl of, 1541-1576., and Order of the Garter.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Renaissance, Orders of knighthood and chivalry, and Foreign relations
Manuscript copy, on parchment, in several scribal hands, of this English ordinary of arms, containing approximately 1600 coats of arms in full color, with descriptive annotations. The manuscript also contains approximately 300 shields outlined but left blank. This manuscript is the oldest recorded copy of the Queen Margaret version of this text
Description:
In French., Autograph and notes by Sir Syndey Cockerell on front flyleaf; autograph of Brian S. Cron on front flyleaf., Layout: coats of arms arranged in three rows of four on each page, with descriptive notes above each., Script: cursive bookhand., Decoration: coats of arms in full color; some initials in red or blue., and Binding: contemporary binding of reversed white leather over wooden boards.
Subject (Geographic):
England., England, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Heraldry, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Renaissance
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single late Beneventan hand, probably that of a nun, containing a collection of 27 prayers by Saint Thomas Aquinas and others for use at Mass
Description:
In Latin., Ff. 74v-75r contain 20 lines of a prayer: "O sacro sanctissimo ochino di pieta," in an Italic script., Layout: single columns of 14 lines., Script: late Beneventan miniscule., Decoration: Extensive. Many small capitals alternately blue and gold with penwork in red and purple. 30 three-line and rwo-line initials either in burnished gold with purple penwork or dark blue with red penwork; very large illuminated initial on opening page with leafy design and burnished gold outlined in red enclosing formal floral pattern, with full-length bar extending into upper and lower margins., Binding: 16th century limp parchment. Cover is made from a 15th-century portolan chart of part of the Adriatic coast of Apulia (Schøyen Collection title: Portolan map of the Adriatic Coast of Apulia in the kingdom of Napoli from Rinaldo south as far as Port Badisco, including Otranto and inland towns with little hills.) 230 mm x 160 mm (flattened). Lettering of portolan in small humanist hand., and Binding: green gilt quarter morocco folding case, Aquarius, 1995, with Schøyen Collection bookplate.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Renaissance, and Portolan charts
Manuscript, in several different hands, of a compilation of grants of arms, pedigrees registered by the College of Arms, rules of precedence and orders of ceremonies, and related documents. Thought to have been largely compiled by John Philipot, Somerset Herald of Arms (1589?-1645), the volume contains copies of documents originally created between 1563 and 1688
Description:
In English, with a small amount of Latin., Contents preceded by "A Table of the Graunts of Armes contained in this booke" and "A Callender of what is contained in this Booke.", Title transcribed from front cover., Printed bookseller's description pasted on inside front cover., and Binding: contemporary limp parchment; remains of ties.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Philipot, John, 1589?-1645. and College of Arms (Great Britain)
Subject (Topic):
Gentry, Heraldry, Manuscripts, Renaissance, Nobility, Precedence, and Kings and rulers
Manuscript, on paper, in two secretary hands. The Roll of Battle Abbey, in English, on the first two pages, is followed by a chronicle of the kings of Britain from Noah to Edward IV. The text, in Latin, emphasizes the descent of the early kings from Brutus; the account of the life and reign of King Arthur contains details from Geoffrey of Monmouth's account as well as from the Mabinogion and from Nennius's Historia. The layout of the volume reflects the origin of the text in roll format; the descent of the kings and noble families after Edward I are outlined in the genealogical diagrams but without accompanying narrative text
Description:
Almost entirely In Latin; Roll of Battle Abbey in English., Auction catalog description pasted onto front pastedown, with annotation concerning purchase at Sir Edward Coates' sale, Sotheby's July 9, 1923., Bookplate: Fairfax of Cameron armorial bookplate., Ownership inscription of Charles Fairfax on front flyleaf., Layout: double columns of 48 lines, incorporating genealogical charts., Script: secretary script in two different hands., Decoration: in the Chronicle, names in genealogical charts in roundels with lines of descent in various colors; pen and ink illustrations of coats of arms and four drawings of cities, in color., and Binding: seventeenth-century full calf, gilt ornament on covers, with the initials C. and F. in blind; remains of green silk ties.
Illuminated manuscript, on vellum, of the Sextus liber decretalium, with the commentary of a Johannes Andreae
Description:
In Latin., L1r contains a pecia copyist's notation: "F xviii.", Bifolium formerly used as an archival wrapper., Layout: Principal text in double columns of up to 30 lines; surrounding commentary in 89 lines., Script: rounded gothic (two sizes)., Decoration: two historiated initials against burnished gold., and Binding: modern boards.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Boniface VIII, Pope, -1303.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval and Manuscripts, Renaissance
Autograph manuscript, signed, on paper, of a list of many of the Knights of the Round Table and summaries of their histories as given in Thomas Malory's Morte d'Arthur. Some entries are accompanied by pen-and-ink drawings of coats of arms. The work may have been modeled on Les devise des armes de chevaliers de la table ronde, published by Antoine Verard. Grinken's preface notes that he has not included "many faned and vaine taylles" and connects his interest in the Round Table with Prince Arthur's Knights, the archery fellowship founded by "Kynge Henry of fames memory." The preface concludes with "vivat Regina."
Description:
In English., Title devised by cataloger., Book stamp of a lion rampant with autograph annotation by Sir Thomas Phillipps., Layout: single columns of 26 lines each., Script: secretary., Decoration: 33 armorial devices in ink; many blank shields in pencil., and Binding: eighteenth-century full calf; arms of John Lewis Goldsmid on front cover in gilt.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Arthur, King and Grinken, John.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Renaissance, Arthurian romances, and English prose literature
