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 ma...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Arthur, King and Grinken, John.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Renaissance, Arthurian romances, and English prose literature
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 B...
Description:
Almost entirely In Latin; Roll of Battle Abbey in English.
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, Somer...
Description:
In English, with a small amount of Latin.
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 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.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Renaissance, and Portolan charts
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 lef...
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
England., England, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Heraldry, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Renaissance
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...
Description:
In Latin.
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
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 Arr...
Description:
In Latin.
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
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.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Connecticut, New Haven., and Scotland
Subject (Name):
Stow, John, 1525?-1605.
Subject (Topic):
Antiquarians, Manuscripts, Renaissance, and History
