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1. Acquittance for Edward Greville
- Creator:
- Lumley, John Lumley, Baron, 1534?-1609
- Published / Created:
- 1594 November 10.
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 126
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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.
- Subject (Topic):
- Land tenure and Manuscripts, Renaissance
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Acquittance for Edward Greville
2. Carthusian Psalter with Canticles and Creed
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1550]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 11
- Image Count:
- 160
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carthusian Psalter with Canticles and Creed
3. Catalogue of Parliamentary acts
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1610?]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 26
- Container / Volume:
- File (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 182
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Renaissance, Law, and Session laws
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Catalogue of Parliamentary acts
4. Collection of astronomical texts
- Published / Created:
- approximately 1470-1530.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1274
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 131
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collection of astronomical texts
5. Comedies (fragments)
- Creator:
- Terence
- Published / Created:
- [circa 1485]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 83
- Container / Volume:
- (File) (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Terence.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Renaissance and Latin drama (Comedy)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Comedies (fragments)
6. 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
7. Devise des armes des chevaliers de la table ronde : lequels estoyent du tres renomme et verteux Artus Roy de la grand Bretaigne avecq la description de leurs armoires
- Published / Created:
- [1500-1599]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 124
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 216
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Devise des armes des chevaliers de la table ronde : lequels estoyent du tres renomme et verteux Artus Roy de la grand Bretaigne avecq la description de leurs armoires
8. Genealogies of the kings of England
- Creator:
- Colman, Morgan
- Published / Created:
- 1592.
- Call Number:
- Osborn fa56
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 91
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Genealogies of the kings of England
9. Grant of a crest to Robert Revell of Shorlonglegge
- Published / Created:
- 1546 July 10.
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 127
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Grant of a crest to Robert Revell of Shorlonglegge
