Manuscript on paper of eight miracle plays celebrating the life and miracles of St. Nicholas in French verse, with headings and stage directions in Latin
Description:
In French and Latin., Watermark: Crescent, var. Briquet 5175 (1393-1520; the papers recorded by Briquet were used in Geneva, Fribourg and Grandson)., Script: Copied by two scribes writing Gothica Cursiva Currens: A copied ff. 1r-17v; B, writing a larger and more coarse script, copied ff. 18r-25v., There is no decoration., and Binding: Undecorated original limp parchment binding. At the top of the rear cover the handwritten contemporary title: “Papirus ludi sancti Nycholay Peialbi?? (Petri Albi = Aubepierre-sur-Aube?)”. On the inner side of the cover is a Latin notarial document on parchment, dated 24 November 1371.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Nicholas, Saint, Bp. of Myra.
Subject (Topic):
French poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Mysteries and miracle-plays
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)
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of the text of Love's translation of the Meditationes vitae Christi. Interpolated is an anonymous Middle English translation of the Meditationes de passione Christi
Description:
In Middle English., Ownership inscription of Sir John Gage on f. 126., Layout: single columns of 24 lines., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: initials in blue with red penwork; six initials in red., and Binding: nineteenth-century vellum.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Love, Nicholas, active 1410.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature, English prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of Love's translation of the Meditationes vitae Christi
Description:
In Middle English., All corners repaired, not affecting main text block. Approximately 34 missing leaves; replaced by manuscript copies of the missing text in a modern cursive., Layout: single columns of 32 lines., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: rubricated. Some marginal note initials in blue with red penwork., and Binding: nineteenth-century blind-tooled brown morocco.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Love, Nicholas, active 1410.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature, English prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on parchment of The Mirrour of the Blessed Lyf of Jesu Crist, translated into English by Nicholas Love. With Memorandum stating that the original copy of the translation was given to Thomas Arundell, Abp. of Canterbury, for his approval, in 1410
Description:
In Middle English., Script: Written by one hand in bastard Anglicana., Initials at beginning of each day, 4-line, on ff. 22r, 34r, 53r, 106r, gold against pink and blue grounds, with white filigree, partial borders of acanthus leaves and daisy buds in purple, pink, orange and blue, black hair-spray with green leaves and gold dots. (Similar initials or more important decoration probably occurred on the folios missing at the beginning of Prohemium, Monday, Friday and Chapter 64.) 3- and 2-lines initials gold against pink and blue, with white filigree, short border of hair-spray with green leaves and gold dots. 1-line initials and paragraph marks gold with blue penwork or blue with red used in text and in running titles and notations in outer margin. Line-fillers in blue and gold; rubrics throughout., Outer margin of f. 37 cut off., and Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Olive green goatskin, blind-tooled, with gold-tooled label. Two clasp-and-catch fastenings. Bound by Zaehnsdorf (London, ca. 1842-1930). Original flyleaf (f. iv) is a bifolium, inserted sideways, from a manuscript written in England, 14th century, in Anglicana formata. On the recto and verso at top, portions of a prose text by Richard Rolle; on the recto and verso at bottom, Rolle's Commandment of Love.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Love, Nicholas, fl. 1410. and Rolle, Richard, of Hampole, 1290?-1349.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of the complete text of Love's translation of the Meditationes vitae Christi, a text often attributed to Pseudo-Bonaventure or Johannes de Caulibus. This version concludes with the "additional" chapter on the sacrament
Description:
In Middle English., Presentation inscription at end of text, in red ink: This booke is gyffyne to Allyse Belacyse. Be the gyfte of Johane Countesse of kente., Presentation inscription following the previous, in black ink: I Allyse Belacyse, gyfe this booke to Elysabeth my serua[n]t wt. my handys., Layout: single columns of 34 lines., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: illuminated initial and a full illuminated bar border on the first page of text; other illuminated initials., and Binding: eighteenth-century full paneled calf, gilt. Six-compartmented spine, decorated, gilt. Spine tag in red leather: Lyffe of Jesu Criste.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and England.
Subject (Name):
Love, Nicholas, active 1410.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Women, and Books and reading
Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of the complete text of Love's translation of the Meditationes vitae Christi, a text often attributed to Pseudo-Bonaventure or Johannes de Caulibus. The manuscript also contains John Lydgate's Fifteen joys of Our Lady and the anonymous poems, The fifteen ooes of Christ and The charter of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Description:
In Middle English., Layout: single columns of 45 lines., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: illuminated initial and three-quarter border on first page of text; three other illuminated initials with gold., Verse ownership inscriptions of Erkynwald Gyttyns on three back flyleaves, accompanied by pen trials and sketches., Ownership inscription of Francis Layton on verso of third front flyleaf., and Binding: eighteenth-century half calf over marbled boards.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Love, Nicholas, active 1410. and Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature, English poetry, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on of a large personal collection of stray notes and excerpts, mostly in Latin under strong influence of Italian dialect, rarely in Italian, dealing especially and in great detail with confession and penance, interrogations by the confessor, the sacraments, sins and vices, the duties of the priest, etc. Quotations from Ambrose, Augustine, Bernard of Clairvaux, the Bible, Cicero, Gregory the Great, Isidore of Seville, Jerome, John Chrysostom, Thomas Aquinas, and others. There is a particular interest in magic and heathen practises. See further, catalog description
Description:
Script: copied in Humanistica or Gothico-Humanistica Cursiva, probably by a single hand, at various moments and in various degrees of rapidity. The display script is large Humanistica Textualis or large Southern Gothica Texualis. and In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Fathers of the church, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper of 1) Poem warning against sin. 2) Sermons. 3) Notes on Christian, historical and other subjects, sermons, commonplaces, recipes etc. This is followed by notes on the churches and other buildings of the city, and the relics kept in the churches. 4) Latin proverbs and quotations in alphabetical order. The sources as far as indicated are the Bible, the Church Fathers, a few Christian authors of the Middle Ages, pagan authors and philosophers. 5) Notes on monuments in Sinigallia. 6) Latin verses in honor of the Virgin. 7) Text of epitaphs in churches at Sinigallia, dated 1600-1602, in which the family names have been replaced by "N." With historical notes, astronomical tables, and a list of herbs
Description:
In Italian., Script: Various scribes, mostly writing Humanistica Cursiva Currens difficult to decipher. Some parts are written by a more calligraphic hand, especially the original parts of artt. 4, 6 and 7., There is no decoration., The paper badly damaged by the acid ink, often impairing legibility. Some texts much faded., and Binding: Modern blue paper wrappers; on the spine a paper label with the printed inscription "ITALIAN MISCELLANY. MS. c. 1650".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Senigallia (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Italian poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, Sermons, and Sermons, Italian
Manuscript on paper (various sizes and qualities) of a collection of notes and documents mostly related to Italian cities, dioceses and abbeys; Eastern churches and monasticism; and Central Europe; but containing also saints' lives, poetry, letters, archaeological treatises, etc
Description:
In Latin, Italian, French and Greek., Script: many different hands writing Humanistica Cursiva or Gothica Cursiva, sometimes in careful, but mostly in rapid execution., A few pen and ink drawings., Composed of numerous detached pieces (numbered and occasionally annotated by an English hand (1890-1900)), in various hands, some original, but mostly copies of documents and manuscript books, and often almost illegible due to the use of acid ink or the cursivity of the script. Many blank pages; many (blank?) leaves got lost after the codex was foliated., and Binding: 18th century (?). Quarter parchment over pasteboard, the covers in marbled paper. Flat spine gold-tooled, with red leather label carrying gold-tooled inscription "MANUSCRIT. / 16. SIÈCLE".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Italy
Subject (Topic):
Eastern churches, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, and Description and travel
