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19. Summa theologica (fragment).
- Creator:
- Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1300-1325]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 109
- Container / Volume:
- (File) (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment of a bifolium, containing part of the text the Summa theologica, II. ii, Quaestiones 20-21 and 24, v-ix.
- Description:
- In Latin., Fragment recovered from a binding; damaged and incomplete., Layout: double columns of 54 lines each., Script: gothic bookhand., and Decoration: initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Summa theologica (fragment).
20. 47 letters and papers from the Office of the Exchequer, 1554-1706
- Call Number:
- Osborn fa18
- Image Count:
- 160
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 47 letters and documents, on paper (one document on parchment) in various cursive scripts, produced in England between 1554 and 1706. Mostly from the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods, they consist of claims for expenses, wages, and other benefits. They include an account of a banquet (15 November 1561), signed by the Marquis of Winchester and Sir Walter Mildmay; a Claim for Allowances (1563) by Sir Thomas Chaloner, Ambassador to Spain; L. S. (1578) by Lord Burgley about money to be sent to Ireland and mentioning Sir Philip Sidney; A. L. S. (1597) by George, Lord Hunsdon; A. K. S. (Chester, 11 Aug. 1601) by the antiquary and mathematician Edward Brerewood to the Privy Council. The documents also include signatures of other government officials and nobles and The documents derive from the papers of Robert Petre, Auditor for the Exchequer, and his colleague Vincent Skinner
- Description:
- In English. and Binding: Middle Hill boards, spine missing.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603., James I, King of England, 1566-1625., and Great Britain. Exchequer.
- Subject (Topic):
- Finance, Public and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 47 letters and papers from the Office of the Exchequer, 1554-1706
21. Benedictional (fragment)
- Published / Created:
- [between 920 and 940]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 89
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment, on vellum, in a single hand, containing the conclusion of the blessing for Easter Day; the entire blessing for the following Monday and Tuesday; and the beginning of the blessing for the Wednesday after Easter
- Description:
- In Latin., Layout: single column of 18 lines., Script: Anglo-Saxon minuscule., and Decoration: Rubricated. Initials in red ink.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Benedictionals, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Benedictional (fragment)
22. 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
23. Indenture of receipt, 1540 Feb 27.
- Call Number:
- Osborn fa37
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript inventory, on parchment, in a secretary hand, of ceremonial plate and jewels collected from religious houses in Hampshire, Wiltshire, Glocestershire, Wiltshire, and Hertfordshire by several of the King's Commissioners for the suppression of the monasteries and turned over to the Master of the King's Jewels. The commissioners named include Robert Southwell, Edward Carne, John Ap Rice, and William Barnes. The sources of the plate were some of the larger houses targeted in the 1539 Act for the Dissolution of the Greater Monasteries and include St. Swithun's Winchester, Amesbury, Malmesbury, Cirencester, Hailes, Pershore, and Tewksbury. The plate listed comprises chalices; crosses; monstrances; cups; a pyx; gold mitres, and "thirteen other Myters garnisshd with perles." and Composed of one sheet of parchment; head indented
- Description:
- In English., Signed, "by me John Williams" (Master of the King's Jewels)., Binding: modern quarter morocco case., and Bookplate: Mark Lansburgh Collection.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.
- Subject (Topic):
- Church plate, Convents, Church and state, Monasteries, Monasticism and religious orders, and Secularization
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Indenture of receipt, 1540 Feb 27.
24. Lancelot du Lac : Part I, sections A and B.
- Published / Created:
- [14th century]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 42
- Image Count:
- 723
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in multiple scribal hands, of sections A and B of Part I of the Lancelot series of Arthurian romances. These sections cover Lancelot's birth, upbringing, adventures as a Knight of the Round Table, and passion for Queen Guenevere
- Description:
- In Middle French., Layout: double columns of 50-53 lines., Script: gothic (multiple scribes)., Decoration: large historiated initial at the opening of each section; smaller initials in red and blue penwork., and Binding: early nineteenth-century? red silk velvet binding; gilt decoration on spine. Gilt leather spine tag: Lancelot du Lac. M S.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Lancelot (Legendary character)
- Subject (Topic):
- Arthurian romances, French literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Lancelot du Lac : Part I, sections A and B.
25. Life of Alexander the great : and the Romance of Troas
- Published / Created:
- [1400-1499]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 50
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 310
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript volume, on paper, containing two secular vernacular romances attributed in the dedication to a single unidentified author. The first, I Nobili Fatti di Alessandro Magno, is an Italian translation of the Latin version of the life of Alexander the Great by Pseudo-Callisthenes. The second text is The Romance of Troas. Troas, a descendant of Hector, is the king of Thessaly; his son Troiano journeys to Britain and joins the army of King Arthur's father, Uther Pendragon, who is leading an army of Britons, Trojans and Romans against the Greeks
- Description:
- In Italian., Ownership inscription and drawing of arms of "Alessandro dale Carte" on rear flyleaf., Bookplate of Sir Thomas Phillipps on front pastedown; Phillipps MS number inscribed on recto of f1., Layout: single columns of variable length., Script: Italian cursive bookhand., Decoration: Rubricated (ff. 1-91 only)., and Binding: nineteenth-century half-calf, rebacked.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Troy (Extinct city)
- Subject (Name):
- Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C. and Pseudo-Callisthenes.
- Subject (Topic):
- Arthurian romances, Italian prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Uther Pendragon (Legendary character)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Life of Alexander the great : and the Romance of Troas
26. Petition by Joan, widow of William Rykyll to Baron Bergavenny
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1500]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 75
- Container / Volume:
- File
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript document, on parchment, in a single hand, containing the petition of Joan, widow of William Rykyll to Baron Bergavenny for the restoration of her rights in land held of Robert Lindsey, in Kent, from which she has been disseized by Edward Lindsey and Rose, his wife and the daughter of William Rykyll
- Description:
- In Middle English., Docketed in a contemporary hand., Layout: single column of 14 lines., and Script: Anglicana.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., England., England, and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Bergavenny, George Neville, Baron.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval, Feudal law, Land tenure, and Women
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Petition by Joan, widow of William Rykyll to Baron Bergavenny
27. Precedents and several other things contained in this booke : some pattents, funeralls, some coates
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1600-1649]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 48
- Image Count:
- 410
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Precedents and several other things contained in this booke : some pattents, funeralls, some coates
