Manuscript, on paper, probably in the hand of William Elstob, containing a transcription of the Anglo-Saxon legal text known as Judex and readings for the text of several Anglo-Saxon law codes
Description:
In Old English and Latin., Collation note in Latin dated September 4, 1714 bears the initials G.E. (Gulielmus--William--Elstob) and E.E. (Elizabeth Elstob)., and This manuscript was probably part of William Elstob's projected editon of Anglo-Saxon legal manuscripts.
Subject (Geographic):
England., England, and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Elstob, Elizabeth, 1683-1756. and Elstob, William, 1673-1715.
Manuscript fragment, on parchment, in a single hand, of text from the "Lyfe of Sylvester" in the Gilte Legende
Description:
In Middle English., From Takamiya MS 45: Doheny Collection of single leaves., Layout: double columns of forty lines., Script: English bookhand., and Decoration: initials in blue with red penwork.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
English prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Saints
Manuscript, on vellum, containing the text of the prophetic books of the Old Testament, including Baruch, with prologues and commentary. The extensive gloss surrounds the centered Biblical text
Description:
In Latin., Layout: Biblical text centered, single column, variable length; surrounding gloss written in double columns of 65-75 lines., Script: gothic script. Letters in Biblical text larger than in glosses., Decoration: 18 small historiated initials and approximately 30 other illuminated initials; numerous blue and red penwork initials with red or lilac penwork decoration; rubricated., and Binding: modern blind-stamped red morocco gilt, by Riviere.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Versions, Vulgate, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
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 parchment, in a single hand, containing an herbal in prose and verse. The volume opens with two Middle English poems, showing traces of East Anglian dialect, describing a variety of herbs and their medicinal properties, as well as accepted cures and prescriptions for a number of ailments. These are followed by Middle English and Latin prose texts also concerning herbal medicine
Description:
In Middle English and Latin., Laid in: parchment fragment probably recovered from earlier binding., Layout: single columns of 33 lines., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: some initials, headings and words in red ink., and Binding: modern vellum boards.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
English poetry, English prose literature, Herbals, Herbs, Therapeutic use, Manuscripts, Medieval, Medicine, and Medicine, Medieval
Manuscript leaf, parchment, in a single hand, containing text from the Homiliae in Evangelia of Gregory the Great
Description:
In Latin., Leaf also contains the ownership inscription of the Cistercian of Santa Maria della Columba, followed by an anathema against theft., Layout: single column, varying length., and Script: proto-gothic.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Piacenza (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604. and Santa Maria della Columba (Monastery : Piacenza, Italy)
