Manuscript, on parchment, in at least two hands, of the commentary on the fourth book of Peter Lombard's Sentences by Petrus de Tarantasia's (later Pope Innocent V). This manuscript is a palimpsest; the parchment is from at least three unidentified thirteenth century Italian manuscripts. The first, apparently a glossed legal text, is most apparent at f21-22v
Description:
In Latin., Ff. 89-80, back flyleaf and former pastedown, is a bifolium in a different, round gothic bookhand, containing part of an alphabetical index to an unidentified legal text., Foliation given as found in the manuscript, including six foliated stubs., Ownership inscription in the lower margin of f1r: Iste liber est conventus sancti dominici de gayeta ordinis predicatorum..., Laid in: fragment of a description of the manuscript, in French, in a nineteenth-century hand., Layout: double columns throughout, mostly of 60-65 lines each. Four-column list of chapter headings on f87v-88v., Script: semi-cursive gothic bookhand., Decoration: two-line initials in pen and ink., and Binding: eighteenth-century half sheep; patterned paper over pasteboards.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Innocent V, Pope, approximately 1224-1276., Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1100-1160., Dominicans., and San Domenico (Church : Gaeta, Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Palimpsests, and Theology, Doctrinal
Manuscript on paper of 1) Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita, Epistolae, translated into Latin by Iohannes Sarracenus (?). 2) Commentary by Albertus Magnus (here ascribed to Thomas Aquinas) on art. 1. 3) Commentary on a poem on Book I of the Sentences of Peter the Lombard. 4) Commentary on a poem on Book II, Distinctiones 1-6 of the Sentences of Peter the Lombard
Description:
In Latin., Script: Art. 1-2 written by a single scribe in two variants of Humanistic script: art. 1 (the text) in Humanistica Textualis, art. 2 (the commentary) after some hesitation in a very similar form of Humanistica Cursiva. Art. 3-4 written by a single scribe in Gothica Hybrida Libraria under Humanistic influence, of greasy appearance; a larger size is used for the poetical parts., The majuscules in art. 1-2 are heightened in dark yellow. Headings in red. Red calligraphic initials throughout the manuscript by the same hand (3 lines in artt. 1-2, 2 lines in artt. 3-4). At the opening of art. 1 a 9-line blue Renaissance initial with white vinestem decoration without background. At the opening of art. 3 a red (?) 3-line initial with some flourishing., The book is excessively trimmed; especially in artt. 3-4 the lower margins are extremely narrow. The paper is badly damaged by the acidity of the ink., and Binding: Seventeenth century (?). Limp vellum. At the top of the front cover: "M.S." in ink. Spine with three raised bands. In the second compartment the title in ink "S. Dionis. Epistol@".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Pseudo-Dionysius, the Areopagite.
Subject (Topic):
Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, Scholasticism, and Theology, Doctrinal
Manuscript on paper composed in three parts. Part I: Nicolas of Amiens, De articulis fidei catholicae. Part II: Johannes de Rupescissa, Prophecy. Part III: Various unidentified religious texts
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: Parts I and II: unidentified crossed arrows, in gutter. Part III: unidentified balance, in gutter., Script: Part I (ff. 1-24): Written by one scribe in large gothic cursive. Part II (ff. 25-27): Gothic cursive script by one person. Part III (ff. 28-75): Gothic cursive by two hands: Scribe 1) ff. 28r-64r, and Scribe 2) ff. 64v-72r., Part I: 2-line initials, paragraph marks and underlining in red. Part III: Headings, strokes on 1-line capitals, underlining and chapter numbers in margin all in red. On f. 30r, a crude 3-line initial in red with brown penwork, including a bear's head (?) above and a man's head at side; on ff. 33v, 44v, 46v a grotesque in profile., Stains on ff. 1r and 24, ff. 25r and 27v, and ff. 28r and 75v suggest that each part was once a separate booklet., and Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Black cloth spine with olive green decorated paper sides.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Nicolas of Amiens.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, Prophecy, Christianity, and Theology, Doctrinal
Manuscript on parchment (thick, furry) of an anonymous catena of Eucharistic proof texts
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written by several scribes, perhaps at different times, in early gothic bookhand., Plain initials in red or green (spaces left for others), followed by rustic capitals. Heading, in red, on f. 1r. Simple schematic drawings to explicate the text of art. 20 (ff. 21r, 22r)., Some loss of text due to trimming on f. 23v., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown goatskin, blind- and gold-tooled.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Eusebius Gallicanus.
Subject (Topic):
Catenae, Fathers of the church, Lord's Supper, Manuscripts, Medieval, Sermons, and Theology, Doctrinal
Prosper, of Aquitaine, Saint, approximately 390-approximately 463
Published / Created:
[between 1400 and 1425]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 15
Image Count:
230
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on parchment of Prosper Aquitanus, Epigrammata ex sententiis Sancti Augustini. With Johannes Shepey, Sermones
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written in various styles of Anglicana, with some portions in gothic bookhand, by four scribes. Scribe 1) ff. 1r-10r; Scribe 2) ff. 10v-30r; Scribe 3) ff. 31r-107v; Scribe 4) f. 75r to the top of 76r (perhaps to supply text missing from the exemplar)., Blue initials with elaborate red, blue, and black penwork borders that almost totally encompass the written space on ff. 1r and 31r (trimmed along upper and outer edges); similar initials in blue with red penwork designs extending entire length of folio introduce each new section of text., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown sheepskin, blind- and gold-tooled. Rebacked.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. and Prosper, of Aquitaine, Saint, approximately 390-approximately 463.
Subject (Topic):
Epigrams, Latin, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Scholia, Sermons, and Theology, Doctrinal
Miscellaneous Syriac texts, as follows: 1. "Pauline Epistles". The end only (folio 1a). 2. "Questions by Queen of Sheba to King Solomon" (folios 1b-2b). 3. Letter of Philoxenus of Mabbug to Patrikios (Patricius) of Edessa (folios 3a-4b). 4. Miscellaneous sayings: 2 by Philoxenus?, 4 by Euagrius, 1 by Abba Isaiah (folio 4b). 5. "Confession of faith" by Philoxenus of Mabbug (folios 4b-7b). 6. Holy Commandments of the Gospel (folios 7b-9a), attributed to John of Lycopolis (or of Apameia), also the Solitary, or "Seer and Prophet". 7. "Commandments" (folios 9a-29b), from the Gospels, the Pauline and Catholic Epistles, and the Prophets. 8. "About the Sacraments" (folios 29b-56b). The codex ends with a long colophon in verse (page 111) followed by (page 112) a quotation from Moses bar Kēphā (813?-903) on the resurrection of the bodies. Name of copyist and place and date of copying not, mentioned probably from the early 18th century
Description:
In Syriac., Title supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., 1. "Pauline Epistles", end only (folio 1a): "... ʻAm kulkún. Amín. Šelmat Egartā dalwat ʻEbrāyē d-etkatbat men Íṭālyā b-yad Ṭímataʼwus d-ʼít bāh qeryānē KB ... Šlemy Egrātā d-Ṭúbānā Šlíḥā Pawlús d-ítayhún arbaʻesrē egrātā ..." (With all of you. Amen. The Epistle to the Hebrews which was written from Italy, of twenty-four readings, was written in the hand of Timotheus, is completed ... The Epistles of the blessed Apostle Paul which are fourteen epistles are completed ...)., 2. "Questions by Queen of Sheba to King Solomon" (folios 1b-2b) start with: "Šúʼālē d-šʼelat Malktā d-Šibā la-Šlémún ...", 3. Letter of Philoxenus of Mabbug to Patrikios (Patricius) of Edessa (folios 3a-4b): "Ḥúpāṭā awkít zúhārā meṭúl nāṭúrút púqdānē da-Mšíḥā da-mkanaš men Ktābē Alāhāyē men ʼegartā d-Qadíšā Māry Píllúksínos da-lwāt Paṭríq Yíḥídāyā", 4. Miscellaneous sayings (folio 4b): "ʼEn lā ḥāzē ʼanaš l-šemšā lā metbasam b-núhreh ...", 5. "Confession of faith" by Philoxenus of Mabbug (folios 4b-7b): "Haymānútā d-Qad. Māry Píllúksínús Apís. d-Mabúg ...", 6. Holy Commandments of the Gospel (folios 7b-9a): "Púqdānē d-Ewangelyún Qadíšā ...", 7. "Commandments from the Gospels, the Pauline epistles, the Prophets, etc. ..." (folios 9a-29b): "Púqdānē Alāhāyē ...", 8. "About the Sacraments" (folios 29b-56b): "B-yad Alāhā mḥaylānā da-mḥílē mšarénan d-nektúb mnātāʼít men ʼrāzānyātā ...", 18 x 28 cm; written surface: 13.5 x 22.5 cm; 35 lines per page (in two columns: 6.5 x 22.5 cm, each)., Binding: In cardboard, covered with red cloth (half torn) ., In West Syriac script, in black ink, on cream color paper; headings in red., Pages are numbered A to QW (in Syriac) and 1 to 109 (in Arabic numerals); pages [110 to 112] are curiously numbered (200 to 202)., On the front cover: "Ktābā d-Púšāqā d-puqdānē" (Book of Explanation of commandments)., Inside the front cover (in pencil): "Ktābā d-ʼEgrātā u-púšāqā d-lā síqúmā." (Book of the Epistles and explanation, without date)., Laid in: 1. Three printout from a microfilm of the manuscript. 2. a slip "Sorbonne. No. 2", and a note in French. 3. Blue slip of paper "No. 2"., On folio 1a: A decorative design., On page 110: A statement by Temotheos ʻĪsā "Nāṭúr Kúrsyā" (Patriarchal Vicor) with his seal, as follows: "B-šem ʼÍtāyā Mtúmāyā d-kul āḥíd Ṭímetāʼ́wus Nāṭúr Kúrsyā d-hú ʻÍsā.", and On folio 110: An endowment statement (dated 2036 of the Greeks = 1724/1725) of the codex to the monastery of "Dayr al-Zaʻfarān" during the reign of the Patriarch Gewargis al-Mawṣilī (1687-1708), in Garshūnī (Arabic in Syriac letters), as follows: "Sabab taḥrīrih wa-mūjib tasṭīrih. Yaʻlam kull wāqif ʻalá hādhihi al-aḥruf: Qad ūqifa hādhā kitāb al-Injīl wa-Tafsīr Ibn Ṣalībī ilá Dayr al-Zaʻfarān <al-Zaʻfarān> ʻalá zamān al-marḥūm Baṭrak Gewargīs al-Mawṣilī, wa-li-ajl maḥabbatihi awqafahu, wa-mā li-aḥad sulṭah bi-an yamlikahu bi-nawʻ al-khiyānah wa-al-ṭamaʻ, wa-kullman yaqraʼ fīhi yataraḥḥam ʻalá rūḥ ṣāḥibihi wa-ʻalá rūḥ Baṭrak Gewargīs alladhī ṣāra sabab li-waqfihi. Unjiza hādhā sanat KLW Yu."
Subject (Name):
Isaiah, Abba, -489 or 491., John, the Solitary, of Apamea, active 5th century., Moses bar Kēphā, 813?-903., Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, approximately 440-523., Sheba, Queen of., and Solomon, King of Israel.
Subject (Topic):
Sacraments, Syrian churches, Resurrection, Syriac language, and Theology, Doctrinal
Moses bar Kēphā, 813?-903 ܡܘܫܐ ܒܪ ܟܐܦܐ، 813?-903
Published / Created:
1225.
Call Number:
Syriac MSS 10
Image Count:
242
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Miscellaneos theological works by Múšē bar Kípā (Moses bar Kēphā, 813?-903), a Syrian Orthodox prelate and scholar, born in Balad (modern Eski Mosul, Iraq), as follows: 1. "On Paradise" (folios 1a-124a; pages 1-249). 2. "On the resurrection of the body", 34 chapters (folios 124b-186b; pages 250-373). 3. "Commentary on the words of Paul demonstrating the resurrection of bodies and the manner of resurrection (folios 186b-205b; pages 373-411). 4. "Words of comfort concerning children (folios 205b-208b; pages 411-417, ten chapters). 5. "On the Antichrist" (folios 209a-214a; pages 418-428, twelve chapters). 6. "Admonitions for the sons of the Holy Orthodox Church" (folios 214a-218b; pages 428-447, ten chapters). 7. "Mysteries of the tonsure of monks" (folios 218b-221a; pages 447-452, ten chapters). 8. "On the origin of the Syriac word 'dayrā' (monastery)" (folio 221b; page 453). 9. "Homily on the tonsure of monks" (folios 221b-224b; pages 453-459). 10. "Biographical note on Bar Kēphā" (folio 224b-225a; pages 459-460). 11. "On the end of time" attributed to Pseudo Methodius (225a-241b; pages 460-482). The text of "On Paradise" was copied by Joseph, a student of the Monastery of Mār Ḥanānyā (Dayr al-Zaʻfarān), on Thursday, 3 Nīsān, 1536 of the Greeks (1225) at the "little monastery" (dayrúnítā) of Mār Barṣawmā in Kfartútā (between the villages of Bagdāšiyā and Ḥašrē) in the region of Merdo (Mardin).
Description:
In Syriac., Title supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., The codex starts with: "ʻAl sabrā ú-túklānā d-Alāhā bārúyā ú-ʻābúdā d-kul d-metḥzē ú-lā metḥzē kad leh nasbínan l-ʼīyālan mšarénan d-nektúb d-Pardaysā d-amír l-Māry Múšē d-Bet Rāman haw d-etknī Bar Kípā ...", 18 x 26 cm; written surface varies; lines per page vary., Binding: In wood, covered in green cloth with decorative designs., In clear West Syriac script, in black ink on cream color paper, headings in red., Pages numbered in Arabic numerals (1-[481])., On the right margin of folio 1a (in Garshūnī and Syriac): "Ṣāḥib Kitāb Ṭimtāwus Aps Palús ʼÚrhāyā.", and On page [481] (in pencil): "Ktābā d-Pardaysā l-Māry Múšēʼ bar Kípā layt leh síqúmā" (Book of Paradise of Mar Moses bar Kēphā does not have date).
Subject (Name):
Moses bar Kēphā, 813?-903., Pseudo-Methodius., and Syrian Orthodox Church
Subject (Topic):
Doctrines, Admonition, Biblical teaching, Antichrist, End of the world, Monks, Rites and ceremonies, Paradise, Resurrection, Syriac language, Theology, Doctrinal, Tonsure, and Syrian Orthodox Church
"Mnārat Qúdšē" (Candlestick of the Holies), also translated "Candelabrum of the Sanctuary", "Manārat al-Aqdās" (in Arabic), a theological work by Bār ʻEbrāyā (Bar Hebraeus, 1226-1286), foremost representative of the Syriac renaissance of the 12th-13th centuries. Copied in the year 1901 of the Greeks (1590), at the Monastery of Mār Abḥāy (in the vicinity of Gargar, Turkey), by the Priest Mīkā bar Barṣawm, of ʻÚrboyš, later metropolitan of Gargar (pages 1-385). Followed by short pieces: 1. "Súgítā" (metrical homily, Hymn, Song), arranged alphabetically, by Jacob of Serug, 451-521 (pages 386-387). 2. On the religion of the Arabs (page 387), attributed to Saint Cyril (Cyril, Saint, Apostle of the Slavs, approximately 827-869). 3. Piece entitled "On the investigation of the chronōnkanōn" (Qrúnonqanún) or, the 532 year cycle (Taqlab), by Patriarch Ighnaṭiyus Niʻmat Allāh, 1515?-1587? (pages 388-389). 4. Note (page 389) on the date of Lent and Easter in the year 1413 of the Greek (1102), apparently an abridged excerpt from the "Chronicle" (Maktebanut zabne) of Patriarch Michael the Great (Michael I, the Syrian, Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, 1126-1199). 5. Another excerpt from Patriarch Michael (pages 389-390), here explicitly identified as such (Mār Míkāʼel emar), on the date of Easter in the year 881 of the Greeks (570). 6. Drawing with crosses and jottings by a later hand (page 393), including a quotation from John 10:11 and a note apparently indicating the correspondence of dates 2139 of the Greeks to 1829 and 1244 of the Hijrah. 7. Part of a lectionary (397-398). The section with number KA and heading "Qeryānā d-ʻanídē" (with reading from Matthew 9:18-) starts in the middle of page 397; the number KB is visible on page 398 which is glued to the cover and Inserted in this manuscript is Barhebraeus's book on logic "Ktābā d-bābātā" (Book of the pupils of the eye) as the second chapter of base 1 (pages 22-32). The manuscript includes a version of the map of the habitable world (page 58).
Alternative Title:
Mnorat Qúdšē
Description:
In Syriac., Title of Mnārat Qúdšē from incipit and reference sources., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit of "Mnārat Qúdšē" (folio 11b): "Prúmyún. Túb b-yad Alāhā Mārē Kul mšarénan d-nektúb Ktābā da-Mnārat Qúdšě meṭul šeteʼsē ʻidtānāyē men syāmē d-Qādíšā wa-lbíš l-Ālāhā Ṭúbtānā u-mabúʻā d-qadíšútā ú-núhrā šbíḥā d-yadúʻtānútā Abún Māry Grígúryús Mapryānā d-Madnḥā, Maryā nšawyúhy l-malkúteh ʻam šarkē da-gbawuhy ...", Secundo folio of "Mnārat Qúdšē" (folio 12a): aʻbed ú-emalel ú-dalmā ʼnāš men henún., 18 x 27.5 cm; written surface: 12 x 21 cm; 44 lines per page (in two columns: 5.5 x 21 cm, each)., Binding: In dark brown leather., In West Syriac script, in black ink, on cream color paper; headings in red., Pages are also numbered in Arabic numerals (1-[398]) and Syriac letters (A-ŠPZ)., Laid in: Four printouts of pages from a microfilm of the manuscript., On folio 1a: Two illegible stamps, folios 1b-4b are blank., On folio 5a: A distorted statement in mixed Garshūnī and Syriac: "Qad naẓara fī hādhā al-kitāb 'Mnārat Qúdšē' Ṭimetāwos Miṭrúpúlíṭāyā [crossed over] Apisqúpā d-Kursyā d-Mary Abḥāy ú-Urhāy, d-hú Būluṣ ʼÚrhāyā, šnat APSB Mšíḥaytā" (Ṭimetāwos, Metropolitan [crossed over] Apisqúpā of Mār Aḥāy and Edessa, who is Būluṣ ʼÚrhāyā, has looked into this book of Mnārat Qúdšē), in the year 1862 of Christ). Under it a stamp (in Arabic)., At the head of folio 5b: "Qúdíkus da-Ktābā da-Mnārat Qúdšē" (Table of contents of the Book of Mnārat Qúdšē). The table of contents itself (folios 5b-11a; pages 2-13)., At the end of the table of contents (page 13): "Šlem Qúdíqus awkít mḥawyānā da-Ktābā da-Mnārat Qúdšē ... men ʼnaš ʻalíl amnē ú-bíš dúbārē ú-marír gadē haw aynā d-bašmā man metdalal dayrāyā ú-kahnā, elā bram ba-ʻbadā dén l-rúḥqā mabʻad Míkā bar Barṣawm men Qsṭrā mbaraktā ʻÚrboyš ba-šantā ASYT d-Yawn ú AYṢYT da-Mšíḥā, b-Dayrā d-Māry Abḥay. 1901 Yú 1590 M. 1901 Yūnānī.", Translation of the end of the table of contents: "The Qudiqus, that is, what is in the book (table of contents) of 'Mnārat Qúdšē" was completed ... by a person who is stranger to the art, of ill deeds, and of bitter luck, who by name is called monk and priest, but by works is far away from them, Míkhā bar Barṣawm, from the blessed fortress of ʻÚrboyš, in the year 1901 of the Greeks, 1590 of Christ, at the Monastery of Mār Abḥāy.", Pages 391-392 and 394-396 are blank., Colophon of Mnārat Qúdšē (page 385): "Šlem ú-l-Ālahā šúbḥā l-ʻālmín.", and Translation of the colophon of Mnārat Qúdšē: "It is completed. Praise be to God for ever."
Subject (Name):
Bar Hebraeus, 1226-1286., Cyril, Saint, Apostle of the Slavs, approximately 827-869., Ighnaṭiyus Niʻmat Allāh, 1515?-1587?, Jacob, of Serug, 451-521., Michael I, the Syrian, Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, 1126-1199., and Syrian Orthodox Church
Subject (Topic):
Doctrines, Church year, Logic, Medieval, Syriac language, Theology, Doctrinal, and World maps, Manuscript
Manuscript on paper of Giovanni Gigli, Quaestiones de observantia quadragesimali
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: similar to Heawood 2473, 2475., Script: Written by a single scribe in English secretary script., Large crude initials, in red, at beginning of each section of text, accompanied by simple penwork designs in brown ink; paragraph marks in red., and Binding: 16th-17th centuries. Original sewing on four double, tawed cords. No endbands. Cords laced through slanted round holes in oak boards. Covered in dark brown calf with traces of two sets of strap and pin fastenings, not contemporaneous, going from upper to lower board and vice versa. An outer covering of 19th century leather and marbled paper has been added. Sewing breaking. Covers lined with a parchment fragment of a Missal (England, 13th century); (front pastedown:) portions of the Gospel and the Secret for the Annunciation (25 March); (back pastedown:) portions from the Masses for the Nativity of John the Baptist (24 June), for John and Paul Martyrs (26 June), and for the Vigil of Apostles Peter and Paul (28 June).
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Gigli, Giovanni, d. 1498.
Subject (Topic):
Lent, Manuscripts, Medieval, Missals, and Theology, Doctrinal
Manuscript on paper composed of two parts. Part I: The Mirrour of the Blessed Lyf of Jesu Christ (Meditationes vitae Christi), tr. Nicholas Love. Includes Adam of Dryburgh (Adam Scotus) O. Praem, later O. Carth. (d. 1212), De instructione animae; ends incomplete in I.4. Part II: The Thirty-Nine Articles (doctrinal formulas accepted by the Church of England), articles 1-19 only, in diagram form, all pages being organized in three sections titled "the truth", "the creed", and "errors".
Alternative Title:
Meditationes vitae Christi. English
Description:
In English and Latin., Script: Part I: Written by two scribes in Gothica Cursiva Libraria (Secretary very close to Anglicana). Part II: Written in careful Gothica Cursiva (Secretary)., Majuscules are heightened in red (?) up to f. 8v. Red paragraph marks (?). Plain red 2- to 4-line initials. A 4-line red (?) flourished initial with rather coarse penwork in (?), including a human head and a fish, on f. 1r., and Two parchment fly-leaves of the original binding are inserted after f. 100: they have been taken from a 13th-century manuscript and contain fragments of Codex Iustiniani, VI.3.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Church of England.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, English (Middle), Manuscripts, Medieval, and Theology, Doctrinal
