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1. Merchant's commonplace book
- Published / Created:
- [between 1350 and 1400]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 327
- Image Count:
- 148
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper. Includes notes on arithmetic and accounting for merchandise; a romance of Tristan; list of spices; astronomical and astrological information; charms and prayers; recipes; extracts in Venetian; and poems
- Description:
- In Italian and Latin., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Fruit 7372-76, Briquet Cheval 3564, and Briquet Fruit 7341., Script: Written by a single scribe in a neat notarial hand, through f. 67v. Notes added by various hands of 14th-15th centuries., Drawings of ships, towers and merchants in ink, with added yellow, brown, green, red and blue; many diagrams. Crude 2- and 1-line initials in red, with guide-letters for rubricator showing beneath; headings in red., Repair of f. 1 with later paper; some loss of text. Repairs at outer edges on this and other folios do not affect text., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries. Rigid vellum case with paste paper back endleaf and pastedowns. Central fold of each bifolium has been reinforced with a strip of parchment.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Venice (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Accounting, Arithmetic, Astrology, Astronomy, Medieval, Formulas, recipes, etc, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Merchants, Prayers, Tristan (Legendary character), and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Merchant's commonplace book
2. Roman de Tristan (fragments)
- Published / Created:
- [between 1350 and 1375]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 123
- Container / Volume:
- File (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Four manuscript fragments from three leaves containing text from Version III of the Roman de Tristan
- Description:
- In Middle French., Layout: triple columns with 30 lines per column., Script: gothic script., and Decoration: initials in red and blue penwork.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Arthurian romances, French prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Tristan (Legendary character)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Roman de Tristan (fragments)
