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2.
- Call Number:
- Print00116
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Place of publication derived from language of text., Trimmed sheet., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Shipton, Mother approximately 1488-1561, (Ursula),
- Subject (Topic):
- Women prophets, Prophecy, Women, and Drinking vessels
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > The famous Mother Shipton [graphic].
3.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1400-1470]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 65
- Image Count:
- 100
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on vellum, in several hands, containing several Middle English devotional texts. The Abbey of the Holy Ghost is followed by The Meditation of St. Anselm; The Five Sorrows of the Virgin; and an explanation of how to say the Psalter of the Virgin. These are followed by a poem to the VIrgin ("Mari moder well [th]e bee"); a six-line political poem referring to Edward IV ("The lyon sens thre days"); and a recipe for a medicine for pestilence, in a later hand
- Description:
- In Middle English., Script: several hands., Decoration: Abbey of the Holy Ghost has initials in blue with red penwork., and Binding: modern full red morocco.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483 and Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
- Subject (Topic):
- Allegory, Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature, English poetry, English prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Women, and Conduct of life
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Abbey of the holy ghost and other works
4.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 879
- Image Count:
- 58
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper containing 1) Instructions for a nun, addressed as "ma devote fille", by a priest, containing extensive Latin quotations, followed by their French translations, from the Bible, St. Augustine, St. Bernard, Cesarius of Arles, St. Gregory the Great, Isidore of Seville, St. Jerome, St. John Chrysostom, Macrobius, Origen, Richard of St. Victor ("ung docteur nommé Richart"), Seneca, Thomas Aquinas. 2) The Passion according to the Gospel of St. John, as read in the office of Good Friday (Jn. 18:1-40; 19:1-42), to be read when a nun is dying, in French translation
- Description:
- In French., Script: Copied by one hand in Gothica Cursiva Libraria/Currens., Watermark: Crowned Lily, var. Briquet 7252 (mostly 1468-1477)., Written in campo aperto in one column, 20-23 lines., Headings and stroking of majuscules in red., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Blue mottled paper over cardboard.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Didactic literature, French, Manuscripts, Medieval, Women, and Religious life
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Instructions for a nun and the Passion according to St. John
5.
- Creator:
- Love, Nicholas, active 1410
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1410]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 8
- Image Count:
- 276
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mirrour of the blessed lyf of Jesu Christ
6.
- Published / Created:
- 1497.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1263
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 241
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, incomplete, containing the remains of a book of hours, probably Use of Rome. All illuminations have been excised and there are few complete sections except for the Penitential Psalms (63r-75v) and the Office of the Dead (82r-112v). These texts are followed by two prayers to Saint Lazarus in Latin (113v- 115r ). Folios 115v-116v contain a personal narrative in French by Sister Collette d'Oisellet of the Hospice of Beaune, the owner of the volume. She describes being miraculously healed from paralysis in 1497 at Autun cathedral through the relics of Saint Lazarus; an annotation records her decision to remain at the Hospice of Beaune to care for the poor. Her account is followed by two additional prayers, also in French
- Description:
- In Latin and Middle French., Ownership inscription of Sister Alix de Besançon on 116v., Nineteenth-century printed bookseller description, annotated in pen, affixed to 116r., Bookseller description available., Script: gothica textura (Book of Hours); bâtarde (personal narrative and final prayers)., Layout: single column, 14-16 lines (Book of Hours)., Decoration: rubricated. Many small decorated initials, gilt; some two-line initials, also gilt. Some line-filler decorated bars. Many ivy leaf borders with gold leaves and colored blossoms. All leaves that might have contained illuminations appear to have been excised from the volume., and Binding: modern amateur binding of reddish velvet over pasteboard. Needlepoint flowers and leaves on both covers; the embroidered word "Heures" on the front cover.
- Subject (Geographic):
- France., France, Connecticut, New Haven., and Autun (France)
- Subject (Name):
- Oisellet, Collette d'., Lazarus, Saint (Poor man from the Gospel of Luke), Cathedral of Saint-Lazare (Autun, France), Hospices civils de Beaune., and Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Relics, Books of hours, Manuscripts, Medieval, Miracles, Nuns, Women, Religious aspects, Catholic Church, and Religious life and customs
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Book of Hours : Use of Rome
7.
- 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
8.
- Creator:
- Amboise, Catherine d', 1481?-1550
- Published / Created:
- [between 1509 and 1525]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1201
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 178
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, incomplete, containing the text of a prose allegorical pilgrimage of the soul. The narrator's soul is led by Dame Inspiration to the Fountain of Penitence (Fontaine de penitence); after being washed there, the soul continues her journey toward the Promised Land (Terre de promission) on the Ship of Penitence (Navire de penitence).
- Description:
- In Middle French., Laid in: autograph letter,signed, from the Liverpool bookseller Jaggard to Allan Heywood Bright, 1896 April 27, concerning the unknown early provenance of the manuscript. With autograph and typed notes by Allan Heywood Bright, 1898 and undated., Title from ownership inscription by Remy Megret (f80r)., Opening sentence: Les continuelles meditationes de la volubilite et soudaine mutation des creatures raisonnables., Layout: single columns of 19 lines., Script: gothic bastarda., and Decoration: 13 large full-color miniatures in architectural frames illustrating various events in the allegorical pilgrimage of the author's soul, guided by Dame Inspiration. The opening miniature is full-page and depicts the author asleep beneath a tree hung with her coat of arms. Other subjects include: the soul, accompanied by Dame Inspiration, begins her pilgrimage to the Fontaine de Penitence f.9; Inspiration explains to the soul what needs to be done in order to reach the Fontaine de Penitence f.11, the soul, carried on the back of Inspiration, flies to the Château de Contention diabolique f.17, Inspiration and the soul meet Raison f.20; the soul enters the Chemin de Crainte de Dieu f.35; souls are cleansed in the Fontaine de Penitence f.47; the soul sets off on her journey to the Terre de Promission f.50v; the company journey to the coast where they find boats awaiting them f.53; the company embark f.58; the company sets off on the Navire de Penitence f.61; the company is attacked by seven other boats f.63; the company is swept up by the Vent de Hypocrisie f.69v.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Amboise, Catherine d', 1481?-1550. and Megret, Remy.
- Subject (Topic):
- Allegories, Devotional literature, French, French prose literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, French, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance, Manuscripts, Medieval, Repentance, Soul, Women, Conduct of life, and Women authors, French
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > La passe solitaire
9.
- Creator:
- Beham, Sebald, 1500-1550, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1541]
- Call Number:
- Print00976
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title supplied by curator., Place of origin derived from printmaker's place of residence in 1541., Date from item., In image top: Omnem in homine venustatem mors abolet., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as Death.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Death (Personification)., Mortality, Women, Skeletons, Hourglasses, and Lilies
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [The lady and death] [graphic]
10.
- Creator:
- Beham, Sebald, 1500-1550, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1548]
- Call Number:
- Print00029
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title supplied by curator., Place of origin derived from printmaker's place of residence in 1548., Date from item., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Sex behavior.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Bathing customs, Public baths, Sex, Women, and Bathing
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [Three women in the bath] [graphic]
