BEIN Mey34 F83 +1563: Imperfect: t.p., dedication, calendar, and almanac (quire *6), and colophon-leaf (VVVV4) wanting and supplied in facsimile; woodcut mounted on E1 wanting and replaced by the one from the 1570 edition; some leaves frayed and repaired; some side notes bled. and Signatures: *6B-F6G-I8*I8*I*2**I*1K-Y6Aa-Tt6Vv8Xx-Yy6AA-YY6AAa-KKk6*KKk6LLl-YYy6AAA-YYY6AAAa-VVVv6*VVVv6XXXx-YYYy6AAAA-MMMM6NNNN8OOOO-PPPP6PPPP[symbol]1QQQQ-VVVV4.
Publisher:
by Iohn Day, dwellyng ouer Aldersgate, [beneth Saynt Martins
Manuscript on parchment (thick and furry, numerous imperfections, some repaired) of Augustine, Confessiones
Description:
In Latin., Ten illuminated initials of good quality, 19- to 6-line, drawn in brown ink against medium blue, reddish orange and/or ochre grounds. The initials are constructed of scrolling vines with stylized foliage and/or winged dragons, with vines issuing from their mouths, accentuated or shaded in red. Some initials inhabited by winged dragons, f. 10v with grotesque (outlined by prickings), f. 25r with a nude male figure. Headings in red., and Binding: Nineteenth century, France. Brown, diced calf with a gold-tooled spine and title: "Confescion/ Santti/ Augustini" and "Manuscrit/ du 12^e siecle".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.
Subject (Topic):
Autobiography, Church history, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript, on parchment, in unidentified of Harangues et oraisons des anciens. Contains examples of ancient speeches from famous events in both Greek and Roman history. Also includes the funerary speech of Perides [sic], several speeches attributed to Philip of Macedonia, Demosthenes, Alexander, Nero, and many others. Also includes a speech by Ottoman envoys to Rhodes (dated to 1522) and an ultimatum of Suleiman I (1494-1566) to Philippe Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
Description:
In French., Script: Gothica Semihybrida Formata (Bastarda)., Layout: ff. 2-57 single column of 40 lines; ff. 58-165 sincle column of 41 lines., Decoration: Line-fillers in the shape of a red or blue horizontal stroke heightened with liquid gold. Paragraph marks in liquid gold on a square red or blue background. 4- or 5-line painted initials. On the second front flyleaf verso full-page frontispiece: in an imitation wooden frame a room is depicted, in which twelve men are engaged in discussion., Binding: Original green velvet binding over pasteboard, spine with four raised bands; two velvet straps attached to the front board closing over pins in the rear board with two enamelled brass clasps with the arms of François II, duc de La Rochefoucauld, and his wife Anne de Polignac; gilt edges., and The original foliation in Roman numbers, at right in the upper margin of the rectos, is incomple.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., Italy, and Greece
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek, Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin, Church history, and History
Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340
Published / Created:
[ca. 1250]
Call Number:
Marston MS 11
Image Count:
287
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on parchment (thick; holes and end pieces) of Eusebius, Historia ecclesiastica, translated into Latin by Rufinus, preceded by the prologue of Rufinus. Written presumably at the Premonstratensian abbey of St. Peter at Weissenau
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written in gothic bookhand below top line by several scribes whose hands are uneven; text is written for the most part between the rulings., Decorative initials, 8- to 6-line, in red, some with modest penwork designs in red and black, or with foliage type appendages, in red, mark the beginning of each book; plain red 3-line initials, with knobs, for beginning of chapters. Rubrics, chapter numbers, and initial strokes, in red. Guide letters and instructions for rubricator., Outer edge of f. 1v damaged and repaired resulting in some loss of text., and Binding: Nineteenth century, Germany. Bound in a grey-beige paper case with the title, in ink, on a label on the spine: "Eusebii Caesariensis Hystoria Ecclesiastica".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340. and Premonstratensians.
Subject (Topic):
Church history, Literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript volume, in a single hand, containing the text of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica, followed by the text of the Historia brittoum of Nennius; a brief biography of Merlin; and Sybilline prophecies
Description:
In Latin., Numerous marginal notes in contemporary and later hands., Bound with: parchment leaf of accounts kept by Robert de Staynford, steward of Lady Idoyne Percy, wife of Henry, Lord Percy (d. 1365)., Laid in: manuscript fragment, on paper, of a contract, in English (ca. 1574), formerly the back pastedown., Layout: single columns of 42 lines., Script: gothic text hand., Decoration: Rubricated. Numerous penwork initials and line fillers in red and blue ink. Ten larger illuminated initials, gilt and red and blue ink., and Binding: original oak boards covered in pink doeskin; remains of clasps.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Great Britain, Church history, and History
Manuscript on parchment (many holes and repairs) of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written by several hands of different appearances, perhaps by scribes of varying ages or at different dates. The scripts range from rounded to angular minuscule., Plain orange initial, 7- to 2-line; heading and chapter notations (in margins) in same shade. Guide-letters and notes for rubricator., and Binding: 16th-17th centuries (?). Sewn on three supports laced into wooden boards. The spine is slightly rounded and lined, the lining extending onto the inside of the boards. Covered with white pigskin, blind-tooled. Two fastenings, the catches on the upper board. On the fore-edge of the lower cover is a notation contemporary with binding: "Gesta anglorum bede." Appears to have been bound at the Benedictine abbey of St. Martin of Spanheim in the diocese of Mainz.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735.
Subject (Topic):
Church history, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
