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1. A treatise on the astrolabe
- Creator:
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 9
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 82
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of Chaucer's Treatise on the astrolabe
- Description:
- In Middle English., Layout: single columns, mostly of 28 lines., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: initials in blue with red penwork., Presentation inscription on verso of front flyleaf: Augustus W. Franks, the gift of Sir David Dundas., Ownership inscription on verso of front flyleaf: C. H. Read., Tipped in: autograph letter signed from D. D. to A. W. Franks, 1877 February 11., and Binding: nineteenth-century full calf; in case.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.
- Subject (Topic):
- Astrolabes, English literature, English prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A treatise on the astrolabe
2. Book of hours : use of Sarum
- Creator:
- Catholic Church
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1410]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 100
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 377
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of a book of hours according to the Use of Sarum. The Latin text is followed by a brief treatise in Middle English on prayer, titled "Here begynneth in what man[ner] preyer sholde be vsed." The volume concludes with prayers in Latin and Middle English
- Alternative Title:
- Book of hours
- Description:
- In Latin and Middle English., Description of volume, in Latin, signed WA.1804 on recto of front flyleaf., Ownership inscription of Jone Ffyn on verso of front flyleaf., Calendar contains three notes concerning births and a marriage of Cheyne family members., Layout: single columns of 17 lines., Script: gothic bookhand., Decoration: three historiated initials with full-page borders; one smaller historiated initials and seven large foliate initials with borders. many smaller initals in gold with blue penwork or in blue with red penwork., and Binding: modern red velvet; red morocco box.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church. and Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Books of hours, Devotional literature, English (Middle), English prose literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Book of hours : use of Sarum
3. Brut Chronicle
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 18
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 168
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of a version of the Brut Chronicle
- Alternative Title:
- Chronicles of England
- Description:
- In Middle English., Bound with: 2 l. of parchment, fragment in Latin, repaired, with annotations., Layout: single columns., Script: English cursive bookhand., and Binding: nineteenth-century full brown morocco.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- English literature, English prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Brut Chronicle
4. Brut chronicle
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 12
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 460
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, of the "extended version" of the Brut Chronicle
- Alternative Title:
- Chronicles of England
- Description:
- In Middle English., First leaf and end of text lacking., Layout: single columns with varying numbers of lines., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: blue initials with red penwork., and Binding: sixteenth-century blind-tooled calf over wooden boards. Later leather title tags on spine, gilt.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- English literature, English prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Brut chronicle
5. Brut chronicle
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 67
- Image Count:
- 426
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of the "Common Version" of the Brut Chronicle
- Alternative Title:
- Chronicles of England
- Description:
- In Middle English., Several leaves missing at opening., Layout: single columns of 36 lines., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: blue initials with red penwork., and Binding: eighteenth-century quarter calf over marbled boards. Red leather spine tag, gilt: Albyon A Monkish History M. S.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- English literature, English prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Brut chronicle
6. Brut chronicle
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1420-1450]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 29
- Image Count:
- 324
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of the "common version" of the Brut chronicle
- Alternative Title:
- Chronicles of England
- Description:
- In Middle English., Annotations in red crayon probably by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury., Layout: single columns of 36 lines., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: numerous two-line initials in burnished gold or in blue ink with red penwork., and Binding: nineteenth-century brown blind-stamped morocco, gilt; armorial binding of the Dukes of Newcastle.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- English literature, English prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Brut chronicle
7. Brut chronicle (fragment)
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450-1500]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 140
- Container / Volume:
- file
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment, on parchment, containing portions of chapters 214 and 221 of the Middle English prose Brut
- Description:
- In Middle English., Marginal note indicates that these two leaves served as a wrapper for a copy of Gabriel Harvey's The trimming of Thomas Nashe., Layout: single-column, 29-32 lines., Script: secretary., and Decoration: initials in blue with red penwork.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Brutus the Trojan (Legendary character), English literature, English prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Brut chronicle (fragment)
8. De Pronosticis
- Creator:
- Bernard, de Gordon, approximately 1260-approximately 1318
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1400-1425]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 60
- Image Count:
- 107
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of Bernard of Gordon's treatise on diseases and the determination of their outcomes
- Description:
- In Middle English., First gathering of eight leaves missing., Layout: single columns of 30 lines., Script: gothic bookhand., Decoration: headings and paragraph marks in red., and Binding: lower cover of original vellum and original stitching; modern case.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Bernard, de Gordon, approximately 1260-approximately 1318.
- Subject (Topic):
- English prose literature, Diagnosis, Medicine, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De Pronosticis
9. Emendatio vitae and other works
- Creator:
- Rolle, Richard, 1290?-1349
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1425-1450]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 66
- Image Count:
- 248
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, containing Middle English versions of several works by Rolle, including Emendatio vitae; Ego dormio; The Commandment; and Form of Living. Also contains a Middle English version of Walter Hilton's Mixed Life and The volume also contains Johannes de Rupescissa, Tractatus de Quinta Essentia (ca. 1470). 84 l. Manuscript on paper, in a single gothic bookhand. In Latin. Preceded by a title page dated 1650
- Description:
- In Middle English., Layout: single columns of 25-31 lines., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: some rubrication., and Binding: seventeenth-century limp vellum.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Rolle, Richard, 1290?-1349.
- Subject (Topic):
- Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature, English prose literature, Alchemy, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Emendatio vitae and other works
