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10. Tibullus; Catullus
- Creator:
- Tibullus
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 186
- Image Count:
- 96
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of poems by Tibullus and Catullus. With Life of Tibullus and epitaph
- Description:
- In Latin., Watermarks similar to Briquet Fleur 6690, Harlfinger Fleur 108 (lower example), Harlfinger Fer a cheval 5 (but with cross), Briquet Tour 15865, Harlfinger Monts 78; unidentified watermarks: mountain, ladder, full-bodied unicorn, letter R., Script: Written by two scribes in humanistic script. Scribe 1) ff. 1r-20v; Scribe 2) ff. 21r-88r. Marginal notations in several contemporary hands., Two inelegant black initials (ff. 1r, 41r) with vine-work ornament on red and blue ground. Simple red initials, some with penwork designs, mark the beginning of each poem. Headings and initial strokes, in red, throughout., Many leaves stained and/or repaired., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown calf spine and small corners with marbled paper sides.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Tibullus.
- Subject (Topic):
- Latin poetry and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tibullus; Catullus
11. [Collection of Scottish Presbyterian tracts and Latin verses, ca. 1563- 1635, Scotland], [ca. 1640].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1640]
- Call Number:
- Osborn b25
- Image Count:
- 31
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single secretary hand, of a collection of several dozen Scottish Presybterian tracts in English and verses in Latin. The collection includes David Hume's De unione tractatus secundus, 1605; William Bradshaw's Treatise of the nature and use of things indifferent, 1605; John Knox's Sermons, 1563; the Recantation of Master Patrick Adamson, 1598; and other short pieces against the authority of bishops addressed to the king. The manuscript also includes Latin poetry on similar religious and political subjects, by such authors as George Buchanan and Joseph Juste Scaliger.
- Description:
- Binding: limp parchment; leather ties., In Latin and English, often with Scottish spellings., and Stitching loose and some pages missing; incomplete at end.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland--Politics and government--1625-1649 and Scotland--Religious life and customs
- Subject (Name):
- Hume, David,--1560?-1630?, Knox, John,--1505-1572, and Scaliger, Joseph Juste,--1540-1609
- Subject (Topic):
- Latin poetry, Presbyterian Church--Doctrinal and controversial works, and Presbyterian Church--Scotland
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Collection of Scottish Presbyterian tracts and Latin verses, ca. 1563- 1635, Scotland], [ca. 1640].
12. [Commonplace book]
- Published / Created:
- [late 17th century]
- Call Number:
- Osborn b115
- Image Count:
- 91
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Dos-a-dos are several dozen primarily cooking recipes, for such dishes as barley broth, cherry wine, and lemon cream; as well as instructions on fishing. At the beginning of the manuscript are recipes for making ink and treating chilblains. and Manuscript, in a single secretary hand, of a collection of several dozen satirical poems and, dos-a-dos, several dozen household recipes. The poetry is mainly political, anti-Catholic, and academic, and includes works of Henry Denne of Trinity College and Joshua Barnes, as well as such titles as On a papist's ghost; On the queen being with child; The man of honour; England's triumph at sea in Sept. 1691; and The prologue to the music speech spoken in the Theatre July 8, 1693, being the time of the act, by Mr Smith of University College. Other items include an epitaph on Thomas Shadwell and a list of anagrams on the word "Parliament."
- Description:
- Armorial bookplate inside front cover., Binding: full calf; gilt decoration., Marbled endpapers., and The compiler was evidently a member of Cambridge University.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain --Intellectual life --17th century and Great Britain --Politics and government --1603-1714
- Subject (Name):
- Barnes, Joshua, 1654-1712 and Shadwell, Thomas, 1642?-1692
- Subject (Topic):
- Anti-Catholicism --England, Cooking, English, English poetry --17th century, Fishing --England, Latin poetry, Political poetry, English, Traditional medicine --Great Britain --Formulae, receipts, prescriptions, and Verse satire, English --17th century
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book]
13. [Commonplace book]
- Creator:
- Alston, Tobias, 1620-ca.1639.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1639]
- Call Number:
- Osborn b197
- Image Count:
- 97
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Autograph manuscript of a collection of about 250 primarily light, satirical, or amatory English poems by various authors. In addition to twelve poems by Robert Herrick, primarily on love, the manuscript also contains poems by Thomas Carew, John Donne, Ben Jonson, Sir John Harington, Michael Drayton, George Wither, and others, as well as 17 poems in Latin. Other items include several pieces relating to Cambridge University and Suffolk, as well as numerous bawdy poems, drinking songs, political and religious verse satires, epigrams, and epitaphs both humorous and serious. Titles of these poems include An epitaph on Luce Morgan; Upon the Parliament 1624; A Puritan and A Papist; and several poems on Prince Charles' and the Duke of Buckingham's journey to Spain in 1623. Also in the manuscript is a copy of the love poem titled ""Shall I die?,"" attributed to Shakespeare in a Bodleian manuscript. At the end of the manuscript are notes and verses in later hands.
- Description:
- Disbound and separated into 21 folders., Marbled endpapers. Binding: full calf; blind-tooled cover., and Written on flyleaf: "Tobias Alston his booke," several times, as well as other names, including "Henricus Glisson" and "Harris Norton." In a later hand, "E L John Whitehead."
- Subject (Name):
- Alston, Tobias, 1620-ca. 1639, Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1592-1628, Carew, Thomas, 1595?-1639?, Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649, Donne, John, 1572-1631, Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631, Harington, John, 1589-1654, Herrick, Robert, 1591-1674, Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, University of Cambridge--Poetry, and Wither, George, 1588-1667
- Subject (Topic):
- Bawdy poetry--England, English poetry--17th century, English wit and humor, Epigrams, English, Epitaphs, English, Latin poetry, Love--Poetry, Political satire, English--17th century, Songs, English--17th century, Verse satire, English, and Women--Conduct of life
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book]
14. [Commonplace book], [17th century]
- Published / Created:
- [17th century]
- Call Number:
- Osborn b192
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Anonymous manuscript, containing notes on reading, theology, heraldry, a Latin poem, a sermon and ""For Free Lending,"" a dialogue, as well as financial figures.
- Description:
- In Latin and English.
- Subject (Topic):
- Latin poetry
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book], [17th century]
