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1. Sextus liber decretalium
- Creator:
- Boniface VIII, Pope, -1303
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1330]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 108
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Illuminated manuscript, on vellum, of the Sextus liber decretalium, with the commentary of a Johannes Andreae
- Description:
- In Latin., L1r contains a pecia copyist's notation: "F xviii.", Bifolium formerly used as an archival wrapper., Layout: Principal text in double columns of up to 30 lines; surrounding commentary in 89 lines., Script: rounded gothic (two sizes)., Decoration: two historiated initials against burnished gold., and Binding: modern boards.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Boniface VIII, Pope, -1303.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and Manuscripts, Renaissance
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sextus liber decretalium
2. Collection of astronomical texts
- Published / Created:
- approximately 1470-1530.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1274
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 131
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript compendium of astronomical and astrological texts, including a version of the Kalendarium of Regiomontanus, with lunar eclipse tables for the years 1475-1530 and a solar calendar for 1475-1513. Other contents include a number of astronomical and astrological tables and texts. including a poem on auspicious and inauspicious days (first line: "Fortunata dies operum disponere causas"); the Canon de aspectibus planetarum; the Cognitiones naturarum secundum nativtates; and a variety of prognostic texts based on zodiac signs and the day of the week on which January 1 falls in a given year. The volume also contains several quadrant diagrams and a working volvelle
- Description:
- In Latin., Bookseller description available., Inscribed at the head of 2r: S[an]c[t]i Cristofori Taurini Ad usu[m] fr[atr]is Anto[ni]i de lanteo., Signature of Joseff Gregri da Bologna? on back cover., Bookplate of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman on front pastedown., Tipped in before f1: printed catalog description of this volume, undated., Layout: main text in single columns of approximately 35 lines; wide margins., Script: gothica textualis italiana., Decoration: rubricated. Initials in red and blue ink, some with penwork flourishing; many blank spaces for initials. Illustrations of lunar eclipses. Charts, diagrams, and volvelles in red, blue and brown ink., and Binding: contemporary boards, rebacked.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Italy, Connecticut, and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Regiomontanus, Joannes, 1436-1476.
- Subject (Topic):
- Astrology, Astrology, Italian, Astronomy, Calendars, Lunar eclipses, Quadrants (Astronomical instruments), Solar eclipses, Manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Renaissance, and Zodiac
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collection of astronomical texts
3. Comedies (fragments)
- Creator:
- Terence
- Published / Created:
- [circa 1485]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 83
- Container / Volume:
- (File) (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript leaves, on parchment, in a single hand, from a text of Terence's Comedies
- Description:
- In Latin., Attributed to the Florentine scribe "Messer Marco" (Giovanni d'Astore?)., Layout: single columns of 30 lines., Script: humanist script., and Decoration: initials in blue ink.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Terence.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Renaissance and Latin drama (Comedy)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Comedies (fragments)
4. Devise des armes des chevaliers de la table ronde : lequels estoyent du tres renomme et verteux Artus Roy de la grand Bretaigne avecq la description de leurs armoires
- Published / Created:
- [1500-1599]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 124
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 216
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of a collection of annotated coats of arms for 177 members of the Knights of the Round Table. Each knight is represented by a coat of arms drawn in trick and followed by an explanation of each device and its appropriateness to that knight. The main text is preceded by a nine page text, "De l'invention des armes," and followed by a "Briefue narration de la table ronde."
- Description:
- In Middle French., Modern title page in English bound in before original title page., Printed bookseller description pasted in on verso of rear flyleaf., Layout: Single columns of varying length. Armorial entries begin with the name of the knight and a pen and ink drawing of his coat of arms in trick, followed by a descriptive paragraph,, Script: secretary., Decoration: 177 pen and ink drawings in trick of coats of arms., and Binding: eighteenth-century green velvet over boards; silver castle ornament mounted on front cover.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Arthurian romances
- Subject (Name):
- Arthur, King
- Subject (Topic):
- Heraldry, Manuscripts, Renaissance, and Arthurian romances
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Devise des armes des chevaliers de la table ronde : lequels estoyent du tres renomme et verteux Artus Roy de la grand Bretaigne avecq la description de leurs armoires
5. Ordinary of arms : Thomas Jenyns book
- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1525]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 105
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 224
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript copy, on parchment, in several scribal hands, of this English ordinary of arms, containing approximately 1600 coats of arms in full color, with descriptive annotations. The manuscript also contains approximately 300 shields outlined but left blank. This manuscript is the oldest recorded copy of the Queen Margaret version of this text
- Description:
- In French., Autograph and notes by Sir Syndey Cockerell on front flyleaf; autograph of Brian S. Cron on front flyleaf., Layout: coats of arms arranged in three rows of four on each page, with descriptive notes above each., Script: cursive bookhand., Decoration: coats of arms in full color; some initials in red or blue., and Binding: contemporary binding of reversed white leather over wooden boards.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England., England, Connecticut, and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Heraldry, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Renaissance
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ordinary of arms : Thomas Jenyns book
6. Roll of Battle Abbey and the chronicle of the kings of Britain
- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1550]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 57
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 120
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on paper, in two secretary hands. The Roll of Battle Abbey, in English, on the first two pages, is followed by a chronicle of the kings of Britain from Noah to Edward IV. The text, in Latin, emphasizes the descent of the early kings from Brutus; the account of the life and reign of King Arthur contains details from Geoffrey of Monmouth's account as well as from the Mabinogion and from Nennius's Historia. The layout of the volume reflects the origin of the text in roll format; the descent of the kings and noble families after Edward I are outlined in the genealogical diagrams but without accompanying narrative text
- Description:
- Almost entirely In Latin; Roll of Battle Abbey in English., Auction catalog description pasted onto front pastedown, with annotation concerning purchase at Sir Edward Coates' sale, Sotheby's July 9, 1923., Bookplate: Fairfax of Cameron armorial bookplate., Ownership inscription of Charles Fairfax on front flyleaf., Layout: double columns of 48 lines, incorporating genealogical charts., Script: secretary script in two different hands., Decoration: in the Chronicle, names in genealogical charts in roundels with lines of descent in various colors; pen and ink illustrations of coats of arms and four drawings of cities, in color., and Binding: seventeenth-century full calf, gilt ornament on covers, with the initials C. and F. in blind; remains of green silk ties.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Renaissance
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Roll of Battle Abbey and the chronicle of the kings of Britain
7. De officio militari : and other works
- Creator:
- Upton, Nicholas, 1400?-1457
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1500]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 86
- Image Count:
- 252
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, of this work on heraldry, chivalry and the laws of war. Bound with two illustrated heraldic treatises copied from printed editions: Sensuyt le blason des armes (Lyons: Claude Nourry, 1527) and Treatyses perteynyng to coatarmour (Westminster: Wynkyn de Worde, 1496).
- Alternative Title:
- De studio militari
- Description:
- De officio in Latin; other texts in French and English., Ownership inscription at top of first page: "William Howard 1591.", Bookseller's printed description pasted in on front pastedown., Script: each work in a different professional book hand., Decoration: Headings and initial letters in red and blue; decorated throughout with more than 270 emblazoned coats of arms in colors., and Binding: modern parchment over boards, rebacked.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain., Great Britain, Connecticut, and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Upton, Nicholas, 1400?-1457.
- Subject (Topic):
- Chivalry, Heraldry, Manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Renaissance, and Nobility
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De officio militari : and other works
8. Prayers for use at Mass
- Creator:
- Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274
- Published / Created:
- approximately 1500-1549.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1262
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 159
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in a single late Beneventan hand, probably that of a nun, containing a collection of 27 prayers by Saint Thomas Aquinas and others for use at Mass
- Description:
- In Latin., Ff. 74v-75r contain 20 lines of a prayer: "O sacro sanctissimo ochino di pieta," in an Italic script., Layout: single columns of 14 lines., Script: late Beneventan miniscule., Decoration: Extensive. Many small capitals alternately blue and gold with penwork in red and purple. 30 three-line and rwo-line initials either in burnished gold with purple penwork or dark blue with red penwork; very large illuminated initial on opening page with leafy design and burnished gold outlined in red enclosing formal floral pattern, with full-length bar extending into upper and lower margins., Binding: 16th century limp parchment. Cover is made from a 15th-century portolan chart of part of the Adriatic coast of Apulia (Schøyen Collection title: Portolan map of the Adriatic Coast of Apulia in the kingdom of Napoli from Rinaldo south as far as Port Badisco, including Otranto and inland towns with little hills.) 230 mm x 160 mm (flattened). Lettering of portolan in small humanist hand., and Binding: green gilt quarter morocco folding case, Aquarius, 1995, with Schøyen Collection bookplate.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Renaissance, and Portolan charts
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Prayers for use at Mass
9. Letter : Rome, to Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg
- Creator:
- Leo X, Pope, 1475-1521
- Published / Created:
- 1520 June 6.
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 76
- Container / Volume:
- (File) (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Letter signed, on parchment, from Pope Leo X to Cardinal Albrecht (Albert) of Brandenburg concerning the appointment of Marino Caracciolo as papal nuncio to the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V. The body of the letter is in the hand of Ludovico degli Arrighi, a Vatican chancery scribe
- Description:
- In Latin., Layout: single column of five lines., and Script: italic cursive.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Albrecht, of Brandenburg, Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, Cardinal, 1490-1545., Arrighi, Ludovico degli, approximately 1480-1527., Caracciolo, Marino., Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558., and Leo X, Pope, 1475-1521.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Renaissance, Diplomatic and consular service, Papal States, and Papal nuncios
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letter : Rome, to Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg
