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2.
- Creator:
- Bradley, Hester
- Call Number:
- Osborn d93
- Image Count:
- 52
- Abstract:
- Autograph manuscript collection of original religious poems, verse prayers, and metrical hymns, dated 1803-1831. Also includes: some dedicatory, elegaic, and occasional poems of a religious nature; poems on nature and on friendship; an abolitionist poem; some riddles.
- Description:
- For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Inscriptions on front pastedown: Hester Bradley 1807; and in another hand, in pencil: Quaker poetess., and Paper watermark: 1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Christian poetry, English, Hymns, Prayers, Quakers--Poetry, Religious poetry, English, Religious poetry--Women authors, Women authors, and Women--Religious life--Poetry
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book, [1807 and later].
3.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1600]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 302
- Image Count:
- 258
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (thick, with a slight shine; no watermarks visible) of liturgies of the Greek Orthodox Church, prayers, and sermons
- Description:
- In Greek., Script: Written in a large, bold minuscule by a single scribe., Three miniatures of good quality in Western style added later (19th century?) on blank folios: f. 1v, Sts. Basil, John Chrysostom and Gregory of Nazianzus, all in priestly vestments, in an elaborate red border; f. 23v, Mother of God between two angels swinging censers; f. 53v, Christ on a bier, in front of a patriarchal cross, flanked by angels swinging a censer and burning incense. Original decoration: elaborate headpieces, 4- to 2-line initials with stylized florals, plain 1-line initials and headings, all in red., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Diced brown calf, gold-tooled, with a black label. On the spine, "LITURG. GRAEC. M. S.".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Liturgics, Manuscripts, Medieval, Prayers, and Sermons, Greek
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Euchologium
4.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 262
- Image Count:
- 91
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment (thick; most leaves palimpsest: religious text of the 10th century, in a small, regular Greek minuscule is faintly visible) of Miscellaneous prayers. Includes Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (the many peculiarities of the text suggest that it was copied by a scribe unfamiliar with Greek, perhaps from dictation); Gospel of John, 1.1-14. The lower text of palimpsest leaves appears to contain the Life of an unidentified saint named Ioannes
- Description:
- In Greek and Latin., Script: Written by two scribes in clumsily formed Greek minuscule: Scribe 1, ff. 1r-5v, 41r-42v (he signs himself brother Jacobus on f. 42r); Scribe 2, ff. 6r-39r (an unusually large and thick script). Latin added on ff. 39v-41r in gothic cursive of 15th or 16th century. Marginal notes in Greek by various later hands., Initials very crudely done, in various styles and several shades of red. Rubrics throughout. Some scribblings in the margins, including a cow on f. 25v., Folios 1, 2, 3, 41, and 42 are all torn, so that significant portions of the text are missing., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Rigid vellum case; handwritten on spine: "Codex Memb Graec"; on front cover, "no. 2".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- John Chrysostom, Saint, -407.
- Subject (Topic):
- Christian hagiography, Liturgies, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Prayers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Liturgy
5.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1350 and 1400]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 327
- Image Count:
- 148
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper. Includes notes on arithmetic and accounting for merchandise; a romance of Tristan; list of spices; astronomical and astrological information; charms and prayers; recipes; extracts in Venetian; and poems
- Description:
- In Italian and Latin., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Fruit 7372-76, Briquet Cheval 3564, and Briquet Fruit 7341., Script: Written by a single scribe in a neat notarial hand, through f. 67v. Notes added by various hands of 14th-15th centuries., Drawings of ships, towers and merchants in ink, with added yellow, brown, green, red and blue; many diagrams. Crude 2- and 1-line initials in red, with guide-letters for rubricator showing beneath; headings in red., Repair of f. 1 with later paper; some loss of text. Repairs at outer edges on this and other folios do not affect text., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries. Rigid vellum case with paste paper back endleaf and pastedowns. Central fold of each bifolium has been reinforced with a strip of parchment.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Venice (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Accounting, Arithmetic, Astrology, Astronomy, Medieval, Formulas, recipes, etc, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Merchants, Prayers, Tristan (Legendary character), and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Merchant's commonplace book
6.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1475-1525]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 116
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of a collection of prayers, principally in Middle English
- Description:
- In Middle English; a few passages in Latin., Layout: single column., and Script: secretary script.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Devotional literature, English, Devotional literature, English (Middle), Manuscripts, Medieval, Prayers, Medieval, and Prayers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Prayer roll in Middle English with passages in Latin
7.
- Published / Created:
- 1456-1466.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 968
- Image Count:
- 534
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper
- Description:
- In German and Latin.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Nuremberg (Germany)
- Subject (Name):
- Dominicans.
- Subject (Topic):
- Prayers and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Prayerbook: Gebet und Andachtsbuch
8.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1290 and 1310].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 482.100
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of prayers in Latin and Middle High German; the Latin prayer is the Rhythmica oratio while the Middle High German prayers are unidentified
- Description:
- In Latin and Middle High German., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 1-line initials are in black capitals highlighted with red; sections within the Rhymica oratio are marked by paragraph marks in red; rubrics in the prayers are written in black minuscule and underlined in red; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Prayers and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Prayers (in Latin and Middle High German) (fragment).
9.
- Published / Created:
- [13--].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 481.122
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of prayers for the dead, possibly from a rituale
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in large gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: 2- and 3-line initials are in black with black penwork, some filled with red; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus flexus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text; line fillers in black; line divider on fol. 2r is in the shape of a square with four compartments like a coat of arms; one of the compartments contains the picture of a face.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Prayers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Prayers for the Dead (Rituale?) (fragment).
10.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1450]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 134
- Image Count:
- 312
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (watermarks trimmed; unidentified) of various prayers
- Description:
- In German and Latin., Script: Text written in formal gothic by one scribe. Prayers added on the flyleaves, front and back, by several later hands in italic of the 17th century and later. 2- and 1-line initials in blue-grey or orange-tinted red. 1-line initials within the text, with red stroke. Extensive rubrication in orange-tinted red., and Binding: 16th-17th centuries. Sewn on three single, round, vegetable fiber cords laced into wooden boards. "Made" endbands glued on and extending onto the outer face of the boards. Red edges and numerous place marks of vellum or tawed skin on the fore-edge. The spine rounded and lined. Covered in dark brown calf with two brass catches on the upper board and brass clasps hinged to the lower. The lower board is detached and one clasp and some leather at head and tail of the spine are wanting.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Augustinians. and Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, and Prayers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Prayers, for Augustinian use
