Manuscript fragment, on parchment, of text from a Brut chronicle in Anglo-Norman rhyming octosyllabic couplets
Description:
In Anglo-Norman French., Layout: two columns of 39 lines., Script: gothic hand., Decoration: initial C in blue and initial Q in red., and Stained and somewhat worn from use as a pastedown, with some later pen trials.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Anglo-Norman literature, Brutus the Trojan (Legendary character), and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript fragment, on parchment, containing an illustration of the execution of the general Vitruvius, as described in Book 8, chapter 20 of Livy's Ab urbe condita (History of Rome). The verso contains 18 incomplete lines of text in French
Description:
In Middle French., Tipped onto a cardboard mount. Bookseller description pasted to the reverse of the mount., Script: bâtarde script., and Decoration: the miniature is full-color with shading in gold, edged with a narrow burnished gold frame.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Livy.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript binding fragment, on parchment, of part of the text of Lancelot du Lac
Description:
In Middle French., Accompanied by three unidentified manuscript fragments that were part of the 2002 sale lot., Script: gothic script., and Decoration: illuminated initial with brown penwork.
Manuscript leaf, on parchment, apparently from a collection of law reports (perhaps a Year-book). Actions mentioned include cases of Dower and Quare impedit
Description:
In Law French (Anglo-Norman)., Layout: single columns of 61-62 lines each., and Script: cursive legal script with some anglicana features.
Manuscript bifolium, in a single hand, containing text from chapters 34, 35, and 39 of this prose romance
Description:
In Middle French., Layout: double columns of 52 lines., Script: gothic script., and Decoration: Rubricated. Three-line initials in gold against blue and rose grounds.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Arthurian romances, French prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
