- Creator:
- Rolfe, John, 1585-1622
- Published / Created:
- 1616.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 567
- Image Count:
- 22
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of John Rolfe (1585-1622), A true relation of the state of Virginia, autograph manuscript
- Description:
- The author, best known for his part in the colonization of Virginia under the governorship of Sir Thomas Dale (d. 1619) and his marriage to the Indian princess Pocahontas (d. 1617), wrote this account after his return to England in 1616 to show the suitability of Virginia for colonization., In English., Script: Written in Gothica Cursiva (Secretary)., The acidity of the ink has damaged the paper., and Binding: Original paper wrappers.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Virginia
- Subject (Name):
- Rolfe, John, 1585-1622.
- Subject (Topic):
- English literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Description and travel, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A true relation of the state of Virginia
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- Published / Created:
- approximately 1240-approximately 1250.
- Call Number:
- Osborn a73
- Image Count:
- 716
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, of the Bible, including prologues. The Old Testament omits 1 and 2 Chronicles and Psalms; Esther and Judith follow Nehemiah. New Testament is incomplete: Acts folllows the Pauline and Catholic epistles but ends in chapter 13; Revelations not present. Chapter divisions throughout often deviate from Langton arrangement. Numerous brief marginal annoations in several hands
- Description:
- In Latin., Numerous brief marginal annotations, in Latin, in several thirteenth and fourteenth century hands, apparently English. Ecclesiastes annotated in at least four different hands., Layout: double columns of 55 lines., Script: gothica textualis., Decoration: each prologue and book opens with a large initial in red and blue with red and blue penwork, often with bar extensions in red and blue., and Binding: seventeenth-century full dark blue English polished calf. with extensive gold tooling in cottage style. Six-compartmented spine; all compartments gold-tooled except for the second, which contains a handwritten paper label: "Latin Bible. Manuscript." Marbled endpapers.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bible
- Published / Created:
- approximately 1300.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 712.85
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment containing part of a commentary on the Romance of Alexander. The second nonconsecutive leaf of the bifolium contains part of a commentary on the New Testament, including a citation of John 6:45 in Greek
- Description:
- In Latin; small citation in Ancient Greek. and Script: gothic bookhand.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commentary on the Romance of Alexander (fragment).
- Creator:
- Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century
- Published / Created:
- approximately 1425-approximately 1449.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 712.86
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment containing text from Book 15 of this scientific work
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: English bookhand., and Decoration: 7 large initials in blue ink with penwork in red ink; red and blue ink paraph marks.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De proprietatibus rerum (fragment).
- Creator:
- Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
- Published / Created:
- approximately 1450.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1222
- Image Count:
- 317
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in at least two scribal hands, of this narrative poem by John Lydgate. The text was almost certainly originally complete but now lacks the Prologue and the opening stanzas of Book I, opening at the line "For to be crowned in that regeous" and lacking the final few leaves of text as well. There is also a textual lacuna between f92v and f93r, Contemporary textual corrections and insertions marked by red crosses. Occasional pen trials and names in contemporary hands, and Autograph letter signed from Frederic Madden to Lord Braybrooke, 1840 March 9, tipped in at front of volume. The letter contains a description of the manuscript and advises that it be rebound while preserving the initials of Mary Sidney
- Description:
- In Middle English., Script: anglicana and secretary; in the hands of at least two scribes., Decoration: initials in red and blue, some with marginal scroll decoration., Layout: 56 lines in two columns, 15 stanzas per page. Catchwords., and Binding: 19th-century calf over wood, covers inlaid with fragment of 16th-century binding preseving the initials "M.S." (Mary Sidney).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
- Subject (Topic):
- English literature, English poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Narrative poetry, English (Middle)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fall of princes
- Published / Created:
- [1476?]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 712.31
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript charter, on parchment, of a grant of income from the Prior of Saint Egidius to Sir Richard Beauchamp
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: documentary anglicana., and Parchment indented at top. Remains of red seal on parchment strip.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Grant from the Prior of Saint Egidius to Sir Richard Beauchamp
- Published / Created:
- approximately 1275-approximately 1299.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 712.59
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment from an English hymnal
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: gothica textualis semiquadrata., and Decoration: large initials in red and blue ink with contrasting penwork. Pages ruled in red.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hymnal (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- approximately 1250.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 712.79
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment, probably from a Bible. The recto contains the end of "the Interpretation of Hebrew Names" in a gothic bookhand; rubricated. The verso contains two unidentified texts in a slightly later anglicana script, one medical and one mathematical
- Description:
- In Latin.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Interpretation of hebrew names (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- approximately 1350-approximately 1399.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 712.81
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of a work in Latin hexameters on lexicography, particularly distinctions among similar words
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: angicana formata., Decoration: small capitals in ink at the beginning of each line., and Layout: double columns of 32 lines each.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Latin poetry, Medieval and modern and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Latin verse work on lexicography (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- approximately 1220.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 712.72
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment from an illuminated English psalter
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: gothica textualis rotunda., and Decoration: 20 small initials in alternating gold and blue ink with contrasting red and blue marginal penwork. Numerous line fillers in red and blue ink, including several "smiling fish" fillers.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Psalter (fragment).