- None1
You Searched For
1 - 5 of 5
Search Results
1. Bouche of courte
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1571]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 610
- Image Count:
- 194
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper. The documents in this archival register cover the period from King Henry VIII (1509-1547) through Queen Elizabeth (1558-1603).
- Description:
- In English., Script: Copied by a single hand in Gothica Cursiva Libraria (Secretary)., and Binding: Limp vellum with remains of leather ties. Preserved in a modern cardboard folder covered with paper decorated with vertical red and purple stripes. On the brown leather spine the gold-tooled inscription: "KING HENRY VIII'S OWN MS. BOUCH OF COURT".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Courts and courtiers, Manuscripts, Medieval, Court and courtiers, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bouche of courte
2. Carta de foresta
- Published / Created:
- 1562.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 89
- Image Count:
- 214
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Carta de foresta, a collection of hunting and forestry laws. With a collection of extracts, in Latin, all concerning laws of forestry
- Description:
- In English., Watermarks: unidentified pot., Script: Written in a well formed chancery hand by a single scribe., and Binding: Sixteenth century. Endleaves reinforced with vellum, two leaves originally pasted to each board. Sewn on five single, tawed skin thongs laced into paste boards rounded on the outside of the spine edge. Beaded endbands sewn on leather or cane cores but not laced to boards. The spine is square, with traces of adhesive. Covered in dark brown calf, blind-tooled with a triple line border and a small central ornament. Two ribbon fastenings, now wanting. Leather broken at joint, sewing reinforced.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Forests and forestry, Hunting, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carta de foresta
3. Carta de foresta
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 88
- Image Count:
- 151
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of a collection of laws governing hunting and forestry
- Description:
- In Latin, with passages in English and French., Script: Arts. 4-14 written in a neat chancery script with Anglicana influence; arts. 1 and 15 in similar, but less elegant hands; arts. 2-3 are in gothic textura., Plain initial, in red, with crude ink penwork flourishes on f. 1v; KL monograms and portions of calendar also on red., Some stains on ff. 2r-7v render text illegible., and Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Rebinding in quarter pigskin, tanned, not tawed, with a strap and pin fastening. The oak boards, cambered on all four outer edges and with rectangular pegs, are probably contemporary with the manuscript. Front pastedown composed of a small fragment of prayers in Latin (15th century).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Forests and forestry, Hunting, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carta de foresta
4. Land grant made by Emperor Don Carlos I to Gonzalo Prieto in Jerez de la Frontera
- Published / Created:
- 1537 February 27.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 616
- Container / Volume:
- (Box)
- Image Count:
- 28
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Land grant, manuscript on parchment, originally made to Alonzo Prieto, and awarded after his death to his brother Gonzalo Prieto, following litigation. The grant, valued at 35,000 maravedis annually, was given to defray the costs of preparing land and naval forces to protect Spain and the Catholic Church, particularly from the "Gran Turco" ( Süleyman I). Four ships carrying gold and silver were to arrive from Peru to support this. The text refers to places and dates in the years 1535-1536. The end of the document, apparently written when the authorizing signatures were added, gives the location as Valladolid, and the date as 27 February 1537
- Description:
- In Spanish., Single quire of 12 leaves containing 21 pages of text., Layout: 1 column, 40 lines., Script: Written in Gothic textura script., and Binding: Vellum cover, worn, with numerous notations on front.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Spain, Jerez de la Frontera., Connecticut, New Haven., Jerez de la Frontera (Spain), and America
- Subject (Name):
- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558.
- Subject (Topic):
- Land grants, Land titles, Manuscripts, Medieval, Colonies, History, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Land grant made by Emperor Don Carlos I to Gonzalo Prieto in Jerez de la Frontera
5. The coalitional rencontre anticipated : a poetical dialogue. Scene, St. James Park. Time, the morning before the meeting of Parliament, after the long recess. Dramatis personae, Northelia, Carlo Khan
- Published / Created:
- M.DCC.LXXXV [1785]
- Call Number:
- File 763 785 C652+++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Description:
- Caption title., "Price six pence.", "The above poem, elegantly printed in quarto, may be had at the same place, with a humorous frontispiece. Second edition. Price two shillings."--Below imprint., Not in ESTC., and Signed in ink on verso: D. Erskine Esq. For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Printed for John Stockdale, opposite Burlington-House, Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Verse drama, English and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The coalitional rencontre anticipated : a poetical dialogue. Scene, St. James Park. Time, the morning before the meeting of Parliament, after the long recess. Dramatis personae, Northelia, Carlo Khan