Buddhist sanghas--California, Christian communities--California, Collective settlements--California, Communal living--California, Cooperative societies--California, Socialism--California, and T
Manuscript on paper containing 1) Commentarius in sequentiam “Ave preclara maris stella”, falsely attributed to Caesarius de Heisterbach O. Cist.(c. 1180-c. 1240). 2) Commentarius in sequentiam “Benedictio Trine Unitati”. 3) Addition to art. 2, dealing with the Hebrew alphabet. 4) Humorous note explaining why the eater of cheese (obviously a most unhealthy food) will never thrust a wine-goblet from his hood (?), why he never will be bitten by a dog and why a thief will never enter his house.
Description:
Script: Artt. 1-4 are copied by one hand writing Gothica Cursiva Libraria marked by striking hairlines at r and final t. Quotations are clumsily written in a deviating form of Northern Gothica Textualis. Ascenders at the top line are often lengthened and decorated. Art. 5 is copied in a more rapid form of Gothica Cursiva Libraria, possibly by the same hand.
Subject (Name):
Hermannus,--Contractus,--1013-1054
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an unidentified commentary on the Gospel of Luke, containing extensive commentary on chapters 19:41, 19:45 and 19:47: the Temple of Solomon, Jesus' prediction of the destruction of Jerusalem and his ejection of the money-changers from the Temple.
Description:
Script: Late Carolingian handwriting with Italian features.
Manuscript on paper of part of a collection of letters by Antonius Panormitanus (Antonio Beccadelli, 1394-1471), written during his teaching at the Studio of Pavia, 1429-1434.
Description:
2-line plain red initials with guide letters in the margin. Red stroking of the majuscule following an initial., Binding: Unbound., Foliated 11-20. Wanting ff. 1-10., and Script: Copied by one hand in a wide Gothica Hybrida Libraria.
Subject (Topic):
Epigrams, Italian, Italian letters, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript on vellum and paper of 1) Treatise on the Koran. 2) Ricoldus de Monte Crucis O.P. (Ricoldo da Montecroce, d. 1320), Libellus contra legem Sarracenorum (Confutatio Alcorani). 3) Anonymous treatise against the Koran in the form of letters exchanged between two friends, a Moslem and a Christian. 4) Bonacursius de Bononia O.P. (s. XIII2), De erroribus Graecorum. 5) A short history of the oecumenical councils.
Description:
Binding: Original binding. Blind-tooled calfskin over bevelled wooden boards, worm-eaten. Sewn on three split leather thongs. Brass?? bosses., Script: Probably copied by one hand, who starts writing Humanistica Textualis but gradually changes into a rapid Gothico-Humanistica., and Some errors in modern foliation.
Subject (Topic):
Apologetics--Early works to 1800, Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript on paper of 1) Hugh of St. Victor, Laude caritatis, and De modo orandi. 2) Heinrich von Langenstein, Expositio super Orationem Dominicam. 3) Pseudo-Albertus Magnus, Paradisus animae. 4) Memoriale Biblicum with interlinear gloss.
Description:
Script: copied by seven scribes. Hand A copied ff. 1r-18v in Gothica Textualis Formata; Hand B copied ff. 19r-38v in Gothica Hybrida Formata/Libraria; Hand C copied ff. 39r-47r in bold Hybrida Libraria; Hand D copied ff. 48r-50r and 54r-57r in Semihybrida Libraria; Hand E, which is perhaps identical with Hand D, copied ff. 50v-53v in Hybrida Libraria; Hand F copied f. 57v in Cursiva Libraria; Hand G copied ff. 58r-116r in Hybrida Libraria (in two sizes for text and gloss of art. 21). Headings, stroking of majuscules, paragraph marks and (in articles 10-19) underlining in red. All initials in the same colour: 1-line versals; 2- and 3-line plain initials; a 4-line plain initial with interior reserved shapes on f. 1r; a 3-line plain initial containing a human face on f. 48r. Article 20 stands apart by the form of its initials, its decorative paragraph marks and the absence of headings (instructions for the rubricator are written alongside the lower edge; chapter numbers have been added by a later hand). In article 21, elongated decorated initials at the top line.
Manuscript journal, unsigned, of Laura Angeline Munson Keller documenting sea voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to Port Townsend, Washington, 1858 September 25-1859 March 28. Includes account of life aboard the Toando schooner with emphasis on daily activities, homesickness, and passenger illnesses. There are also entries documenting Keller's time in Victoria, British Columbia, and Port Gamble, Washington, 1859 April 1-June 5, as well as one later entry, 1860 March 25.
Description:
Laura Angeline Munson Keller (1837-1877) of Whiting, Washington, was married to Captain Albert W. Keller (1832-1914). She, along with her husband's family, traveled from Boston, Massachusetts, to Port Townsend, Washington, aboard the Toando, 1858 September 25-1859 March 30., Purchased from Michael Ginsberg on the Arthur Corbitt Hoskins Memorial Fund, 2011., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Port Gamble (Wash.)--Description and travel, Port Townsend (Wash.)--Description and travel, and Victoria (B.C.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Keller, Albert W., 1832-1914, Keller, Laura Angeline Munson, 1837-1877, and Toando (Schooner)
Subject (Topic):
Ocean travel, Voyages to the Pacific coast, and Women--West (U.S.)
Manuscript fragments on paper of loose leaves of a judicial register. The lawsuit before the court of the Parliament of Dauphiné (“curia Dalphinalis parlamenti,” founded 1453) is about land, meadows (“prata”), a barn (“grangia”), and a house.
Description:
Badly deteriorated by glue, worm holes and the fading of the ink on many pages., Detached from a binding. With the fragments a strip of parchment (goatskin), obviously coming from the same binding, is preserved. It is a fragment (c. 12 lines on both sides) of a Latin manuscript containing an unidentified text of Roman law (Italy, 14th century), written in two columns with a column of gloss at both sides of the text. The handwriting is Southern Textualis Libraria/Formata (Rotunda)., Foliated by cataloger in order suggested by worming. This may not reflect original organization., Script: Copied by various scribes all writing a rapid documentary script (Gothica Cursiva Currens)., and Watermark: letter P?.
Subject (Geographic):
Dauphiné (France)
Subject (Topic):
Legal documents, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Copied on A.H. 8 Rabīʻ al-S̲ānī 1244 [A.D. 1828]., Ethé, H. India Office, 972(3), Good nastaʻlīq, in red and black; ʻunwān in colors on leaf 1 verso; with crude full-page miniatures., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Manuscript journal from September 1843 to April 1844, 1843-1844
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Image depicts the twenty-two states of the Swiss Confederation of 1843 or 1844, the different types of dress found among the people of these regions, and the traveling distances between those regions.
Subject (Geographic):
Switzerland --Description and travel --1800-1850, Switzerland --Ethnic relations, Switzerland --History --1830-1848, Switzerland --History --19th century, and Switzerland --Politics and government --19th century