Manuscript on paper of Anonymous epic in ottava rima dealing with San Giusto paladin of Charlemagne
Description:
In Italian., Script: Copied by one hand in bold Southern Gothica Textualis Formata (but f and straight s slightly descending below the base-line), with majuscules under strong Humanistic influence., The first letter of each verse heightened with yellow. Red plain initials (3-4 lines) at the head of each Book (no space had been provided for the last one)., and Binding: Eighteenth century. White parchment over cardboard. Spine with red leather title-label with gold-tooled inscription "LE BATTAGL. DI J. PALLAD. CON IL DEMONIO. MS. 1400". Marbled endpapers and red and blue sprinkled edges.
Manuscript on Parchment of a Legendarium, containing Passio sancta Polycarpi, Acta Sanctorum Ian., Agones martyrum mensis Ianuarii libro primo contenti, Miraculum sancti Polycarpi, Liber in Gloria martyrum, Vita sanctae Balthildis, Vita sancti Iuliani Cenomannensis, Vita sanctae Paulae, Vita sancti Iohannis Chrysostomi
Description:
Script: copied by a single hand in Praegothica., Decoration: The first line or word of a text after the initial is written in Uncialis. 1-, 2-, or 3-lined plain intiails in red or blue, some with interior reserved shapes or primitive penwork. Large early flourished initials in brown, red and blue on ff. 115v (8 lines), 117v (7 lines), 119r (7 lines), 122r (7 lines), 127v (7 lines)., and In Latin.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of lessons from the Mass, from a lectionary or missal, including among others: Anthony (13 June); Sts. Gervase and Protase (24 June); Vigil of St. John the Baptist (23 June); Vigil of Sts. Peter and Paul (28 June); and Octave of the Apostles
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: the words "In illo tempore" begin with a 7- to 8-line initial "I" in blue with red penwork; the initials of the lessons are 1-line red or blue initials decorated with blue or red penwork; 1-line initials within lessons are in black highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation and accents are in the same ink as the text; there are symbols similar to neumes above some of the text, perhaps aids for reading aloud.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, Lectionaries, and Missals
Manuscript fragment on parchment of lessons for the Mass, either from a lectionary or a missal. Readings include: Matthew 10, Luke 6, 11, and 12.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: 1- and 3-line initials at the beginning of lessons are in red; initials at the beginning of verses are in brown highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, Lectionaries, and Missals
Manuscript on parchment of a Letter of rejoicing, from Henri de la Thuillerie to his father, the French diplomat and politician Gaspard Coignet de la Thuillerie upon the father's return
Description:
On the French diplomat and politician Gaspard Coignet de la Thuillerie (1597-1653), see Dictionnaire de Biographie Francaise, v. 9, cols. 146-47., In Latin., Script: Written in italic, with larger size of script for headings and proper names., Each page has full border incorporating personifications, coats-of-arms, mottoes, putti, birds, and flowers, in red, blue, green, yellow, gold and silver, all of mediocre quality. On f. 1r, full-page drawing with arms of the Coignet family of Auxerre (azure, 2 swords per saltire argent, hilted to the base or, between 4 crescents argent)., and Binding: Seventeenth century. Red goatskin, gold-tooled with a "seme" pattern of swords and crescents, flames and fleurs-de-lis. Satin doublures. Traces of two fastenings.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Thuillerie, Henri de la.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin letters, Medieval and modern, and Manuscripts, Medieval
ALS from W.J. Chute to his friend Grimston, relating the news he had heard about his friend's travels through Europe with their friend C. Collyer and expressing the hopes that they might meet up in the near future and his eagerness to leave Angers; he relates news about their friend Cunliffe and inquires about other friends Mr. Hooker and Vernon, and describes a lavish ball held at Angers. He concludes with his thoughts on the Keppel trial
Description:
In English. and For further information consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Angers (France)
Subject (Name):
Chute, William, 1757-1824., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., and Palliser, Hugh, Sir, 1723-1796.
An autograph letter signed from an itinerant actress Eleonora Garrell in a travelling theatre troupe, dated 13 December 1764 from the White Lion Inn in Halifax. An affectionate, teasing letter in which the writer reports on her employment with the "Scotch Company" and their meeting with a rival company "Mr. Whitley" in Leeds where they are both banned. She reports that she will be joining another company "Mr. Woodcock's" and reports about her ill-health
Description:
Surname may be Garrell?, In English., and For further information consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Farrell, Eleonora. and Whitley, James Augustus, ca. 1724-1781.
ALS from Francis Blandy to William Toovey relating to legal instructions and referring to a certain person who "has been getting at [the] knowledge of the affair in order to lessen your allowance." Also with an 18th century newspaper clipping advertising a publication about Mary Blandy's affair with Mr. Cranstaun, her crime, and execution, dated 1752
Description:
In English. and For further information, consult library staff.