Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of the complete text of Hilton's Scale of Perfection. Volume also contains the complete text of Hilton's brief tract, Of angels' song
Description:
In Middle English., Ownership inscription of John Price on recto of front flyleaf., Ownership inscription of Samuel Courthope Bosanquet on recto of second front flyleaf., Layout: single columns of approximately 30 lines., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: blue initials with red penwork., and Binding: contemporary white tawed leather over wooden boards; remains of hardware. Modern case.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Hilton, Walter, -1396.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature, English prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Mysticism
Manuscript, in Walpole's hand, of a brief autobiography from the date of his birth to his activities in 1779. He begins with information about his childhood, including his godparents, the date of his innoculation against smallpox, and his education; and continues with biographical information about his college years; his first employment; his travels with Thomas Gray; and his Parliamentary activities. Much of the manuscript concerns the pieces he wrote, both published and unpublished, and those he published with the Strawberry Hill Press, as well as his reactions to the reviews he received. He also includes anecdotes concerning his attack by highwaymen in 1749; the family quarrel with his uncle Horace Walpole; and his disagreements with David Hume and Voltaire
Description:
In English., Title from first page., Typed transcript available., and Leaves are contained in a paper cover, unstitched.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771., Hume, David, 1711-1776., Voltaire, 1694-1778., Walpole family., Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797., Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745., Great Britain. Parliament., and Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Autobiographies (literary genre), English literature, English poetry, Nobility, and Social life and customs
Manuscript leaf, on parchment, containing portions of the life of Saint Mary of Egypt and the opening of the life of Saint Alphage
Description:
In Middle English., Leaf has been trimmed for use in a binding., Layout: single-column. Now 28 lines., Script: early Anglicana., and Decoration: rubricated.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
English literature, English poetry, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, containing the text of William of Nassington's poem. The Speculum vitae is followed by several other devotional texts in prose and verse, including Walter Hilton's prose commentary on Qui habitat and Bonum est; and poems on Purgatory, the evils of covetousness, a prayer to Jesus, and two dialogues, one between Christ and Man, and the second between Christ and a sinner
Description:
In Middle English, with rubrics in Latin., Ownership inscription for the Francisan convent at Lichfield?, dated 1486., Layout: double columns of 50-58 lines., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: initials in red and blue penwork., and Binding: original wooden boards, rebacked.
Subject (Geographic):
England., Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
William, of Nassington, -1354. and Franciscans
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature, English poetry, English prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Purgatory
In English., Script: Articles 1 and 2 written by a single person in a careful secretary script; other items added by several contemporary and later hands., One loose leaf, presently tipped in between ff. 1 and 2, has pen and ink sketch of falconer, with bird and dog. Inscription above drawing: "Lorde let me not, in Vanitie/Delight more, then I should in thee.", and Binding: 16th-17th centuries. Limp vellum case with title lettered on spine.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
English literature, Falconry, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper of George Waymouth (fl. 1587-1611), The jewell of artes, an unfinished technical handbook of navigation, inventions, fortifications, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting of short textual parts and extremely numerous full-page technical drawings and diagrams of high quality
Description:
About the author, a somewhat mysterious navigator, scholar and engineer, see Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, v. 51 (2004), pp. 777-778. He returned in 1602 from his unsuccesful expedition to discover the Northwest Passage, presented the King in 1604 with two versions of his treatise The Jewell of Artes and undertook in 1605 a new expedition to the American East coast, landing in Maine., In English., Script: Written by one hand in Gothica Cursiva Libraria (Secretary)., and Binding: Original armorial (rebacked). Brown calf over cardboard, both covers gold-tooled with a seme pattern of flowerets, corner pieces and a central piece with the arms of King James I. Spine with six raised bands and red title-label with inscription "JEWELL OF ARTES".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Waymouth, George.
Subject (Topic):
English literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Military art and science, and Navigation
Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of the treatise on hunting by Edward Plantagenet, second Duke of York
Description:
In Middle English., Presentation inscription from John Shirley to Richard Halsham follows the text., Ownership inscription of Sir Gregory Page-Turner on f. 1., Layout: single columns of 34 lines., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: full illuminated border on f. 1, with small illuminated initials at chapter openings (six of these have been cut away)., and Binding: nineteenth-century full blind-tooled diced russia.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Edward, of Norwich, 1373?-1415.
Subject (Topic):
English literature, English prose literature, Hunting, and Manuscripts, Medieval
In Middle English., Script: Anglicana., and Decoration: large initial "H" in red and blue penwork and other smaller initials in alternating red or blue.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Edward, of Norwich, 1373?-1415.
Subject (Topic):
English literature, English prose literature, Hunting, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper of The Treatise of Fishing with an Angle, attributed to Dame Juliana Berners
Description:
In Middle English., Watermarks: unidentified hand., Script: Written by a single scribe in a bold English secretary script., Simple flourishes and initial strokes, in red., Stains throughout, some obscuring text. Severe trimming has resulted in loss of marginalia., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Russia leather, gold-tooled, by C. Lewis in 1823. Rebacked.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Berners, Juliana, b. 1388?
Subject (Topic):
English literature, Fishing, and Manuscripts, Medieval