Manuscript on parchment of Fragments of a Brut Chronicle. Begins imperfectly in chapter 36 (Constantine) and has several lacunae. The work ends in chapter 86 (beginning on f. 11r) with the thirty-first year of Edward III. With art. 3) A note (in Latin) stating that King Henry IV was consecrated in 1399 and documenting his descent from Adam. 4) A list (in Latin) of 86 kings (each numbered) from Brutus to Edward III. 5) Names of prisoners captured and killed at the battle of Poitiers (19 Sept. 1356). 6) Terms of the treaty of Bretigny (8 May 1360). 7) Parliamentary text.
Description:
Acquired from Henry Fletcher in 1950., Binding: 18th-19th centuries. Stab sewn to a vellum folder made up of a legal document (trimmed with some loss of text) dated 1766 and involving the manors of Whitechurch and Milbourne in Wiltshire. The outside has an inscription, 19th century, "Some leaves of early English History in Norman French supposed to have come from Malmesbury Abbey." A similar inscription occurs on f. i verso., Decorative initials, blue with red penwork, appear only on ff. 1-12; initial strokes and headings, in red, throughout., In Anglo-Norman., and Script: Written in Anglicana bookhand by one scribe.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History--14th century
Subject (Name):
England.--Treaties, etc.--France,--(1360 May 8)
Subject (Topic):
Anglo-Norman literature, Chronicles of England, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Lacerenza, William A Mayer, Peter F Reuter, Louis W Suess, George H Van Kannel, T. (Theophilus), 1841-1919
Published / Created:
1947
Call Number:
BrSides Elephant Folio 2013 7
Collection Title:
Amusement park attractions : blueprints, plans, and building permits for Coney Island and other
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
A collection of blueprints, plans, and building permits for Coney Island attractions and for the Witching Waves ride in Detroit and Euclid Beach Park, Cleveland. The Witching Waves ride was originally a Coney Island attraction that was later licensed to other locations. Collection includes plans for rides (such as Witching Waves, Bubble Bounce, Roll-O-Plane, and Thunderbolt), restaurants, arcades, a revolving platform and a miniature golf course, as well as for foundations, pipelines, and concrete piers. Includes also plans for an elephant track and stables for 5 elephants and 5 persons.
Alternative Title:
Bubble Bounce foundation details and Bubble Bounce foundation plan
Description:
Architects and surveyors named on plans: T. Van Kannel, George H. Suess, William A. Lacerenza, Peter F. Meyer, Louis W. Reuter., Collection includes 1 blueline print and 1 manuscript floor plan and duplicate blueprints., Imperfect: manuscript floor plan mutilated with loss of text., and Stamps of the Department of Housing and Buildings, Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York.
Subject (Geographic):
Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) and Euclid Beach Park (Cleveland, Ohio)
Subject (Topic):
Amusement parks--Michigan--Detroit, Amusement parks--New York (State)--New York, and Amusement parks--Ohio--Cleveland
D’Aulaire, Edgar Parin, 1898-1986 D’Aulaire, Ingri, 1904-1980
Published / Created:
c1952
Call Number:
Shirley +215
Image Count:
34
Description:
Includes four lithographic stones used in the four-color-process printing of the illustrations and held in the E.P. and Ingri D'Aulaire Papers, Uncat MSS 985. Drawings on both sides of stones.
Publisher:
Doubleday & Co
Subject (Name):
Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Juvenile literature
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Juvenile literature and Plains Indians--Juvenile literature
Manuscript on paper of a Papal bull dated 22 October 1463 in unidentified Italian translation, announcing the adherence of Pope Pius II to the Hungarian-Venetian league.
Description:
Binding: Nineteenth century. Rigid vellum case., One initial, 4-line, in black ink on f. 1r., Script: Written in upright mercantesca bookhand (no loops)., and Watermarks: unidentified horn in gutter.
Subject (Geographic):
Venice (Italy)--History
Subject (Name):
Pius--II,--Pope,--1405-1464
Subject (Topic):
Bulls, Papal, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library