- Creator:
- Catholic Church.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1410]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 100
- Image Count:
- 377
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of a book of hours according to the Use of Sarum. The Latin text is followed by a brief treatise in Middle English on prayer, titled "Here begynneth in what man[ner] preyer sholde be vsed." The volume concludes with prayers in Latin and Middle English.
- Alternative Title:
- Book of hours
- Description:
- Binding: modern red velvet; red morocco box., Calendar contains three notes concerning births and a marriage of Cheyne family members., Decoration: three historiated initials with full-page borders; one smaller historiated initials and seven large foliate initials with borders. many smaller initals in gold with blue penwork or in blue with red penwork., Description of volume, in Latin, signed WA.1804 on recto of front flyleaf., Formerly owned by the Chenye (Cheney) family; Jone Ffyn; Henry Huth; Edward Cheney. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns of 17 lines., Ownership inscription of Jone Ffyn on verso of front flyleaf., and Script: gothic bookhand.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church.--Book of hours. and Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions.
- Subject (Topic):
- Books of hours., Devotional literature, English (Middle), English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Book of hours : use of Sarum.
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- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1420-1450]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 29
- Image Count:
- 324
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of the "common version" of the Brut chronicle.
- Alternative Title:
- Chronicles of England.
- Description:
- Annotations in red crayon probably by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury., Binding: nineteenth-century brown blind-stamped morocco, gilt; armorial binding of the Dukes of Newcastle., Decoration: numerous two-line initials in burnished gold or in blue ink with red penwork., Layout: single columns of 36 lines., Probably formerly owned by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury. Ex libris Duke of Newcastle. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., and Script: English bookhand.
- Subject (Topic):
- English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Brut chronicle.
- Creator:
- Love, Nicholas, active 1410.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 20
- Image Count:
- 266
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of the text of Love's translation of the Meditationes vitae Christi. Interpolated is an anonymous Middle English translation of the Meditationes de passione Christi.
- Description:
- Binding: nineteenth-century vellum., Decoration: initials in blue with red penwork; six initials in red., Layout: single columns of 24 lines., Ownership inscription of Sir John Gage on f. 126., Previously owned by the Gage family. Ex libris Viscount Gage. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., and Script: English bookhand.
- Subject (Name):
- Gage, Henry Raynald Gage,--Viscount,--1895-1982--Bookplate., Gage, John,--Sir,--1479-1556--Autograph., Johannes, de Caulibus, active 14th century. Meditationes vitae Christi., Love, Nicholas,--active 1410., and Love, Nicholas,--active 1410.--Mirrour of the blessed lyf of Jesu Christi.
- Subject (Topic):
- Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mirour of the blessed lyf of Jesu Christ.
- Creator:
- Love, Nicholas, active 1410.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 63
- Image Count:
- 345
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of Love's translation of the Meditationes vitae Christi.
- Description:
- All corners repaired, not affecting main text block. Approximately 34 missing leaves; replaced by manuscript copies of the missing text in a modern cursive., Binding: nineteenth-century blind-tooled brown morocco., Decoration: rubricated. Some marginal note initials in blue with red penwork., Ex libris Harry Keryng of Rede; Robert Doraunt; St. John's Cathedral Church, Colchester; Lord Aldenham (Henry Hucks Gibbs); J. P. R. Lyell; H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence (MS 9). From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Includes bibliographic note and Vol. 4 No. 5 of Monthly Notes of The Library Association of the United Kingdom, dated May 15, 1883, at end., Layout: single columns of 32 lines., and Script: English bookhand.
- Subject (Name):
- Bradfer-Lawrence, H. L.--(Harry Lawrence)--Ownership., Dourant, Robert--Autograph., Gibbs, Henry Hucks,--1819-1907--Bookplate., Johannes, de Caulibus, active 14th century. Meditationes vitae Christi., Love, Nicholas,--active 1410., Lyell, James P. R.--(James Patrick Ronaldson),--1871---Bookplate., and St. John's Cathedral Church (Colchester, England) Inscription.
- Subject (Topic):
- Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mirour of the blessed lyf of Jesu Christ.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1475]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 69
- Image Count:
- 292
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, containing the Penitential Psalms, the Litany of the Saints, the Psalms of the Passion, and other Latin prayers and devotions. The text is preceded by two pages of rubrics in Middle French; there are Middle English rubrics concerning indulgences on ff. 55-57. Several pages contain short pieces of music in the margins, probably in a contemporary hand. and The manuscript also contains two miniatures not original to the text. The first (f. 4) is a full-page miniature of St. Christopher in color against a stylized landscape and a gold ground with a title sewn to the top margin, possibly predating its current binding by 50 years. The second (ff. 62b-63) is a double-page miniature of the Adoration of the Magi; the figures are outlined in ink and finished with washes in green, red and blue. Possibly intended as a pattern for embroidery or for wall-painting.
- Description:
- Binding: 16th-century English blind-stamped calf, with panels of heads in medallions, rebacked., Decoration: Rubricated. Approximately 110 initials in blue with red penwork. Full-page minature illustration of St. Christopher; double-page illustration of the Adoration of the Magi., From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Front and back pastedowns from a contemporary? printed German play about Adam and Eve., In Latin, with a small number of rubrics in Middle French (ff.1-2) and Middle English (ff. 55-57)., Layout: first section in single columns of 17 lines; second section in single columns of 12 lines., and Script: gothic liturgical script.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions.
- Subject (Topic):
- Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Illumination of books and manuscripts,, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Penitential psalms and litany.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1475-1499]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 33
- Image Count:
- 126
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on vellum, incomplete, in a single hand, of John Lydgate's and Benedict Burgh's Middle English verse translation of the twelfth-century Latin treatise Secretum Secretorum, itself a translation of the Kitab sirr al-asrar. In addition to this text, the volume also contains several prose pieces in Middle English and Latin, including one with illustrated diagrams and a Latin tract on the interpretation of dreams.
- Description:
- Binding: disbound, but with some original sewing intact; modern case., Decoration: 15 illuminated borders; other decorated initials, some gilt., From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: various single-column., Script: English bookhand., Several medical recipes added on blank leaves and portions of leaves in a sixteenth-century? cursive hand., and Signature of John Bonen? in a seventeenth-century hand. Signature of Thomas Bowen in a seventeenth-century hand.
- Subject (Name):
- Burgh, Benedict. and Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
- Subject (Topic):
- Astrology--Early works to 1800., Astronomy, Medieval., Astronomy--Early works to 1800., Education of princes--Early works to 1800., English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medicine, Medieval., Medicine--Early works to 1800., Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions--Early works to 1800., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Secretum secretorum.
- Creator:
- Mandeville, John, Sir.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1400-1425]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 64
- Image Count:
- 256
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of a Middle English copy of the "Defective Version" of the Book of Sir John Mandeville.
- Alternative Title:
- Itinerarium. English
- Description:
- Binding: contemporary light brown doeskin over wooden boards., Decoration: decorated border on opening leaf of text incorporating coat of arms of the Norton family of Yorkshire; a few initials in blue ink with red penwork., Four leaves preceding the Mandeville text contain numerous pen trials, a Latin prayer, medical advice organized by month, and a list of the archbishops of York. Two leaves following the text contain pen trials and Latin notes on the life of St. Wilfrid?., Layout: single columns of 20-23 lines., Previously owned by the Norton family of Yorkshire; Brockman family. Ex libris J. P. R. Lyell; H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., and Script: English bookhand.
- Subject (Name):
- Bradfer-Lawrence, H. L.--(Harry Lawrence)--Bookplate., Lyell, James P. R.--(James Patrick Ronaldson),--1871---Bookplate., and Mandeville, John,--Sir.
- Subject (Topic):
- English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sir John Mandeville's travels.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1400-1470]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 65
- Image Count:
- 100
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on vellum, in several hands, containing several Middle English devotional texts. The Abbey of the Holy Ghost is followed by The Meditation of St. Anselm; The Five Sorrows of the Virgin; and an explanation of how to say the Psalter of the Virgin. These are followed by a poem to the Virgin ("Mari moder well [th]e bee"); a six-line political poem referring to Edward IV ("The lyon sens thre days"); and a recipe for a medicine for pestilence, in a later hand.
- Description:
- Binding: modern full red morocco., Decoration: Abbey of the Holy Ghost has initials in blue with red penwork., Ex libris Henry Huth; Walter Wilson Greg; H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence (MS 8). From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Script: several hands., and Text preceded by 14 binder's blanks; concludes with 11 binder's blanks.
- Subject (Name):
- Bradfer-Lawrence, H. L.--(Harry Lawrence)--Bookplate., Edward--IV,--King of England,--1442-1483--Poetry., Greg, W. W.--(Walter Wilson),--1875-1959--Autograph., Greg, W. W.--(Walter Wilson),--1875-1959--Bookplate., Huth, Henry,--1815-1878--Bookplate., and Mary,--Blessed Virgin, Saint--Poetry.
- Subject (Topic):
- Allegory--Early works to 1800., Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500., English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Women--Conduct of life--Early works to 1800.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Abbey of the holy ghost and other works.
- Creator:
- Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 30
- Image Count:
- 20
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of portions of Books I, VII, and VIII of this long narrative poem.
- Description:
- Binding: modern wrappers; modern case., Decoration: illuminated initial on f. 1; numerous penwork initials., Formerly owned by John Hayword; John Du Pont. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of 98 lines., and Script: English bookhand.
- Subject (Name):
- Lydgate, John,--1370?-1451?
- Subject (Topic):
- English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Narrative poetry, English (Middle)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Fall of princes.
- Creator:
- Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1465-1475]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 40
- Image Count:
- 524
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of a complete version of this long narrative poem.
- Description:
- Binding: early nineteenth-century vellum; leather spine labels, gilt., Decoration: decorated borders at the beginnings of Books II-IX; numerous gold initials., Ex libris Lords Mostyn of Gloddaeth; Arthur A. Houghton. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of 35 lines., and Script: English bookhand.
- Subject (Name):
- Houghton, Arthur Amory,--1906-1990--Bookplate., Lydgate, John,--1370?-1451?, Lydgate, John,--1370?-1451?--Fall of princes., and Mostyn, Llewelyn Nevill Vaughan Lloyd-Mostyn,--Baron,--1856- 1929--Bookplate.
- Subject (Topic):
- English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Narrative poetry, English (Middle)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Fall of princes.