- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1425]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 650
- Image Count:
- 176
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of a miscellany. The manuscript seems to be a compilation organized, corrected and expanded by a single person specialized in pharmacology and medicine and interested in natural history, encyclopedical knowledge and history
- Description:
- In Latin with some Czech (?), German, and Hebrew., Watermarks: crown (var. Briquet 4616?), circles (var. Briquet 3194?), bull's head (?)., Script: Copied by various scribes, writing Gothica Cursiva Libraria or Currens in various sizes, often very small; ff. 127r-143r, 7 are in a markedly different, larger form of Gothica Cursiva Libraria., The decoration is unevenly spread: heightening of majuscules and plain initials in red. On ff. 162-170 alternance of red and green initials, on f. 162r flourished initial in the same colours. Artt. 21 and 22 are not illustrated, although the text mentions figurae., At many places the paper is deteriorated by the acidity of the ink., and Binding: Original limp parchment. A bifolium from a German manuscript in Gothica Cursiva, worn and stained, lined with a German document on parchment in Gothica Cursiva Antiquior/Recentior. Leather spine stiffener with ornamental stitching.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy, Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, Medicine, Medieval, Natural history, and Pharmacology
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Pharmacological etc. miscellany
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- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1450]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 134
- Image Count:
- 312
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (watermarks trimmed; unidentified) of various prayers
- Description:
- In German and Latin., Script: Text written in formal gothic by one scribe. Prayers added on the flyleaves, front and back, by several later hands in italic of the 17th century and later. 2- and 1-line initials in blue-grey or orange-tinted red. 1-line initials within the text, with red stroke. Extensive rubrication in orange-tinted red., and Binding: 16th-17th centuries. Sewn on three single, round, vegetable fiber cords laced into wooden boards. "Made" endbands glued on and extending onto the outer face of the boards. Red edges and numerous place marks of vellum or tawed skin on the fore-edge. The spine rounded and lined. Covered in dark brown calf with two brass catches on the upper board and brass clasps hinged to the lower. The lower board is detached and one clasp and some leather at head and tail of the spine are wanting.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Augustinians. and Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, and Prayers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Prayers, for Augustinian use