- Creator:
- López de Ayala, Pedro, 1332-1407
- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1600]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 79
- Image Count:
- 146
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Pedro Lopez de Ayala, Aves de caça.
- Description:
- In Spanish., Script: Written by a single scribe in a careful italic script., Crude initial and heading (in gold and subdued water colors) on f. i recto and f. 1r; other small initials, 4- to 1-line, in similar colors throughout text. Headings in red; initials of each paragraph in blue or red., Waterstained throughout., and Binding: Seventeenth century. Black goatskin, blind-tooled. Fragments of manuscripts (covered by paper pastedowns) serve as binding reinforcements.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- López de Ayala, Pedro, 1332-1407.
- Subject (Topic):
- Falconry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Spanish literature
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Aves de caça.
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- Published / Created:
- 1550.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 35
- Image Count:
- 112
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Carta Ejecutoria, or letter of nobility, issued in the names of Lope Goncalez de Valdes and Pedro Goncalez de Valdes, by the authority of Charles V, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, dated 12 September 1550 in Granada. Seal missing
- Description:
- In Spanish., Script: Written in round gothic by one scribe who added decorative designs in upper and lower margins. Addition on ff. 52v-53v by Don Antonio Larrillo is in a similar hand., The ornamentation of the codex is poorly executed. Folio 1v: miniatures representing the crowning of the Virgin (upper left) and the arms of the Goncalez de Valdes family; f. 2r: miniature of Justice, with scales (lower half of page). Both folios have elaborate decorative borders in gold and colors that are badly rubbed. Folios 4v and 52r have historiated initials with portraits of a seated king (Rey Don Iohan?). Twenty-five small painted initials, 7- to 5-line; gold letters with black pen designs on white-decorated blue and dark red backgrounds., and Binding: Bookblock laid in a contemporary vellum wrapper with an envelope flap.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., Spain., and Granada (Spain)
- Subject (Name):
- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Nobility
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carta ejecutoria
- Published / Created:
- 1586.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 529
- Image Count:
- 73
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of a letter of nobility granted to Juan and Hernando Gallego by the authority of King Philip II of Spain, dated Granada, 12 August 1585, 24 December 1585 and 15 January 1586
- Description:
- In Spanish., Script: Written well above the lines in a bold and round Southern Gothica Textualis Formata with typical Spanish features. The scribe added decorative designs in upper and lower margins., The illumination consists of 7- to 10-line initials on a square background (ff. 2v , 10v, 25r, 27r, 28v) and the following pictures: f. 1v, full-page miniature showing a couple and their five children in adoration for the Virgin in the Sun, in a decorative frame; f. 2r, full-page miniature, showing a victorious king (Philip II) on horseback, with his army in the background, trampling upon a defeated enemy; below is an oval shield containing three rocks and three trees, the whole in a decorative frame; f. 6r (Alonso Perez, witness), 10-line historiated initial with St. Alphonsus; f. 8r (Alonso Martin Garrido, witness), 9-line historiated initial with St. Alphonsus; f. 17r (Hernando Verdugo, witness), 9-line historiated initial with the Holy Spirit as a dove; f. 20v (Francisco de Robles), 9-line historiated initial with St. Francis receiving the stigmata., and Binding: Red velvet over cardboard. The pastedowns are two large engravings, one picturing the Beatitudes, the other the Creed.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Spain
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carta ejecutoria de hidalguia
- Published / Created:
- 1487, 1686.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 34
- Image Count:
- 172
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (various watermarks) and parchment, composed of two distinct sections bound together in the 18th (?) century, but with additional folios inserted. Part I (parchment): Carta ejecutoria, or letter of nobility, granted to Don Alfonso Rodriguez (Tinagero Rodriguez de la Escalera) by the authority of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabel of Castile. Issued in Salamanca, 1487. Seal missing. Part II (paper): Numerous documents (all dated 1686) concerning a law suit involving Don Diego Tinagero Rodriguez de la Escalera of Seville, a descendent of Alfonso Rodriguez
- Description:
- In Spanish., Script: Part I (ff. 3-13): Round gothic script by a single scribe. Part II (ff. 19-74): Written in various cursive hands., Folios 1v and 2r have crudely illuminated full-page miniatures, 17th century. Folio 1v: members of the Rodriguez family offering prayers to the Madonna and Child. Folio 2r: arms of the Tinagero Rodriguez de la Escalera family. Crude decorative border on f. 3v and REY (in gold, outlined in black) may be later additions., Many of the documents included appear to have once been folded. Some loss of text due to trimming., and Binding: Eighteenth century (?). Thin wooden boards covered with dark brown leather, flesh side out. Vermilion and green ribbon fastenings.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., Spain., Spain, Salamanca (Spain), and Seville (Spain)
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Legal documents, Manuscripts, Medieval, Nobility, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carta ejecutoria, etc
5.
- Published / Created:
- 1473-1890.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 340
- Image Count:
- 349
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- A collection of documents bearing the signatures of rulers or important personages of France; most are preceded or followed by an engraving of the person. Mounted so that both sides of the document are visible
- Description:
- In French, English, Italian, Latin and Spanish., Collected, mounted and bound in one volume during the 19th century., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Dark blue goatskin, gilt, by Riviere and Son.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and France
- Subject (Name):
- Anne, Queen, consort of Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1666., Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589, Charles VIII, King of France, 1470-1498, Charles IX, King of France, 1550-1574, Charles X, King of France, 1757-1836, Eugénie, Empress, consort of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1826-1920, Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1578-1637, Francis I, King of France, 1494-1547, Francis II, King of France, 1544-1560, Henry II, King of France, 1519-1559, Henry III, King of France, 1551-1589, Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1610, Louis XI, King of France, 1423-1483, Louis XII, King of France, 1462-1515, Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1643, Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850, Louise, de Savoie, duchesse d'Angoulême, 1476-1531, Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1615, Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793, Marie Leszczyńska, Queen, consort of Louis XV, King of France, 1703-1768, Marie de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1573-1642, Marie-Thérèse, Queen, consort of Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1683, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, and Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Documents
6.
- Creator:
- Aristotle
- Published / Created:
- [between 1600 and 1700]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 29
- Image Count:
- 1122
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (thin; unidentified watermarks concealed in gutter) of Aristotle, Ethica, translated into Spanish by Pedro Simon Abril
- Description:
- In Spanish., Script: Written by a single scribe in elegant italic script., Many folios at end are stained and repaired; some text lost., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown mottled calf, gold- and blind-tooled, by B. Miyar.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Aristotle.
- Subject (Topic):
- Ethics, Ancient and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ethica
- Published / Created:
- 1479 March 15.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 623
- Container / Volume:
- (Box)
- Image Count:
- 9
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of documents relating to the foundation of a Hospital for the Blind, by the Church of Saint Lorena in Burgos, 15 March 1479. Mostly dealing with the donation or sale of houses for the Hospital
- Description:
- In Spanish., Script: Written by a single scribe in a highly abbreviated Spanish Gothic cursive script with many later notes and additions., and Decoration: A miniature on f. 2r depicts the hospital, its patron Saint Lorena, and a blind man, with the legend "hospital de los ciegos". Illuminated initials with marginal extensions ff. 2v and 7v. Illuminated arms on f. 8r within roundel with the letters "c b".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Spain, Connecticut, and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Blind, Hospitals, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Foundation document of the Hospital for the Blind, Church of Santa Lorena
8.
- Creator:
- Herodian
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 182
- Image Count:
- 238
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (sturdy) of a translation by Diego Guillen de Avila (active 1487-1516), from Politian's Latin translation of Herodian, History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus (in eight books covering the years 180 to 238, in Greek).
- Description:
- In Spanish., Watermarks somewhat similar to Briquet Main 10793., Script: Written by three scribes, in gothic cursive (cortesana) script. Scribe 1 (ff. 1v-3v) uses a large, sprawling hand; Scribe 2 (ff. 5r-86v) a compact, regular one; Scribe 3 (ff. 87r-112r) a large and sprawling one., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Worn red velvet with 2 brass clasp-and-catch fastenings.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Rome
- Subject (Name):
- Herodian.
- Subject (Topic):
- Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Spanish literature, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > History
- Published / Created:
- 1537 February 27.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 616
- Container / Volume:
- (Box)
- Image Count:
- 28
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Land grant, manuscript on parchment, originally made to Alonzo Prieto, and awarded after his death to his brother Gonzalo Prieto, following litigation. The grant, valued at 35,000 maravedis annually, was given to defray the costs of preparing land and naval forces to protect Spain and the Catholic Church, particularly from the "Gran Turco" ( Süleyman I). Four ships carrying gold and silver were to arrive from Peru to support this. The text refers to places and dates in the years 1535-1536. The end of the document, apparently written when the authorizing signatures were added, gives the location as Valladolid, and the date as 27 February 1537
- Description:
- In Spanish., Single quire of 12 leaves containing 21 pages of text., Layout: 1 column, 40 lines., Script: Written in Gothic textura script., and Binding: Vellum cover, worn, with numerous notations on front.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Spain, Jerez de la Frontera., Connecticut, New Haven., Jerez de la Frontera (Spain), and America
- Subject (Name):
- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558.
- Subject (Topic):
- Land grants, Land titles, Manuscripts, Medieval, Colonies, History, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Land grant made by Emperor Don Carlos I to Gonzalo Prieto in Jerez de la Frontera
10.
- Published / Created:
- 1740.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 34A
- Image Count:
- 16
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper. The document establishes the rights of Don Bernardo Antonnio Ramirez Tinagero to property in the district of Riobamba; dated 20 April 1740, Ciudad de los Reyes del Peru (Lima).
- Description:
- In Spanish., Watermarks: similar to Heawood 294-295 (with the number 4 added beneath circles) and to 740., Script: The manuscript has no uniform format; it consists of a single gathering written in a fine italic hand., and It was previously laid in Beinecke MS 34. The tops of ff. 1r and 8v bear stamps for the years 1739-1740.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Peru., Connecticut, New Haven., and Lima (Peru)
- Subject (Topic):
- Land tenure, Land titles, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Legal document