Manuscript on parchment of Vegetius, Epitome rei militaris.
Description:
Binding: Eighteenth century, England or France. Bound in olive green goatskin gold-tooled with a "broken cable" border and decorated edges. Probably bound by Richard Wier (active in London and Toulouse to ca. 1792). Decorated edges. Title on spine: "Vegetius De Viris Il"., Purchased from C. A. Stonehill in 1953 by Thomas E. Marston., Script: Written in small gothic bookhand by a single scribe., and Three illuminated initials, 3-line, at the beginning of the Prologue (f. 1v), Bk. 3 (f. 29v), Bk. 4 (f. 58r), blue or mauve with white filigree against gold ground thinly edged in black. Initials filled with stylized leaves, blue and mauve with white filigree. Black inkspray with spiky gold leaves and small blossoms in pink or blue extend into the margins to form partial borders. Numerous small initials, 2-line, gold, on mauve and blue ground with white filigree. Running headlines in red and blue; headings in red. Paragraph marks alternate red and blue. Initials stroked with pale yellow.
Subject (Name):
Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin literature, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Military art and science--Early works to 1800
1) 19 page typescript of essay "A.R. and the Nineteenth Century," heavily edited and rewritten by Geldzahler in ink; 2) 28 page typescript with heavy edits and rewrites by Geldzahler in margin, some cutting and pasting; 3) 18 page onionskin carbon; 4) 9 8 x 10 b/w glossy photos of photographs by A.P.R.; 5) approximately 10 pages of typeset galleys of the essay, some corrections in pen.
Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Greyish green paper case with a black gold-tooled label: "Aesopus. Sec. XIV"., Rubrics on ff. 2r-6v by same scribe who copied text; another hand added rubrics on f. 1r-v. Spaces for initials left unfilled; guide letters for decorator., and Script: Written in gothic bookhand by a single scribe, below top line.
Subject (Topic):
Fables, Latin, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript on paper of Poggio Bracciolini, Facetiae.
Description:
Binding: Sixteenth century, Italy. Backs of quires cut in V's. Brown goatskin case faintly blind-tooled with concentric frames and spiralling dragon motifs that incorporate flowers and long beaked birds. Rebacked., One illuminated initial on f. 1r, 6-line, gold against deep red, green, and blue cusped ground with white filigree and white dots. From left corners penwork sprays issuing forth into inner margin, with blue and red blossoms and green leaves. Plain initials, placed between vertical rulings, alternate blue and red, some omitted., Script: Written in a round humanistic bookhand by a single scribe, below top line., and Watermarks: similar to Briquet Lettre S 9050; watermark on back pastedown similar to Briquet Fleur 6596-97, 99 and 6602.
Subject (Topic):
Fabliaux, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin poetry, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript on paper, in an Italic hand, of two elegiac poems titled "Funerall teares and consolations" and "Lachrymae funebres" mourning the death of Winifred Fitzwilliam (d. 1635), and dedicated to her father, Baron William Fitzwilliam of Liffer County, Donegal. Prefaced by a rhyming epitaph.
Description:
Binding: full sheep; remnants of gold-tooled decoration. and The paper on p. 44 is dyed black and written upon with silver ink.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, English, English literature--17th century, English poetry--17th century, and Funeral rites and ceremonies
Manuscript on parchment roll, composed of 15 membranes, of a Chronicle of biblical world history and the genealogy of the kings of England.
Description:
Binding: Unbound., One large illuminated initial for the prologue, 8-line, mauve and blue with white filigree against gold ground thinly edged in black. The initial is filled with a large flower, red, yellow and green, and curling acanthus, orange and green extending into the margin and continued as black inkspray with large leaves, heart-shaped or acanthus, blue, pink, orange, white and green with white filigree, a large orange and gold flower, smaller leaves in gold with blue and pink, gold dots and small green leaves, extending into the upper and left margin to form a partial border. Smaller illuminated initial for the beginning of the main chronicle, 5-line, gold on blue and mauve ground with white filigree. Numerous small initials, 2-line, alternate in gold with blue penwork and blue with red. Paragraph marks alternate in red and blue., Purchased from C. A. Stonehill in 1959 by Thomas E. Marston., Script: Written by a single scribe in a somewhat rough textura., and The genealogical diagrams, which are fitted into the empty spaces between the columns of text, begin with a roundel formed of concentric bands of blue, gold and red with a miniature of Adam with Eve, who is being handed an apple by the serpent. From the roundel of Adam and Eve to the Ascension of Christ the successive Biblical names, framed in orange or green squares, are linked by a continuous band in blue, red and gold. The names of the ancestors of the Kings of England, starting with Brutus, appear in red or blue circles, surmounted by gold crowns. Other names are in plain red circles. Linking lines in the genealogies are in red or green. At the appropriate places in the text are inserted schematized diagrams in red and green ink of Noah's Ark, a plan of the Israelite camp in the desert and a plan of the city of Jerusalem.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History--1066-1687
Subject (Topic):
Bible--History of Biblical events, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Kings and rulers--Genealogy, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and World history--Early works to 1800