Manuscript on parchment of the Brut Chronicle, up to 1333.
Description:
Binding: 18th century. Brown, mottled calf with a gold-tooled spine and a red label., In Anglo-Norman., In Part II, Crude initials, 2-line, alternate red with purple penwork designs and blue with red, many with three-leaf clover design in body of letter., Script: The codex is composed of two distinct parts that were early on bound together. Part I (ff. 1-16): Written in delicate Anglicana bookhand. Running titles, trimmed. Part II (ff. 17-74): Written in bold Anglicana bookhand., and Worn, stained, and repaired throughout.
Subject (Topic):
Anglo-Norman literature, Chronicles of England, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville journals, 1778-1782.
Container / Volume:
Box 2 | Folder 18
Image Count:
4
Abstract:
The second set, dated 1781 Mar 22 - 1782 May 1, is written in nine notebooks. The journals begin with the departure of the fleet from Brest for the Antilles, where it stayed until August, when it sailed to the North American coast to provide assistance to the French and American armies. The journals carry a description of the battle of the Chesapeake, councils of war on board de Grasse's ship, the battle of Yorktown, victory celebrations, the departure of the fleet for the Antilles, where he records the Battle of the Saintes, later a matter of dispute between Bougainville and de Grasse. and Two sets of holograph journals kept by a French naval commander during the American Revolution. The first set, dated 1778 Apr 13 - 1779 Dec 21, is written in fifteen notebooks numbered 1-16, lacking number 12, and cover the entire cruise of the fleet of Admiral d'Estaing from its departure from Toulon in April 1778 to its return to France in December 1779. The journals are a daily record carrying navigational details and personal observations while recording the movements of the French fleet, including abortive operations against the British at Newport, Rhode Island, the fleet's anchorage in Nantasket Roads [Boston harbor], and operations against Savannah. The missing 12th notebook, lost sometime in the 19th century, covers the period from 18 June to 26 July, 1779, while the fleet was in the Antilles. The journals include English passages from the Boston Gazette and British reports, and include a copy of an order from d'Estaing. They are accompanied by a pen-and-ink and watercolor map of Boston harbor showing the French fleet riding at anchor.
Description:
Bougainville, French naval commander under d'Estaing and de Grasse in the American Revolution. He commanded the ship-of-the-line Guerrier under d'Estaing, and as rear-admiral commanded the Auguste under de Grasse.
Subject (Geographic):
Boston Harbor Islands (Mass.)--Maps, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives, West Indies--History--1775-1783, and Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781
Subject (Name):
Estaing, Charles Henri,--comte d',--1729-1794 and Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse,--comte de,--1722-1788
Leprince de Beaumont, Madame (Jeanne-Marie), 1711-1780
Published / Created:
1778
Call Number:
GEN MSS VOL 562
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Manuscript in an unidentified hand, signed with the initials "D. T. B. B.", of a Spanish translation of this epistolary novel by Leprince de Beaumont.
Alternative Title:
Lettres de Madame Du Montier. Spanish
Description:
Binding: full marbled calf; marbled endpapers., Former call number: Uncat MSS 699., and Madame Leprince de Beaumont (1711-1780) was a French novelist, best-known for her version of Beauty and the beast.
Subject (Name):
Leprince de Beaumont,--Madame--(Jeanne-Marie),--1711-1780
Subject (Topic):
French fiction--18th century, French literature--Translations into Spanish, Spanish literature--18th century, and Spanish literature--Translations into French
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of various texts pertaining to theological inquiry. Contents include a series of letters between "W.S" and "T.P" debating the issue of free will; arguments for the baptism of infants; letters from "W.S" criticizing "G.S.," a "Taylor, & ye most debauch'd villain in ye Countrey, & now turn'd Preacher;" a debate concerning how to keep the Sabbath after having sailed to America, accompanied by a diagram illustrating how ships sailing eastward may gain a day; a dialogue between Montezuma, Cortez, a Jesuit and an Indian priest, which is extremely similar to a scene in John Dryden's Indian Emperor; and a "Dialogue between ye Angel Gabriel & Adam in Paradise, concerning free will & Predestination" in blank verse, roughly parallel to a scene in Dryden's State of Innocence.
Description:
Binding: full sheep. and Portions of text in cipher on p. 79-80, 96, 97, and 100.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Dryden, John,--1631-1700 and Stanton, William,--1673-
Subject (Topic):
English poetry--17th century, Infant baptism--Controversial literature, Religious literature, English, Theology--England, and Theology--Examinations, questions, etc
Hanover royal music archive, 1651-1951 (bulk circa 1770-1870)
Container / Volume:
Box 876
Image Count:
1
Description:
Also used as an account book, 1838-1840. and Manuscript catalog accompanying music in the Duke of Cumberland's band archive, on papers watermarked 1812-1814.
Binding: Nineteenth century (?). Limp green vellum case, blue-green edges., Headpiece in black ink, on f. 1r. Headings and chapter notations, in red. 3-line initial, with decoration above and below letter, in red on f. 4r; other small initials in red throughout codex at beginning of each section., Same watermark as Harlfinger Croix 41, from a manuscript signed by Andreas Darmarius and dated 5 April 1582., and Script: Written by the scribe Andreas Darmarius, who signed the completed manuscript.
Subject (Name):
Africanus, Sextus Julius
Subject (Topic):
Encyclopedias and dictionaries--Early works to 1600, Geography, Ancient--Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
From a collection of 38 poems, many of them political and satirical commentaries on events and political figures between the reigns of Charles I and William III ...
Subject (Name):
Leicester, Philip Sidney, Earl of, 1619-1698
Subject (Topic):
English literature --17th century, English poetry --17th century, and Satirical verse, English