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19. Polychronicon.
- Creator:
- Higden, Ranulf, -1364.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1475-1500]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 114
- Image Count:
- 755
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of portions of the text of Higden's Polychronicon. mostly related to the history of England from Brutus to Richard II. Preceded by a table of contents.
- Alternative Title:
- Constitutiones legitime seu legatine regionis anglicane and Margarita decreti seu tabula martiniana decreti
- Description:
- Binding: late seventeenth-century full calf; blind-ruled, with crown stamp in the corners. The binder has been identified as a London binder who also worked for Samuel Pepys. Metal chain attached from the upper cover, fourteen links, a ring on either end, and a middle swivel., Bound with: Martinus Polonus, Margarita decreti seu tabula martiniana decreti (Strasburg, 1493); William Lyndwood, Constitutiones legitime seu legatine regionis anglicane, (Paris, 1504)., Decoration: Rubricated. Approximately 60 large initials in red with penwork in brown ink., Ex libris Alan G. Thomas. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns of approximately 35 lines., MS is third of three works bound together. Paginated 1-195., Numerous marginal annotations in several contemporary and later hands. Marginal note on p. 136 refers to the death of Oliver Cromwell ("tyranno")., Script: English cursive bookhand., and Watermark: Briquet 11159?
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--History--Early works to 1800.
- Subject (Name):
- Higden, Ranulf,---1364., Martinus, Polonus, d. 1279, and Thomas, Alan G.--Bookplate.
- Subject (Topic):
- Incunabula in Yale Library., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and World history--Early works to 1800.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Polychronicon.
20. Prayer roll in Latin.
- Published / Created:
- [1400-1499]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 68
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript roll, on parchment, in a single hand, containing four Latin prayers for personal use. One of the rubrics is in Middle English.
- Description:
- Decoration: Rubricated. Two initials with marginal penwork decoration., In Latin, with one rubric in Middle English., Layout: single column., Previously owned by H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence (his MS 17). From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Probably written for the use of a man named Thomas, as that name is inserted in several passages., and Script: gothic script.
- Subject (Name):
- Bradfer-Lawrence, H. L.--(Harry Lawrence)
- Subject (Topic):
- Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Prayers, Medieval.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Prayer roll in Latin.
21. Prayer roll in Middle English with passages in Latin.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1475-1525]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 116
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of a collection of prayers, principally in Middle English.
- Description:
- From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single column., and Script: secretary script.
- Subject (Topic):
- Devotional literature, English (Middle), Devotional literature, English., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., Prayers, Medieval., and Prayers--Early works to 1800.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Prayer roll in Middle English with passages in Latin.
22. Processional : use of Sarum.
- Creator:
- Catholic Church.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1425]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 103
- Image Count:
- 284
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in two scribal hands, of a processional according to the use of Sarum. The manuscript, which is apparently lacking two gatherings and includes fourteen later additions, features extensive musical notation on 4-line staves.
- Alternative Title:
- Processional.
- Description:
- Anathema in Middle English verse on the verso of the second flyleaf: "This bok is on and goddys crus ys anodur/He that stel the ton mot haue the todyr" in a fifteenth-century hand., Annotation on verso of nineteenth-century endpaper, in pencil, identifying the text as a "Sarum Processional," dated 1847., Binding: nineteenth-century black morocco, gilt; marbled endpapers. JHS monogram framing cross centered on both covers. Title in gilt on black leather tag on spine., Decoration: musical notation on 4-line staves, red and blue penwork initials, rubrics, and blue paragraph marks. Numerous initials in brown ink, some decorated with faces and grotesques., Ex libris W. J. Birkbeck. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., In Latin; ownership inscription and anathema in Middle English., Layout: single columns, mostly of 23 lines., Numerous other early ownership inscriptions and pen trials on front flyleaves., Ownership inscription for the parish church of St. Mary, Redgrave, Suffolk: "Iste liber constat de Redgrave" in a fifteenth-century hand., and Script: gothic script.
- Subject (Name):
- Birkbeck, W. J.--(William John),--1859-1916--Bookplate., Catholic Church.--Processional (Salisbury), and Catholic Church--Liturgy.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Processionals (Liturgical books)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Processional : use of Sarum.
23. Psalter (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [1200-1299]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 80
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment from an illuminated Psalter. The first leaf contains Psalm 47: 12-45 through Psalm 48:16; the second contains Psalm 53:5 through 54:13 (Vulgate numbering).
- Description:
- Decoration: Two larger illuminated initials with birds perched on them. Smaller initials alternating between gilt with green penwork and blue with red penwork. Decorated line fillers, red and blue penwork, gilt., Layout: single columns of 20 lines., Script: gothic book hand., and Whitby Abbey; Lt.-Col. Moss. John Grant. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Whitby (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Whitby Abbey.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Psalters--England--Early works to 1800.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Psalter (fragment).
24. Psalter.
- Published / Created:
- [1475-1499]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 47
- Image Count:
- 422
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in at least two hands, containing the text of the psalter, preceded by prayers and a calendar, and followed by canticles and a litany. The calendar is very detailed and includes dates of various English battles, the latest of which is the battle of Dunkirk (1483).
- Description:
- Binding: contemporary binding of reversed skin over bevelled wooden boards; sewn on five double bands. Remains of clasps on the front board., Decoration: Rubricated. Small initials throughout in red and blue with contrasting penwork; seven large illuminated initials with two-sided borders; large illuminated initial on the first leaf of the text of the Psalter., Formerly owned by Alan G. Thomas. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., In Latin; a few notes in the calendar in Middle English., Layout: single columns of 21 lines., Note concerning the probable date of the volume in Latin, in a later hand (9v.), and Script: rounded gothic liturgical script.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church--Liturgy., Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions., and Thomas, Alan G.--Ownership.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., Psalters., and Psalters--England--Early works to 1800.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Psalter.
25. Roll of Battle Abbey and the chronicle of the kings of Britain.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1550]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 57
- Image Count:
- 120
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on paper, in two secretary hands. The Roll of Battle Abbey, in English, on the first two pages, is followed by a chronicle of the kings of Britain from Noah to Edward IV. The text, in Latin, emphasizes the descent of the early kings from Brutus; the account of the life and reign of King Arthur contains details from Geoffrey of Monmouth's account as well as from the Mabinogion and from Nennius's Historia. The layout of the volume reflects the origin of the text in roll format; the descent of the kings and noble families after Edward I are outlined in the genealogical diagrams but without accompanying narrative text.
- Description:
- Almost entirely In Latin; Roll of Battle Abbey in English., Auction catalog description pasted onto front pastedown, with annotation concerning purchase at Sir Edward Coates' sale, Sotheby's July 9, 1923., Binding: seventeenth-century full calf, gilt ornament on covers, with the initials C. and F. in blind; remains of green silk ties., Bookplate: Fairfax of Cameron armorial bookplate., Decoration: in the Chronicle, names in genealogical charts in roundels with lines of descent in various colors; pen and ink illustrations of coats of arms and four drawings of cities, in color., Ex libris Charles Fairfax; ex libris Anthony Page, Fairfax of Cameron. From the collection of Sir Edward Coates. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of 48 lines, incorporating genealogical charts., Ownership inscription of Charles Fairfax on front flyleaf., and Script: secretary script in two different hands.
- Subject (Name):
- Coates, Edward,--Sir,--1846-1921--Ownership., Fairfax of Cameron, Albert Fairfax,--Baron,--1870-1939--Bookplate., and Fairfax, Charles,--1597-1673--Autograph.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Renaissance--Connecticut--New Haven. and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Roll of Battle Abbey and the chronicle of the kings of Britain.
26. Statutes of England from 1 Edward III to 4 Henry VI.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1427]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 41
- Image Count:
- 549
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in multiple hands, of a complete set of the statutes of England from 1327 to 1427. In Law French with Latin headings.
- Description:
- Binding: early flexible binding, designed to accomodate further additions of leaves, with stiff leather covers stitched on with leather thongs; original bands and sewing visible. "Edw. Bennett" cut into upper cover in a later hand., Decoration: blue initials with red penwork., Foliation provided by cataloger., Formerly owned by William Elwys; Edward Bennett; T. Butler; Colin Franklin. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns of 30-36 lines., Numerous contemporary marginal annotations in a number of hands., Ownership inscription: "T. Butler 1759" on first leaf (1r)., Ownership inscription: "Wilelmo Elwys" on first leaf (1r) and final leaf (269v)., and Script: several secretary scripts.
- Subject (Name):
- Elwys, William--Autograph., England.--Parliament., and Franklin, Colin--Ownership.
- Subject (Topic):
- Feudal law--England--Early works to 1800., Law--England--Early works to 1800., Law--Great Britain--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Statutes of England from 1 Edward III to 4 Henry VI.
27. Writ for the recovery of lands unlawfully entered into.
- Creator:
- Henry V, King of England, 1387-1422.
- Published / Created:
- 1421 July 12.
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 119
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript document, on parchment, in a single hand, containing the text of a writ issued in the name of King Henry V of England for the recovery of lands unlawfully entered into, citing acts of Parliament in Westminster, 31 October 1391 and 1420-1421.
- Description:
- From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Issued at Westminster. Endorsed by Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, as Regent of England., Layout: single column of 42 lines., and Script: secretary-influenced Anglicana script.
- Subject (Name):
- Henry--V,--King of England,--1387-1422. and Humphrey,--Duke of Gloucester,--1391-1447.
- Subject (Topic):
- Feudal law--England--Early works to 1800., Land tenure--England--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Writs--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Writ for the recovery of lands unlawfully entered into.