Manuscript, on paper, in a single scribal hand, containing a version of Gratian's Decretum attributed to "Laurentius Pulericus, clericus Neapolitanus."
Description:
In Latin., Layout: single columns of 49-53 lines; some sidenotes., Script: gothica cursiva in brown ink., and Binding: 19th-century marbled paper over pasteboards.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Gratian, active 12th century and Puldericus, Laurentius.
Manuscript, on paper with a table of contents on a single parchment leaf, in a single hand, containing the "Summer" portion of this Dominican-compiled German legendary
Description:
In Middle High German., Bookseller description available., Layout: Double columns of mostly 35 lines., Script: German cursive., Decoration: some rubrication. Three-line and one-line capitals in red., and Binding: tooled and stamped brown leather over wooden boards; four-compartmented spine. Remains of metal clasps with leather straps.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Christian saints, Manuscripts, Medieval, Saints, and Lives and legends
Manuscript, on paper, of Walter (Gualterus) de Wervia, Expositio in Isagogen Porphyrii cum quaestionibus Iohannis Duns Scoti. Authorities quoted include Thomas Aquinas, Henry of Ghent, John Duns Scotus, the Moderni, and Giles of Rome
Description:
Walter (Gualterus) de Wervia was born at Rijswijk in the Netherlands and died after 1472., In Latin., Script: Small Gothica Semihybrida Currens, in a single hand, with many abbreviations., Layout: Double columns of approximately 47 lines., Decoration: Undecorated. Drawing of a bearded bishop's (?) head, with the caption "Albertus" (i.e. Albertus Magnus), in the margin of f. 27v., Binding: Brown pigskin over pasteboard, the covers framed with a gold-tooled fillet. Rebacked. Spine with five raised bands and 19th-century red leather label with gold-tooled inscription in Gothic letters "Gualt. Burley 1481"., The acid ink has on many pages faded and damaged the paper and made reading difficult., and Number 2 of 2 items bound together. Item extent: 1 item (ii + 119 + 48 + ii leaves).
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305. and Premonstratensians.
Subject (Topic):
Criticism and interpretation, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholasticism
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of the Hystoria Tartarorum (The Tartar Relation), a detailed account of the history and customs of the inhabitants of the Mongol Empire, composed in 1247. Originally the Vinland Map (Beinecke MS 350A), Speculum historiale (Beinecke MS 350), and Hystoria Tartarorum were bound together in this order in a single volume, as is indicated by the patterns of the wormholes
Alternative Title:
Tartar relation
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: Briquet Tête de boeuf 15056., Layout: Double columns of 39-41 lines., Script: well-formed running hand with bâtarde shading., Decoration: incipit and explicit in red., and Binding: Modern. Heavy tan calf, blind- and gold-tooled.
Stand-alone miniature on paper depicting a Benedictine nun kneeling before Christ and the instruments of the Passion. Banderoles containing devotional phrases extend from the mouths of the nun and Christ; an excerpt from Psalm 31 (Vulgate) is written at the bottom of the miniature
Description:
In Latin., Script: banderole text in a small Gothic bookhand., Decoration: an example of the simple illustration style known as "nonnenarbeiten," which are devotional images produced by medieval nuns for personal use. The nun and Christ are placed in a grassy field comprised of penstrokes covered with a green wash. Details like Christ's wounds are conveyed through penstrokes as well. The instruments of the Passion are individually colored with wash: red and black for the cock, orange for the sponge, and orange for parts of the spear. An alternating blue and orange wash has been used to decorate the border of the miniature., and Binding: individually mounted on parchment.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Benediktinerinnenabtei St. Walburg (Eichstätt, Germany)
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Benedictine nuns, Nuns as artists, Devotional objects, and Catholic Church
Manuscript, on paper, in a single scribal hand, of this treatise on the administrative questions of communal ownership and inheritance raised by the Franciscan vow of poverty
Description:
Bartolo of Sassoferrato (1313-1357), also known as Bartolus de Saxoferrato, was a prominent Italian legal scholar who taught in severa northern Italian universities and wrote many influential treatises, including several pertaining to the administrative and judicial problems raised by the rule of poverty of the Franciscan order., In Latin., Layout: single column of 43 lines., Script: gothica cursiva., Binding: 19th-century marbled paper over pasteboards., and Guards from fragments of unidentified Hebrew manuscript on parchment.