Manuscript on paper of three treatises by Nicolaus de Dinkelsbühl: 1) De vitiis et virtutibus, 2) De tribus partibus poenitentiae, 3) De septem peccatis mortalibus; and one treatise by Johannes von Marienwerder, also attributed to Nicolaus de Dinkelsbühl: Expositio Symboli apostolorum. Includes moral quotations and contemporary notes
Description:
In Latin., Script: copied by several hands in Gothica Semihybrida Libraria/Currens, sometimes difficult to decipher, especially in the marginal notes and additions and on the inserted leaflets., Headings, stroking of majuscules, paragraph marks and underlining of biblical references in red. 2- or 3-line plain initials in red, mostly missing. Large flourished initials in red with brown penwork: ff. 2r, 37v, 42v, 61r, 67r, 82r, 109r, 118v, 120v, 144r. Numerous pointing fingers., and Binding: original quarter binding: red leather over bevelled wooden boards sewn on four double thongs, spine lost; the wood covered with white leather; remnants of a leather strap attached to the rear board, with hole for the pin on the front board.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Dinkelsbuhl, Nicolaus von, approximately 1360-1433 and Marienwerder, Joannes, 1343-1417
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, Repentance, Vices, and Virtues
Manuscript on paper (unidentified watermark) of Libellus de quinque floribus huius mundi contemnendis, a short moralistic treatise dealing with the five flowers of the world which need to be despised: (1) bona dispositio corporis, scilicet sanitas, fortitudo et pulcritudo; (2) nobilitas generis; (3) habundantia rerum temporalium; (4) sapiencia cum discreta eloquentia; (5) potestas sive dignitas temporalis. The treatise is illustrated with quotations from the Bible, Church Fathers and other authors, and exempla
Description:
In Latin., Script: Copied by one hand in Gothica Cursiva Currens. A later hand has transcribed in the margins in Humanistica Cursiva the words or passages which were found difficult to read., Headings, paragraph marks, underlining, heightening of majuscules and plain initials (3 lines) in red., Worm holes throughout the manuscript; the edges of the last folio are torn., and Binding: Nineteenth century (?). Half brown leather over pasteboard, the boards covered with greyish marbled paper.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Conduct of life, Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), and Manuscripts, Medieval
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.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing a variety of Feriae and the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: 2-line initials are in red; 1-line initials are in brown highlighted with red; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; the foliation is written in red in the upper center of the recto; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing a variety of feriae from the third week of Quadragesima
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of gothic script (littera textualis formata), with a larger script for the lessons and prayers and a smaller script for the chants., and Decoration: The 2-line initial beginning the Mass of Feria III is a blue uncial; the 8-line initial "I" beginning the lesson is red; 1-line initials are uncials in red or black highlighted with red; rubrics written in red; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text; the foliation is written in red roman numerals in the center of the upper margin of the recto.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing: Common of the Apostles; Common of Martyrs; Common of a Martyr; Common of a Martyr not a Bishop; and Common of a Martyr Bishop
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of gothic script (littera textualis), with a larger script for the lessons and prayers and a smaller script for the chants., and Decoration: 6- to 7-line initials "I" at the beginning of lessons are in red; other 1-, 2-, and 3-line initials are in red; 1-line initials within lessons are in black highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.