Jami, 1414-1492, creator Samarqandi, Sultan Muhammad ibn Dust
Published / Created:
[1569]
Call Number:
Persian MSS 11
Image Count:
4
Description:
Copied in Samarqand in A.H. Jumada al-Ula 977 [A.D. 1569] by Sultan Muhammad ibn Dust Muhammad Samarqandi., Ethe, H. India Office,, Gift of Louis M. Rabinowitz, 1949., Good nastaliq, in gold, red, and black. Unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso. Five full-page miniatures (44v, 75v, 91r, 119v, 124r)., Masnavi poem; part of the Haft awrang collection., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Es würdt schier der letzte Tag herkummen., Newer Berckranen von der Sybilla Weyssagung., and O jr Christen wacht.
Description:
(from t.p.) Das erst, O jr Christen wacht -- D[a]z ander, Es würdt schier der letzte Tag herkummen -- Ain newer Berckranen von der Sybilla Weyssagung : im Thon, Ach Gott in deinem höchsten Thron., Date of publication suggested by Wackernagel., Signatures: A⁸ (A8 blank)., and Woodcut on t.p.
Ich armer Sünder klag mich sehr., O Got Vatter im höchsten Thron., O Gott Vater im höchsten Thron., and Zwei schöne newe Lieder
Description:
(from t.p.) Das erst, Ich armer Sünder klag mich sehr -- Das ander, O Got Vatter im höchsten Thron : vnd sind in dem Thon, Ich armes Maydlein klag mich sehr [et]c., Cf. VD 16 I5., Cf. Wackernagel, P. Bib. zur Geschichte des deutschen Kirchenliedes, 615., Final p. blank., Imprint from colophon., Publication date suggested by VD 16., Signatures: [A]⁴., and Woodcut on t.p.
Arnaldus, de Villanova, d. 1311 Carpenter, Richard, d. 1670? Ripley, George, d. 1490?
Published / Created:
circa 1570
Call Number:
Mellon MS 41
Image Count:
15
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper roll of George Ripley (?), Alchemy, in English verse, with additional verses attributed to Richard Carpenter. With Arnold of Villanova, Visio mystica, anonymously translated into English.
Alternative Title:
Ripley scroll
Description:
One roll with multiple illustrated sheets. and Paper rotulus consisting originally of thirteen folio sheets and half-sheets of differing lengths glued together, averaging 540 mm. in width (lateral margins and broad bordering line in black ink partly trimmed away), slightly defective with small losses at beginning and end; now cut into thirteen sections measuring about 435 x 540 each, except for the last which measures 625 x 540.
Quae hoc in uolumine tractantur : Bessarionis ... In calumniatore[m] Platonis libri quatuor ... Correctio librorum Platonis De legibus Georgio Trapezuntio interprete ... De natura & arte aduersus eundem Trapezunti
Publisher:
[In aedib. Aldi Romani]
Subject (Name):
Gazes, Theodoros, ca. 1400-ca. 1475, George, of Trebizond, 1396-1486, Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 50-1515, and Plato. Laws
Imperfect: leaves a4-5 wanting., Signature: a8., and Without title. On p. [l] is a woodcut of St. Cecilia, with legend "Cicilia", within a border composed of columns on each side and figures of Christ and angels in top and bottom panels. The text begins on p. [2]: "Langiolo annuntia la festa". On p. [16] is the fleur-de-lys device of Filippo Giunta (Kristeller 43).
Manuscript, on parchment, containing copies of several treatises: 1) Tractatus de Sacramento Corpus Christi, by Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury (ff. 1-26); 2) De Vero Sapientia, Dialogus I and II, attributed here to Petrarch (now believed to be by Nicholas of Cusa) (ff. 27-50v); 3) De Invidia, Niccolò Perotti's translation of a sermon by Basil the Great, with a preface addressed to Pope Nicholas V (ff. 51-63); 4) De invidia et odio, Niccolò Perotti's translation of a work by Petrarch, with a preface addressed to Pope Nicholas V (ff. 63v-68v); 5) De fortuna virtute ve nominum: ad Nicolaum quintum pontificem maximum, by Niccolò Perotti (69-73v); 6) Epistle LXVII to Simplician, by St. Ambrose (ff. 74-79v); 7) Ex sermonibus quadragesimalibus: Sermone de correctione fraterna, by Leonardo di Utino, O.P. (80-86v); 8) Speculum regis Edwardii tercii, attributed here to Simon Islip, Archbishop of Canterbury (now recognized as the work of William Pagula) (ff. 87-148, with skip from 89 to 100); 9) De tenenda obedientia et evitanda superbia, by St. Augustine (ff. 148-152).
Manuscript on parchment of a Middle English text of the Book of Sir John Mandeville, probably related to the "Defective Version." Biblical quotations in Middle English on f63v-f64v.
Alternative Title:
Itinerarium. English
Description:
Annotation, in a later hand, on f1r: Sir John Mandevile's Travails., Binding: 18th-century full mottled calf, gilt. Spine label reads: Mandevil's travails., From the collection of John Theyer; from the collection of John Barwick of Charing; ex libris Walter Sneyd; ex libris Sir Thomas Brooke; from the collection of Sir John Arthur Brooke (Sotheby's London sale 25 May 1921, lot 921); from the collection of Sir R. Leicester Harmsworth (Sotheby's London sale 15 October 1945, lot 2023). Purchased from Martayan Lan Rare Books on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2011., Opening illuminated initial with ivy-leaf sprays into margins and 17 blue initials with extensive red penwork flourishing. Three contemporary or near-contemporary marginal drawings, one with color wash, of manicula., Script: cursive anglicana hand in brown ink; 32 lines per page., Side notes and notation marks in various hands, 15th-17th century., Sir John Mandeville is the suppositious author of the "travel" book known as the Book of Sir John Mandeville, or Mandeville's Travels. Written in the 14th century in Anglo-Norman French, it was widely popular and thought to be an accurate account of a knight's journey through Europe, the Middle East and Asia., and Title supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Harmsworth, R. Leicester--(Robert Leicester),--Sir,--1870-1937--Ownership, Mandeville, John,--Sir, Sneyd, Walter,--1809-1888--Bookplate, and Theyer, John,--1597-1673--Autograph
Subject (Topic):
English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800