- Published / Created:
- [between 1300 and 1400]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 86
- Image Count:
- 52
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Fragments of a Brut Chronicle. Begins imperfectly in chapter 36 (Constantine) and has several lacunae. The work ends in chapter 86 (beginning on f. 11r) with the thirty-first year of Edward III. With art. 3) A note (in Latin) stating that King Henry IV was consecrated in 1399 and documenting his descent from Adam. 4) A list (in Latin) of 86 kings (each numbered) from Brutus to Edward III. 5) Names of prisoners captured and killed at the battle of Poitiers (19 Sept. 1356). 6) Terms of the treaty of Bretigny (8 May 1360). 7) Parliamentary text
- Description:
- In Anglo-Norman., Script: Written in Anglicana bookhand by one scribe., Decorative initials, blue with red penwork, appear only on ff. 1-12; initial strokes and headings, in red, throughout., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries. Stab sewn to a vellum folder made up of a legal document (trimmed with some loss of text) dated 1766 and involving the manors of Whitechurch and Milbourne in Wiltshire. The outside has an inscription, 19th century, "Some leaves of early English History in Norman French supposed to have come from Malmesbury Abbey." A similar inscription occurs on f. i verso.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- England.
- Subject (Topic):
- Anglo-Norman literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Brut chronicle, etc
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- Published / Created:
- approximately 1300.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 712.85
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment containing part of a commentary on the Romance of Alexander. The second nonconsecutive leaf of the bifolium contains part of a commentary on the New Testament, including a citation of John 6:45 in Greek
- Description:
- In Latin; small citation in Ancient Greek. and Script: gothic bookhand.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commentary on the Romance of Alexander (fragment).
- Creator:
- Aldhelm, Saint, 640?-709
- Published / Created:
- [between 800 and 815]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 401A
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment bifolium. Conjugate leaves originally from the same manuscript as Beinecke MS 401. Stitching holes in center of bifolium; outer margins trimmed with some loss of text
- Description:
- In Latin and Anglo-Saxon., For the script see MS 401; MS 401A was written by Scribe 2., and Decorative T on f. 2r, black initial surrounded by red dots.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Aldhelm, Saint, 640?-709.
- Subject (Topic):
- Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)., English literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De laude virginitatis
- Creator:
- Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century
- Published / Created:
- approximately 1425-approximately 1449.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 712.86
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment containing text from Book 15 of this scientific work
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: English bookhand., and Decoration: 7 large initials in blue ink with penwork in red ink; red and blue ink paraph marks.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De proprietatibus rerum (fragment).
5.
- Creator:
- Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253
- Published / Created:
- [between 1300 and 1400]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 524
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on vellum
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written in English bookscript., Four initials in red and blue with penwork; red paragraph marks., and These 2 leaves appear to have been taken from a binding.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253.
- Subject (Topic):
- Didactic literature, Latin, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholasticism
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dicta
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 45
- Container / Volume:
- Broadside
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment, on parchment, in a single hand, of text from the "Lyfe of Sylvester" in the Gilte Legende
- Description:
- In Middle English., From Takamiya MS 45: Doheny Collection of single leaves., Layout: double columns of forty lines., Script: English bookhand., and Decoration: initials in blue with red penwork.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- English prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Saints
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gilte legende
- Published / Created:
- approximately 1275-approximately 1299.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 712.59
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment from an English hymnal
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: gothica textualis semiquadrata., and Decoration: large initials in red and blue ink with contrasting penwork. Pages ruled in red.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hymnal (fragment).
- Creator:
- Origen
- Published / Created:
- [between 1100 and 1150]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 137
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment, on parchment, in a single hand, of a portion of Origen's In Genesim homilia X.
- Description:
- In Latin., Layout: double columns of 36 lines., and Script: romanesque book script.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Origen.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and Sermons, Latin
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > In Genesim homilia X (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [12--].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 483.8-9
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of two initials that come from the same Psalter; for a further description of the manuscript from which they came, see Beinecke MS 483.11-14.
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: One letter "o" is preserved following the "H", written in gothic script in black ink., and Decoration: two 2-line initials "L" and "H" in blue decorated with foliate ornamentation outlined in brown and colored with green; the initials are for the beginning of Psalm verses.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, Psalters, and Initials
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Initials (from a Psalter) (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [12--].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 483.11-14
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of initials from a variety of Psalms; it appears these initials come from the same manuscript as the initials in Beinecke MS 483.8-9.
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: four 3-line initials from the beginning of Psalms; the first two initials are blue uncials on a square pink ground bordered in greeen; the second two are pink uncials on a square blue ground bordered in green; all four initials are filled with gold in which there are pink, green, or blue vines with white, yellow, or pink flowers; these initials are very similar in design, decoration, and size to the initials in MSS 483.8-9; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, Initials, and Psalters
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Initials (from a Psalter) (fragment).