BEIN ENG140: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from Keller., French suit system., Type: Original design., Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2]., Aces indicated by "I"; Ace of Spades: Draco; Ace of Hearts: Perseus; Ace of Diamonds: Cepheus; Ace of Clubs: Great Bear., King of Spades: Crown; Queen of Spades: LIBRA; Jack of Spades: Little Bear; King of Hearts: LEO; Queen of Hearts: Peacock; Jack of Hearts: CAPRICORNUS; King Diamonds: ARIES / Triangle; Queen of Diamonds: Cassiopea; Jack of Diamonds: Cornus; King of Clubs: Lyra; Queen of Clubs: Crater; Jack of Club: Auriga / Hircus, Pip cards numbered X-II; Spades: Triangle / Altar, Flying Fish, Engonasi, Cetus, Orion, VIRGO, Cor Caroli / Coma Beremces, Hercules, Bootes; Hearts: Indian, Crane, Pisces Austrinus, Argo, AQUARIUS, Great Dog, TAURUS, Lepus, CANCER; Diamonds: Dorado / [magnitude key], Phoenix / Toucan / Snake, Fluvius, Camelion, Lupus, The Crosiers, SCORPIO, Centaur, PISCES, Little Dog, Aquila / Antinous, Andromeda., and Stamp on Ace of Spades, red: [filigree, crown] VI Pence.
Publisher:
John Lenthall, at the Talbot against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street
Manuscript, on parchment, of the Bible, including prologues. The Old Testament omits 1 and 2 Chronicles and Psalms; Esther and Judith follow Nehemiah. New Testament is incomplete: Acts folllows the Pauline and Catholic epistles but ends in chapter 13; Revelations not present. Chapter divisions throughout often deviate from Langton arrangement. Numerous brief marginal annoations in several hands
Description:
In Latin., Numerous brief marginal annotations, in Latin, in several thirteenth and fourteenth century hands, apparently English. Ecclesiastes annotated in at least four different hands., Layout: double columns of 55 lines., Script: gothica textualis., Decoration: each prologue and book opens with a large initial in red and blue with red and blue penwork, often with bar extensions in red and blue., and Binding: seventeenth-century full dark blue English polished calf. with extensive gold tooling in cottage style. Six-compartmented spine; all compartments gold-tooled except for the second, which contains a handwritten paper label: "Latin Bible. Manuscript." Marbled endpapers.
Manuscript, in unidentified hand, on parchment, including a collection of texts on medical and astrological topics, calendars and horoscopes
Alternative Title:
Medical and astrological texts : in English
Description:
In English., Title devised by cataloger., Script: Gothic cursiva., Decoration: 4 anatomical figures, 12 colored drawings of occupations of the months, 7 colored drawings of signs of the planets, 4 of the temperaments, 12 of the signs of the zodiac, 12 of their astrological abbreviations, and 12 large paintings of the signs of the zodiac. Also included: base of an astrolabe cut from a musical ms., ca. 1500 (f. 36r). Copious rubrication throughout., Layout: 1 column of around 40 lines., Binding: modern white leather binding over pasteboards., and Date of creation must be after 1552 and before 1554; the table on f. 6r runs from 1553 to 1590 and the chronicle notes on f.25r run to the beheading of the Duke of Somerset in 1552.
Subject (Topic):
Astrology, Medicine, Medieval, Medicine, and Manuscripts
Manuscript, on paper, containing a collection of medical treatises and recipes. Includes: medical recipes and charms (ff. 1-57), gynaecological treatise (ff. 60-71), catalogue of plants and their medical properties (ff. 73-99), and an astrological treatise (ff. 103-114).
Alternative Title:
Medical recipes and charms : followed by a gynaecological treatise, catalog of plants and their medical properties, and an astrological essay ; in English, with the astrology text (leaves 103-114) including Latin headings
Description:
In English with Latin headings., Title devised by cataloger., Script: secretary hand., Layout: single column of around 30 lines., Binding: bound in contemporary vellum. Severely damaged., and Also available on microfilm.
Subject (Topic):
Gynecology, Manuscripts, Medical, Medicine, Practice, Manuscripts, and Medicine, Medieval
Manuscript, in unidentified hand, on paper, containing a collection of texts on astronomy and medicine: contains a treatise on uroscopy (ff. 1-48r), an index of the significations of the colors of urine (ff. 48v-50v), a table of astrological symbols and their explanations (f. 51r), an astrological figure "The circle of 16 angles" (ff. 51v-52r), a table of the days of the moon (f. 52v), a series of astronomical tables from Aries to Pisces (ff. 53v-57r), a medical treatise describing illnesses and medical recipes (ff. 58r-85v), an stronomical treatise (ff. 87r-119v), a text on the twelve astrological signs (ff. 122v-123r), a number of tables and figures on the planets, the aspects of the moon, and uroscopy (ff. 123v-126r), a series of astrological prognostic texts related to theft (ff. 129v-132v), a weather prognostication (ff. 133r-134r), a series of electionary texts (ff. 134v-137v), a treatise on bloodletting (f. 137v), a series of questionary texts (ff. 138r-146r), a collection of brief astrological proverbs (147r-147v), a series of explanations about astrology (148r-148v), and a questionary text on finding a thief (f. 149r).
Alternative Title:
Commonplace book in English: on miscellaneous subjects, chiefly astrology
Description:
In English., Title devised by cataloger., Script: English secretary hand., Layout: single column of between 36 and 45 lines., Binding: 18th- or 19th-century binding in marbled boards with brown leather spine. Spinal note "M.S 1551" in gold-tooling., Decoration: rubrication throughout., Date of creation from f. 122: "Wryten anno domini 1551.", and Also available on microfilm.
Subject (Topic):
Astrology, Medicine, Manuscripts, and Medicine, Medieval
Manuscript, in unidentified hand, on parchment, containing Albertus Magnus' Compendium theologicae veritatis. Manuscript starts with a table of contents (ff. 1r-3r) and finishes with an index of names (ff. 163r-144r).
Alternative Title:
Compendium theologicae veritatis, with index
Description:
In Latin., Title from rubric opening table: Incipit tabula compendium theologicae veritatis., Script: Gothic textualis., Decoration: seven-line decorated initial in red, blue, green, and gold (f. 3v) with floral decorations surrounding the text; two- to three-line initials in red and blue. Rubrication in red and blue ink throughout., Layout: 2 columns of about 39 lines., Binding: 19th-century vellum binding over pasteboards, spine gold-tooled with labels: “Compendium Veritatis Theologice” and “Manuscript”., Text is also at times ascribed to Hugh of Strasburg instead of Albertus Magnus., and Ownership inscription by Johannes Winnington (f. 144v): Iste liber pertinet ad me Johannem Winnington de medio templo generosum...
BEIN ENG121: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards. Imperfect: lacking Ace of Hearts, 5 of Spades, 6 of Diamonds., Title devised by cataloger., French suit system., Type: Original design., Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2]., Aces indicated by "I"., K: King; Q: Queene; J: Knave; Kings, Queens with crowns., Pip cards numbered X-II., and Tax Stamp on Ace of Spades, red: [crown] / VI Pence.
BEIN ENG74: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., French suit system., Type: Historical., Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2], descriptive card., Tax stamp on Ace of Spades, red: [crown] / VI Pence., CourtCards: P-Prince (jack); Kings, crowned suit signs; King of Hearts: The KING of ENGLAND; King of Clubs with the arms of Pope Clement IX., and Heraldry cards known as the British Brianville deck.
Manuscript, in two unidentified hands, written on paper (leaves 1-92) and parchment (leaves 93-102). Contains medical recipes and lists of herbs in Middle English (incipit: Here begynne goode medecynes; ff. 5-71), French provers in verse (incipit: Ce sont les proverbes des philosophes), Macer's De virtutibus herbarum (ff. 76-92), Honorius Augustodunensis' Imago mundi (f. 93-100).
Alternative Title:
Medical recipes [in English] ; Imago mundi de Asia, Africa et Europa: Asia a regiam [in Latin] and Imago mundi de Asia
Description:
In Middle English, Middle French, and Latin., Title assigned by cataloger., Script: gothic cursiva., Decoration: some two-line initials in red ink. Rubrication., Layout: single column of 48-56 lines., Binding: contemporary wooden boards portion of back cover missing., and Watermark is a variant of Briquet 5353 (Bologna 1432) and Briquet 5351 (Sienna 1410).
Subject (Topic):
Cosmology, Medicine, Manuscripts, and Medicine, Medieval