BEIN USA152: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., and Each card bears the portrait of a Confederate military officer or statesman: Maj. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard, Gen. Braxton Bragg, Gen. Buckner, Jefferson Davis, Gen. John B. Floyd, Gen. R.S. Garnett, Brig. Gen. Hardee, Brig, Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson, Maj. Gen. A. S. Johnston, Gen. Joe E. Johnston, Gen. R. E. Lee, Maj.Gen. G. J. Pillow, Brig.Gen. L. Polk, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, Com. Maury, Gen. Benj. McCullough, Gen. Parsons, Alexander H. Stephens, Judah P. Benjamin, Gen. M. L. Bonham, Gen. John C. Breckenridge, Gen. W.O.B. Branch, Gen. Frank Cheatham, Gen. R. D. Hanson, Gen. John B. Magruder, Gen. Humphrey Marshall, Col. John Morgan, Gen. Henningsen, Gen. Hindman, Comm. Hollins, Gen.Benj. Huger, Gen. Lovel Mansfield, Gen. Albert Pike, Gen. Rob. Toombs, Gen. Tilghman, Gen. A. P. Hill, Gen. Rains, Capt. R. Semmes, Maj.Gen. Simmons, Maj.Gen. Gus. A. Smith, Maj.Gen. Kirby Smith, Com. F. Buchanan, Gen. D. E. Twiggs, Gen. Van Dorn, Capt. Chatard, Gen. T. L. Clingman, Gen. Edw. Priue, Maj.Gen. Jeff. Thompson.
Illuminated manuscript, on paper, of a cönk, a mecmū'a of folkloric poetry, containing ilahis (hymns), nefes (mystical poems), gazels, masnavis, and excerpts of Sufi mystical poets, written in several hands. Poets excerpted include Ahmedî, Pir Abdal (پير ابدال), Yunus Emre (يونس امري), Eşrefoğlu Abdullah Rûmî (أشرف أوغلو عبد الله الرومي), Âşık Viranî (ويرانى), Ismāʻīl I, Shah of Iran (Hatayî/خطايي), and Sezaî (سزائيى). Some pages blank
Description:
In Ottoman Turkish., Title assigned by cataloger. Title at head of table of contents, indicating the maqams: Fihrist-i maḳāmāt-ı be ḳavl-i [...] (...فهرس مقامات بقول)., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Single column of 10-20 lines. Catchword on each verso., Script: Nasta'liq., Binding: Gold-tooled central mandorla and frames over brown leather on paper pasteboard on covers, cloth tape spine., Decoration: Illuminated gold headpiece and frame on opening folio; text frames in green, writing surface painted silver; rubrication., and Contemporary manuscript annotations in several hands (f. ia): 'Alī (علي), Aliağa (علي اغا), Ḥasan (حسن), Ḥüseyin (حسين), Allāh (الله), Muḥammed (محمد).
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish, Masnavis, Turkish, and Turkish poetry
Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379
Published / Created:
approximately 1200 - approximately 1599
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 532
Image Count:
1416
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Manuscript on vellum and paper of Saint Basil of Caesarea, De Legendis Gentilium Libris and various treatises on grammar and rhetoric bound together and Contains St. Basilius, De legendis gentilium libris, fols. 2r-14v, on vellum; Constantinus Lascaris, Grammaticae compendium, fols. 75r-104v, 196r-199r; Georgios Choeroboskos, Grammatica, fols. 107r-129r; Manuel the Rhetorician, Opusculum, fols. 134r-136r; Theodorus Prodromus, Erotemata, fols. 137r-160v; Michael Syncellus, De constructione libellus, fols. 178r-195v; Maximus Planudes, De constructione libellus, fols. 202r-233v; Corinthus, De dialectis, fols. 236r-262r; Phrynichus, Eclogae nominum et verborum Atticorum, fols. 282r-293v; Tryphon, De passionibus dictionum, fols. 296r-297v; Constantinus Lascaris, De pronominibus, fols. 344r-353r; Pythagoras, Aurea carmina, fol. 455r; Hymni Orphici, fols. 455r-460v; Michael Apostolios, Epistolae, fols. 463r-471r; Synesius Cyrenaeus, Epistolae, fols. 473r-574r; Theophylactus Simocatta, Dialogus, fols. 575r-587v; Astronomical Tables, fols. 619r-636v, 651r-664r. Also bound with Porphyrius, Liber Homericarum quaestionum, edited by C. Lascaris (Rome, 1518), which is not foliated and is bound between fols. 454 and 455
Alternative Title:
Address to young men
Description:
In Greek., Decoration: Some sections rubricated; astronomical and astrological tables at end., and Binding: Brown morocco over wooden boards; clasps missing.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379.
Subject (Topic):
Classical literature, Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Fathers of the church, Grammar, Comparative and general, Language and languages, Grammars, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Rhetoric
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
LWL 55 G25 738: Bookplates: Charles Languet Higgins, Turvey Abbey, 1874 (pictorial); Philip Hofer., LWL 55 G25 738: Gift of Mr Hofer [to Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis, 9 July 1964], with the 4th ed. of volume I., BEIN Ik G252 727f Copy 1: No. 2 of 2 works bound together with binder's title: Gay's Fables., In verse., All published?, The illustrations are by G. Scotin, after H. Gravelot., and Signatures: pi² a² B-K⁸ L⁴ M².
Menteşzâde, Abdürrahim, -1716 منتشزاده عبد الرحيم
Published / Created:
1700-1799.
Call Number:
Turkish MSS suppl. 255
Image Count:
670
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Illuminated manuscript on paper of Fetāvā-yı ‘Abdürraḥīm Efendi by Menteşzāde ‘Abdürraḥīm Efendi, a collection of fetvās (legal opinions). Includes a table of contents (ff. 1a-11a). Extensive marginal commentary throughout including responses to legal questions
Alternative Title:
Fetāvā-yı Yaḥyā Efendi, Fetāvā-yı Minḳārīzāde, and Fetāvā-yı ‘Aṭā’ullāh
Description:
In Ottoman Turkish with some Arabic., Title assigned by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Single column of 33 lines. Catchword on each verso., Script: Nasta‘līq., Binding: Brown leather over paper pasteboards, gold-tooled and painted, with central mandorla and pendants covered in embossed paper, now damaged., Decoration: Illuminated text frames throughout, rubrication., Pagination added by a later hand to folios bearing text, with f. 12a numbered p. 1, f. 13a numbered p. 2, and so on., Contemporary manuscript notes on related legal opinions tipped in (ff. 47-48, 181-182)., Contemporary manuscript annotations in at least three hands, including notes on Fetāvā-yı ʻAbdürraḥīm Efendi (front pastedown, recto front flyleaf) and on legal matters (recto front and rear flyleaves). Protective charm against bookworms: Yā Kebīkec (يا كبكج) (ff. 1a, 12a)., and Accompanied by notes on legal questions (2 leaves).
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Fatwas, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish, Islamic law, and Manuscripts, Turkish
Manuscript daybook in unidentified hands, recording daily sales of snuff, cigars, and other products by Fribourg & Treyer. Entries list customer names and addresses; varieties and prices of snuff and cigars, with amounts purchased by weight or container; destinations and transportation costs for orders sent by coach or river boat; and notes indicating payments received or entry into accounts. Notes on preliminary pages include names and accounts relating to suppliers and employees. Over 10,000 sales are listed, including entries for Queen Charlotte, George IV, as Prince of Wales, Beau Brummell, Charles Stanhope, Earl of Harrington, and others in their social circle
Description:
Fribourg & Treyer, 34 Haymarket, London, manufactured and sold snuff, cigars, and other tobacco products, 1720-1981. From 1780 to 1803, Fribourg & Treyer was owned by G. A. (Gottlieb Augustus) Treyer and Martha Evans Treyer., In English., and Binding: full sheep, with blind-tooled border; spine broken.
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., London, and London (England)
Subject (Name):
Brummell, Beau, 1778-1840., Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Harrington, Charles Stanhope, Earl of, 1780-1851., Treyer, G. A. (Gottlieb Augustus), Treyer, Martha Evans., and Fribourg & Treyer (Firm)
Subject (Topic):
Cigar industry, Snuff, Tobacco industry, Tobacco use, Tobacco workers, Upper class, Social life and customs, and Economic conditions
BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 132: Title card pasted to sleeve. Formerly owned by Julia Parker Wightman. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards. and Title card and 25 numbered cards depicting inhabitants of various countries.