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1. Historia scholastica, with other works
- Creator:
- Petrus, Comestor, active 12th century
- Published / Created:
- circa 1225-1249.
- Call Number:
- Osborn fa75
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 322
- Abstract:
- Manuscript volume, on paper, containing the complete text of Peter Comestor's Historia scholastica, with marginal glosses and later annotations. This work is preceded in the volume by the Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi of Peter of Poitiers, with complex genealogical diagrams in color. It is followed by the Prophesies of Pseudo-Methodius and the Allegoriae of Hugh of St. Victor
- Description:
- In Latin., Two original flyleaves. Manuscript preceded by three paper leaves to which bibliographical and historical notes about the texts contained in the volume have been affixed., Script: small gothic book script., Decoration: chapter headings in red; red and blue penwork initials., and Binding: twentieth-century full red morocco.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Jesus Christ and Petrus, Comestor, active 12th century.
- Subject (Topic):
- Genealogy, History Bibles, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Historia scholastica, with other works
2. The Lyfe of Sir Thomas More knighte
- Creator:
- Roper, William, 1496-1578
- Published / Created:
- [between 1600 and 1625]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 363
- Image Count:
- 166
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of The Life, Araignment, and Death, of the famous learned, Sir Thomas More Knight: Somtymes Lord Chauncellor of England. On f. iii verso, engraving of Sir Thomas More, half-length, to right, standing, pointing to scroll in right hand
- Description:
- In English., Watermarks: Heawood, Coat of Arms 481., Script: Written in neat chancery script., Illuminated title-page, f. iii recto: double blue frame with sprigs of berries and leaves on both sides and gilt designs above and below. Gold initial on f. 1r marks the beginning of text., and Binding: 17th-18th centuries. Part of a book rebound in limp vellum, gold-tooled, with holes for two ties.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535. and Roper, William, 1496-1578.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Lyfe of Sir Thomas More knighte