Manuscript, on vellum and paper, in several hands, containing a collection of texts in Latin and Middle English. Almost two-thirds of the volume consists of a collection of Latin sermons, followed by a Latin verse text, Stimulus compassionis. Middle English texts include The three kings of Cologne, a devotional work in prose; Prester John, a travel narrative; John Lydgate's Middle English poem Stans puer ad mensam; and the Middle English verses The myrour of mankind and The treatise of a gallant.
Description:
Binding: early eighteenth-century sheep over pasteboards. Nineteenth-century green morocco case with spine title: Ancient English Poetry M. S., Bookseller's description tipped in at front of volume., Decoration: numerous initials in blue with red penwork., Formerly owned by Gregory Lewis Way; William Waldorf Astor. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns of 26-31 lines., Most of the volume is parchment; 15 leaves toward the end of the volume are paper., Script: several English cursive bookhands., and Spine title in gilt: M. S. Vellum.
Subject (Name):
Lydgate, John,--1370?-1451? and Prester John--(Legendary character)
Subject (Topic):
Conduct of life--Early works to 1800., Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500., English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript on parchment of Diogenes Laertius, Vitae et sententiae philosophorum, translated into Latin by Ambrogio Traversari and preceded by his dedicatory letter to Cosimo de' Medici.
Description:
Binding: Fifteenth century, Italy. A hybrid Italo-Greek binding. Sewn or resewn (the sewing is too tight to determine with certainty) on five tawed skin, slit straps. Wooden boards which are not flush at head and tail are grooved on the edges. Beaded Western endbands added. Covered in dark brown calf, blind-tooled with a triple cross made up of gilt annular dots and rope interlace in a central panel within concentric frames alternately made up of a beaded zigzag ribbon and feathered rinceau. Similar tools are used on Marston MSS 39 and 68. Spine: bands outlined and panels diapered with triple fillets. Traces of four braid-and-pin fastenings, the pins in the edges of the lower board instead of the upper board as is usual in Greek bindings. "Diogenes ***" is added on the fore edge; "diogenes laergi" is written in batarde on a label under horn at the head of the upper board, possibly added in northern Europe., Script: Main text written in round humanistic bookhand by a single scribe., Some worming at beginning of text., and The decoration consists of a 3/4 border, f. 1r, of intricate white vine-stem ornament curling around thin gold bars (doubled in inner and lower margins) on a blue, green and pale pink ground dotted with white, yellow and blue, and gold balls. Incorporated into the lower border are a medallion (blank) framed by a laurel wreath and two narrow gold bands, a stag, and a putto with multi-colored wings in blue, green and dark red. In the inner margin are two birds in brown, orange and white. Ten illuminated initials, 9- to 4-line, gold on blue, green and pale pink background with white vine-stem ornament. Numerous smaller initials, 3- to 2-line, gold on blue and pink or green and pink grounds with white and gold filigree. Headings in black majuscules. Running headlines, in red, on ff. 1-4 only.
Subject (Name):
Diogenes Laertius and Medici, Cosimo de',--1389-1464
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Literature, Medieval--Translations, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Philosophy, Ancient
Manuscript on paper of Henricus de Ratisbona, Vocabularius Lucianus. With other texts, including sermons, possibly by Matthias Engelschalk; sermons by Conradus Batt; partial text of Alain de Lille's Liber Poenitentialis.
Description:
Approximately 20 leaves excised between ff. 63-64. 30 leaves excised after ff. 184.
Subject (Name):
Henricus de Ratisbona and Lucian,--of Samosata
Subject (Topic):
Latin language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.--Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Sermons, Latin--Early works to 1800
Manuscript on paper of Henricus de Ratisbona, Vocabularius Dictus Lucianus.
Description:
Modern foliation employed, some errors.
Subject (Name):
Henricus de Ratisbona
Subject (Topic):
Latin language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.--Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of a copy of the text of the "Late Version" of the Wycliffite New Testament, commonly attributed to John Purvey. The text begins at Matthew 4:14 but is otherwise complete. The volume concludes with a 12 page index of readings according to the liturgical calendar and the opening stanzas of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke in Latin.
Description:
Binding: contemporary white doeskin over wooden boards., Decoration: initials in red and blue penwork., Ex libris Earl of Egremont; Boies Penrose; Boies Penrose II. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of 57-60 lines., and Script: English bookhand.
Subject (Name):
Egremont, George O'Brien Wyndham,--Earl of,--1751-1837--Bookplate., Penrose, Boies,--1860-1921--Bookplate., Penrose, Boies,--1902-1976--Bookplate., Purvey, John, 1353?-1428?, and Wycliffe, John,---1384.
Subject (Topic):
Bible.--English (Middle English)--Versions--Wycliffe., Bible.--New Testament., English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Du Pre, Galliot, fl. 1562-1579 Lewis, Charles, 1786-1836, binder Vidoue, Pierre, d. 1543
Published / Created:
1522
Call Number:
2010 +104
Image Count:
186
Abstract:
The first edition of one of the last and most interesting continuations of the Arthurian cycle. An expansion of the story of Tristan and Iseult, Ysaie is the story of their son, born to the couple just before their deaths and a few years before the collapse of the Arthurian kingdom. The romance deals with the troubled years after Arthur, and the efforts of Ysaie and his own son Marc to combat evil in post-Arthurian Britain.
Alternative Title:
Ysayee le triste
Publisher:
Imprime a Paris pour Galliot du Pre, libraire iure en l’universite. Demourant pres la Magdaleine a l’enseigne de la Galee. Avant la boutic que en la grande salle du palays au tiers pillier
Subject (Name):
Iseult (Legendary character) and Tristan (Legendary character)
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).
anno D[omi]ni 1492 & die 15. kale[n]das Noue[m]vris [18 October 1492]
Call Number:
2006 1350
Image Count:
446
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Alternative Title:
Breviary
Description:
[Preface] (leaves pi1-4) -- [Calendar] (leaves 2pi1-2pi8) -- [Psalter] (leaves 2a1-2g4) -- [Propers] (leaves a1-p6) -- [Common of the Saints] (leaves A1-E4)., Edited by the Carmelite Battista Panetti, the prayers and psalms were modified for the use of Ercole d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, with authorizations from the popes Innocent VIII and Alexander VI. According to the d'Este records and the surviving printing contract, the Duke originally commissioned 1000 (paper) copies, finally paying for 224. Three copies are reported, all printed on vellum., Imperfect: wanting four preliminary leaves found in other two known copies, constituting a preface by Panetti bearing a date two months later than the imprint., Imprint from colophon: Impressum Ferrarie p[er] magi[ste]m Laure[n]tium de Rubeis de Vale[n]tia. Anno. D[omi]ni. 1492 & die 15. kale[n]das Noue[m]vris., Incipit of leaf A1: Incipit commune sanctoru[m] in natali vnius apostoli ..., Incipit of leaf a1: Incipit noua editio breuiarij sup[er] qua Innoce[n]tius papa octau[us] indulte[n]tias concessit., Printed in red and black, Gothic font, in double columns, with capital spaces. Printer's device in red follows colophon., Printed on vellum. Rebound in 19th cent., but original gauffered edges remain. First leaf of calendar repaired, with no loss of text., Signatures: pi⁴ 2pi⁸ 2a-2f⁸2g⁴, a-o⁸p⁶, A-D⁸E⁴., Three full-page illuminated borders of floral spraywork and gold discs, medallions with rabbits, beards and deers; figurated acanthus initials on gold ground, with half lenght portraits of David, St. Paul and an unidentified Saint, 5 ll. (leaves aa1v, a1r, A1r); alternate red and blue penwork initials; text rubricated throughout in red and blue, with approximately 67 decorated gold initials on blue or red ground, and many smaller initials with contrasting scroll-work; f. a1r: laurel wreath housing an unidentified shield of arms., Title from Hain., and Unidentified coat of arms with initials "B G" incorporated into illuminated border on leaf a1 (possible identification with Bartolomeo Goggio, an Este courtier). From the library of Beriah Botfield.
Publisher:
P[er] magi[st]r[e]m Laure[n]tium de Rubeis de Vale[n]tia,
Subject (Name):
B. G.--Ownership., Botfield, Beriah,--1807-1863--Ownership., Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio, 1431-1505., Panetti, Battista., and Rossi, Lorenzo, active 1482-1521, printer.
Subject (Topic):
Breviaries--Italy--Ferrara--Texts. and Incunabula in Yale Library.