Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of a version of the Brut Chronicle.
Alternative Title:
Chronicles of England.
Description:
Binding: nineteenth-century full brown morocco., Bound with: 2 l. of parchment, fragment in Latin, repaired, with annotations., Ex libris Tollemache family, Helmingham Hall, Suffolk (M.S. L.J.I.12). From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns., and Script: English cursive bookhand.
Subject (Topic):
Chronicles of England., English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript fragment, on vellum, in a single hand, of text from Book IV of Gower's Confessio Amantis.
Description:
Byname: Stafford Gower (fragment), Decoration: initials in gold, red, blue and purple., From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of 36 lines (complete columns are of 46 lines), Script: formal bastard anglicana., and Taken from the Stafford Gower (Huntington Library MS EL 26 A 17) and used as binding waste.
Subject (Name):
Gower, John,--1325?-1408.--Confessio amantis.
Subject (Topic):
English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Med, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript fragment, on parchment, containing twelve long lines of verse.
Description:
From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-.
Subject (Name):
Robin Hood--(Legendary character)--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Topic):
English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript fragment, on vellum, in a single hand, of Book III, verses 1717-1913, of this long narrative poem.
Description:
Decoration: two initials in burnished gold on colored grounds, with foliate sprays., Ex libris Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS 23554). From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of 49 lines., and Script: cursive English bookhand.
Subject (Name):
Lydgate, John,--1370?-1451?
Subject (Topic):
English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., English poetry--Middle Engish, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Narrative poetry, English (Middle)
Manuscript fragment, on vellum, in a single hand, containing Book I, verses 455 and following of this long narrative poem.
Description:
Decoration: two large initials in gold; numerous smaller initials in red or blue., From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of 56 lines., and Script: cursive English bookhand.
Subject (Name):
Lydgate, John,--1370?-1451?
Subject (Topic):
English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Narrative poetry, English (Middle)
Manuscript fragment, on parchment, in a single hand: a leaf from the table of readings at the beginning or end of a Wycliffite New Testament. The text is from the Sanctoral, from the feast of the Purifcation to the feast of St. Mark.
Description:
Binding: Inlaid into a large paper leaf., Decoration: headings in red, capitals in red and blue., From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns of 36 lines., and Script: small gothic bookhand.
Subject (Topic):
Bible.--English (Middle English)--Versions--Wycliffe., Bible.--New Testament., English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.