Manuscript, on parchment, of this work on heraldry, chivalry and the laws of war. Bound with two illustrated heraldic treatises copied from printed editions: Sensuyt le blason des armes (Lyons: Claude Nourry, 1527) and Treatyses perteynyng to coatarmour (Westminster: Wynkyn de Worde, 1496).
Alternative Title:
De studio militari
Description:
Binding: modern parchment over boards, rebacked., Bookseller's printed description pasted in on front pastedown., De officio in Latin; other texts in French and English., Decoration: Headings and initial letters in red and blue; decorated throughout with more than 270 emblazoned coats of arms in colors., Ex libris Lord William Howard; from the collections of H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence and Alan G. Thomas. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Ownership inscription at top of first page: "William Howard 1591.", and Script: each work in a different professional book hand.
Subject (Name):
Howard, William,--Lord,--1563-1640--Autograph. and Upton, Nicholas,--1400?-1457.
Subject (Topic):
Chivalry--Great Britain., Chivalry--Great Britain--Early works to 1800., Heraldry--Great Britain., Heraldry--Great Britain--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Manuscripts, Renaissance--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., Nobility--Great Britain., and Nobility--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
Manuscript copy, on parchment, in several scribal hands, of this English ordinary of arms, containing approximately 1600 coats of arms in full color, with descriptive annotations. The manuscript also contains approximately 300 shields outlined but left blank. This manuscript is the oldest recorded copy of the Queen Margaret version of this text.
Description:
Autograph and notes by Sir Syndey Cockerell on front flyleaf; autograph of Brian S. Cron on front flyleaf., Binding: contemporary binding of reversed white leather over wooden boards., Contemporary foliation omits ff. 11-12, 78-79, Decoration: coats of arms in full color; some initials in red or blue., Ex libris Sir Sydney Cockerell; ex libris Brian S. Cron., Layout: coats of arms arranged in three rows of four on each page, with descriptive notes above each., and Script: cursive bookhand.
Subject (Name):
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle,--Sir,--1867-1962--Autograph. and Cron, B. S.--Autograph.
Subject (Topic):
Heraldry--Dictionaries., Heraldry--England., Heraldry--England--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Manuscripts, Renaissance--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Re
Manuscript document, on parchment, in a single hand, containing the petition of Joan, widow of William Rykyll to Baron Bergavenny for the restoration of her rights in land held of Robert Lindsey, in Kent, from which she has been disseized by Edward Lindsey and Rose, his wife and the daughter of William Rykyll.
Description:
Docketed in a contemporary hand., Layout: single column of 14 lines., Phillipps MS 29242. Previously owned by Alan G. Thomas. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., and Script: Anglicana.
Subject (Name):
Bergavenny, George Neville,--Baron., Phillipps, Thomas,--Sir,--1792-1872--Ownership., and Thomas, Alan G.--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Feudal law--England., Land tenure--England--15th century., Land tenure--England--16th century., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Women--Great Britain.
Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of portions of the text of Higden's Polychronicon. mostly related to the history of England from Brutus to Richard II. Preceded by a table of contents.
Alternative Title:
Constitutiones legitime seu legatine regionis anglicane and Margarita decreti seu tabula martiniana decreti
Description:
Binding: late seventeenth-century full calf; blind-ruled, with crown stamp in the corners. The binder has been identified as a London binder who also worked for Samuel Pepys. Metal chain attached from the upper cover, fourteen links, a ring on either end, and a middle swivel., Bound with: Martinus Polonus, Margarita decreti seu tabula martiniana decreti (Strasburg, 1493); William Lyndwood, Constitutiones legitime seu legatine regionis anglicane, (Paris, 1504)., Decoration: Rubricated. Approximately 60 large initials in red with penwork in brown ink., Ex libris Alan G. Thomas. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns of approximately 35 lines., MS is third of three works bound together. Paginated 1-195., Numerous marginal annotations in several contemporary and later hands. Marginal note on p. 136 refers to the death of Oliver Cromwell ("tyranno")., Script: English cursive bookhand., and Watermark: Briquet 11159?
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Higden, Ranulf,---1364., Martinus, Polonus, d. 1279, and Thomas, Alan G.--Bookplate.
Subject (Topic):
Incunabula in Yale Library., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and World history--Early works to 1800.
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of a collection of prayers, principally in Middle English.
Description:
From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single column., and Script: secretary script.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, English (Middle), Devotional literature, English., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., Prayers, Medieval., and Prayers--Early works to 1800.