Manuscript on parchment and paper, written in two parts. Part I (parchment, written ca. 1490): 1) John of Rupescissa, De consideratione quinte essentie. 2) Descriptions of various herbs. Part II (paper, added ca. 1800): 3) Alchemy. 4) Recipes for making Prussian Blue, in Italian.
Description:
Binding: Late eighteenth century, probably French. Speckled calf, the sides undecorated, the repaired back in compartments with gilt tooling, the original title-stamping defective, speckled edges; restored by Carolyn Horton, November 1955., Part I: Headings in red throughout, that on f. 1r overwritten in an intense red ink covering earlier writing in pale red ink, the intense ink then used for the remainder of the headings in this portion of the codex, and the overwriting probably by the original scribe. Plain, small, roman capitals at beginnings of sections of the text in blue or green; a large initial "D" and a full border no f. 1r, as well as a smaller initial "L" at the beginning of the second book of text, foot of f. 25r, all finely illuminated in gold and colors in the "white-vine" style, the lower part of the border on f. 1r with a coat of arms consisting of a shield azure, a bear rampant or. Part II: Undecorated., and Script: Part I (ff. 1-40): Written by one hand in a neat, minute humanistic cursive. Part II (ff. 41-52): In an Italian hand.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy--Early works to 1800, Formulas, recipes, etc, Herbs--Early works to 1800, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Prussian blue
Collection of short texts including a manual on the astrolabe, treatises on the zodiac, several horoscopes, and a map of England.
Description:
1 map; parchment, some col.; 20.5 x 31 cm. and The manuscript is a composite of many separate treatises, some on paper,others on vellum, of varying sizes bound together. Bound in brown calf, gilt.
Maps of the Orinoco-Essequibo region, South America. Compiled for the Commission appointed by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Subject (Geographic):
Amazon River--Discovery and exploration--Spanish, Amazon River--Maps, Caribbean Area--Maps--Early works to 1800, Colombia --Maps, Guyana --Maps, Orinoco River Valley (Venezuela and Colombia) --Maps, and Venezuela --Maps
Şahidî İbrahim Dede, 1470-1550 شاهيدي ابراهيم ده ده
Published / Created:
1500-1699.
Call Number:
Turkish MSS suppl. 257
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Illuminated manuscript, on paper, of Kitāb-Şāhidī by Muġlavī Şāhidī İbrāhīm Dede, a Persian-Turkish dictionary in mes̲nevī rhyme
Alternative Title:
Ṭuḥfe-i Şāhidī and تحفه شاهيدي
Description:
In Ottoman Turkish and Persian., Title from text opening., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Double columns of 15 lines. Catchword on each verso., Script: Naskh., Binding: Flap binding, marbled paper over paper pasteboards, brown leather spine. Upper board covered in repoussé/chased metal depicting two peacocks standing in a vegetation., Decoration: Illuminated opening bifolium with full-page miniature of a seated man on verso and floral decoration on facing recto. Illuminated floral headpiece at head of text; illuminated text frames; rubrication., and Later manuscript annotations on front and back pastedown. Calligraphic Besmele ( بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم) (f. 1a).
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Şahidî İbrahim Dede, 1470-1550.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish, Manuscripts, Turkish, Persian language, and Turkish
(From t.p.) M. Catonis lib. I -- M. Terentij Varronis lib. III -- L. Iunij Moderati Columellae lib. XII -- Eiusdem De arboribus liber separatus ab alijs, quare autem id factum fuerit, ostenditur in epistola ad lectorem -- Palladij lib. XIIII -- De duobus dierum generibus, simulq[ue] de umbris, & horis, quae apud Palladium, in alia epistola ad lectorem -- Georgij Alexandrini enarrationes priscarum dictionum, quae in his libris Catonis, Varronis, Columellae., BEIN Gn9 116b Copy 2: Variant copy. Printed on blue paper ("carta azzurra"). Bookplates: Dogmersfield Library; David Wagstaff., Edited by Giovanni Giocondo., Errata on *6v, *7, *8r., First Aldine ed., Imprint from colophon., and Signatures: *⁸ 2a-2b⁸ 2c¹⁰ a-h⁸ i⁴ k-z⁸ A-Q⁸ (2c10 blank).
Publisher:
In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri,
Subject (Name):
Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234 B.C.-149 B.C. De agri cultura., Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus., Dogmersfield Library Bookplate, Giocondo, Giovanni, approximately 1433-1515, Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515, printer, Palladius, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus, Torresanus, Andreas, de Asula, 1451-1529, printer, Varro, Marcus Terentius. Rerum rusticarum libri tres., and Wagstaff, David, 1882-1951--Bookplate
Manuscript on paper (unidentified watermarks in gutter; upper margin, trimmed) of a Ritual, possibly written for a nunnery.
Description:
Binding: Sixteenth century. Original sewing on three double, tawed supports laced into the wooden boards. The spine is heavily rounded, with the sewing supports well defined by blind-tooled lines. Covered in dark brown calf with a panel of the Annunciation, in a border of birds, animals and flowers blind-stamped on each board inside outer frames of lines. There is a brass catch on the upper board and a long, thin brass clasp on a leather strap attached to the lower with a brass plate. The leather is slightly torn at the head of the spine but otherwise the book is in fine condition, with no trace of sophistication. Front and back pastedowns from a 15th-century Latin liturgical manuscript., Calligraphic initials, 5- to 3-line, in green or red with red or grey flourishes, often extending the length of the written area. Initials, 3- to 1-line, underlining, strokes on 1-line initials, and headings in red., and Script: Written by three people in what Lieftinck calls Littera brevitura. Scribe 1, ff. 1r-87v and 98r-153v, writes in a large and rather careless hand; 2, ff. 90r-97v, in a small even hand; 3, ff. 154r-272v, in a large uneven hand.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Liturgy
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, Monastic and religious life--Early works to 1800, and Rituals (Liturgical books)