- Creator:
- Joan of Navarre, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of England, 1370?-1437.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1402]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 118
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript letter, on parchment, in a Chancery hand, containing a petition by Joan of Navarre to her husband, King Henry IV of England, for the right of the Aurum Reginae, revenues alloted to the queen of England out of fees for offices or franchises paid to the king.
- Description:
- Accompanied by: transcript, on paper, in a 17th century italic hand., From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single column of 10 lines., Script: Chancery hand., and Two endorsements, on verso, in a different contemporary hand, one of which notes the grant of the Aurum Reginae to Joan at Eltham on the Tuesday after Epiphany, 13 Henry IV (1412).
- Subject (Name):
- Henry--IV,--King of England,--1367-1413. and Joan of Navarre,--Queen, consort of Henry IV,--King of England,--1370?-1437.
- Subject (Topic):
- Kings and rulers., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Taxation--England--Early works to 1800.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letter, undated, to Henry IV, King of England.
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- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450-1475]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 61
- Image Count:
- 189
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on paper, in several cursive hands, containing a variety of alchemical, medical, and other "scientific" texts in Latin, Middle English, and Anglo-Norman French. Contents include two Middle English poems, one on the four temperments, and the other the alchemical Secrets of the philosophers, attributed to George Ripley. Other contents include a dialogue between Dives and Lazarus; a copy of the Computus manualis; verious medical and alchemical recipes and formulae; and a treatise on snakeskin.
- Description:
- Binding: contemporary limp vellum. and From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy--Early works to 1800., English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500., English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medicine--Early works to 1800., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Science--Early works to 1800.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Medical and alchemical miscellany.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1427]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 41
- Image Count:
- 549
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in multiple hands, of a complete set of the statutes of England from 1327 to 1427. In Law French with Latin headings.
- Description:
- Binding: early flexible binding, designed to accomodate further additions of leaves, with stiff leather covers stitched on with leather thongs; original bands and sewing visible. "Edw. Bennett" cut into upper cover in a later hand., Decoration: blue initials with red penwork., Foliation provided by cataloger., Formerly owned by William Elwys; Edward Bennett; T. Butler; Colin Franklin. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns of 30-36 lines., Numerous contemporary marginal annotations in a number of hands., Ownership inscription: "T. Butler 1759" on first leaf (1r)., Ownership inscription: "Wilelmo Elwys" on first leaf (1r) and final leaf (269v)., and Script: several secretary scripts.
- Subject (Name):
- Elwys, William--Autograph., England.--Parliament., and Franklin, Colin--Ownership.
- Subject (Topic):
- Feudal law--England--Early works to 1800., Law--England--Early works to 1800., Law--Great Britain--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Statutes of England from 1 Edward III to 4 Henry VI.