Manuscript on paper composed in three parts. Part I: Nicolas of Amiens, De articulis fidei catholicae. Part II: Johannes de Rupescissa, Prophecy. Part III: Various unidentified religious texts
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: Parts I and II: unidentified crossed arrows, in gutter. Part III: unidentified balance, in gutter., Script: Part I (ff. 1-24): Written by one scribe in large gothic cursive. Part II (ff. 25-27): Gothic cursive script by one person. Part III (ff. 28-75): Gothic cursive by two hands: Scribe 1) ff. 28r-64r, and Scribe 2) ff. 64v-72r., Part I: 2-line initials, paragraph marks and underlining in red. Part III: Headings, strokes on 1-line capitals, underlining and chapter numbers in margin all in red. On f. 30r, a crude 3-line initial in red with brown penwork, including a bear's head (?) above and a man's head at side; on ff. 33v, 44v, 46v a grotesque in profile., Stains on ff. 1r and 24, ff. 25r and 27v, and ff. 28r and 75v suggest that each part was once a separate booklet., and Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Black cloth spine with olive green decorated paper sides.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Nicolas of Amiens.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, Prophecy, Christianity, and Theology, Doctrinal
Manuscript on paper (unidentified watermark) of Libellus de quinque floribus huius mundi contemnendis, a short moralistic treatise dealing with the five flowers of the world which need to be despised: (1) bona dispositio corporis, scilicet sanitas, fortitudo et pulcritudo; (2) nobilitas generis; (3) habundantia rerum temporalium; (4) sapiencia cum discreta eloquentia; (5) potestas sive dignitas temporalis. The treatise is illustrated with quotations from the Bible, Church Fathers and other authors, and exempla
Description:
In Latin., Script: Copied by one hand in Gothica Cursiva Currens. A later hand has transcribed in the margins in Humanistica Cursiva the words or passages which were found difficult to read., Headings, paragraph marks, underlining, heightening of majuscules and plain initials (3 lines) in red., Worm holes throughout the manuscript; the edges of the last folio are torn., and Binding: Nineteenth century (?). Half brown leather over pasteboard, the boards covered with greyish marbled paper.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Conduct of life, Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper, composed of two distinct sections, of various religious tracts, mostly unidentified, including Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda aurea; Pseudo-Augustine, Sermo de annuntiatione beatae virginis mariae
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: Part I: unidentified bull's head. Part II: buried in gutter., Script: Part I (ff. 60): Written in a neat running script by three scribes: 1) ff. 1r-52r; 2) ff. 52r-54v; 3) f. 60r-v. Part II (ff. 132): Written by a single scribe in an elegant running script. Portions of the marginal notes by original scribe have been lost due to trimming., Part I: Small, crude initials in red, some with simple penwork designs; initials strokes, in red. Part II: Headings, paragraph marks, and initial strokes, in red, throughout., and Binding: 15th-16th centuries. Original sewing on three thick, double, vegetable fiber cords laced and pegged in grooves in wooden boards. The grooves for the endband cores, which are also vegetable fiber, start on the spine edge of the boards. The spine of the bookblock is cut off at an angle at head and tail so the braided endbands extend very little beyond the edges. The spine is square and lined all along with tawed skin which extends to the inside of the boards. Covered in tawed skin, originally pink, with two labels at the head of the upper board; on the first, "Passionale ad aduentum domini usque ad festum mathie sancte [?] sermonum collectio [?]," on the second, "G.27". Five round bosses on each board and two strap and pin fastenings, the pins on the upper one. Lower board detached, bosses and fastenings wanting.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298.
Subject (Topic):
Christian legends, Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sermons
Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373
Published / Created:
[between 1450 and 1500]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 24
Image Count:
412
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of St. Birgitta, Revelationes. With the Life of St. Birgitta and several prayers, one of which is in German. Written by the abbot of the monastery of Maria Forst (near Cologne).
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Lettre P 8619 and 8625., Script: Written in a well formed running hand by a single scribe who has been identified as Freiherr von Greifenclav. Divisions for indexing carefully noted in margins., Large penwork initials of mediocre quality, in red and blue; foliage designs in center of letters and penwork borders, in red, are sometimes accompanied by vulgar green dots. Many simple initials, 7- to 1-line, in red or blue; running titles in red. Rubricated throughout., and Binding: Between 1850 and 1900. Mottled, brown calf case, gold-tooled with monogram of comte Paul Riant on spine. Detached from bookblock.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Cologne (Germany)
Subject (Name):
Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373.
Subject (Topic):
Christian hagiography, Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, Prayers, and Women mystics
Manuscript on paper (heavy, rough) composed of four parts. Part I: Excerpts (divided into three parts) from the Malogranatum of Gallus, abbot of the Cistercian abbey of Koenigssaal, Bohemia. Part II: 3) Thomas a Kempis, Tractatus de imitatione Christi et contemptu omnium vanitatum mundi, Book I only. 4) Unidentified Fasiculus florum or Fasiculus morum. 5) Brief excerpts from Augustine and Jerome. 6) Unidentified excerpts dealing primarily with defects in the performance of the mass. Part III: 7) Unidentified extracts on virtues and vices. 8) Series of exempla of virtues and vices perhaps intended as illustrations for the selections quoted in art. 7. 9) Exemplum of Udo, Abp. of Magdeburg. Part IV (parchment): Unidentified text
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: Part I: unidentified monogram buried in gutter. Parts II and III: similar in design to Piccard Buchstabe P XVI.301-29., Script: Part I (ff. 1-154): Copied by one person in a poorly formed, abbreviated gothic cursive. Part II (ff. 155-202): Written by two scribes: 1) ff. 155r-196r in hybrida; 2) ff. 196v-199v in hybrida. Part III (ff. 203-248): Written in neat gothic cursive by a single scribe. Part IV (ff. 249-256): f. 249r-252r (first column) written in small neat gothic textura; ff. 252r (col. b) - 255r written in gothic cursive., Part I: Small knobby initials, 3- to 2-line, in red. Underlining, paragraph marks, initial strokes, and circles enclosing marginal annotations by the scribe, in red, throughout. Part II: Scribe 1) Incipits, knobby initials (3-line), strokes on initials, in red; 2) Crudely drawn initials (2-line), paragraph marks, strokes on initials, and underlining for headings, in red. Part III: Many plain initials, 2- to 1-line, headings, initial strokes, and lines drawn through the names of authors cited, in red. Notes to rubricator, many perpendicular to text along outer edge of leaf. Part IV: Small plain initial (f. 249r) in red., The patterns of water damage and stains indicate that the codex originally consisted of several booklets., and Binding: Fifteenth century. Bound in the Charterhouse of St. Barbara in Cologne. Vellum stays in the center of the gatherings and their backs cut in about 3 mm. at each sewing station. Sewn on four, double, vegetable fiber supports laced into oak boards and pegged as are the plain, wound endbands. Covered in light brown calf with very narrow corner tongues and defined supports. Blind-tooled with intersecting diagonal fillets with roses, two-headed eagles, crowned swans and fleurs-de-lis in the compartments, inside an outer frame. Trace of a catch on the upper board; edge of the lower one cut in for a strap. Rebacked and clasp wanting. Front and back flyleaves, formerly pastedowns, from a liturgical manuscript (Germany, 12th-13th centuries) containing Office of the Dead. Responses to the first five lessons are Qui lazarum, Heu michi, Ne recorderis, Domine quando, Peccantem me cottidie.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church and Cistercians.
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Didactic literature, Latin, Exempla, and Manuscripts, Medieval