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1. Chronicle
- Creator:
- Twinger, Jakob, von Königshofen, 1346-1420
- Published / Created:
- 1454.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 421
- Image Count:
- 252
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of the A-recension of Twinger's Chronicle which was written in 1386. Chapter 1: History of the Ancient World, based on the Bible and classical sources (ff. 2r-32v); 2: History of the Roman Emperors from Julius Caesar to King Wenceslas (ff. 32v-101r); 3: History of the Popes (ff. 101v-135r); 4: History of the Bishops of Strasbourg (ff. 135v-158v); 5: History of Strasbourg and Alsace (ff. 159v-225v). With a short passage referring to the war of the Swiss in Alsace and the Black Forest in 1468, added in a later hand
- Description:
- In German., Watermarks similar to Piccard Ochsenkopf VII.151., Script: Written in a cursive book hand by a single scribe. Numerous annotations to the text in margins by a later hand., Two uninspired initials, 7- and 5-line, in red with crude penwork in green. Plain initials, headings and rubrics in red., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries (?). Vellum over wooden boards with two brass clasps. Blue/green edges and title in ink on spine.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Germany
- Subject (Name):
- Twinger, Jakob, von Königshofen, 1346-1420.
- Subject (Topic):
- German literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Chronicle
2. Flores Grammaticae (fragment).
- Creator:
- Ludolphus, de Luco
- Published / Created:
- [13--].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 482.109
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of the Flores Grammaticae of Ludolf de Luco of Hildesheim
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: main text written in gothic script (littera textualis); the commentary is added in a contemporary or slightly later hand in littera cursiva currens, both marginally and interlinearly., and Decoration: 1-line initials of each verse are in brown filled with red and are written with the text inside the single bounding line; there are frequent paragraph marks in red preceding the initials outside the bounding line; punctuated with the punctus; the commentary also has paragraph marks in red.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Grammar, Comparative and general, History, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Flores Grammaticae (fragment).
3. Pommersche chronik, etc
- Creator:
- Eickstedt, Valentin von
- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1600]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 99
- Image Count:
- 1047
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (sturdy and rough) of 1) Valentin von Eickstedt, Pommersche Chronik, in German. Contains descriptions of some cities of Pomerania, genealogy of the Dukes of Pomerania, and the Chronicle proper. Written by Valentin von Eickstedt (1527-79) in 1574. 2) Funeral orations for the Dukes of Pomerania (in Latin), by Daniel Cramer (1568-1637), Lutheran theologian and archdeacon of Stettin
- Description:
- In German and Latin., Watermarks: an unidentified letter Z in two concentric circles., Script: Written by several scribes in gothic cursive and italic script., Headings of gothic textura, square capitals, and a large humanistic script, in reddish brown, green, and black., and Binding: Nineteenth century, after 1861. Brown goatskin Jansenist binding by Chambolle-Duru (Paris).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., Germany, and Pomerania (Poland and Germany)
- Subject (Name):
- Cramer, Daniel. and Eickstedt, Valtentin von.
- Subject (Topic):
- German literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, History, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Pommersche chronik, etc