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2.
- Published / Created:
- 1788 August 10
- Call Number:
- Osborn fc16
- Collection Title:
- [Diaries], 1776-1788
- Container / Volume:
- Folder 23
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Mainly scientific and travel notes; they report extensively on Blagden�s tours in France (1787), England, etc.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > ... near the river, which was by a bridge ...
3.
- Creator:
- Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444
Lebegue, Jean - Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 274
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Inscription along upper edge of f. iii verso indicates that Louis Malet de Graville, admiral de France (1441/50-1516) bequeathed the volume to his daughter Anne Malet de Graville. and Manuscript on paper of Leonardo Bruni, De bello punico, translated into French by Jean Lebegue; made, and presented in 1445, for Charles VII of France (1422-1461).
- Alternative Title:
- De bello punico
- Description:
- Belonged to Lucius Wilmerding; purchased at the sale of his estate by H. P. Kraus, who sold it in 1960 to Thomas E. Marston., Binding: Sixteenth century, France. Olive green goatskin, roughly gold-tooled with the arms of Claude d'Urfe in the center and a monogram of his initial (C) with that of his wife, Jeanne de Balzac (I) in the corners, together with cornucopiae, caducei, laurel and flaming altars. Gilt edges. Corners repaired., Red and blue divided initials, 5-line, on ff. 1r, 2v, 4v, and for major text divisions thereafter. 3- to 2-line plain red or blue initials throughout. Initials alternate red and blue for tables on ff. 1r-2v. Multi-line headings in red sharply indented toward right. Guideletters for illuminator., Script: Written by a single scribe in an elegant batarde script that sits above the line, rather than on it., and Watermarks: closest to Briquet Armoiries-Trois fleurs de lis 1686.
- Subject (Topic):
- Literature, Medieval--Translations, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Punic wars
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A anne de Grauille de la succession de feu monsieur L'admiral
4.
- Creator:
- Lockman, John, 1698-1771
- Published / Created:
- 1740
- Call Number:
- Osborn c268
- Image Count:
- 10
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of approximately 105 poems divided into "Miscellaneous Pieces," "Songs," "Cantatas," "Odes," Satirical Pieces," "Mock-Pieces relating to the Stage," and "Imitations." The first "Imitation" is a sonnet concerning an abortion scandal surrounding Mademoiselle de Guerchi in 1660, and is addressed in her voice to her aborted "embrio;" other poem titles include "An Ode, Inscrib'd to his grace the Duke of Buckingham, on his Embarking for France," "The paper Bonnets worn by Ladys," "On seeing lewd Women refus'd Admittance," "Fungus," "The poor & Rich Rogue," "Prologue to a Puppet-Show," and "The Shipwrack'd Sailors." The collection is prefaced by a dedication to Viscount Nessuno in the voice of an "orphan Muse" who writes, "should she beg your Lordship...to favour her with a corner of the Green-house in delightful Groves of Utopia; there to correct at Leisure, the numberless Reams she has scribbled within these twelve years: And should she afterwards implore your Lordship to assist the publication of her labours, by raising a handsom subscription among your friends for that purpose...she is certain your Lordship would not deny her one of them." Many additional poems, in a smaller hand and with numerous corrections, appear in the margins.
- Description:
- Additional poems, in a smaller hand and with numerous corrections, appear in the margins., Binding: full sueded calf., Laid in at the beginning of "Imitations": a piece of paper with an engraving in red ink., and Pasted onto pages at beginning at end: printed poems by Lockman, with handwritten corrections.
- Subject (Name):
- Lockman, John, 1698-1771
- Subject (Topic):
- English drama--18th century, English literature--18th century, English poetry--18th century, Epigrams, Occasional verse, English, and Verse satire, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A miscellany of poems
5.
- Published / Created:
- [1664]
- Call Number:
- Osborn b324
- Collection Title:
- A voyage of Italy: or, A compleat journey through Italy; with the characters, and description of
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Description:
- Imperfect: small tear at bottom center with no loss of text.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Italy --Description and travel --Early works to 1800
- Subject (Name):
- Chaney, Edward
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A voyage of Italy: or, A compleat journey through Italy ...
6.
- Published / Created:
- 1789
- Call Number:
- Osborn fc20 1/2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript accounts of expenditures and receipts related to the children of King George III, king of Gt. Brit. (1730-1820), including Frederick Augustus, duke of York (1763-1827), and ""the younger princes"" William, Edward, Ernest, Augustus, and Adolphus, but not including George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV), nor the princesses and youngest two princes.
- Description:
- Two leaves, cut separately, joined in digital facsimile.
- Subject (Name):
- George, III, King of Great Britain--Family
- Subject (Topic):
- Princes--Great Britain--Salaries, etc and Princes--Great Britain--Salaries, etc.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Accountants' state of the receipts and payments made for Their Royal Highnesses the younger Princes. Quarter ending 5th January 1789
7.
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2661
- Collection Title:
- Vine Deloria papers
- Container / Volume:
- Box 34
- Image Count:
- 225
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Folder titled Hank Adams 1974 completely digitized.
- Subject (Topic):
- Civil rights workers--United States--20th Century, Civil rights workers--United States--Archives, Indians of North Americ, Indians of North America -- Civil rights, and Indians of North America--Government relations
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Adams, Hank - Bridger, Bobby
8.
- Creator:
- Johannes, de Rupescissa, ca. 1300-ca. 1365
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1490; 1800]
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 21
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Alchemical miscellany
9.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1760]
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 109
- Image Count:
- 51
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper containing 1) Le veau d'or, an unidentified alchemy in French. 2) Le rosaire des philosophes, an unidentified text incorporating many borrowings from medieval alchemy. 3) W.R., Experimentum verae confectionis philosophorum lapidis, in Latin, partly extracted from Geber and Eirenaeus Philaletha.
- Alternative Title:
- Le veau d'or
- Description:
- Binding: Original mottled calf, the flat back divided into compartments by fold rules, floral ornaments gold-stamped in the compartments, modern leather title label on backstrip, original red edges; hinges, corners, and edges repaired., In French and Latin., Mellon MS 17, acquired with the Duveen collection. Gift of Paul and Mary Mellon, 1965., Script: Written in an elegant cursive sloping to the right with many words tied together by ligatures., and Watermarks: Paper of endleaves with unidentified armorial watermark and countermark "FIRAILLE (?) FIN BOURGOGNE 1742," unidentified; paper of the text with the Amsterdam arms and countermark "FIN DE LECHALLE (?)," unidentified.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy--Early works to 1800
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Alchemical miscellany
10.
- Published / Created:
- 1957-2003, undated
- Call Number:
- YCAL MSS 1090
- Collection Title:
- Kevin Killian and Dodie Bellamy papers
- Container / Volume:
- Box 42
- Image Count:
- 84
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- 2 of 17 folders completely digitized.
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Authors--United States--20th century, Authors--United States--21st century, LGBTQ resource, Poets, American--20th century--Archives, Poets--United States--20th Century, and Poets--United States--21st Century
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Allen, Donald