Copied, according to C. Landberg, probably in the A.H. 6th (A.D. 12th) century., History of the Arab conquests., and Preceded by 1 leaf of notes.
Description:
Ex-libris on leaf 1 recto dated A.H. 974 (A.D. 1566 or 67) and 1067 (A.D. 1656 or 57)., Fair naskhī, unpointed, but with the verses fully vocalized., Leaves loose, in brown Islamic binding, with flap., and Paper brittle, with many leaves damaged.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an unidentified grammatical treatise.
Description:
Contained in Zi +9499 (Jaime Perez de Valencia, Expositio in Cantica Canticorum Salomonis), in which the fragment is used as a spine support in both the front and back of the book. and Decoration: rubrics in red; chapter marks have an extended top stroke and are black within the text; initials heightened in yellow; capitals decorated with red and yellow.
Subject (Topic):
Latin language--Grammar., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript on parchment (poor quality: thick, holes, ends, repairs) of Gregory the Great, Homeliae in Hiezechielem prophetam. Written perhaps at the Cistercian abbey of Hautecombe to which it belonged.
Description:
Acquired from C. A. Stonehill in 1957 by Thomas E. Marston., Binding: 1800-1810, Italy. Half bound in mottled brown calf with bright pink paper sides. Two gold-tooled, brick red labels on spine: "Greg. Pape. in Ezechiel." and "Saecul. XIII". Red edges. Bound in the same distinctive style as Marston MSS 50, 125, 128, 135, 151, 153, 158, 197, also from the Cistercian abbey of Hautecombe., Many leaves damaged along outer edges, now repaired, but with loss of text; stained throughout., Script: Written by multiple scribes in spiky early gothic bookhand., and Spaces left unfilled, f. 1r, for initials and headings at beginning of prologue and text. Decorative monochrome initials and headings, which extend the width of columns, of modest quality, in red (many oxidized). Minor initials, 5- to 2-line, some with simple penwork designs, headings, initial strokes in red.
Subject (Name):
Cistercians and Gregory--I,--Pope,--ca. 540-604
Subject (Topic):
Bible.--O.T.--Ezekiel, Bible--Commentaries, Fathers of the church, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript leaf, parchment, in a single hand, containing text from the Homiliae in Evangelia of Gregory the Great.
Description:
Ex libris Santa Maria della Colonna di Piacenza. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single column, varying length., Leaf also contains the ownership inscription of the Cistercian of Santa Maria della Columba, followed by an anathema against theft., and Script: proto-gothic.
Subject (Geographic):
Piacenza (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Gregory--I,--Pope,--approximately 540-604., Santa Maria della Columba (Monastery : Piacenza, Italy), and Santa Maria della Columba (Monastery : Piacenza, Italy) Inscription.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Incomplete manuscript bifolium, recovered from a binding, containing text from a sermon based on Galatians 5.
Description:
From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single column., and Script: late Carolingian script.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Sermons, Latin--Early works to 1800.
4, XII, s. XII^^4, and XIII [ca. 1175-1200, 12th-13th centuries]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 315
Image Count:
10
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript on parchment composed of three distinct parts. Part I (ff. 1-64): Honorius of Autun, Gemma animae. Part II (ff. 65-80): Pseudo-Hugh of St. Victor, Speculum de mysteriis ecclesiae. Part III (ff. 81-122): Jean Beleth, Summa.
Description:
Binding: Nineteenth century. Vellum case with a black label, gold-tooled, and arms of Athelstan Riley on covers. Bound by John R. Hering, London, active 1817-35., Part I: Initials, 12- to 2-line, red, green, blue, with exuberant designs in contrasting colors that often extend full length of folio, some trimmed. Headings in red. Part II: Decorative initials, 8- to 2-line, alternate red and blue, with designs in contrasting colors; plain initials, 1-line, some with simple ornamentation, in red or blue throughout. Heading in red. Guide-letters in inner margin. Part III: Simple initials, a few with designs. Paragraphs marks in red and/or black. Guide-letters in outer and inner margins; notes to rubricator perpendicular to written space in gutter and outer margin. Headings in red., and Script: Each part written by a different scribe, all in early gothic bookhand.
Subject (Name):
Honorius,--of Autun,--ca. 1080-ca. 1156
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Scholasticism