Manuscript on paper (thick, coarse) of the Life of Saint Birgitta, in two books.
Description:
Belonged to comte Paul Riant (1836-88) whose Scandinavian library was presented to Yale by Mrs. Henry Farnam, in 1896., Binding: Nineteenth century (?). Vellum case with stubs of two ties. Title, in ink, on spine and front cover: "Vita Sancta [sic] matris nostrae Birgittae". Red edges., Folio 16 cut in half, with loss of text., Hand-colored engraving of St. Birgitta, standing with open book in left hand and crucifix in right, pasted to f. 11v. Same engraving (but uncolored) of St. Birgitta pasted to f. 106v., and Script: Written in quasi-italic by a single scribe.
Subject (Name):
Bridgettines
Subject (Topic):
Christian hagiography, Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript on parchment of Diogenes Laertius, Vitae et sententiae philosophorum, translated into Latin by Ambrogio Traversari and preceded by his dedicatory letter to Cosimo de' Medici.
Description:
Binding: Fifteenth century, Italy. A hybrid Italo-Greek binding. Sewn or resewn (the sewing is too tight to determine with certainty) on five tawed skin, slit straps. Wooden boards which are not flush at head and tail are grooved on the edges. Beaded Western endbands added. Covered in dark brown calf, blind-tooled with a triple cross made up of gilt annular dots and rope interlace in a central panel within concentric frames alternately made up of a beaded zigzag ribbon and feathered rinceau. Similar tools are used on Marston MSS 39 and 68. Spine: bands outlined and panels diapered with triple fillets. Traces of four braid-and-pin fastenings, the pins in the edges of the lower board instead of the upper board as is usual in Greek bindings. "Diogenes ***" is added on the fore edge; "diogenes laergi" is written in batarde on a label under horn at the head of the upper board, possibly added in northern Europe., Script: Main text written in round humanistic bookhand by a single scribe., Some worming at beginning of text., and The decoration consists of a 3/4 border, f. 1r, of intricate white vine-stem ornament curling around thin gold bars (doubled in inner and lower margins) on a blue, green and pale pink ground dotted with white, yellow and blue, and gold balls. Incorporated into the lower border are a medallion (blank) framed by a laurel wreath and two narrow gold bands, a stag, and a putto with multi-colored wings in blue, green and dark red. In the inner margin are two birds in brown, orange and white. Ten illuminated initials, 9- to 4-line, gold on blue, green and pale pink background with white vine-stem ornament. Numerous smaller initials, 3- to 2-line, gold on blue and pink or green and pink grounds with white and gold filigree. Headings in black majuscules. Running headlines, in red, on ff. 1-4 only.
Subject (Name):
Diogenes Laertius and Medici, Cosimo de',--1389-1464
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Literature, Medieval--Translations, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Philosophy, Ancient
Binding: Sixteenth century (?). The backs of the quires are cut in at the sewing stations and coarsely woven cloth stays are adhered in the center of each. Sewn on five tawed, slit straps laced into wooden boards. Endbands, sewn on vegetable fiber cores, are covered with the covering leather which is backstitched. The wooden boards are flush, or nearly so. The spine is rounded and lined with cloth extending onto the outside of the boards. Covered in dark brown calf with a diamond pattern drawn on each board with a pointed instrument. A rectangular space for a label [now missing] is cut out of the upper board near the head. There are marks of four round, brass bosses on the lower board and the remains of two strap-and-pin fastenings, the pins on the upper board. The brown calf straps are attached with metal plates. Some mold damage to the bookblock. Rebacked. Bosses and fastenings wanting., Plain initial with modest penwork designs, in red, on f. 1r. Small initials, 3- to 2-line, headings, and initial strokes, in red, throughout., Purchased in 1949 from Stonehill's by Thomas E. Marston; his gift to Yale in 1952., Script: Written by a single scribe in a neat running hand. Rubrics (often omitted), in a more formal gothic script, appear to be later additions (instructions for rubricator along outer edges of leaves)., and Watermarks: unidentified unicorn, in gutter.
Subject (Topic):
Christian hagiography, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript on parchment (thick, furry; many leaves repaired) of a collection of Saints' lives. The manuscript can probably be attributed to an Augustinian house of Canons Regular in the ancient region of Lotharingia.
Description:
Binding: Fifteenth century (?), Flanders or France. Wooden boards with a faint rectangular panel design on each board; fastenings may be later additions? Original sewing on double cords. Remains of tawed skin saddle stitched around the tail endband and brown leather added at the head. Paper pastedowns and flyleaves added later. Traces of corner fittings from an earlier binding on first and last parchment leaves., Purchased from H. P. Kraus by Thomas E. Marston., Red and medium blue split initials with penwork designs in red and/or blue on ff. 3r, 107r, 194r, 217v; red and/or blue initials, most lacking penwork designs, appear for major text divisions; initial on f. 139r in red and yellow. Numerous smaller initials in green, red, blue and sometimes yellow, a few with simple void designs or in ink of a contrasting color. Rubrics throughout, some written perpendicular to text when there was insufficient space. Numbers and initial letters for chapter lists in red, blue, yellow and/or green. Remains of guide letters and notes to rubricator., and Script: Written by multiple scribes in early gothic book hand, above top line; an early hand has sporadically added running headlines and some notes in lead.
Subject (Name):
Augustinian Canons
Subject (Topic):
Legends, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Monastic and religious life
Manuscript on paper of Gasparinus Barzizius (Gasparino Barzizza, 1360-1431), Vocabularium breve.
Description:
Binding: ca. 2000. White limp parchment. Two pairs of white leather ties., Case marked vol. 2 contains former (modern) limp parchment binding, Modern binder's blanks not digitized., Mss. 897 and 898 are parts of the same manuscript., Red headings. Red stroking of majuscules and red paragraph marks on f. 1r only.The text opens with a 5-line red plain initial on f. 1r., Script: The original text is copied by one hand, writing a small Italian Gothica Hybrida Libraria. The additions and artt. 2-3 are in more rapid executions of the same script; the headings in a more calligraphic form, which may comprise Textualis elements., and Watermark: a Trefoil. Parchment stays at the outer and at the inner sides of the quires, made from scraps of various manuscripts. Foliation in ink 17th century (?).
Subject (Topic):
Latin language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.--Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript on paper of Henricus de Ratisbona, Vocabularius Lucianus. With other texts, including sermons, possibly by Matthias Engelschalk; sermons by Conradus Batt; partial text of Alain de Lille's Liber Poenitentialis.
Description:
Approximately 20 leaves excised between ff. 63-64. 30 leaves excised after ff. 184.
Subject (Name):
Henricus de Ratisbona and Lucian,--of Samosata
Subject (Topic):
Latin language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.--Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Sermons, Latin--Early works to 1800
Manuscript on paper of Henricus de Ratisbona, Vocabularius Dictus Lucianus.
Description:
Modern foliation employed, some errors.
Subject (Name):
Henricus de Ratisbona
Subject (Topic):
Latin language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.--Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library