Manuscript, on paper and parchment, in a single hand, of a Middle English translation of de Chauliac's treatise on surgery and other aspects of practical medical treatment, particularly of wounds.
Description:
Binding: fifteenth-century blind-stamped full calf over wooden boards, rebacked; remains of later hardware. Binder's label on back pastedown: W. H. Woods & Co. / Manchester / 1879., Decoration: seven large decorated initials; numerous smaller initials in blue with red penwork., Includes 5 inserted slips., Layout: double columns of 54 lines., Previously owned by Sir Thomas Nott; John Byrom; Chetham's Library, Manchester. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Script: cursive bookhand., Support: mixed. 101 paper leaves, 52 parchment leaves., and Wanting ff. 2-3. Some gaps and errors in foliation.
English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medicine, Medieval., Medicine--Early works to 1800., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., Surgery--Early works to 1800., and Surgery--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
At the end of the text is the "Title of France," which concerns King Philip of France and King Edward. and The text, a later redaction of Lydgate's "The Kings of England Sithen William the Conqueror," is a poem chronicling the reigns of the kings of England beginning with William, Duke of Normandy and continuing to the reign of Henry VI (1422-61, 1470-71). Manuscript parchment roll, in Anglicana script with secretary influence, produced in England during the last quarter of the 15th century.
Subject (Name):
Lydgate, John,--1370?-1451?
Subject (Topic):
Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Poetry--Early works to 1800 and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of chapters 5-20 of the treatise on hunting by Edward Plantagenet, Duke of York.
Description:
Binding: modern full polished calf; red morocco case., Decoration: some initials in blue ink with red penwork., Ex libris Sir John Cope; C. F. G. R. Schwerdt; Boies Penrose. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns of 26 lines., Modern pencil foliation employed. Ff. 1 mutilated with some loss of text., Notes on the contents and provenance of the manuscript on front pastedown and flyleaf in a modern hand., and Script: English bookhand.
Subject (Name):
Cope, John,--Sir,---1760--Bookplate., Edward,--of Norwich,--1373?-1415., Penrose, Boies,--1902-1976--Bookplate., and Schwerdt, C. F. G. R.--(Charles Francis George Richard),--1862-1939--Bookplate.
Subject (Topic):
English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Hunting--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript, on parchment, in Anglicana formata script, produced in southern England around 1450.
Description:
Binding: leather over boards, seventeenth century., Decorations include initials with gold, blue, and red at chapter beginnings., Ex libris Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS 8343). Bequest of James M. Osborn, 1976., and The text begins at line 32, "And no quyk creature bot thay." Lines 3672-3742 are missing at blank f. 55. Lines 9479-9614 are missing between ff. 138 and 139.
Subject (Name):
Beauclerk, Tobias--Ownership, Heber, Richard--Ownership, Ives, John,--1751-1776--Ownership, Phillipps, Thomas,--Sir,--1792-1872--Ownership, Rolle, Richard,--of Hampole,--1290?-1349.--Pricke of conscience, and Webb, James--Ownership
Subject (Topic):
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library and Religious poetry, English (Middle)
Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of a collection of astrological information and a treatise on the signs of the zodiac, including lists of activities appropriate for each sign, and descriptions of the characteristics of those born under the influence of different planets.
Description:
18 binder's blanks at end not digitized., Binding: nineteenth-century half calf over marbled boards., Decoration: some capitals and words rubricated., Formerly owned by John Eglington Bailey; Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. On deposit from the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns of 17-25 lines., Script: English bookhand., and Tipped in: astrological chart, on paper, for the years 1646-1664.
Subject (Name):
Bailey, John Eglington,--1840-1888--Ownership. and Honeyman, Robert B.
Subject (Topic):
Astrology--Early works to 1800., English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Christian literature, English (Middle), Humility--Religious aspects--Christianity, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript, on vellum and paper, in several hands, containing a collection of texts in Latin and Middle English. Almost two-thirds of the volume consists of a collection of Latin sermons, followed by a Latin verse text, Stimulus compassionis. Middle English texts include The three kings of Cologne, a devotional work in prose; Prester John, a travel narrative; John Lydgate's Middle English poem Stans puer ad mensam; and the Middle English verses The myrour of mankind and The treatise of a gallant.
Description:
Binding: early eighteenth-century sheep over pasteboards. Nineteenth-century green morocco case with spine title: Ancient English Poetry M. S., Bookseller's description tipped in at front of volume., Decoration: numerous initials in blue with red penwork., Formerly owned by Gregory Lewis Way; William Waldorf Astor. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns of 26-31 lines., Most of the volume is parchment; 15 leaves toward the end of the volume are paper., Script: several English cursive bookhands., and Spine title in gilt: M. S. Vellum.
Subject (Name):
Lydgate, John,--1370?-1451? and Prester John--(Legendary character)
Subject (Topic):
Conduct of life--Early works to 1800., Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500., English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of a copy of the text of the "Late Version" of the Wycliffite New Testament, commonly attributed to John Purvey. The text begins at Matthew 4:14 but is otherwise complete. The volume concludes with a 12 page index of readings according to the liturgical calendar and the opening stanzas of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke in Latin.
Description:
Binding: contemporary white doeskin over wooden boards., Decoration: initials in red and blue penwork., Ex libris Earl of Egremont; Boies Penrose; Boies Penrose II. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of 57-60 lines., and Script: English bookhand.
Subject (Name):
Egremont, George O'Brien Wyndham,--Earl of,--1751-1837--Bookplate., Penrose, Boies,--1860-1921--Bookplate., Penrose, Boies,--1902-1976--Bookplate., Purvey, John, 1353?-1428?, and Wycliffe, John,---1384.
Subject (Topic):
Bible.--English (Middle English)--Versions--Wycliffe., Bible.--New Testament., English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript fragment, on parchment, in a single hand: a leaf from the table of readings at the beginning or end of a Wycliffite New Testament. The text is from the Sanctoral, from the feast of the Purifcation to the feast of St. Mark.
Description:
Binding: Inlaid into a large paper leaf., Decoration: headings in red, capitals in red and blue., From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns of 36 lines., and Script: small gothic bookhand.
Subject (Topic):
Bible.--English (Middle English)--Versions--Wycliffe., Bible.--New Testament., English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of Matthew's gospel and the Book of Acts from the "Early Version" of the Wycliffe Bible by Nicholas Hereford and his collaborators. The final page of the manuscript is added in a sixteenth-century secretary script.
Description:
Binding: early eighteenth-century full red morocco, gilt., Decoration: large initials in blue with red penwork., Detailed provenance history of manuscript in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries on verso of initial blank parchment leaf., Foliation provided by cataloger., Formerly owned by William Brooke, Lord Cobham; George Brooke; William Lambarde; James West. Ex libris Andrew Gifford; Bristol Baptist College. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns of 19-23 lines., Ownership inscription of James West, 1732, on recto initial blank parchment leaf., and Script: rounded English gothic bookhand.
Subject (Name):
Bristol Baptist College Bookplate., Gifford, Andrew,--1700-1784--Bookplate., West, James,--1704?-1773--Autograph., and Wycliffe, John,---1384.
Subject (Topic):
Bible.--English (Middle English)--Versions--Wycliffe., Bible.--New Testament., English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.