- 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
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- Creator:
- Chartier, Alain, active 15th century.
- Published / Created:
- [circa 1455-1460; circa 1475]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1216
- Image Count:
- 288
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Description:
- "AA" (otherwise unidentified). Formerly owned by Louis-Jean Gaignat. Formerly owned by Louis de la Baume le Blanc, duc de La Vallière. Formerly owned by Abbé Lecuy. Formerly owned by Henry Pelham, 7th Duke of Newcastle (Clumber Park). Ex libris Maurice Burrus. Purchased from Christie's on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017., Binding: 18th-century full red morocco, gilt. Gilt-tooled six-compartment spine. Spine title in second compartment, in gilt: Alain Charti., Byname: Clumber Park Chartier., Contents: Le quadrilogue invectif (1r-17r) -- Les complaintes des quatre dames (Le livre des quatre dames) (18r-38v) -- Lay de paix (39r-40v) -- Le livre d'esperance (41r-83r) -- Le breviaire des nobles (83r-86v) -- copy the rest from the thing in EC folder) get the format for the note from DCRMMSS and AMREMM, and Modern foliation, in pencil, 1-136.
- Subject (Name):
- Burrus, Maurice--Bookplate., Caulier, Achille., Chartier, Alain,--active 15th century., Dunois Master,--active 1430-1465., Ferrell, Elizabeth E, Ferrell, James K.--Ownership., Gaignat, Louis Jean,--1697-1768, Granson, Oton de,---1397., Gréban, Simon,---approximately 1473., La Vallière, Louis César de la Baume Le Blanc,--duc de,--1708-1780, Lecuy, Abbé., Newcastle, Henry Pelham,--Duke of,--1811-1864, and Taillevent,--approximately 1315-1395.
- Subject (Topic):
- French literature--To 1500., French poetry--To 1500., Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--France., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Clumber Park Chartier
- Published / Created:
- 1410-13.
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 180
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript of parchment roll composed of 8 membranes, written in 4 columns. Column 1) Chronology of the popes from Peter to the antipope John XXIII. 2) Chronology of the rulers of the Empire from Augustus to Louis of Bavaria, Holy Roman Emperor from 1328-47. 3) Chronology of the Monarchs of France, beginning with the Trojan nobles and concluding with Charles VI, king from 1380-1422. 4) Chronology of the kings of England, from King Lud in the time of Julius Caesar to King Henry IV (d. 1413).
- Description:
- Binding: Unbound., Four illuminated initials, 4-line, at the top of each column, blue with white filigree against gold ground with stylized foliage or geometric patterns in red and blue. At the top of each initial, black inkspray with gold leaves; at the first initial (left column), decoration extends into the left margin to form a partial border. Numerous smaller initials, 2-line, gold on blue and mauve grounds with white filigree. Headings in red., Purchased from Maggs Bros. of London in 1958 by L. C. Witten, who sold it in 1959 to Thomas E. Marston., Script: Written in batarde script by a single scribe., and Text is accompanied by parallel schematic genealogical diagrams in red consisting of connected roundels inscribed with the names of various rulers in succession, between the columns. The genealogical diagrams are periodically interspersed with 58 roundels framed in red with lively pen drawings in brown ink with washes in blue, pink and green, depicting cities and churches whose foundations are ascribed to particular rulers or occurred during their reigns. Each of the genealogical diagrams begins at the top of the text with a roundel, depicting respectively (I) Mount Calvary, (II) Rome, (III) Venice (whose foundation is ascribed to Trojan nobles) and (IV) London. Included are drawings of Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, Santiago de Compostela; the majority of the drawings appear in the chronology of the French monarchs, with depictions of Paris, St. Genevieve, St. Denis, St. Martin-de-Champs, and others. The buildings are all late medieval in character and do not bear resemblance to the monuments themselves.
- Subject (Geographic):
- France--History, Great Britain--History, and Holy Roman Empire--History
- Subject (Topic):
- Church history--Chronology, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Kings and rulers--Genealogy, Legends, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Historical roll chronicle
- Creator:
- Seuse, Heinrich, 1295-1366
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 145
- Image Count:
- 380
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of The Horloge de Sapience, a loose translation and adaptation into French of Henry Suso, Horologium sapientiae. With a Colophon, in French verse, stating that the translation was made by a French Franciscan master of theology at Neufchateau in 1389.
- Description:
- Binding: 1800-1810, France. Diced brown calf, blind-and gold-tooled. Edges gilt. Stains from turn-ins of early binding on original front parchment pastedown. Rebacked., Plain initials, 4- to 1-line, headings, paragraph marks, initial strokes, foliation and underlining, all in red., Purchased from Maggs Bros. of London in 1955 by L. C. Witten, who sold it in 1957 to Thomas E. Marston., and Script: Written in batarde script, below top line.
- Subject (Name):
- Franciscans--Manuscripts and Seuse, Heinrich,--1295-1366
- Subject (Topic):
- Devotional literature, French, Literature, Medieval--Translations, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Mysticism--Early works to 1800
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Horologium sapientiae
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 776
- Image Count:
- 256
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, composed of two parts. Part I: L'Abuzé en court, a satire on court life in the form of a dialogue, in verse and prose. Part II: Georges Chastellain (c. 1415-1475), Le Temple de Boccace, a continuation to Boccaccio's De casibus virorum illustrium, dedicated to Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England and daughter of René of Anjou (1429/1430-1482), composed 1465.
- Description:
- Binding: Eighteenth century. Calfskin over cardboard, the covers simply decorated with a frame of triple blind-tooled fillets. Gold-tooled spine with five raised bands and black leather label with gold-tooled title “LA BUSE / EN / COURT”. Marbled paper endleaves. The two first flyleaves at the end of the book are of the same paper as section I., Part I: Paragraph marks in red. Headings underlined in red. Majuscules heightened in yellow. Red plain initials (2 lines, on f. 1r 3 lines). Spaces for pictures (mostly half-page to three-quarter page) were provided but not executed. Part II: Headings and paragraph marks in red. Red plain initials (2-4 lines). A small picture (height: 7 lines) was provided but not executed on the first page (f. 68r)., Script: Each part written by a single scribe, both writing Gothica Cursiva Formata (Bastarda)., The modern pencil foliation is erroneous, as it has successively ff. 36, 37, 36 bis, 38., and Watermark: Part I: a letter Y surmounted by a cross, var. Briquet 9183?. Part II: Watermark: mermaid, var. Briquet 13858-13859?.
- Subject (Name):
- Margaret,--of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England,--1430-1482
- Subject (Topic):
- French literature--To 1500, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Satire, French
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > L'Abuzé en court; Georges Chastellain, Le Temple de Boccace
- Creator:
- Amboise, Catherine d', 1481?-1550.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1509 and 1525]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1201
- Image Count:
- 178
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, incomplete, containing the text of a prose allegorical pilgrimage of the soul. The narrator's soul is led by Dame Inspiration to the Fountain of Penitence (Fontaine de penitence); after being washed there, the soul continues her journey toward the Promised Land (Terre de promission) on the Ship of Penitence (Navire de penitence).
- Description:
- Decoration: 13 large full-color miniatures in architectural frames illustrating various events in the allegorical pilgrimage of the author's soul, guided by Dame Inspiration. The opening miniature is full-page and depicts the author asleep beneath a tree hung with her coat of arms. Other subjects include: the soul, accompanied by Dame Inspiration, begins her pilgrimage to the Fontaine de Penitence f.9; Inspiration explains to the soul what needs to be done in order to reach the Fontaine de Penitence f.11, the soul, carried on the back of Inspiration, flies to the Château de Contention diabolique f.17, Inspiration and the soul meet Raison f.20; the soul enters the Chemin de Crainte de Dieu f.35; souls are cleansed in the Fontaine de Penitence f.47; the soul sets off on her journey to the Terre de Promission f.50v; the company journey to the coast where they find boats awaiting them f.53; the company embark f.58; the company sets off on the Navire de Penitence f.61; the company is attacked by seven other boats f.63; the company is swept up by the Vent de Hypocrisie f.69v., Ex libris Catherine d'Amboise; Remy Megret of the Premonstratensian abbey of Notre Dame de Thenailles in Douay. Previously owned by Allan Heywood Bright. Purchased from Richard A. Linenthal (Christie's London sale, 16 July 2014, lot 24) on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2014., Laid in: autograph letter,signed, from the Liverpool bookseller Jaggard to Allan Heywood Bright, 1896 April 27, concerning the unknown early provenance of the manuscript. With autograph and typed notes by Allan Heywood Bright, 1898 and undated., Layout: single columns of 19 lines., Opening sentence: Les continuelles meditationes de la volubilite et soudaine mutation des creatures raisonnables., Script: gothic bastarda., and Title from ownership inscription by Remy Megret (f80r).
- Subject (Name):
- Amboise, Catherine d', 1481?-1550, Bright, Allan Heywood--Ownership., Megret, Remy., and Megret, Remy--Autograph.
- Subject (Topic):
- Allegories., Devotional literature, French--Early works to 1800., French prose literature--Early works to 1800., Illumination of books and manuscripts, French., Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval., Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., Repentance--Early works to 1800., Soul--Early works to 1800., Women authors, French., and Women--Conduct of life--Early works to 1800.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > La passe solitaire.
- Published / Created:
- [14th century]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 42
- Image Count:
- 723
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in multiple scribal hands, of sections A and B of Part I of the Lancelot series of Arthurian romances. These sections cover Lancelot's birth, upbringing, adventures as a Knight of the Round Table, and passion for Queen Guenevere.
- Description:
- Binding: early nineteenth-century? red silk velvet binding; gilt decoration on spine. Gilt leather spine tag: Lancelot du Lac. M S., Decoration: large historiated initial at the opening of each section; smaller initials in red and blue penwork., In Middle French., Layout: double columns of 50-53 lines., Previously owned by the Duc de la Vallière; John Louis Goldsmid; Edward Vernon Utterson; Richard Heber. Phillipps MS 8230. On deposit from the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., and Script: gothic (multiple scribes).
- Subject (Name):
- Goldsmid, John Louis--Ownership., Heber, Richard,--1773-1833., La Vallière, Louis César de la Baume Le Blanc,--duc de,--1708-1780--Ownership., Lancelot--(Legendary character), Phillipps, Thomas,--Sir,--1792-1872--Ownership., and Utterson, Edward Vernon,--1775 or 1776-1856.
- Subject (Topic):
- Arthurian romances--Early works to 1800., French literature--To 1500., Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval., Lancelot (Prose romance), Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medie
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Lancelot du Lac : Part I, sections A and B.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1490 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 121
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of 1) Les livres du roy Modus et de la royne Ratio. 2) Le bon chien Soullart (in verse).
- Description:
- Binding: Nineteenth century. Quarter purple leather with textured cloth sides., Penwork drawing (with red added) of the hound, Soullart, on f. 59r; drawing of a lion (?) in same style on f. 60r. Simple decorative initials and headings in red, blue and/or black; some with calligraphic penwork designs and grotesques extending into margins. Paragraph marks, underlining, and highlights, in red., Script: Written by a single scribe in a running script, with a more formal style of writing for headings., and Watermarks: similar to Briquet Tete de cerf 15548, Tete de boeuf 14247, and unidentified unicorn.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, French literature--To 1500, French poetry--To 1500, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Mathematics, Medieval, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Livre du roy Modus, etc.
- Creator:
- Gregory I, Pope, ca. 540-604
- Published / Created:
- 1388 January.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1152
- Image Count:
- 381
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment containing a possibly unique French translation of the Prologue and first five books of the Moralia in Job, copied in Chimay.
- Alternative Title:
- Moralia in Job. French
- Description:
- Bergendal Collection of Mediaeval Manuscripts (Bergandal 91). Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., (Sotheby's sale, 2011 July 5, lot 28) on the Herman W. Liebert Book Fund, 2011., Binding: nineteenth-century full blue calf, gold-tooled., and Script: written in a single gothic bookhand.
- Subject (Name):
- Gregory--I,--Pope,--ca. 540-604
- Subject (Topic):
- Bible.--O.T.--Job--Commentaries, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Moralia in Job.