Manuscript on paper of a collection of alchemical texts, including works by Rasis, Roger Bacon, and Hermes. Though the Bacon text and one other are early practical alchemies, the contents are mainly speculative in character.
Description:
Binding: Modern. Parchment, cut from a leaf of a very large manuscript, probably a lectionary, written in a Rotunda antiquior hand, Italian, 12th century; writing on outer surface erased, printed paper label on backstrip., Book and chapter headings in red, rubrication, capitals stroked yellow, larger initials painted in red or blue with tracery ornament in the contrasting color (all decoration probably by the scribe; red headings in the scribe's hand, all other red decoration with ink of apparently identical composition)., Denis Duveen, acquired from Joseph Martini, 1938; Mellon MS 34, acquired with the Duveen collection. Gift of Paul and Mary Mellon, 1965., and Script: Written by one scribe in a very neat and regular prehumanistic hand.
Subject (Name):
Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294., Hermes, Trismegistus., and Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā, 865?-925?
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript, on parchment, in at least seven hands, containing the text of the wills of Jankyn (or John) Smyth and his wife, Margaret Odeham, detailing their bequests to the Candlemas Guild of Bury St. Edmunds, as well as to other religious foundations, and the funeral expenses for Smyth. Also included are the grant of probate for Smyth's second will, dated 1481; and lists of lands donated by the couple, by name and location.
Description:
Binding: contemporary binding of tawed white leather over bevelled wooden boards, sewn on four leather thongs. Remains of clasp; brass pin and mount on lower cover., Decoration: Rubricated. Large blue initial with red penwork (f. 8)., Formerly owned by Alan G. Thomas. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns, mostly of 32 lines., Numerous marginal annotations in both contemporary and later hands., and Script: manuscript is in at least seven hands.
Subject (Geographic):
Bury St. Edmunds (England)--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Finance--Early works to 1800., Odeham, Margaret,--1492., Smyth, Jankyn,--1481., and Thomas, Alan G.--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Charitable bequests--Early works to 1800., Endowments--Catholic Church., Legacies--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript fragment, on parchment, from an illuminated Book of Hours. It contains the opening of the Commendation of Souls, a series of psalms often found after the Office of the Dead in English or English-marketed books of hours.
Description:
Decoration: historiated initial "B" with a miniature of two souls borne to heaven by two angels, gilt; wide decorated border of blue and green acanthus with flowers and fruits, gilt., From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single column of 17 lines., and Script: gothic.
Subject (Geographic):
Bruges (Belgium)
Subject (Topic):
Books of hours--Early works to 1800., Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--Belgium--Bruges--15th century., 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 a book of hours according to the Use of Sarum. The Latin text is followed by a brief treatise in Middle English on prayer, titled "Here begynneth in what man[ner] preyer sholde be vsed." The volume concludes with prayers in Latin and Middle English.
Alternative Title:
Book of hours
Description:
Binding: modern red velvet; red morocco box., Calendar contains three notes concerning births and a marriage of Cheyne family members., Decoration: three historiated initials with full-page borders; one smaller historiated initials and seven large foliate initials with borders. many smaller initals in gold with blue penwork or in blue with red penwork., Description of volume, in Latin, signed WA.1804 on recto of front flyleaf., Formerly owned by the Chenye (Cheney) family; Jone Ffyn; Henry Huth; Edward Cheney. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns of 17 lines., Ownership inscription of Jone Ffyn on verso of front flyleaf., and Script: gothic bookhand.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church.--Book of hours. and Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions.
Subject (Topic):
Books of hours., Devotional literature, English (Middle), English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of a version of the Brut Chronicle.
Alternative Title:
Chronicles of England.
Description:
Binding: nineteenth-century full brown morocco., Bound with: 2 l. of parchment, fragment in Latin, repaired, with annotations., Ex libris Tollemache family, Helmingham Hall, Suffolk (M.S. L.J.I.12). From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns., and Script: English cursive bookhand.
Subject (Topic):
Chronicles of England., English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., 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 parchment, in a single hand, of the "Common Version" of the Brut Chronicle.
Alternative Title:
Chronicles of England.
Description:
Binding: eighteenth-century quarter calf over marbled boards. Red leather spine tag, gilt: Albyon A Monkish History M. S., Decoration: blue initials with red penwork., Layout: single columns of 36 lines., Previously owned by Sir William Ingilby; H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence. On deposit from the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Script: English bookhand., and Several leaves missing at opening.
Subject (Topic):
Chronicles of England., English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of the "common version" of the Brut chronicle.
Alternative Title:
Chronicles of England.
Description:
Annotations in red crayon probably by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury., Binding: nineteenth-century brown blind-stamped morocco, gilt; armorial binding of the Dukes of Newcastle., Decoration: numerous two-line initials in burnished gold or in blue ink with red penwork., Layout: single columns of 36 lines., Probably formerly owned by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury. Ex libris Duke of Newcastle. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., and Script: English bookhand.
Subject (Topic):
English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, containing four of the Canterbury tales: the Clerk's tale; the Wife of Bath's tale; the Friar's tale; and the Summoner's tale.
Description:
Annotated on f. 78 with the names "William Cooke" and "Morris Barckley.", Binding: eighteenth-century full paneled calf, gilt., Byname: Sion College Chaucer., Decoration: six initials in red., From the collections of Henry R. Grissil; William Cooke; Sir Maurice Berkeley. Ex libris Sion College Library. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns of 24 lines., Library stamp: Sion College., and Script: English bookhand.
Subject (Geographic):
English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500.
Subject (Name):
Chaucer, Geoffrey,---1400. and Sion College. Library Stamp.
Subject (Topic):
English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, containing the text of Chaucer's Canterbury tales; selections from the Confessio amantis of John Gower; and the anonymous poems Speculum misericordis, The adulterous Falmouth squire, Partenope of Blois, The vision of Tundale, and The gast of Guy.
Description:
Binding: nineteenth-century full red morocco., Byname: Delamere Chaucer., Decoration: blue and red penwork initials., Ex libris Hugh Cholmondeley, Baron Delamere; Boies Penrose. On deposit from the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of 39-44 lines., and Script: English bookhand.
English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Narrative po