An alteration of Fletcher's play. and The preface concerning the Earl of Rochester is by Robert Wolseley.
Publisher:
Printed for Henry Herringman, and are to be sold by Jos. Knight, and Fr. Saunders, at the sign of the Blue Anchor in the lower walk of the New-Exchange
Manuscript on parchment (trimmed) of 1) Bible in the usual order with some prologues and later additions. 2) Index of Hebrew names generally attributed to Stephen Langton. 3) List of readings for year, beginning with the first Sunday in Advent through Monday after Easter. 4) Another list of readings from the first Sunday in Advent (f. 427r) through the 25th Sunday after Trinity, for the dedication of a church, for the sanctorale from Andrew through Cecilia, for the common of saints and for Trinity, Holy Spirit, Holy Cross, Virgin Mary, and the dead. and Manuscript on parchment (trimmed).
Description:
Binding: Nineteenth century. Red, straight-grained goatskin, gold-tooled., Collection of Cornelius Vanderbilt (MS 190); bequeathed to Yale in his memory by his daughter Gladys Moore Vanderbilt, Countess Laszlo Szechenyi in 1966., Rectangular pieces cut out of lower margin, ff. 266-69; no loss of text., Script: Written in small gothic textura; a few corrections added in a tiny neat cursive hand. Marginal notes in several cursive hands of 14th-15th centuries., and The historiated initials, 11- to 6-line (not including ascenders or descenders), are pink and blue, with dragons, against pink and blue grounds with gold dots and triplets of white dots. Initials for prologues 6- to 4-line (without ascenders or descenders), as above, filled with intertwining vines, blossoms, dragons, occasionally birds or fish; 4- to 1-line initials, red or blue with blue and red penwork. Headings, chapter numbers, red and blue alternating letters with blue and red penwork. Capitals stroked in red. Some rubrics missing.
Subject (Topic):
Bible.--Latin--Versions, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Manuscripts, Medieval--France--13th century, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Varias antigvedades de España Africa y otras provincias
Description:
"Tabla de las cosas notables en este libro contenidas.": p. [1]-[71] at end., Aldrete, discussing Columbus's voyages, credits actual discovery of the New World to Sánchez de Huelva, and objects to the use of term America for the area -- cf. Alden., Colophon: Antverpiae, Typis Gerardi Wolsschatii, et Henrici Aertsii. Anno M.DC.XIV., Engraved title page., Errata: p. [17]-[18] at beginning., Imperfect: p. [47]-[66] wormed. Inscription: Domus Profess. S. Fidelis Soc. Jesu Mediolani Catal. Inscrip. Illegible inscription. Bookseller's label: Cervantes, Barcelona. Old shelf mark, I I 35, on spine., Peeters-Fontaines notes several variants of this work. One variant does not have the extra gathering [par.] after gathering 2* which contains errata and tables. Another variant has the colophon dated 1615., and Signatures: *-2*⁴ [par.]⁴ A-4V⁴.
Publisher:
a costa de Iuan Hasrey,
Subject (Geographic):
Africa, North--Antiquities--Early works to 1800, Africa, North--History--1517-1882, America--Discovery and exploration--Early works to 1800, Spain--Antiquities--Early works to 1800, and Spain--History--17th century
Inscription on title page: The gift of Admiral Ichichagoff to me C.W. Henslowe / much valued! (The admiral play’d extremely well on the / piano forte & on mine at Chatham Dock / Yard) / (To be preserved with care).
Publisher:
Artaria
Subject (Name):
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Don Giovanni. La ci darem la mano
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.
Neophitus, Neophitvs, and Versio trilingvis Italica, Gallica, Hispanica historicorvm tractatvvm qvi adversvs episcopi Romani veraveriorem antichristianam tyrannidem, in Latinis tomis operum D. Mart. Lutheri extant
Description:
Consists of the preliminary dialogue "Neophitus" in Latin only., Dedicated to Georg Mylius., First of two works bound together., Includes bibliographical references in margins., Signatures: A-E⁴ (A1v, A4v, E4v blank)., Stamp: Herzoglicher S. Meiningischer Bibliothek [Library of the Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen]. In ms. on t.p. verso: I.V.C.J. B[ernhard] H[erzog] Z[u] S[achsen] 1679. In ms. on front paste-down: [Rosenthal] MS230. Spine label and ms. note: Hdschr. 71 (number assigned by Theodor Linschman, who in 1902, reorganized the ms. holdings of the princes of Saxe-Meiningen). Bound with ms. of the Augsburg Confession in four languages (Latin, Italian, French, and Spanish)., and Turned C's used in date in Roman numerals on t.p.
Publisher:
Ex officina Tobiae Steinmanni,
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Controversial literature--Early works to 1800 and Herzoglicher S. Meiningischer Bibliothek--Stamp
Subject (Topic):
Euro tracts--1598 and Grace (Theology)--Early works to 1800
Manuscript on paper of Jacopo Salimbeni's Viaggio de quatro chavalieri andarono cercando il mondo, an account of travel to the East.
Description:
Contemporary foliation employed: ff. 61-84. Also has modern foliation in pencil at bottom right., Disbound., Manuscript on paper of Jacopo Salimbeni's Viaggio de quatro chavalieri andarono cercando il mondo, an account of travel to the East undertaken 1416 May 1, starting from Venice. The language of this manuscript is influenced by the Venetian dialect. The first sixty folios are missing., and Script: copied by one hand in Gothica Semihybrida Currens (Mercantesca).
Subject (Name):
Salimbeni, Jacopo,--d. ca. 1427
Subject (Topic):
Italian literature--15th century, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Voyages around the world