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1. Astrological tables
- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1550]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 448
- Image Count:
- 41
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Astrological tables for solar and lunar locations, probably for use in compiling calendars; tables of latitudes of cities; chronological tables for 1508-18. Most tables are accompanied by prose descriptions
- Description:
- In Italian., Watermarks: trimmed, in upper margins; unidentified eagle enclosed by a circle similar in design to Briquet Aigle 204., Script: Written in Italian notarial script by a single scribe., Yellow added to initials and to astrological signs, and some numbers., Stained throughout; final folio repaired., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Blind-tooled brown sheepskin.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Astrology and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Astrological tables
2. De arte metrica, etc
- Creator:
- Bonisoli, Ognibene, ca. 1412-1474
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 66
- Image Count:
- 103
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of 1) Leonicenus Omnibonus, De arte metrica. 2) Donatus, De Barbarismo et soloecismo (Ars maior, Part 3). 3) Lorenzo Guglielmo Traversagni de Savone, O. F. M. (1425-1503), Opusculum de re rhetorica. 4) Pseudo-Priscian, De accentibus
- Description:
- In Latin., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Balance 2489., Script: Written by a single scribe in italic for the text and marginal notes, and in modified capitals for headings., Decorative initial and border outlined in red, but uncolored, appear on f. 1r. Frequent use of red ink in headings, marginalia and for long sections of the text., Water and ink stains throughout; some loss of text., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown calf, blind- and gold-tooled.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Bonisoli, Ognibene, ca. 1412-1474.
- Subject (Topic):
- Latin language, Grammar, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Rhetoric
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De arte metrica, etc
3. De consolatione philosophiae
- Creator:
- Boethius, -524
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1425]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 2
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 114
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae
- Description:
- In Latin., Probably copied in Tuscany., Signed, after the explicit: "Ego iulianus francisci de leuanto notarius scripsi.", Layout: single columns of 30 lines., Script: rounded gothic bookhand., Decoration: 5 illuminated initials on gold grounds; many smaller initials in red or blue penwork., and Binding: contemporary (?) beech boards with brown goatskin spine decorated with blind ropework; metal clasp and latch.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Boethius, -524.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval, Consolation, and Dialogues, Latin
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De consolatione philosophiae
4. De interpretatione, etc
- Creator:
- Aristotle
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 362
- Image Count:
- 99
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Aristotle, De interpretatione, translated into Latin by Ioannes Argyropylos, with his prefatory letter to Piero de' Medici. With Aristotle, Priora analytica, through Book 1.7.29b28
- Description:
- In Latin., Watermarks: unidentified flower in gutter., Script: Written in italic by a single scribe., Plain initials, 2- to 1-line, and headings, in red. Numerous tables and crescent diagrams within the text and margins, in black and red., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Red, spattered paper case.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Aristotle.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and Philosophy
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De interpretatione, etc
5. De scientia venandi per aves, etc
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1475]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 446
- Image Count:
- 148
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment (fine, smooth) of 1) Prologue. 2) Moamin, De scientia venandi per aves, translated into Latin by Theodorus of Antioch. Although the prologue states that there are four treatises composed by Moamin, the fourth (Quartus naturam et medicamen qutrupedum [sic] cum quibus uenamur) is omitted in this manuscript. 3) Treatise of Dancus rex. 4) Treatise of Guillelmus falconarius. 5) Four anonymous descriptions of types of falcons. Produced probably for Ferdinand II of Aragon (arms on f. 1r).
- Alternative Title:
- Moamin
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written by a single scribe in elegant round humanistic script below top line., One miniature, f. 1r, five falcons sitting on a perch in a niche, with a 6-line initial, blue and light green, with green and blue acanthus, against gold, framed in red, with white dots; full border, pink and blue flowers on stems with pink, orange and green leaves and gold dots spiraling around a pink and gold bar; framed in gold and inhabited by birds, putti, four of the putti in lower margin supporting a coat-of-arms. 5-line initials, gold, filled with blue or crimson with flowers in white, on irregular grounds, crimson or blue with flowers in white, and hair-spray extensions with crimson and blue leaves, flowers and gold trefoil leaves or dots. 2-line initials, gold, filled with crimson or blue against irregular crimson or blue grounds with white filigree. Rubrics throughout., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Red goatskin, gold-tooled with "Cetreria" on spine. Gilt edges with lettering on fore-edge.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Falconry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Literature, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De scientia venandi per aves, etc
6. De situ Iapygiae
- Creator:
- Ferrari, Antonio de, 1444-1517
- Published / Created:
- 1534.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 686
- Image Count:
- 80
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Antonio de Ferrariis (called himself Galateo after his birthplace, d. 1517), De situ Iapygiae. His work is a geographical, historical, epigraphical and literary description of Iapygia, i.e. the Southeastern part of Italy (now Apulia).
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Three scribes, all writing Humanistica Cursiva: hand A copied ff. 1r-20v, 24v-26v, 31r-36r line 10, 36v last three lines (Libraria); hand B copied ff. 21r-24r, 27r-30v (Currens); hand C copied f. 36r line 10-36v, except the last three lines (Currens under Gothic influence)., No decoration., Water stains. Some pages badly damaged by the acid ink., and Binding: The damaged covers of the original binding are mounted on the new binding in brown leather. Blind-tooled, featuring two square frames bordered by fillets and rolls.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., Italy, and Puglia (Italy)
- Subject (Name):
- Ferrari, Antonio de, 1444-1517.
- Subject (Topic):
- Latin literature, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De situ Iapygiae
7. De sphaera, etc
- Creator:
- Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, active 1230
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1450]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 335
- Image Count:
- 96
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of 1) Joannes de Sacro Bosco, De sphaera. 2) Unidentified Cosmographicae libellus. 3) Nicolas Oresme, Traite de la sphere, in a Latin translation apparently extant only in this manuscript
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written by one person in small fere-humanistic script bordering on cursive, verso., Simple decorative initials, 5- to 2-line, in red. Headings, paragraph marks, strokes on majuscules at beginning of sentences, and marginal notes, in red., Seventeen carefully executed astronomical drawings and two tables, in red, black, yellow and beige, accompany arts. 1 and 3., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries. Limp vellum case. "Tractatus spere" on tail edge.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, active 1230.
- Subject (Topic):
- Astronomy, Medieval, Cosmography, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De sphaera, etc
8. De venatione
- Creator:
- Xenophon
- Published / Created:
- [between 1490 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 149
- Image Count:
- 33
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (highly polished) of Xenophon, De venatione, translated into Latin by Leonicenus Omnibonus and preceded by a dedicatory epistle to John Tiptoft
- Description:
- In Latin., Watermarks: similar in design to Briquet Oiseau 12127., Script: Written in a well formed italic by a single scribe., Spaces left for rubrics and initials., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Paper case with paste paper sides. Rebound in Yale Conservation Studio in 1982.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Bonisoli, Ognibene, ca. 1412-1474. and Xenophon.
- Subject (Topic):
- Hunting and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De venatione
9. Digesta (fragment).
- Creator:
- Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565
- Published / Created:
- [between 1290 and 1299].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 482.98
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of Justinian's Digesta with the glossa ordinaria commentary of Accursius
- Alternative Title:
- Digesta
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: text of the Digest in a rounded gothic script (littera textualis), that of the commentary in a smaller hand (notularis), perhaps later., and Decoration: initials of the names of authorities alternate 1- and 2-line red and blue capitals; the first word of each section begins with a 1-line capital alternating red and blue; guide letters for both initials are written in light brown ink; punctuated with the punctus.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval, Law, Medieval, and Law, Roman
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Digesta (fragment).