Manuscript on paper made by an unknown Venetian mathematician, astronomer and cartographer. This manuscript is highly interesting for the excellent drawings of contemporary Mediterranean sailing-ships
Description:
In Italian., Script: Written by one hand in Gothico-Humanistic Cursive, which in the maps alternates with Capitalis. Headings in Capitalis inscribed on scrolls or tablets., Maps, borders and decorations in colours. Clumsily drawn human and animal figures., and Binding: Original limp vellum. On the spine is written "G***ctrica MSS". On the rear cover are a pen-drawing, upside-down, of the same decorative device as on f. 2r, and a sketch of city gates.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Islands of the Mediterranean.
Subject (Topic):
Atlases, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscript maps, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sailing ships
BEIN BEL21: Imperfect: lacking AH; 6H; trumps. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., French suit system., Composition of deck: 78 [A, K, Q, C, J, 10-2, trumps I-XXI, Fool]., CourtCards: KS gestures with right hand; JS: JEAN GALLER; JH holds standard with left hand; JG., Belgian Animal Tarot., and Tax stamp on Ace of Spades, black.
Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, 1842-1918 عبد الحميد الثاني, 1842-1918
Published / Created:
1896 November 1.
Call Number:
Turkish MSS suppl. 254
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Illuminated manuscript, on paper, of a berāt (privilege) granting Shaykh Aḥmed Ẓarīfī (شىخ احمد ظريفي) 2.5 çift of fodūla (فدوله) (that is, 2.5 measures of a white-flour bread) from the revenue of the Evkāf-ı Hümāyun Nezāreti (اوقاف همایون نظارتی / the Ministry of Evkaf). Signed by Abdülhamid II and dated H. 25 Cumāde'l-ūlā 1314/1 November 1896
Description:
In Ottoman Turkish., Title devised by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., In dīwānī script., and Sultanic tughra and el-Ġāzi (الغازي) written in gold. Rubrication.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Shaykh Aḥmed Ẓarīfī.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish and Manuscripts, Turkish
BEIN FRA167: Imperfect deck of 42: Ace of Cups, 10-2 of Swords, 10-2 of Batons, 10-2 Coins, 10-3 Cups wanting. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title supplied by cataloger., Latin/Italian suit system., Type: Marseille tarot., Composition of deck: 78 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2, trumps I-XXI, Fool]., 2 of Cups: FABBRIQUE / DE / PELLERIN ET CIE. / A ÉPINAL (Vosges)., and Trumps: Single figure trumps; I: ESCAMOTEUR; II: JUNON; V: JUPITER; VIII: LE CAPUCIN.
Manuscript, on parchment, of the Bible, including prologues. The Old Testament omits 1 and 2 Chronicles and Psalms; Esther and Judith follow Nehemiah. New Testament is incomplete: Acts folllows the Pauline and Catholic epistles but ends in chapter 13; Revelations not present. Chapter divisions throughout often deviate from Langton arrangement. Numerous brief marginal annoations in several hands
Description:
In Latin., Numerous brief marginal annotations, in Latin, in several thirteenth and fourteenth century hands, apparently English. Ecclesiastes annotated in at least four different hands., Layout: double columns of 55 lines., Script: gothica textualis., Decoration: each prologue and book opens with a large initial in red and blue with red and blue penwork, often with bar extensions in red and blue., and Binding: seventeenth-century full dark blue English polished calf. with extensive gold tooling in cottage style. Six-compartmented spine; all compartments gold-tooled except for the second, which contains a handwritten paper label: "Latin Bible. Manuscript." Marbled endpapers.
Bible. Latin. Vulgate. 1454, Gutenberg Bible, and 42-line Bible
Description:
BAC Folio A B 9: Imperfect: Consists of 8 pages containing Pastoral Epistles; Thessalonians, 2nd, 8-18; Philemon 1-10. Issued as part of A Noble Fragment (New York: Gabriel Wells, 1921)., BAC Folio A B 9: Provenance: Parent volume formerly owned by Carl Theodor von Pfalz-Sulzbach. Purchased from Frank M. Sabin by Gabriel Wells, 1921, and broken into leaves by him., BAC Leaf Collection no. 0001: Imperfect: a single leaf with the end of the book of Jeremiah and the beginning of the book of Baruch. Rubricated, with two large initials, one illuminated with gold. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink., BEIN ZZi 56 Copy 1: Rubricated throughout, including large initials in color, with floral marginal decoration, at the beginning of each book., BEIN ZZi 56 Copy 1: Imperfect: Leaves [318]-[319] of v.2, blank, wanting. Some leaves are damp stained. Leaf [317] of v.2 mutilated and repaired. All edges trimmed, resulting in loss of some illumination., BEIN ZZi 56 Copy 1: Provenance: Bookplate, stamp, inscription and library label: Bibliotheca Monasterii Mellicencis. Call no. of library label: P.884a and P.884b. Sold by Melk to Edward Goldstone, 1925. Purchased at Anderson Galleries, New York, by Abraham S. Wolf Rosenbach, 15 February 1926. Purchased from Rosenbach by Mrs. Edward S. Harkness. Gift of Mrs. Harkness in memory of Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness., BEIN ZZi 56 Copy 1: Binding: 18th-century calf., BEIN ZZi 56 Copy 2: Imperfect: Consists of a single rubricated paper leaf of Ezekiel XXX,11-XXXII,13. Issued as part of A Noble Fragment (New York: Gabriel Wells, 1921)., BEIN ZZi 56 Copy 2: Provenance: Parent volume formerly owned by Carl Theodor von Pfalz-Sulzbach. Purchased from Frank M. Sabin by Gabriel Wells, 1921. Gift of Dr. Fred Murphy., BEIN ZZi 56 Copy 3: Imperfect: Consists of a single rubricated vellum bifolium with leaves from Ecclesiastes and Wisdom., DIV 939095: Imperfect: Consists of a single leaf of Nehemiah X,31-XII,28. Issued as part of A Noble Fragment (New York: Gabriel Wells, 1921)., DIV 939095: Provenance: Parent volume formerly owned by Carl Theodor von Pfalz-Sulzbach. Purchased from Frank M. Sabin by Gabriel Wells, 1921., ELIZ +39: Imperfect: Consists of a single leaf of Micah VII (incomplete); Nahum I-III; Habakkuk I (incomplete). Issued as part of A Noble Fragment (New York: Gabriel Wells, 1921)., ELIZ +39: Provenance: Parent volume formerly owned by Carl Theodor von Pfalz-Sulzbach. Purchased from Frank M. Sabin by Gabriel Wells, 1921. Gift of R.B. Adam, January 1922., MEDHIST Incunabula ++B526 (Goff): Imperfect: Consists of a single leaf of 4 Kings XIII,12-XV,6. Issued as part of A Noble Fragment (New York: Gabriel Wells, 1921)., and MEDHIST Incunabula ++B526 (Goff): Provenance: Parent volume formerly owned by Carl Theodor von Pfalz-Sulzbach. Purchased from Frank M. Sabin by Gabriel Wells, 1921.
Bible. Latin. Vulgate. 1454, Gutenberg Bible, and 42-line Bible
Description:
BAC Folio A B 9: Imperfect: Consists of 8 pages containing Pastoral Epistles; Thessalonians, 2nd, 8-18; Philemon 1-10. Issued as part of A Noble Fragment (New York: Gabriel Wells, 1921)., BAC Folio A B 9: Provenance: Parent volume formerly owned by Carl Theodor von Pfalz-Sulzbach. Purchased from Frank M. Sabin by Gabriel Wells, 1921, and broken into leaves by him., BAC Leaf Collection no. 0001: Imperfect: a single leaf with the end of the book of Jeremiah and the beginning of the book of Baruch. Rubricated, with two large initials, one illuminated with gold. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink., BEIN ZZi 56 Copy 1: Rubricated throughout, including large initials in color, with floral marginal decoration, at the beginning of each book., BEIN ZZi 56 Copy 1: Imperfect: Leaves [318]-[319] of v.2, blank, wanting. Some leaves are damp stained. Leaf [317] of v.2 mutilated and repaired. All edges trimmed, resulting in loss of some illumination., BEIN ZZi 56 Copy 1: Provenance: Bookplate, stamp, inscription and library label: Bibliotheca Monasterii Mellicencis. Call no. of library label: P.884a and P.884b. Sold by Melk to Edward Goldstone, 1925. Purchased at Anderson Galleries, New York, by Abraham S. Wolf Rosenbach, 15 February 1926. Purchased from Rosenbach by Mrs. Edward S. Harkness. Gift of Mrs. Harkness in memory of Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness., BEIN ZZi 56 Copy 1: Binding: 18th-century calf., BEIN ZZi 56 Copy 2: Imperfect: Consists of a single rubricated paper leaf of Ezekiel XXX,11-XXXII,13. Issued as part of A Noble Fragment (New York: Gabriel Wells, 1921)., BEIN ZZi 56 Copy 2: Provenance: Parent volume formerly owned by Carl Theodor von Pfalz-Sulzbach. Purchased from Frank M. Sabin by Gabriel Wells, 1921. Gift of Dr. Fred Murphy., BEIN ZZi 56 Copy 3: Imperfect: Consists of a single rubricated vellum bifolium with leaves from Ecclesiastes and Wisdom., DIV 939095: Imperfect: Consists of a single leaf of Nehemiah X,31-XII,28. Issued as part of A Noble Fragment (New York: Gabriel Wells, 1921)., DIV 939095: Provenance: Parent volume formerly owned by Carl Theodor von Pfalz-Sulzbach. Purchased from Frank M. Sabin by Gabriel Wells, 1921., ELIZ +39: Imperfect: Consists of a single leaf of Micah VII (incomplete); Nahum I-III; Habakkuk I (incomplete). Issued as part of A Noble Fragment (New York: Gabriel Wells, 1921)., ELIZ +39: Provenance: Parent volume formerly owned by Carl Theodor von Pfalz-Sulzbach. Purchased from Frank M. Sabin by Gabriel Wells, 1921. Gift of R.B. Adam, January 1922., MEDHIST Incunabula ++B526 (Goff): Imperfect: Consists of a single leaf of 4 Kings XIII,12-XV,6. Issued as part of A Noble Fragment (New York: Gabriel Wells, 1921)., and MEDHIST Incunabula ++B526 (Goff): Provenance: Parent volume formerly owned by Carl Theodor von Pfalz-Sulzbach. Purchased from Frank M. Sabin by Gabriel Wells, 1921.