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1. Collection of astronomical texts
- Published / Created:
- approximately 1470-1530.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1274
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 131
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript compendium of astronomical and astrological texts, including a version of the Kalendarium of Regiomontanus, with lunar eclipse tables for the years 1475-1530 and a solar calendar for 1475-1513. Other contents include a number of astronomical and astrological tables and texts. including a poem on auspicious and inauspicious days (first line: "Fortunata dies operum disponere causas"); the Canon de aspectibus planetarum; the Cognitiones naturarum secundum nativtates; and a variety of prognostic texts based on zodiac signs and the day of the week on which January 1 falls in a given year. The volume also contains several quadrant diagrams and a working volvelle
- Description:
- In Latin., Bookseller description available., Inscribed at the head of 2r: S[an]c[t]i Cristofori Taurini Ad usu[m] fr[atr]is Anto[ni]i de lanteo., Signature of Joseff Gregri da Bologna? on back cover., Bookplate of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman on front pastedown., Tipped in before f1: printed catalog description of this volume, undated., Layout: main text in single columns of approximately 35 lines; wide margins., Script: gothica textualis italiana., Decoration: rubricated. Initials in red and blue ink, some with penwork flourishing; many blank spaces for initials. Illustrations of lunar eclipses. Charts, diagrams, and volvelles in red, blue and brown ink., and Binding: contemporary boards, rebacked.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Italy, Connecticut, and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Regiomontanus, Joannes, 1436-1476.
- Subject (Topic):
- Astrology, Astrology, Italian, Astronomy, Calendars, Lunar eclipses, Quadrants (Astronomical instruments), Solar eclipses, Manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Renaissance, and Zodiac
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collection of astronomical texts
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 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
7. 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
8. Excerpts from Greek & Latin authors
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 63
- Image Count:
- 354
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (sturdy) of classical Orations, Lives, and Exempla, followed by Excerpts from Valerius Maximus, Excerpts from Xenophon (translated into Latin by Francesco Filelfo), Seneca's Tragedies, Comedies by Terence and Plautus, and other miscellaneous works
- Description:
- In Latin., Unidentified watermarks buried in gutter include hat, ladder, crossed arrows, cross bow., Script: Written by two scribes: Scribe 1 (ff. 1r-152v) wrote in a careful humanistic script for text and modified capitals for headings; Scribe 2 (ff. 153r-167v) retained the overall format but used a less elegant style of writing., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Plain sheepskin case.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Biography, Classical literature, Latin drama (Comedy), Exempla, Manuscripts, Medieval, Speeches, addresses, etc, and Latin drama (Tragedy)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Excerpts from Greek & Latin authors
9. Figurae instrumentales Testamenti
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1400 and ca. 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 632
- Image Count:
- 13
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of 1) Ps.-Raymundus Lullus, Figurae instrumentales Testamenti: Diagrams and tables related to the Testamentum, a treatise of the Lullian alchemical corpus. 2) Recipes for obtaining the philosophical stone and the magisterium
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Art. 1 is written by one scribe in Southern Gothica Semitextualis Libraria, with cursive x and cursive final s. Art. 2 was added by two scribes writing Humanistica Cursiva Libraria., The tables and diagrams are traced in brown or red ink. Except in the tables there is no ruling for the text. The text is written in brown and red ink., and The parchment is stained and worn due to folding and manipulation.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Figurae instrumentales Testamenti