Jerome, Saint, d. 419 or 20 Rufinus, of Aquileia, 345-410
Published / Created:
[ca. 1430-40]
Call Number:
Marston MS 198
Image Count:
232
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of 1) Jerome, Dialogus contra Pelagianos, Books I-III. 2) Rufinus Tyrannius, Apologia contra Hieronymum. 3) Jerome, Apologia contra Rufinum, Books I-II. 4) Jerome, Ad Algasium liber quaestionum undecim (Letter 121). 5) Anonymous, Disputatio de ratione anime. 6) Origen (?), translated into Latin by Jerome. 7) Jerome, Ad Hebydiam de quaestionibus duodecim (Letter 120). 8) Jerome, Ad Algasium liber questionum undecim (Letter 121), ending abruptly in the tenth questio. 9) Epistola ad Demetriadem de virginitate et vitae perfectione. 10) Jerome, Epistola CVIII ad Eustochium virginem, on St. Paula. 11) Jerome, Epistola CXLII ad Augustinum.
Description:
Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Rigid vellum case with the title in ink on the spine: "Dialogi Pelagii et Attici"., One 4-line illuminated initial, f. 1r, shaded pink with red and green acanthus leaves on dark blue with white filigree against a gold ground edged thickly in black. In the upper left corner a red, blue and gold flower with spiralling acanthus in the upper and inner margins, forming a partial border, green, blue, red, brown, the spirals filled with gold or blue with white filigree. Large gold dots with four black spikes. Numerous pen and ink initials, 5- to 1-line, alternating in red and blue with purple or red penwork. Headings in red. Instructions to the rubricator at lower edge, f. 1r., Purchased in 1958 from C. A. Stonehill by Thomas E. Marston., Script: Written by two scribes. Scribe 1 (ff. 1r-76v) in a fere-humanistic hand with features of round humanistic; Scribe 2 (ff. 76v-109v) in a more angular fere-humanistic hand., and Watermarks: similar to Briquet Monts 11895 and 11702; unadorned anvil similar to Harlfinger Enclume 5; unidentified letter (D?) similar in general design to Harlfinger Lettre 14.
Subject (Name):
Jerome,--Saint,--d. 419 or 20
Subject (Topic):
Apologetics--Early works to 1800, Celibacy, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript of 1) Dialogus Samuelis comico stilo exarata incipit foeliciter adolescens: 5 chapters of a dialogue between a young man and a young woman. 2) 8 chapters from a manual on letter writing. Bound with a printed text: Gerson, Jean (1363-142), Sermo de passione domini: Nuper e Galiico... (Strassburg: [Mathias Schuerer], 1510).
Alternative Title:
Enumerat Matheus ...
Description:
The woodcuts in this work are allegorical pictures containing the Evangelists’ symbols and figures referring to the principal subjects dealt with in each gospel. Some are hand-coloured. The leaf containing the first imago for Matthew is missing and is kept separately as MS 907.2
Subject (Name):
Gerson, Jean,--1363-1429
Subject (Topic):
Church year sermons--Early works to 1800, Dialogues, Latin (Medieval and modern), Letter writing--Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Palm Sunday
Manuscript on parchment of Alexander of Villa Dei, Doctrinale.
Description:
Binding: Nineteenth century, England. Light brown leather, gold-tooled. Gilt edges. Rebacked. Title on spine: "Alexander de Villa Dei Doctrinale. MS: In Memb". Bound for Henry Drury by C. Lewis in 1820., One historiated initial, f. 1r, 6-line, pink, red, and green with white filigree on gold ground thinly edged in black, with a half-length portrait of a teacher in red robes and a red cap holding a book, against a blue ground with white filigree. In the lower margin arms of the Pesaro family of Venice (per pale indented or and azure), framed by scrolling acanthus, green, red, blue, and pink. Plain initials and paragraph marks both alternate blue and red. Headings in red., and Script: Written in round gothic bookhand by a single scribe, below top line.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin language--Grammar, Latin poetry, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript on paper of 1) Note on the reign of the first Doge of Venice, Pauluccio Anafesto (697-717). 2) History of Venice from its legendary foundation to 695. 3) Alphabetical list of Venetian noble families, with their coats of arms and notes on their history. 4) History of the Doges of Venice up to Francesco Venier, elected 1554, d. 1556, with their coats of arms.
Description:
Binding: Date? Pasteboard., In Italian., Painted coats of arms, those in art. 3 in decorative cartouches. Large decorative painted initials for each family name., Script: Copied by two hands. A (ff.IIr and 1r-84v): Gothica Cursiva Libraria/Currens; B (ff. 85r-170r): Humanistica Cursiva Currens., and The top and the lower corners of the final leaves badly damaged by moist, with loss of some text.
Subject (Geographic):
Venice (Italy)--History
Subject (Topic):
Heraldry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Nobility--Italy
Cartoonists --United States --Archives, Comic books, strips, etc.--United States, Football --United States --Humor, Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Caricatures and cartoons, and Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Humor