Manuscript on parchment of Thomas Aquinas, In tertium librum Sententiarum Petri Lombardi. Copied from an exemplar vended by Guglielmus Senonensis, stationer on the rue St. Jacques.
Alternative Title:
Comment on the 3rd book of sentences of Peter Lombard
Description:
Binding: 1899. Quarter leather over wooden boards, blind-tooled, with a gold-tooled label and brass clasps. Bound by Douglas Cockerell (stamp with date inside back cover)., Script: Written in neat gothic textura by a single scribe secundum pecias (notations along bottom of leaves, mostly trimmed)., Small decorative initials in red and/or blue with penwork designs of either or both colors; notes for illuminator in margins. Paragraph marks alternating red and blue throughout; running headings in red and blue., and Some folios mended with chartreuse thread.
Subject (Name):
Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, ca. 1100-1160
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, Pecia, Scholasticism, and Scholia
Holograph manuscript journal, with corrections and revisions, illustrated with drawings and maps in watercolors and in pen and ink. Volume one describes Olmsted's experiences as a passenger on the whaler North America during a voyage from New London, Connecticut, to Honolulu. Volume two continues his account of his stay in Honolulu and describes his return voyage, with several missionaries, to New York on the cargo vessel Flora. Accompanying volume two are six additional sheets written in holograph. The journal, revised and with new illustrations, was published as Incidents of a Whaling Voyage (New York: D. Appleton, 1841).
Alternative Title:
Incidents of a whaling voyage.
Description:
Title written as: Journal of a Voyage Around Cape Horn, 1840.
Subject (Geographic):
Hawaii--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Flora (Barque : New York) and North America (Whaler : New London, Conn.)
Holograph manuscript journal, with corrections and revisions, illustrated with drawings and maps in watercolors and in pen and ink. Volume one describes Olmsted's experiences as a passenger on the whaler North America during a voyage from New London, Connecticut, to Honolulu. Volume two continues his account of his stay in Honolulu and describes his return voyage, with several missionaries, to New York on the cargo vessel Flora. Accompanying volume two are six additional sheets written in holograph. The journal, revised and with new illustrations, was published as Incidents of a Whaling Voyage (New York: D. Appleton, 1841).
Alternative Title:
Incidents of a whaling voyage.
Description:
Title written as: Journal of a Voyage Around Cape Horn, 1840.
Subject (Geographic):
Hawaii--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Flora (Barque : New York) and North America (Whaler : New London, Conn.)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on vellum, dated 14th of Nisan 5624 (1864) at Ankona. Document has a scalloped top. The text is surrounded by a multicolored floral border lined in red. Above the text is a multicolored floral wreath, which surrounds blessings for the bride and groom. The design is typical of ketubot from Ancona.
Description:
Bride: Safirantsa called Evginya bat Avraham Kampus. and Bridegroom: Mosheh Shemu'el ben Avraham Tseva.
Subject (Geographic):
Ancona (Italy) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Mosheh Shemu'el ben Avraham Tseva and Safirantsa (Evginya) bat Avraham Kampus
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Italy --Ancona and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 12th of Ellul 5707 (1947) at Bigar. Text is within a floral rectangular design. Above the text are three rectangles that include traditional blessings for the bride and groom.
Description:
Bride: Kurshid bat Ezrah Kidusi. and Bridegroom: Yitshak Kidusi ben Nehemya Kidusi.
Subject (Geographic):
Bijar, Iran --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Kurshid bat Ezrah Kidusi and Yitshak Kidusi ben Nehemya Kidusi
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Iran --Bijar and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 20th of Menahem 5671 (1911) at Bombay. Text surrounded by a floral border with two large peacocks on top painted in vivid colors. The upper text is in the shape of an oval and above it is a crown, probably in reference to the British Crown. The bottom text is in a scalloped square. The upper text contains blessings for the bride and groom, including biblical quotations. The outer border consists of verses from Psalm 137 beginning with If I forget you, Jerusalem ... and verses from Psalm 128. All borders are gold colored.
Description:
Bride: Rivkah bar [i.e. bat] Binyamin., Bridegroom: Shalom bar Aharon., Scribe: Na'im ben Avraham ben Mashiah., and Witnesses: Me'ir ben Eliyahu and Nisan ben Ya'akov.
Subject (Geographic):
Bombay (India) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Me'ir ben Eliyahu, Na'im ben Avraham ben Mashiah, Nisan ben Ya'akov, Rivkah bat Binyamin, and Shalom bar Aharon
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Bombay --India and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on paper, dated 6th of Tishre 5676 at Bombay (1915). A green printed border encloses the handwritten text. Above the text is the circular stamp of the Magen David Synagogue, Bombay, in red ink. Beneath the text, near the signatures of the witnesses and groom, the bride put a circular mark in lieu of her signature.
Description:
Bride: Havah bat Eliyahu Barukh. and Bridegroom: Re'uven ben Yisra'el Re'uven.
Subject (Geographic):
Bombay (India) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Havah bat Eliyahu Barukh and Re'uven ben Yisra'el Re'uven
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Bombay --India and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 5600? (1840?) at Bukaresht?. Surrounding the text are floral decorations with a floral border, two arches, and four columns. The columns enclose three sections of text. The right hand side has the marriage text, the left hand side has the betrothal terms. The middle section may contain the dowry list.
Description:
Bride: Rivkah bat Eliyahu. and Bridegroom: Ya'akov Hazan ben[?] Hayim Yisra'el Hazan.
Subject (Geographic):
Bucharest (Romania) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Rivkah bat Eliyahu and Ya'akov Hazan ben Hayim Yisra'el Hazan
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Romania --Bucharest and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)