- Published / Created:
- [between 1300 and 1400]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 248
- Image Count:
- 388
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment. Includes: Letter of Eusebius to Carpianus; Eusebian Canons; the New Testament; Epiphanius of Cyprus, In Sabbato magno; and John Damascene, De dormientibus in fide
- Description:
- In Greek., Script: Written throughout in an extremely small Greek minuscule, by five scribes: Scribe 1, ff. 1r-32v and 171r-173r; Scribe 2, ff. 33v-68v; Scribe 3, ff. 69r-168r; Scribe 4, ff. 168r-170v; Scribe 5, ff. 173r-188v. Notes added on f. 33r (originally blank) and in margins by various later hands; in some of the notes on f. 33r Latin letters are used for Greek words., Two headings and title of Matthew in blue (f. 37r). Initials in red with simple floral ornament. Extensive rubrication. Headpieces and bars between sections in red, blue, green and yellow (all faded). Eusebian Canons done with compass and ruler, in red and blue., Several folios originally had holes, which have been written around., and Binding: Date? Original sewing on three chain supports laced in a Z pattern into square, flush wooden boards, grooved on the edges. Two pin holes in the edge of the upper board and three holes for each strap in the lower. Traces of rectangular plates (?) at the fore-edge near the head of the upper board and the tail of the lower. Rebacked and the sides covered with cloth.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Theology
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > New Testament; Eusebian canons, etc
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- Creator:
- Hesiod
- Published / Created:
- 1301.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 254
- Image Count:
- 230
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (rough; light brown) of 1) Tzetzes, Scholia in Hesiodi Opera et dies. 2) Hesiod, Opera et dies. The codex has been repaired extensively. Certain leaves have been replaced in different periods; in most cases the missing text was supplied in the same format. (Folios added later: 39, 68, 84, 94-97.)
- Description:
- In Greek., Script: The main text was written by a single copyist who used a well spaced, but crude, style of writing for the work of Hesiod, and a more cramped, abbreviated style for the commentary of Tzetzes. Numerous interlinear and marginal notes in several hands., Title of work and simple initial on f. 1r in red; other ornamental initials, some of which incorporate animal motifs, in black. Diagrams, also in black ink, include: f. 67v (outer margin) mortar and pestle; f. 67v (lower margin) man driving a cart pulled by two oxen; f. 69v (lower margin) plow, with parts labelled., The manuscript is in poor condition with loss of text due to: faded ink, water stains, worm-holes, and repaired leaves., and Binding: between 1800 and 1829. Tan, diced goatskin, gold-tooled. Bound by C. Lewis (active in London 1807-36).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Hesiod.
- Subject (Topic):
- Classical literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholia
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Opera et dies, with scholia of Tzetzes
- Published / Created:
- [between 1000 and 1050]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 150
- Container / Volume:
- Vol. 1
- Image Count:
- 243
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment in two volumes. Vol. 1: Gospels of Matthew and Mark. Begins in the middle of Matthew 5.17. Volume 2: Gospels of Luke and John. Both volumes exhibit the same physical format and were clearly bound together at an earlier date
- Description:
- In Greek., Script: Written by a single copyist in minuscule script, with headings and tables of chapters in uncials; writing runs through guide-lines rather than sitting on them., Full page portraits of Mark, Luke, and John; all are depicted on gold. Mark holds a codex in his left hand and touches his chin with the right. Luke (f. 3v, Vol. 2) writes in an open codex he is holding in his lap, while John (f. 87v, Vol. 2) holds a scroll bearing the opening phrases of his gospel. Illuminated headpieces and ornamental initials in gold with stylized foliage, before each book (except Mark); red initials at beginning of first, tenth, and twentieth lines of text., and Bindings: Volume 1, ca. 1904. Vellum case, gold-tooled. Volume 2, 1961. Orange goatskin gold-tooled, bound by Sidney Cockerell.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Seymour gospels
- Published / Created:
- [between 1000 and 1050]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 150
- Container / Volume:
- Vol. 2
- Image Count:
- 305
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment in two volumes. Vol. 1: Gospels of Matthew and Mark. Begins in the middle of Matthew 5.17. Volume 2: Gospels of Luke and John. Both volumes exhibit the same physical format and were clearly bound together at an earlier date
- Description:
- In Greek., Script: Written by a single copyist in minuscule script, with headings and tables of chapters in uncials; writing runs through guide-lines rather than sitting on them., Full page portraits of Mark, Luke, and John; all are depicted on gold. Mark holds a codex in his left hand and touches his chin with the right. Luke (f. 3v, Vol. 2) writes in an open codex he is holding in his lap, while John (f. 87v, Vol. 2) holds a scroll bearing the opening phrases of his gospel. Illuminated headpieces and ornamental initials in gold with stylized foliage, before each book (except Mark); red initials at beginning of first, tenth, and twentieth lines of text., and Bindings: Volume 1, ca. 1904. Vellum case, gold-tooled. Volume 2, 1961. Orange goatskin gold-tooled, bound by Sidney Cockerell.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Seymour gospels