Manuscript document, on parchment, in a single hand, containing the petition of Joan, widow of William Rykyll to Baron Bergavenny for the restoration of her rights in land held of Robert Lindsey, in Kent, from which she has been disseized by Edward Lindsey and Rose, his wife and the daughter of William Rykyll.
Description:
Docketed in a contemporary hand., Layout: single column of 14 lines., Phillipps MS 29242. Previously owned by Alan G. Thomas. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., and Script: Anglicana.
Subject (Name):
Bergavenny, George Neville,--Baron., Phillipps, Thomas,--Sir,--1792-1872--Ownership., and Thomas, Alan G.--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Feudal law--England., Land tenure--England--15th century., Land tenure--England--16th century., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Women--Great Britain.
Manuscript, on vellum, of the text of the "short version" of the Polychronicon (final entry is for 1327).
Description:
Binding: contemporary calf over wooden boards, rebacked. Upper cover plain; lower cover contains central panel with the letters POLICRONICON created by stamping background with seven-pointed star stamp. Background pattern of diagonal fillets with five-petalled flower in circle stamped at each intersection. Remains of leather clasps and one brass catch. Sewn on six raised bands., Byname: Takamiya Polychronicon., Decoration: Rubricated. Approximately 404 marginal drawings in pen and ink, many with yellow wash: mostly portrait roundels, but also including two diagrams of Noah's Ark; views of London, Canterbury, Rome and other places; an image of the Annunciation; and a small T-map. Margins ruled to accomodate the roundels. One illuminated initial and others covered in matte gold., From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of between 44 and 51 lines., Script: cursive book hand., and Some leaves damaged with loss of text.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History--Earily works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Higden, Ranulf,---1364.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and World history--Early works to 1800.
Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of portions of the text of Higden's Polychronicon. mostly related to the history of England from Brutus to Richard II. Preceded by a table of contents.
Alternative Title:
Constitutiones legitime seu legatine regionis anglicane and Margarita decreti seu tabula martiniana decreti
Description:
Binding: late seventeenth-century full calf; blind-ruled, with crown stamp in the corners. The binder has been identified as a London binder who also worked for Samuel Pepys. Metal chain attached from the upper cover, fourteen links, a ring on either end, and a middle swivel., Bound with: Martinus Polonus, Margarita decreti seu tabula martiniana decreti (Strasburg, 1493); William Lyndwood, Constitutiones legitime seu legatine regionis anglicane, (Paris, 1504)., Decoration: Rubricated. Approximately 60 large initials in red with penwork in brown ink., Ex libris Alan G. Thomas. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns of approximately 35 lines., MS is third of three works bound together. Paginated 1-195., Numerous marginal annotations in several contemporary and later hands. Marginal note on p. 136 refers to the death of Oliver Cromwell ("tyranno")., Script: English cursive bookhand., and Watermark: Briquet 11159?
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Higden, Ranulf,---1364., Martinus, Polonus, d. 1279, and Thomas, Alan G.--Bookplate.
Subject (Topic):
Incunabula in Yale Library., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and World history--Early works to 1800.
Manuscript roll, on parchment, in a single hand, containing four Latin prayers for personal use. One of the rubrics is in Middle English.
Description:
Decoration: Rubricated. Two initials with marginal penwork decoration., In Latin, with one rubric in Middle English., Layout: single column., Previously owned by H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence (his MS 17). From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Probably written for the use of a man named Thomas, as that name is inserted in several passages., and Script: gothic script.
Subject (Name):
Bradfer-Lawrence, H. L.--(Harry Lawrence)
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Prayers, Medieval.
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of a collection of prayers, principally in Middle English.
Description:
From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single column., and Script: secretary script.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, English (Middle), Devotional literature, English., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., Prayers, Medieval., and Prayers--Early works to 1800.
Manuscript, in several different hands, of a compilation of grants of arms, pedigrees registered by the College of Arms, rules of precedence and orders of ceremonies, and related documents. Thought to have been largely compiled by John Philipot, Somerset Herald of Arms (1589?-1645), the volume contains copies of documents originally created between 1563 and 1688.
Description:
Binding: contemporary limp parchment; remains of ties., Contents preceded by "A Table of the Graunts of Armes contained in this booke" and "A Callender of what is contained in this Booke.", Formerly owned by Henry St. George; Phillipps MS 13762. On deposit from the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Imperfect: wanting ff. 119, 162., In English, with a small amount of Latin., Printed bookseller's description pasted on inside front cover., and Title transcribed from front cover.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
College of Arms (Great Britain)--Early works to 1800., Philipot, John,--1589?-1645., Phillipps, Thomas,--Sir,--1792-1872--Ownership., and St. George, Henry,--Sir,--1625-1715--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Gentry--Great Britain., Gentry--Great Britain--Early works to 1800., Heraldry--Great Britain., Heraldry--Great Britain--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Renaissance--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieva
Manuscript, on parchment, in two scribal hands, of a processional according to the use of Sarum. The manuscript, which is apparently lacking two gatherings and includes fourteen later additions, features extensive musical notation on 4-line staves.
Alternative Title:
Processional.
Description:
Anathema in Middle English verse on the verso of the second flyleaf: "This bok is on and goddys crus ys anodur/He that stel the ton mot haue the todyr" in a fifteenth-century hand., Annotation on verso of nineteenth-century endpaper, in pencil, identifying the text as a "Sarum Processional," dated 1847., Binding: nineteenth-century black morocco, gilt; marbled endpapers. JHS monogram framing cross centered on both covers. Title in gilt on black leather tag on spine., Decoration: musical notation on 4-line staves, red and blue penwork initials, rubrics, and blue paragraph marks. Numerous initials in brown ink, some decorated with faces and grotesques., Ex libris W. J. Birkbeck. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., In Latin; ownership inscription and anathema in Middle English., Layout: single columns, mostly of 23 lines., Numerous other early ownership inscriptions and pen trials on front flyleaves., Ownership inscription for the parish church of St. Mary, Redgrave, Suffolk: "Iste liber constat de Redgrave" in a fifteenth-century hand., and Script: gothic script.
Subject (Name):
Birkbeck, W. J.--(William John),--1859-1916--Bookplate., Catholic Church.--Processional (Salisbury), and Catholic Church--Liturgy.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Processionals (Liturgical books)
Manuscript fragment from an illuminated Psalter. The first leaf contains Psalm 47: 12-45 through Psalm 48:16; the second contains Psalm 53:5 through 54:13 (Vulgate numbering).
Description:
Decoration: Two larger illuminated initials with birds perched on them. Smaller initials alternating between gilt with green penwork and blue with red penwork. Decorated line fillers, red and blue penwork, gilt., Layout: single columns of 20 lines., Script: gothic book hand., and Whitby Abbey; Lt.-Col. Moss. John Grant. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-.
Subject (Geographic):
Whitby (England)
Subject (Name):
Whitby Abbey.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Psalters--England--Early works to 1800.
Manuscript, on parchment, in at least two hands, containing the text of the psalter, preceded by prayers and a calendar, and followed by canticles and a litany. The calendar is very detailed and includes dates of various English battles, the latest of which is the battle of Dunkirk (1483).
Description:
Binding: contemporary binding of reversed skin over bevelled wooden boards; sewn on five double bands. Remains of clasps on the front board., Decoration: Rubricated. Small initials throughout in red and blue with contrasting penwork; seven large illuminated initials with two-sided borders; large illuminated initial on the first leaf of the text of the Psalter., Formerly owned by Alan G. Thomas. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., In Latin; a few notes in the calendar in Middle English., Layout: single columns of 21 lines., Note concerning the probable date of the volume in Latin, in a later hand (9v.), and Script: rounded gothic liturgical script.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Liturgy., Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions., and Thomas, Alan G.--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., Psalters., and Psalters--England--Early works to 1800.
Manuscript, on paper, in two secretary hands. The Roll of Battle Abbey, in English, on the first two pages, is followed by a chronicle of the kings of Britain from Noah to Edward IV. The text, in Latin, emphasizes the descent of the early kings from Brutus; the account of the life and reign of King Arthur contains details from Geoffrey of Monmouth's account as well as from the Mabinogion and from Nennius's Historia. The layout of the volume reflects the origin of the text in roll format; the descent of the kings and noble families after Edward I are outlined in the genealogical diagrams but without accompanying narrative text.
Description:
Almost entirely In Latin; Roll of Battle Abbey in English., Auction catalog description pasted onto front pastedown, with annotation concerning purchase at Sir Edward Coates' sale, Sotheby's July 9, 1923., Binding: seventeenth-century full calf, gilt ornament on covers, with the initials C. and F. in blind; remains of green silk ties., Bookplate: Fairfax of Cameron armorial bookplate., Decoration: in the Chronicle, names in genealogical charts in roundels with lines of descent in various colors; pen and ink illustrations of coats of arms and four drawings of cities, in color., Ex libris Charles Fairfax; ex libris Anthony Page, Fairfax of Cameron. From the collection of Sir Edward Coates. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of 48 lines, incorporating genealogical charts., Ownership inscription of Charles Fairfax on front flyleaf., and Script: secretary script in two different hands.
Subject (Name):
Coates, Edward,--Sir,--1846-1921--Ownership., Fairfax of Cameron, Albert Fairfax,--Baron,--1870-1939--Bookplate., and Fairfax, Charles,--1597-1673--Autograph.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Renaissance--Connecticut--New Haven. and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.