Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of Chaucer's Treatise on the astrolabe
Description:
In Middle English., Layout: single columns, mostly of 28 lines., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: initials in blue with red penwork., Presentation inscription on verso of front flyleaf: Augustus W. Franks, the gift of Sir David Dundas., Ownership inscription on verso of front flyleaf: C. H. Read., Tipped in: autograph letter signed from D. D. to A. W. Franks, 1877 February 11., and Binding: nineteenth-century full calf; in case.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.
Subject (Topic):
Astrolabes, English literature, English prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Bernard, de Gordon, approximately 1260-approximately 1318
Published / Created:
[ca. 1400-1425]
Call Number:
Takamiya MS 60
Image Count:
107
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of Bernard of Gordon's treatise on diseases and the determination of their outcomes
Description:
In Middle English., First gathering of eight leaves missing., Layout: single columns of 30 lines., Script: gothic bookhand., Decoration: headings and paragraph marks in red., and Binding: lower cover of original vellum and original stitching; modern case.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Bernard, de Gordon, approximately 1260-approximately 1318.
Subject (Topic):
English prose literature, Diagnosis, Medicine, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, containing Middle English versions of several works by Rolle, including Emendatio vitae; Ego dormio; The Commandment; and Form of Living. Also contains a Middle English version of Walter Hilton's Mixed Life and The volume also contains Johannes de Rupescissa, Tractatus de Quinta Essentia (ca. 1470). 84 l. Manuscript on paper, in a single gothic bookhand. In Latin. Preceded by a title page dated 1650
Description:
In Middle English., Layout: single columns of 25-31 lines., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: some rubrication., and Binding: seventeenth-century limp vellum.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Rolle, Richard, 1290?-1349.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature, English prose literature, Alchemy, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript fragment, on parchment, in a single hand, of text from the "Lyfe of Sylvester" in the Gilte Legende
Description:
In Middle English., From Takamiya MS 45: Doheny Collection of single leaves., Layout: double columns of forty lines., Script: English bookhand., and Decoration: initials in blue with red penwork.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
English prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Saints
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, containing an herbal in prose and verse. The volume opens with two Middle English poems, showing traces of East Anglian dialect, describing a variety of herbs and their medicinal properties, as well as accepted cures and prescriptions for a number of ailments. These are followed by Middle English and Latin prose texts also concerning herbal medicine
Description:
In Middle English and Latin., Laid in: parchment fragment probably recovered from earlier binding., Layout: single columns of 33 lines., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: some initials, headings and words in red ink., and Binding: modern vellum boards.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
English poetry, English prose literature, Herbals, Herbs, Therapeutic use, Manuscripts, Medieval, Medicine, and Medicine, Medieval
Manuscript, on paper, in several cursive hands, containing a variety of alchemical, medical, and other "scientific" texts in Latin, Middle English, and Anglo-Norman French. Contents include two Middle English poems, one on the four temperments, and the other the alchemical Secrets of the philosophers, attributed to George Ripley. Other contents include a dialogue between Dives and Lazarus; a copy of the Computus manualis; verious medical and alchemical recipes and formulae; and a treatise on snakeskin
Description:
In Latin, Middle English, and Anglo-Norman French. and Binding: contemporary limp vellum.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, English literature, English poetry, English prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Medicine, and Science
Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, containing the first section of an Old Testament chronicle and genealogy of Christ in Middle English prose
Description:
In Middle English., Originally formed a single roll with Takamiya MS 53., Annotation at top of roll in late 18th century hand attributing ownership in 1485 to Richard Kidderminster, Abbot of Winchecombe., Layout: double column., Script: English gothic bookhand., Decoration: names in colored cartouches of green or brown squares., and Binding: modern case.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jesus Christ
Subject (Topic):
English literature, English prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, containing the second section of an Old Testament chronicle and genealogy of Christ in Middle English
Description:
In Middle English., Originally formed a single roll with Takamiya MS 36., Layout: double columns., Script: English gothic bookhand., Decoration: names in colored cartouches of green or brown squares; circular diagram of the temple of Jerusalem., and Binding: modern case.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jesus Christ
Subject (Topic):
English literature, English prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of a set of planetary tables, followed by a two-page note of instructions for their use, which begins: "For the declaracion of this p[re]cedente tabule." The included feast days suggest an origin in southern England, perhaps London
Description:
In Middle English., Layout: tables in red and brown ink., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: gold initials., and Binding: modern half-calf.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy, Calendar, English prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of this unique English prose version of the twelfth-century Latin treatise Secretum secretorum, itself a translation of the Kitab sirr al-asrar. In addition to this text, the volume also includes a short astrological text in Middle English, headed "secreta." The opening leaf is not present; the introduction by the translator praises Sir Miles Stapleton as his patron
Alternative Title:
Secretum secretorum
Description:
In Middle English and Latin., Several verses and aphorisms in a sixteenth?-century cursive hand on blank leaves and in margins., Layout: single columns of 21-23 lines., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: numerous initials in gold or in blue with contrasting penwork., and Binding: fifteenth-century blind-stamped calf over wooden boards; remains of clasps.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Johannes, de Caritate.
Subject (Topic):
Astrology, Astronomy, Astronomy, Medieval, Education of princes, English prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Medicine, and Medicine, Medieval
