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1. Hours, use of Amiens
- Published / Created:
- [between 1425 and 1450]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 505
- Image Count:
- 304
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment. Includes Calendar, Fifteen Joys of the Virgin, and Seven Requests to the Lord, all in French
- Description:
- In Latin and French., Script: Written in Northern Gothica Textualis Formata by two hands, marked by a different use of the two forms of a. Hand A, the main scribe, using almost only double-bow a, copied ff. 1r-21v11; 33r-108v11; 125r-144v. Hand B, who normally writes box-a, copied ff. 21v12-32v; 108v12-124v., Illuminated leaves have been excised after ff. 14, 58, 86, 94, 137., Headings in blue or red ink. The majuscules are heightened in yellow. The decoration consists of line-fillers in gold and blue and red paint and the following initial types: (1) dentelle initials, 1 line; (2) foliate initials, 2 lines; (3) foliate initials, 4 lines, always accompanied by full acanthus borders and, except on f. 142r, by a picture in an arched compartment above 5 lines of text. Seven of these miniatures remain. The borders are framed in gold ink. All ordinary text pages, including the Calendar, have unframed outer margin borders the height of the text area, with patterns traced from rectos to versos., and Binding: Nineteenth century (?). Red velvet over cardboard boards, on which the original decorated gilt brass bosses (4 corner pieces and a central piece) and one decorated clasp in the same material, fixed to the rear cover, have been mounted. Yellow silk pastedowns. Gilt edges.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Books of hours, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hours, use of Amiens
2. Le testament; Raoul de Houdenc, Le Songe d'Enfer
- Creator:
- Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305
- Published / Created:
- [between 1300 and 1350]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 703
- Image Count:
- 45
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment (low quality) of 1) Jean de Meun (ca. 1240, d. before 1305), Le Testament. 2) Raoul de Houdenc (ca. 1170-ca. 1230), Le Songe d'Enfer (La Voie d'Enfer), 1-672. At least 6 verses are missing at the end; they were probably written on a leaf now missing after f. 18.
- Description:
- In French., Script: Copied by one hand in a rather uneven Northern Gothica Textualis Libraria, marked by many fusions., The opening letters of all verses are heightened in red; in art. 1 the first verse of each quatrain except the first one opens with a 1-line plain red initial. Art. 1 opens with a 3-line plain red initial, art. 2 with a 2-line one. All initials are executed over guide-letters., The codex is badly trimmed, causing the loss of letters at the end of verses., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Half brown leather over pasteboard, the boards covered with red paper. On the spine a black leather label with the gold-tooled title "CODICILLE / I. DE MEUN" and a green circular paper label with the handwritten shelfmark "301".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305. and Raoul, de Houdenc, approximately 1165-approximately 1230.
- Subject (Topic):
- French literature, French poetry, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Le testament; Raoul de Houdenc, Le Songe d'Enfer
3. Rule of the Third Order of St. Francis
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1450]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 818
- Image Count:
- 32
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Pope Nicholas IV, Rule of the Third Order of St. Francis (Papal Bull Supra Montem, issued 17 August 1289), in French translation
- Description:
- In French., Script: copied by one hand in Gothica Textualis Formata, careful but not without inconsistencies. A scribe with initials “F.R.” is not attested., Red underlining; paragraph marks alternately red and blue, and line fillers in the same colours. A few 1-line flourished versals, and 2-line flourished initials alternately in red and blue, with penwork in the contrasting colour, at the head of all chapters. A 3-line flourished initial in the same colours at the beginning of the Prologue, f. 2r., and Binding: early, white deerskin over pasteboard, spine with four raised bands. Marks of two leather ties.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Nicholas IV, Pope, 1227-1292. and Franciscans.
- Subject (Topic):
- Bulls, Papal, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, and Third orders
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Rule of the Third Order of St. Francis
4. So-called Chronicle of Baudouin d'Avesnes
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1500].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1106
- Image Count:
- 517
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Chronique de Baudouin d'Avesnes or Trésor des histoires, a chronicle of the world in 633 chapters from Creation up to the time of emperor Tiberius, composed at the court of Hainaut between 1278 and 1281
- Description:
- In French., Script: Copied by one very developed hand in Gothica Cursiva Libraria/Formata (Bastarda)., Decoration: Red headings and yellow heightening of the majuscules; flourished initials, with penwork, e.g., a 7-line blue foliate initial decorated with green stems, prickly leaves and a small flower, and a (rubbed) coat of arms in a wreath of golden leaves; and at the top, a column-wide picture (attributed to the Egerton Master) representing God leading Adam and Eve into the walled Paradise and pointing to the Tree of Wisdom., and Binding: 14th century red morocco de luxe over cardboard, with gilt edges, and gold-tooled, namely on the front board, with the coat of arms of the Duke of Newcastle in an oval, crowned medallion; and a blind-tooled spine with six raised bands and inscriptions.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- French literature and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > So-called Chronicle of Baudouin d'Avesnes
