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1. Book of hours (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1480-1489].
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 111
- Container / Volume:
- File
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript leaf, on parchment, in the hand of the scribe Bartolomeo Sanvito, containing 12 lines from the Office of the Dead
- Description:
- In Latin., Layout: single column; 12-line page., Script: Humanist., and Decoration: Gilt initial Q against a rose-gold background.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Sanvito, Bartolomeo, 1433-1511.
- Subject (Topic):
- Books of hours and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Book of hours (fragment).
2. Confirmation of a privilege to the dean and chapter of St. German of Speyer
- Creator:
- Gregory IX, Pope, approximately 1170-1241
- Published / Created:
- 3 Mar 1236.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1102
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment
- Description:
- In Latin.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Gregory IX, Pope, approximately 1170-1241. and Catholic Church. Diocese of Speyer (Germany)
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and Papal documents
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Confirmation of a privilege to the dean and chapter of St. German of Speyer
3. Confutationes
- Creator:
- Valla, Lorenzo, 1407-1457
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1460-70]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 81
- Image Count:
- 364
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Lorenzo Valla, Confutationes. 1) Antidotum in Poggium, Books I-III. 2) Antidotum in Poggium, Book IV. 3) Dialogus in Poggium, Book I. 4) Confutatio prior in Benedictum Morandum
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written in a round humanistic script by a single scribe, above top line., Illuminated page (f. 1r) with partial border in outer and lower margins, white vine-stem ornament on predominately green and red ground, with some blue and white dots, framed by thin gold bars. In lower border, unidentified mutilated coat of arms, against blue ground. Seven illuminated initials, 4- to 2-line, gold, against blue, green and red grounds with white vine-stem ornament and white dots. Headings and marginal annotations in pale red., and Binding: ca. 1900, England. Red goatskin case with gold-tooled title "Valla In Poggium MS" and turn-ins. Gilt edges. Bound by Zaehnsdorf (London, 1842-1930).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Valla, Lorenzo, 1407-1457.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dialogues, Latin (Medieval and modern), Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Confutationes
4. De legendis libris gentilium, etc
- Creator:
- Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 105
- Image Count:
- 59
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript composed in two parts. Part I (on parchment): 1) Basil the Great, De legendis libris gentilium, translated into Latin by Leonardo Bruni and with his dedicatory preface to Coluccio Salutati. 2) Unidentified poem. 3) Benedictus Cingulanus (Benedetto da Cingoli), Carmina. Part II (on paper) : 4) Ps.-Seneca, De remediis fortuitorum
- Description:
- In Latin., Watermarks: unidentified basilisk buried in gutter., Script: Part I (ff. 1-17): Art. 1 written in a humanistic bookhand characterized by tall ascenders, above top line; arts. 2-3 added later in a less expert hand. Part II (ff. 18-25): Written in humanistic cursive script by a single scribe, above top line., Part I: Decoration consists of one illuminated full border, f. 2r, white vine-stem ornament with pale yellow shading on vibrant blue ground, green and deep purplish red and gold ground with white dots on blue, pale yellow dots on green and red. In lower border, medallion, framed by a wreath, with mutilated coat of arms. Illuminated initial, 4-line, gold, framed in pale yellow, on blue, green and red ground with yellow and white filigree, joined to the border. One large illuminated initial, f. 1r, gold on blue, green and red ground with white vine-stem ornament, extending into the upper and inner margin to form partial border. Small initial, 2-line, gold, framed in yellow, on red, blue and green gound with yellow filigree, f. 3r. Headings in red. Part II: Initials for paragraphs set apart from written space between vertical bounding lines., Stained throughout., and Binding: Sixteenth century, Italy. Front and rear pastedowns from an unidentified Latin moral treatise (Italy, ca. 1450). Sewn on three supports set in grooves on the outside of wooden boards. Plain wound endbands. The spine is round. Covered in brown calf, blind-tooled wtih an arabesque border and a central diamond with assorted fleurons. Aldine leaves and acorns dotted about. Spine: four fillets at head and tail and outlining the bands. There are five large, round bosses on each board and two fastenings, the catches on the upper board and the lower one cut in for the straps, one of which is wanting.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379.
- Subject (Topic):
- Classical education, Dialogues, Latin, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin poetry, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De legendis libris gentilium, etc
5. Grant of privileges to Saint Francesco de Paola
- Creator:
- Julius II, Pope, 1443-1513
- Published / Created:
- 1506.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1103
- Image Count:
- 49
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment
- Description:
- In Latin.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Julius II, Pope, 1443-1513.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and Papal documents
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Grant of privileges to Saint Francesco de Paola
6. Notarial register of charters relating to the Hospital of St. Ambrose (Rome).
- Creator:
- Archiconfraternita dei SS. Ambrogio e Carlo dei Lombardi
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1485-1585]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 675
- Image Count:
- 185
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of a collection of documents pertaining to the Hospital of St. Ambrose in Rome compiled over a century and containing a core of foundation documents and numerous later additions
- Description:
- In Latin., Written in several notarial hands, signed and dated by notaries., Heading on f. 2 in calligraphic script with a large interlaced penwork initial. Notaries' marks., and Binding: Contemporary blind-stamped leather with foldover flap and buckle. Miniature of St. Ambrose painted on front cover.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Rome (Italy)
- Subject (Name):
- Archiconfraternita dei SS. Ambrogio e Carlo dei Lombardi.
- Subject (Topic):
- Charters, Hospitals, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Notarial register of charters relating to the Hospital of St. Ambrose (Rome).
