Manuscript on parchment of Virgil's Aeneid, book 1, lines 513-543 and 547-576.
Description:
From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., In Latin., Layout: single column of 31 lines on recto, 30 lines on verso., Script: copied by one hand in Praegothica, with ascenders sometimes notched, and uncial d and tall d., and The leaf is from a small format pocket-sized manuscript. Trimming affects text at the top of the page, and text on verso is faded and obscured in places by staining.
Subject (Name):
Virgil.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript indenture, on parchment, detailing an agreement between the Prior and canons of the Augustinian priory of Bromehill on the one part and the Mayor, burgesses, merchants and residents of the town of Thetford on the other part. The indenture concerns the rights to income from the annual Prior's fair at Bromehill, including rights to the toll, stallage and pickage fees.
Description:
Annotated in a later hand, possibly that of the Norfolk antiquary Thomas Martin., Docketed in a sixteenth-century? hand: the indentur of Bromehyll ffeyes., Formerly owned by Thomas Martin. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single column of 26 lines. Head of document indented., Script: secretary script., and With: Seal of the Prior and Canons of Bromehill Priory, in green wax, containing a pyramid between a star, below, and a crescent moon, above.
Subject (Geographic):
Norfolk (England)--Early works to 1800. and Thetford (England)--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Augustinians--England., Bromehill Priory (Norfolk, England), and Martin, Thomas,--1697-1771--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Fairs--England--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Markets--England--Early works to 1800., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Monasteries and state--England.
Alani de Insulis doctoris celeberrimi cognomento universalis compendiosa in cantica canticorum ad laudem Deiparae virginis Mariae elucidatio and Compendiosa in cantica canticoru[m] ad laudem Deiparae virginis Mariae elucidatio
Description:
Binder's stamp: Cape., Entry on Alanus de Insulis from Joannes Trithemius' De scriptoribus ecclesiasticis on leaf a2., Final p. blank., and Signatures: a-i⁸.
Publisher:
Ex Officina Iacobi Keruer, sub duobus Gallis, via ad diuum Iacobum
Subject (Name):
Cape--Binding and Trithemius, Johannes, 1462-1516. De scriptoribus ecclesiasticis. Selections
Subject (Topic):
Bible--Song of Solomon--Commentaries--Early works to 1800