Manuscript on paper of an Anonymous comedy in five acts in prose, based on various amorous plots, the scene being laid in Florence.
Description:
Binding: Nineteenth century. Quarter binding, marbled paper over cardboard and parchment spine. On the spine red leather title label with gold-tooled inscription: “COMMEDI / MANOSCRITT / XVI SECOL”., No decoration., and Script: One hand, writing Humanistica Cursiva. Corrections by a contemporary hand very close to the scribe's hand.
Subject (Geographic):
Florence (Italy)--Fiction
Subject (Topic):
Italian drama (Comedy), Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript on parchment of the Iudicium astrologicum, or horoscope, for the year 1475. Prepared for the humanist condottiere Federigo da Montefeltro (1422-1482, lord of Urbino from 1444; named duke by Pope Sixtus IV in 1474), perhaps by his court astrologer Iacobus of Speyer.
Description:
Binding: Rebound ca. 1800 in England (?) in blind-paneled brown diced Russia with doublures of the same, flat back without title label, the original gilt edges now somewhat irregular due to the rebinding, two parchment guards and one of paper at beginning, one parchment guard at end. Preserved in a recent black cloth folding box with gilt-stamped black niger label., Script: Written by a very elegant and uniform humanistic hand., and The dedication on f. 1r written in very pale red. Capitals with guide-letters in plain burnished gold or blue at paragraph divisions set into the left margin, the letters of the final word or words in a paragraph often in capitals and spread to fill out the line. On f. 1r is an illuminated border in the upper, inner, and lower margins consisting of a triple band of narrow gold stripes, quadruple and broader at the bottom margin, containing a very complex "white-vine" pattern, the spaces of which are filled up with red, blue, and green pigment peppered with patterns of three small dots in white lead; set within the lower band of the border is a round wreath incorporating a shield with the arms of Federigo da Montefeltro lord of Urbino; the first capital of the text, f. 1r, 8, is in burnished gold within a square painted frame of blue, red, and green ornamented with white tracery. No illustration.
Subject (Name):
Federico,--da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino,--1422-1482 and Iacobus,--of Speyer
Subject (Topic):
Astrology--Early works to 1800, Horoscopes, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 9th of Nisan, 5665 (1905) at Dameśeḳ. The text is written within an arched gilded border in the bottom half of the document. Above it and on both sides are painted large vases with flowers an
Alternative Title:
כתובה : דמשק, סוריה, 5665 ניסן 9.
Description:
Bride: Ester ha-mitḳaret Tirah bat ha-manoaḥ Nibtsah Eliyah., Bridegroom: Raḥamim ben Yosef Bukaʻi., and Witnesses: Yaakov Yosef Harari and one other.
Subject (Geographic):
Damascus (Syria)--Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Buqqaʻi, Raḥamim ben Yosef, Ester bat Nibtsah Eliyah, אסתר בת ניבצאל אליה, and בוקאעי, רחמים בן יוסף
Subject (Topic):
Antenuptial contracts (Jewish law) and Ketubah--Syria--Damascus
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on vellum, dated the 7th of Shevaṭ 5614 at Firentsi (1854). A rectangular ketubah with the text written in square Hebrew letters typical of Italian-Jewish scribes in nineteenth century Italy. According to the
Alternative Title:
כתובה : פירנצה, איטליה, 5614, שבט 7.
Description:
Bride: Leʼah bat Yaʻaḳov Lampronṭi. and Bridegroom: Reʼuven ben Mosheh Piʼatsa.
Subject (Geographic):
Florence (Italy)--Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Lampronṭi, Leʼah bat Yaʻaḳov, Piazza, Reʼuven ben Mosheh, לאמפרונטי, לאה בת יעקב, and פיאצא, ראובן בן משה
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah--Italy--Florence and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 27 Elul 5627 at Gulpadgan (1867). The document is written in semi-block letters. The calligraphy above the text of the ketubah is the phrase "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem" (Psalm 137:5) and an
Alternative Title:
כתובה : גולפייגן, איראן, 5627, 27 אלול.
Description:
Bride: Bibi bat Babai. and Bridegroom: Yaʻaḳov ben Yosef.
Subject (Geographic):
Gulpāyigān (Iran)--Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Yaʻaḳov ben Yosef, ביבי בת באבאי, and יעקב בן יוסף
Subject (Topic):
Antenuptial contracts (Jewish law) and Ketubah--Iran--Gulpāyigān
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on vellum, dated 12th of Adar I 5570 at Liṿorno (1810). The bride and groom are descendants of Sephardic (Spanish) Jews who settled in Italy. Besides the standard wording, the text includes the statement that
Alternative Title:
כתובה : ליוורנו, איטליה, 12 אדר א 5570.
Description:
Bride: ha-almanah Ḳolomba bat ha-manoaḥ Mosheh me-Ḳapuʼah., Bridegroom: Yitsḥaḳ ben ha-manoaḥ Binyamin Ḳorḳos., and Witnesses: Yaʻaḳov di Medinah, Yitsḥaḳ Ḳardoso Priʼas.
Subject (Geographic):
Livorno (Italy)--Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Capua, Colomba bat Mosheh, me-, Corcos, Isak ben Binyamin, Medinah, Yaʻaḳov de ben Yitsḥaḳ Ḥayim, Priʼas, Yitsḥaḳ Cardoso, מדינה, יעקב די בן יצחק חיים, פריאס, יצחק קארדוסו, קאפואה, קולומבא בת משה מ-, and קורקוס, יצחק בן בנימין
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah--Italy--Livorno and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Manuscript, in an unidentified hand. The original manuscript dated Kōryaku 2 [1380]. and Manuscript, in an unidentified hand. The original manuscript dated 康暦2 [1380].
Alternative Title:
Kōfukujikaishomokudaisaisaihikitsuke, 興福寺会所目代細々引付, and 興福寺會所目代細々引付, 康暦2 [1380].
Description:
"Original fiscal documents and records of Kōfukuji. Written on the reverse side of letters. 1380" (K. Asakawa. "Gifts of the Yale Association of Japan," 1945)., 12-chō ; 26.8 x 21.3 cm. On double leaves, oriental style (fukurotoji)., In Japanese., and Yale Association of Japan Collection original call number: Ac4.
Subject (Geographic):
Japan --History --To 1600 --Sources, Kōfukuji (Nara-shi, Japan) --History --Sources, and 興福寺 (Nara-shi, Japan) --History --Sources
Manuscripts, original and copied in an unidentified hand.
Alternative Title:
Kyōtokomonjo and 京都古文書, 寬永3 [1626]-文政13 [1830].
Description:
"Not a gift from YAJ." (Handwritten note from K. Asakawa. "Gifts of the Yale Association of Japan," 1945)., "Old documents and records of Kyoto." (K. Asakawa. "Gifts of the Yale Association of Japan," 1945)., and 15 different documents in 32 separate sets (28 v., 5 scrolls and 96 sheets).
Subject (Geographic):
Kyōto (Japan)--History--Sources and 京都 (Japan)--History--Sources
Subject (Topic):
Japanese manuscripts and Yale Association of Japan Collection
"Not a gift from YAJ." (Handwritten note from K. Asakawa. "Gift of the Yale Association of Japan," 1945)., "Old documents and records of Kyoto." (K. Asakawa. "Gift of the Yale Association of Japan," 1945)., 15 different documents in 32 separate sets (28 v., 5 scrolls and 96 sheets)., and Manuscripts, original and copied in an unidentified hand.
Subject (Geographic):
Kyōto (Japan)--History--Sources and 京都 (Japan)--History--Sources
Subject (Topic):
Japanese manuscripts and Yale Association of Japan Collection