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1. "Locofocoism" in the Blue Stage of Texian cholera
- Published / Created:
- 1844.
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +145
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Print comments on the issue of the annexation of Texas by the United States in the 1844 U.S. Presidential election. President Tyler is depicted uncomfortably astride a Democratic "Tex-ass" with Democratic candidate James Polk who has annoyed Tyler by his adoption of annexation as his own cause in the election. Whig candidate Henry Clay, astride a white horse, argues against annexation as proposed by Tyler and supported by Polk. Former President Andrew Jackson (Democratic Party), stands by a tree with a noose, inviting Polk to turn over Tyler so Jackson can "annex" him by the noose to the tree
- Description:
- Title from caption below image. and Printed area measures 43.5 x 32.0 cm.
- Publisher:
- H.R. Robinson, 142 Nassau Street, E.W.C. (signed on stone, E. Clay)
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States, United States., Texas, and Texas.
- Subject (Name):
- Polk, James K. 1795-1849 (James Knox),, Clay, Henry, 1777-1852, Tyler, John, 1790-1862, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Equal Rights Party (N.Y.), Equal Rights Party (New York, N.Y.), Whig Party (U.S.), and Democratic Party (U.S.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Presidents, Election, Caricatures and cartoons, History, Animals, Symbolic aspects, Public buildings, and Annexation to the United States
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > "Locofocoism" in the Blue Stage of Texian cholera
2. De animalibus
- Creator:
- Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 77
- Image Count:
- 785
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, with parchment bifolios at beginning and end of each gathering, of Albertus Magnus, De animalibus
- Description:
- In Latin., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Lettre P 8606 and 8625., Script: Written by a single scribe in a neat running script for the text and a more formal style for rubrics., First initial on f. 1r, 10-line, painted blue, on red and green ground, yellow highlights. Many small plain initials in red and/or blue. Major headings lacking; minor rubrics and red initial strokes throughout., and Binding: 15th-16th centuries. Sewn and wound on five slit, tawed straps laced into oak boards and pegged or nailed. Kermes pink, braided endbands attached to primary ones sewn on hempen (?) cores laced into boards. Covered in brown calf, blind-stamped in a diamond pattern filled in with roses, fleurs-de-lis, eagles, and lions (?). Traces of five round bosses on each board and of three nails to attach a chain at the head of the lower board. Tongue-turn-ins. Two clasps on the upper board and stubs of pink, tawed straps held to the lower with metal plates. Remains of a title on parchment on the upper board. Numerous place markers, some vermilion leather, some very small Turk's head knots of leather or tawed skin. Rebacked.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.
- Subject (Topic):
- Animals, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholasticism
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De animalibus
3. Hugo de Folieto, Aviarium; Bestiarium; Moral treatises
- Creator:
- Hugh, of Fouilloy, d. 1172 or 3.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1300 and 1350]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 851
- Image Count:
- 54
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Hugo de Folieto, Aviarium, a Bestiarium, and moral treatises
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: copied by two hands writing a small Gothica Textualis Libraria, both having a tendency towards lengthening and making loops to the ascenders at the top line; A copied ff. 1r-7v and 17r-19v and is marked by conspicuous vertical decorative strokes at the top of r and long strokes on i; B copied ff. 8r-16v. Running headlines in red in artt. 3-5 in Gothica Textualis Libraria., Headings in red. 2-line (on f. 18v 3-line) initials were provided but were not executed; guide letters in the inner and outer margins. In art. 1, square spaces or roundels traced in ink have been provided in the text for illustrations, but the latter have only exceptionally been executed. No illustrations were provided in chapters 28-30 and 36-37. On f. 1v the text of chapters 31-35 is arranged in such a way, that a roundel containing a fully coloured female saint is placed in the center, and in the right-hand column a large space has been provided for a picture of the Cedar, the text being written around its stem. On f. 2r there is a drawing in crayon of a Pelican (very light, ch. 38), on f. 2v an ink drawing of a Raven (ch. 40), on f. 6r a crayon sketch of a Stork (ch. 47)., Parchment soiled and in bad condition. Holes and irregular and damaged lower edges, the latter often repaired by means of strips of parchment; the final pages badly damaged, with loss of text., The manuscript contains: 1) Hugo de Folieto (Hugh of Fouilloy, d. c. 1172), Aviarium. 2) Bestiarium (Bestiary). 3) Caesarius Arelatensis (c. 470-542), Sermo 46 (De ebrietate vitanda). 4) Ps.-Augustinus Hipponensis, Sermo de vanitate. 5) Augustinus Hipponensis (St. Augustine, 354-430), Informatio regularis (Regula ad servos Dei)., and Binding: 19th century. Reddish leather over cardboard; the covers blind-tooled with a double decorative frame, the inner one chequered, with circular dots on the intersections; small quadrangular decorative bosses in gilt (?) brass in the four corners and in the center of each cover. Spine with four raised bands. Two brass clasps attached to the rear cover, with catches on the front cover.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Hugh, of Fouilloy, d. 1172 or 3.
- Subject (Topic):
- Animals, Birds, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sermons, Latin
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hugo de Folieto, Aviarium; Bestiarium; Moral treatises
4. Lieut. Goverr. Gall-Stone inspired by Alecto, or, The birth of Minerva [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 February 1790]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A vicious satire on the life and works of Philip Thicknesse, writer and soldier, dedicated to a number of Thicknesse's most prominent enemies: Lord Thurlow, the Earls of Camde, Bute, Bathurst, and Coventry as well as Thicknesse's own sons Baron Audley and Philip Junior. Minerva bursts from Thicknesse's head; on her shield is a damning list of his "Acts of Courage & Wisdom," including running from his command in Jamaica, extorting money, refusing to fight Lord Orwell, debauching his own niece, and horsewhipping his daughter to death
- Alternative Title:
- Lieutenant Governor Gall-Stone inspired by Alecto and Birth of Minerva
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Quoted text following title: "From his head she sprung, a goddess arm'd." Milton., Dedication etched below title: To the opinions of The Right Honble. Edward, Lord Thurlow, the Earls Camden, Bute ... this attempt to elucidate the properties of honor and courage, intelligence and philanthropy, is most respectfully submitted by their servant, Js. Gillray., 1 print : etching & engraving with aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 53.9 x 40.6 cm, on sheet 59.8 x 44.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 63 of volume 7 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby. 15th, 1790, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Thicknesse, Philip, 1719-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Animals, Demons, Erinyes (Greek mythology), and Minerva (Roman deity)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Lieut. Goverr. Gall-Stone inspired by Alecto, or, The birth of Minerva [graphic]
5. Syriac prayers and incantations : manuscript
- Published / Created:
- 18th.
- Call Number:
- Hartford Seminary Syriac MSS 3
- Image Count:
- 89
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- A collection of Syriac prayers, incantations, amulets, and magical formulas, intended to provide protection in times of trouble. Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century
- Description:
- In Syriac., Title supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit: "B-šem Māran kātebnā ktibtā d-núṭar bnaynāšā. Qadmāyat ḥarmā B da-ṣlútā. Qadīš. Qadīš. Qadíš. Māryā Ālāhā ḥayeltānā da-mlén šmāyā u-ʼarʻa men tešbḥāteh, men ítúteh u-men hedrā d-zíweh ...", Secundo folio: ṣebyānāk aykānā ba-shmāyā ʼof b-ʼarʻā., 8 x 11 cm; written surface: 6 x 9 cm; 14 lines per page., Binding: In dark brown leather., In clear East Syriac script, in black ink, on paper; headings in red; includes colored drawings of Biblical figures, angels, demons, saints (some local), plants, birds, animals (wild and domestic), snakes, insects, and weapons (daggers, swords, bows, etc., including pistols); the last leaf is inverted., On a typewritten insert: "Syriac astrology and magic, manuscript text and incantations. n.p.n.d.", At the head of folio 1a (in pencil): "Hartford Seminary Syriac 3.", Inside the front and back cover are pasted leaves from two different manuscripts., On the back cover: "Syriac astrology and magic.", On the spine: "S383. Sy83.", and Colophon: No colophon. The codex ends (folio 41b) with a colored drawing of animals and birds.
- Subject (Topic):
- Amulets, Animals, Birds, Incantations, Insects, Plants, Syriac language, and Weapons
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Syriac prayers and incantations : manuscript
