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1. Breviary of the Franciscan order
- Published / Created:
- [between 1275 and 1325]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 646
- Image Count:
- 558
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of prayers, liturgical regulations, and offices
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written by several scribes in gothic bookhand., Ornate initials in red, blue, and violet., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Damaged brown leather over pasteboards, recovered in paper. Red leather gilt label on spine reading: "Breviarum Manuscriptum".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Franciscans
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Breviaries, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Breviary of the Franciscan order
2. De caelesti hierarchia
- Creator:
- Pseudo-Dionysius, the Areopagite
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1300]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 526
- Image Count:
- 12
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of Ps.-Dionysius Areopagita, De caelesti hierarchia, translated into Latin by Robert Grosseteste (d. 1253), with his commentary
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written in Northern Gothica Textualis Libraria in two sizes. The large script used for the text itself is written every two lines. The cursive r-abbreviation could point to England, the z standing on the line and the occasional use of j instead of i reminds us of Spain, the "horn" at the head of r is especially typical of German scribes., and The decoration consists of plain late Romanesque initials in red (2 lines).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Pseudo-Dionysius, the Areopagite. and Franciscans
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Astronomy, Medieval, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholia
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De caelesti hierarchia
3. Franciscan anthology
- Published / Created:
- [between 1383 and 1393]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1153
- Image Count:
- 301
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on paper, in a number of hands, containing a variety of religious and devotional texts, many related to the Franciscan order. Contents include lives of Francis of Assisi, Clare of Assisi, and Anthony of Padua; a poem on the day of judgement in ottava rima; lives of Christ and the Virgin Mary in Italian; writings of St. Bridget of Sweden in Italian; an account of the dedication of St. Lawrence's cathedral in Genoa; St. Anselm's Miracles of the Virgin; and two itineraries of visits to the Holy Land
- Description:
- In Latin and Italian. and Binding: modern full red leather.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Franciscans
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Devotional literature, Italian, Devotional literature, Latin, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Franciscan anthology
4. Horologium sapientiae
- Creator:
- Seuse, Heinrich, 1295-1366
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 145
- Image Count:
- 380
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of The Horloge de Sapience, a loose translation and adaptation into French of Henry Suso, Horologium sapientiae. With a Colophon, in French verse, stating that the translation was made by a French Franciscan master of theology at Neufchateau in 1389
- Description:
- In French., Script: Written in batarde script, below top line., Plain initials, 4- to 1-line, headings, paragraph marks, initial strokes, foliation and underlining, all in red., and Binding: 1800-1810, France. Diced brown calf, blind-and gold-tooled. Edges gilt. Stains from turn-ins of early binding on original front parchment pastedown. Rebacked.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Seuse, Heinrich, 1295-1366. and Franciscans
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Devotional literature, French, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Mysticism
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Horologium sapientiae
5. Sermons
- Published / Created:
- 1377.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 649
- Image Count:
- 142
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (thick with heavy chain lines) of Sermons by Graeculus O.F.M. (early 14th century) and Conradus de Waldhausen Can. Reg. (d. 1369). With additional sermons
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Copied by various hands all writing Gothica Cursiva Antiquior Currens. Scribes in quires I-V often make remarkable extensions to majuscules or ascenders on the first line, decorated with foliage or grotesque heads., Headings, heightening of majuscules and plain initials in red applied very irregularly and totally missing on ff. 26v-29v, 30v-118v, 119v-130v and 135v-138v. Some 2- or 3-line initials of coarse execution, with or without guide-letters; most initials are not executed., and Binding: Damaged original limp parchment with flap, made from several pieces of parchment sewn together by means of parchment strips. The sewing runs through the spine and is gathered in decorative patterns over two strips of heavy leather.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church and Franciscans
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sermons
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sermons
6. Speculum vitae
- Creator:
- William, of Nassington, -1354
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1425]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 15
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 174
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, containing the text of William of Nassington's poem. The Speculum vitae is followed by several other devotional texts in prose and verse, including Walter Hilton's prose commentary on Qui habitat and Bonum est; and poems on Purgatory, the evils of covetousness, a prayer to Jesus, and two dialogues, one between Christ and Man, and the second between Christ and a sinner
- Description:
- In Middle English, with rubrics in Latin., Ownership inscription for the Francisan convent at Lichfield?, dated 1486., Layout: double columns of 50-58 lines., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: initials in red and blue penwork., and Binding: original wooden boards, rebacked.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England., Connecticut, and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- William, of Nassington, -1354. and Franciscans
- Subject (Topic):
- Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature, English poetry, English prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Purgatory
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Speculum vitae
7. Supplementum Summae Pisanellae
- Creator:
- Nicholas, of Osimo, -1453
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 641
- Image Count:
- 359
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment (goatskin) of Nicolaus de Osimo (Auximo) OFM (d. after 1453), Supplementum Summae Pisanellae, an alphabetically arranged supplement to the Summa de casibus conscientiae of Bartholomew of Pisa (Bartholomaeus de Sancto Concordio, d. 1347). Produced at the Franciscan convent of Santa Maria degli Angeli near Milan
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Apparently 8 scribes, all writing Southern Gothica., Decoration: The decoration of artt. 1-4 consists of heightening of the majuscules in yellow; blue or red paragraph marks. In art. 3 the chapters normally open with a 2-line (rarely 3-line) flourished initial with penwork extensions in the left margin or in the intercolumnar space, alternately red with purple or blue penwork and blue with red penwork; the first lemma of each letter opens with a 3- or 4-line flourished initial filled with foliage and with more developed marginal extensions. The text opens on f. 5v with a 5-line dentelle initial with green and blue background heightened with gold and white, followed by 5 lines of text mostly in majuscules. The decoration of art. 7 is similar to that of art. 3 but less carefully executed., and Binding: Eighteenth century (?). White parchment over pasteboard, with two modern brass clasps fixed to the front cover. On the spine green leather label with gold-tooled title "SUMA MAGISTRA". On the bottom edge the title "Summa Pisa****" is written.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Nicholas, of Osimo, -1453. and Franciscans
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Canon law, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Supplementum Summae Pisanellae
