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10. Psalter.
- Published / Created:
- [1475-1499]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 47
- Image Count:
- 422
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in at least two hands, containing the text of the psalter, preceded by prayers and a calendar, and followed by canticles and a litany. The calendar is very detailed and includes dates of various English battles, the latest of which is the battle of Dunkirk (1483).
- Description:
- Binding: contemporary binding of reversed skin over bevelled wooden boards; sewn on five double bands. Remains of clasps on the front board., Decoration: Rubricated. Small initials throughout in red and blue with contrasting penwork; seven large illuminated initials with two-sided borders; large illuminated initial on the first leaf of the text of the Psalter., Formerly owned by Alan G. Thomas. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., In Latin; a few notes in the calendar in Middle English., Layout: single columns of 21 lines., Note concerning the probable date of the volume in Latin, in a later hand (9v.), and Script: rounded gothic liturgical script.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church--Liturgy., Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions., and Thomas, Alan G.--Ownership.
- Subject (Topic):
- Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Psalter.
11. Polychronicon.
- Creator:
- Higden, Ranulf, -1364.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1475-1500]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 114
- Image Count:
- 755
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of portions of the text of Higden's Polychronicon. mostly related to the history of England from Brutus to Richard II. Preceded by a table of contents.
- Alternative Title:
- Constitutiones legitime seu legatine regionis anglicane and Margarita decreti seu tabula martiniana decreti
- Description:
- Binding: late seventeenth-century full calf; blind-ruled, with crown stamp in the corners. The binder has been identified as a London binder who also worked for Samuel Pepys. Metal chain attached from the upper cover, fourteen links, a ring on either end, and a middle swivel., Bound with: Martinus Polonus, Margarita decreti seu tabula martiniana decreti (Strasburg, 1493); William Lyndwood, Constitutiones legitime seu legatine regionis anglicane, (Paris, 1504)., Decoration: Rubricated. Approximately 60 large initials in red with penwork in brown ink., Ex libris Alan G. Thomas. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns of approximately 35 lines., MS is third of three works bound together. Paginated 1-195., Numerous marginal annotations in several contemporary and later hands. Marginal note on p. 136 refers to the death of Oliver Cromwell ("tyranno")., Script: English cursive bookhand., and Watermark: Briquet 11159?
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--History--Early works to 1800.
- Subject (Name):
- Higden, Ranulf,---1364., Martinus, Polonus, d. 1279, and Thomas, Alan G.--Bookplate.
- Subject (Topic):
- Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Polychronicon.
12. Sir John Mandeville's travels.
- Creator:
- Mandeville, John, Sir.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1400-1425]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 64
- Image Count:
- 256
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of a Middle English copy of the "Defective Version" of the Book of Sir John Mandeville.
- Alternative Title:
- Itinerarium. English
- Description:
- Binding: contemporary light brown doeskin over wooden boards., Decoration: decorated border on opening leaf of text incorporating coat of arms of the Norton family of Yorkshire; a few initials in blue ink with red penwork., Four leaves preceding the Mandeville text contain numerous pen trials, a Latin prayer, medical advice organized by month, and a list of the archbishops of York. Two leaves following the text contain pen trials and Latin notes on the life of St. Wilfrid?., Layout: single columns of 20-23 lines., Previously owned by the Norton family of Yorkshire; Brockman family. Ex libris J. P. R. Lyell; H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., and Script: English bookhand.
- Subject (Name):
- Bradfer-Lawrence, H. L.--(Harry Lawrence)--Bookplate., Lyell, James P. R.--(James Patrick Ronaldson),--1871---Bookplate., and Mandeville, John,--Sir.
- Subject (Topic):
- Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sir John Mandeville's travels.
13. The Fall of princes.
- Creator:
- Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 30
- Image Count:
- 20
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of portions of Books I, VII, and VIII of this long narrative poem.
- Description:
- Binding: modern wrappers; modern case., Decoration: illuminated initial on f. 1; numerous penwork initials., Formerly owned by John Hayword; John Du Pont. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of 98 lines., and Script: English bookhand.
- Subject (Name):
- Lydgate, John,--1370?-1451?
- Subject (Topic):
- Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Fall of princes.
14. The Fall of princes.
- Creator:
- Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1465-1475]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 40
- Image Count:
- 524
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of a complete version of this long narrative poem.
- Description:
- Binding: early nineteenth-century vellum; leather spine labels, gilt., Decoration: decorated borders at the beginnings of Books II-IX; numerous gold initials., Ex libris Lords Mostyn of Gloddaeth; Arthur A. Houghton. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of 35 lines., and Script: English bookhand.
- Subject (Name):
- Houghton, Arthur Amory,--1906-1990--Bookplate., Lydgate, John,--1370?-1451?, Lydgate, John,--1370?-1451?--Fall of princes., and Mostyn, Llewelyn Nevill Vaughan Lloyd-Mostyn,--Baron,--1856- 1929--Bookplate.
- Subject (Topic):
- Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Fall of princes.
15. The inventory of chirurgy.
- Creator:
- Guy, de Chauliac, approximately 1300-1368.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 59
- Image Count:
- 323
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on paper and parchment, in a single hand, of a Middle English translation of de Chauliac's treatise on surgery and other aspects of practical medical treatment, particularly of wounds.
- Description:
- Binding: fifteenth-century blind-stamped full calf over wooden boards, rebacked; remains of later hardware. Binder's label on back pastedown: W. H. Woods & Co. / Manchester / 1879., Decoration: seven large decorated initials; numerous smaller initials in blue with red penwork., Includes 5 inserted slips., Layout: double columns of 54 lines., Previously owned by Sir Thomas Nott; John Byrom; Chetham's Library, Manchester. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Script: cursive bookhand., Support: mixed. 101 paper leaves, 52 parchment leaves., and Wanting ff. 2-3. Some gaps and errors in foliation.
- Subject (Name):
- Byrom, John,--1692-1763--Ownership., Chetham's Library Ownership., Guy,--de Chauliac,--approximately 1300-1368., and Nott, Thomas,--Sir,--1606-1681.
- Subject (Topic):
- Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The inventory of chirurgy.
16. The Abbey of the holy ghost and other works.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1400-1470]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 65
- Image Count:
- 100
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on vellum, in several hands, containing several Middle English devotional texts. The Abbey of the Holy Ghost is followed by The Meditation of St. Anselm; The Five Sorrows of the Virgin; and an explanation of how to say the Psalter of the Virgin. These are followed by a poem to the Virgin ("Mari moder well [th]e bee"); a six-line political poem referring to Edward IV ("The lyon sens thre days"); and a recipe for a medicine for pestilence, in a later hand.
- Description:
- Binding: modern full red morocco., Decoration: Abbey of the Holy Ghost has initials in blue with red penwork., Ex libris Henry Huth; Walter Wilson Greg; H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence (MS 8). From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Script: several hands., and Text preceded by 14 binder's blanks; concludes with 11 binder's blanks.
- Subject (Name):
- Bradfer-Lawrence, H. L.--(Harry Lawrence)--Bookplate., Edward--IV,--King of England,--1442-1483--Poetry., Greg, W. W.--(Walter Wilson),--1875-1959--Autograph., Greg, W. W.--(Walter Wilson),--1875-1959--Bookplate., Huth, Henry,--1815-1878--Bookplate., and Mary,--Blessed Virgin, Saint--Poetry.
- Subject (Topic):
- Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Abbey of the holy ghost and other works.