Manuscript volume, in a single hand, containing the text of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica, followed by the text of the Historia brittoum of Nennius; a brief biography of Merlin; and Sybilline prophecies.
Description:
Binding: original oak boards covered in pink doeskin; remains of clasps., Bound with: parchment leaf of accounts kept by Robert de Staynford, steward of Lady Idoyne Percy, wife of Henry, Lord Percy (d. 1365)., Decoration: Rubricated. Numerous penwork initials and line fillers in red and blue ink. Ten larger illuminated initials, gilt and red and blue ink., Ex libris H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence. On deposit from the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Laid in: manuscript fragment, on paper, of a contract, in English (ca. 1574), formerly the back pastedown., Layout: single columns of 42 lines., Numerous marginal notes in contemporary and later hands., and Script: gothic text hand.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History--To 1066.
Subject (Name):
Bede,--the Venerable, Saint,--673-735.--Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum., Bradfer-Lawrence, H. L.--(Harry Lawrence)--Bookplate., and Nennius, active 796.
Subject (Topic):
Great Britain--Church history--449-1066., Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript leaf, parchment, in a single hand, containing text from the Homiliae in Evangelia of Gregory the Great.
Description:
Ex libris Santa Maria della Colonna di Piacenza. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single column, varying length., Leaf also contains the ownership inscription of the Cistercian of Santa Maria della Columba, followed by an anathema against theft., and Script: proto-gothic.
Subject (Geographic):
Piacenza (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Gregory--I,--Pope,--approximately 540-604., Santa Maria della Columba (Monastery : Piacenza, Italy), and Santa Maria della Columba (Monastery : Piacenza, Italy) Inscription.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Incomplete manuscript bifolium, recovered from a binding, containing text from a sermon based on Galatians 5.
Description:
From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single column., and Script: late Carolingian script.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Sermons, Latin--Early works to 1800.
Manuscript fragment, on parchment, in a single hand, of a portion of the text of Bede's Homily on the Ascension.
Description:
Decoration: capitals touched with red ink., From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of 28 lines., Script: copied by a single hand in Carolingian miniscule., and Text corresponds to Patrologia Latina (PL) 94: 180/81.
Subject (Name):
Bede,--the Venerable, Saint,--673-735.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of Richard de Caistre's popular hymn.
Description:
Binding: modern full red morocco., Bound with Fifteen Joys of Our Lady., Decoration: red and blue penwork., From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns of 20 lines., and Script: gothic liturgical script.
Subject (Name):
Richard,--of Caistre.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500., Hymns, English--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, incomplete, containing the text of a prose allegorical pilgrimage of the soul. The narrator's soul is led by Dame Inspiration to the Fountain of Penitence (Fontaine de penitence); after being washed there, the soul continues her journey toward the Promised Land (Terre de promission) on the Ship of Penitence (Navire de penitence).
Description:
Decoration: 13 large full-color miniatures in architectural frames illustrating various events in the allegorical pilgrimage of the author's soul, guided by Dame Inspiration. The opening miniature is full-page and depicts the author asleep beneath a tree hung with her coat of arms. Other subjects include: the soul, accompanied by Dame Inspiration, begins her pilgrimage to the Fontaine de Penitence f.9; Inspiration explains to the soul what needs to be done in order to reach the Fontaine de Penitence f.11, the soul, carried on the back of Inspiration, flies to the Château de Contention diabolique f.17, Inspiration and the soul meet Raison f.20; the soul enters the Chemin de Crainte de Dieu f.35; souls are cleansed in the Fontaine de Penitence f.47; the soul sets off on her journey to the Terre de Promission f.50v; the company journey to the coast where they find boats awaiting them f.53; the company embark f.58; the company sets off on the Navire de Penitence f.61; the company is attacked by seven other boats f.63; the company is swept up by the Vent de Hypocrisie f.69v., Ex libris Catherine d'Amboise; Remy Megret of the Premonstratensian abbey of Notre Dame de Thenailles in Douay. Previously owned by Allan Heywood Bright. Purchased from Richard A. Linenthal (Christie's London sale, 16 July 2014, lot 24) on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2014., Laid in: autograph letter,signed, from the Liverpool bookseller Jaggard to Allan Heywood Bright, 1896 April 27, concerning the unknown early provenance of the manuscript. With autograph and typed notes by Allan Heywood Bright, 1898 and undated., Layout: single columns of 19 lines., Opening sentence: Les continuelles meditationes de la volubilite et soudaine mutation des creatures raisonnables., Script: gothic bastarda., and Title from ownership inscription by Remy Megret (f80r).
Subject (Name):
Amboise, Catherine d', 1481?-1550, Bright, Allan Heywood--Ownership., Megret, Remy., and Megret, Remy--Autograph.
Subject (Topic):
Allegories., Devotional literature, French--Early works to 1800., French prose literature--Early works to 1800., Illumination of books and manuscripts, French., Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval., Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., Repentance--Early works to 1800., Soul--Early works to 1800., Women authors, French., and Women--Conduct of life--Early works to 1800.
Manuscript, on parchment, in multiple scribal hands, of sections A and B of Part I of the Lancelot series of Arthurian romances. These sections cover Lancelot's birth, upbringing, adventures as a Knight of the Round Table, and passion for Queen Guenevere.
Description:
Binding: early nineteenth-century? red silk velvet binding; gilt decoration on spine. Gilt leather spine tag: Lancelot du Lac. M S., Decoration: large historiated initial at the opening of each section; smaller initials in red and blue penwork., In Middle French., Layout: double columns of 50-53 lines., Previously owned by the Duc de la Vallière; John Louis Goldsmid; Edward Vernon Utterson; Richard Heber. Phillipps MS 8230. On deposit from the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., and Script: gothic (multiple scribes).
Subject (Name):
Goldsmid, John Louis--Ownership., Heber, Richard,--1773-1833., La Vallière, Louis César de la Baume Le Blanc,--duc de,--1708-1780--Ownership., Lancelot--(Legendary character), Phillipps, Thomas,--Sir,--1792-1872--Ownership., and Utterson, Edward Vernon,--1775 or 1776-1856.
Subject (Topic):
Arthurian romances--Early works to 1800., French literature--To 1500., Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval., Lancelot (Prose romance), Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medie
Manuscript binding fragment, on parchment, of part of the text of Lancelot du Lac.
Description:
Accompanied by three unidentified manuscript fragments that were part of the 2002 sale lot., Decoration: illuminated initial with brown penwork., Script: gothic script., and Sotheby's 2002 June 18 sale, lot 4. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-.
Subject (Name):
Lancelot--(Legendary character)
Subject (Topic):
Arthurian romances--Early works to 1800., Lancelot (Prose romance), Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Joan of Navarre, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of England, 1370?-1437.
Published / Created:
[ca. 1402]
Call Number:
Takamiya MS 118
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript letter, on parchment, in a Chancery hand, containing a petition by Joan of Navarre to her husband, King Henry IV of England, for the right of the Aurum Reginae, revenues alloted to the queen of England out of fees for offices or franchises paid to the king.
Description:
Accompanied by: transcript, on paper, in a 17th century italic hand., From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single column of 10 lines., Script: Chancery hand., and Two endorsements, on verso, in a different contemporary hand, one of which notes the grant of the Aurum Reginae to Joan at Eltham on the Tuesday after Epiphany, 13 Henry IV (1412).
Subject (Name):
Henry--IV,--King of England,--1367-1413. and Joan of Navarre,--Queen, consort of Henry IV,--King of England,--1370?-1437.
Subject (Topic):
Kings and rulers., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Taxation--England--Early works to 1800.