"140 pieces of original autographs of famous Japanese calligraphers of all ages between the 8th and the early 17th centuries." (K. Asakawa. "Gifts of the Yale Association of Japan," 1945)., 30.5-chō; 39.4 x 1550 cm. An album, in an old wooden case., In Japanese., and Yale Association of Japan Collection original call number: Ad1.
Subject (Topic):
Calligraphy, Japanese--To 1600, Japanese manuscripts, and Yale Association of Japan Collection
Manscript document, on parchment, in a forged late eleventh-century script, purporting to be a charter issued by Edward the Confessor to the Abbey of St. Mary, Coventry. Accompanied by six other thirteenth century grants.
Description:
Phillipps MS 27963. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-.
Subject (Name):
Edward,--King of England,--approximately 1003-1066.
Subject (Topic):
Forgery of manuscripts--Early works to 1800., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Writs--Early works to 1800.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an unidentified text, with diagrams showing an array of sins.
Description:
Script: written in a heavily abbreviated gothic bookhand. and These fragments, from the same manuscript, are contained in Zi +4284.5 (Aristotle, Opera), in which they are used as front and back spine guards.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.