- 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):
- Incunabula in Yale Library., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and World history--Early works to 1800.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Polychronicon.
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- Creator:
- Catholic Church.
- Published / Created:
- anno D[omi]ni 1492 & die 15. kale[n]das Noue[m]vris [18 October 1492]
- Call Number:
- 2006 1350
- Image Count:
- 446
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Alternative Title:
- Breviary
- Description:
- [Preface] (leaves pi1-4) -- [Calendar] (leaves 2pi1-2pi8) -- [Psalter] (leaves 2a1-2g4) -- [Propers] (leaves a1-p6) -- [Common of the Saints] (leaves A1-E4)., Edited by the Carmelite Battista Panetti, the prayers and psalms were modified for the use of Ercole d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, with authorizations from the popes Innocent VIII and Alexander VI. According to the d'Este records and the surviving printing contract, the Duke originally commissioned 1000 (paper) copies, finally paying for 224. Three copies are reported, all printed on vellum., Imperfect: wanting four preliminary leaves found in other two known copies, constituting a preface by Panetti bearing a date two months later than the imprint., Imprint from colophon: Impressum Ferrarie p[er] magi[ste]m Laure[n]tium de Rubeis de Vale[n]tia. Anno. D[omi]ni. 1492 & die 15. kale[n]das Noue[m]vris., Incipit of leaf A1: Incipit commune sanctoru[m] in natali vnius apostoli ..., Incipit of leaf a1: Incipit noua editio breuiarij sup[er] qua Innoce[n]tius papa octau[us] indulte[n]tias concessit., Printed in red and black, Gothic font, in double columns, with capital spaces. Printer's device in red follows colophon., Printed on vellum. Rebound in 19th cent., but original gauffered edges remain. First leaf of calendar repaired, with no loss of text., Signatures: pi⁴ 2pi⁸ 2a-2f⁸2g⁴, a-o⁸p⁶, A-D⁸E⁴., Three full-page illuminated borders of floral spraywork and gold discs, medallions with rabbits, beards and deers; figurated acanthus initials on gold ground, with half lenght portraits of David, St. Paul and an unidentified Saint, 5 ll. (leaves aa1v, a1r, A1r); alternate red and blue penwork initials; text rubricated throughout in red and blue, with approximately 67 decorated gold initials on blue or red ground, and many smaller initials with contrasting scroll-work; f. a1r: laurel wreath housing an unidentified shield of arms., Title from Hain., and Unidentified coat of arms with initials "B G" incorporated into illuminated border on leaf a1 (possible identification with Bartolomeo Goggio, an Este courtier). From the library of Beriah Botfield.
- Publisher:
- P[er] magi[st]r[e]m Laure[n]tium de Rubeis de Vale[n]tia,
- Subject (Name):
- B. G.--Ownership., Botfield, Beriah,--1807-1863--Ownership., Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio, 1431-1505., Panetti, Battista., and Rossi, Lorenzo, active 1482-1521, printer.
- Subject (Topic):
- Breviaries--Italy--Ferrara--Texts. and Incunabula in Yale Library.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Officium sive Collectio Psalmorum et precum]