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1.
Alchemical compilation

Published / Created:
[ca. 1490; 1790]
Call Number:
Mellon MS 20
Image Count:
156
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of an alchemical compilation, apparently the holograph of the original compiler, not identified. Probably the laboratory notes of a practicing alchemist. Includes lists of Flemish names, apparently identifying fellow practitioners in early alchemy; and laboratory procedures, designed primarily to color metals and to carry out other operations with various substances. Leaves inserted and blank pages filled at later dates
Description:
In Latin, with later additions in Latin and German., Watermark: Outstretched hand, the fingerjoints indicated, a four-leafed petal extending from the tip of the third finger, the wrist and cuff of a sleeve also depicted, comparable to Briquet 11423., Script: The original part of the codex (ff. 1-133) written in a very fine, neat, and clear humanistic hand, and using a considerable range of alchemical symbols; the later additions (ff. 134-145) consist of Latin sections written in a neat italic and German passages in flowing cursive, perhaps both by a single German hand of the 18th century., Headings of procedures in red and blue alternating in the original section, and with some capitals stroked red; no color in the additions. No ornament., Though the whole of the manuscript has suffered some marginal water-staining since it was bound, it appears certain that other stains and damage occurred while the separated quires, or groups of them, remained unbound., and Binding: Probably original. Stiff parchment over paper boards, flaps over the fore-edge, probably dating from about 1525, conceivably later, as the manuscript contents do not appear to have been bound at the time of writing in any case; flat spine with modern inscription in brown ink, "Alchemical | Recipes", original blue edges.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Science, Medieval
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Alchemical compilation

2.
Fragments of manuscripts

Published / Created:
1200-1600.
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 525
Image Count:
48
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Manuscript fragments on parchment
Description:
In Latin, Dutch, English, and Middle French., Title from description by Albert Derolez., and Bookseller description available.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Books of hours, Graduals (chants), Missals, Psalters, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fragments of manuscripts

3.
Ceremonial for visiting a dying nun and for the burial

Published / Created:
[between 1400 and 1599].
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 1053
Image Count:
421
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, poorly organized, on paper of Ceremonial for visiting a dying nun and for the burial, which served in a bilingual female community in Belgium (probably southern Flanders), where the priest, the abbess or the prioress was French-speaking. The devotional contains various psalms, litanies, prayers, hymns, and the Athanasian Creed
Description:
Script: Copied by four hands: A) writing in Gothica Hybrida Libraria; B) writing in Gothica Semihybrida Libraria/Currens; C) writing in Gothica Cursiva Libraria/Currens; D) writing in a small Gothica Cursiva Currens. A) and B) are the principal hands. Musical notations are found in nota quadrata on 4-line black staves., Decoration: Appears only in red: hadings, underlining, stroking of majuscules, line-fillers, 1-line versals and 1- to 2-line plain initials., Binding: Original Flemish blind-tooled brown calfskin over wooden boards, sewn on three leather thongs. Both covers have frames of triple fillets. Remnants of a brass clasp are fixed to the front board. Red leather tabs preserved. Seems to have been chained at the lower edge of the front board., and In Latin, French and Dutch.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Devotional Literature, Latin, Devotional Literature, French, Devotional Literature, Dutch, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ceremonial for visiting a dying nun and for the burial

4.
Arma Christi prayer roll

Published / Created:
[ca. 1500]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 1187
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript roll, on parchment, in a single hand, illuminated, containing the "Arma Christi" poem and other prayers, in Dutch, including prayers ascribed to Popes Sixtus IV and Alexander VI. The prayers are preceded by a rubric instructing readers to kneel as they recite the prayers in order to obtain an indulgence
Description:
In Dutch., Layout: single column of text., Script: gothic., Decoration: Rubricated. Initials in red or blue. Large miniature at head of roll containing a bust of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, displaying his stigmata, and surrounded by the "arma Christi" (also known as the Instruments of the Passion). On a blue ground in gold frame. One large decorated initial immediately below miniature. Text accompanied by decorated borders on both sides., and Binding: section of leather sewn to top of scroll. Accompanied by seventeenth-century? fabric case with fabric and metal appliqués.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Netherlands
Subject (Name):
Jesus Christ and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Passion, Dutch, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Indulgences, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Religious life and customs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Arma Christi prayer roll

5.
Collection of devotional texts

Published / Created:
approximately 1450-1499.
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 1259
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
96
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper containing 1) Mechthild of Hackeborn, Liber specialis gratiae (excerpts), f1r-5r; 2) Meditations of St Bernard (excerpts), f5v-8r; 3) Thomas à Kempis, Hortulus Rosarum, f8v-36v
Description:
The Liber specialis gratiae records the visions of Mechthild of Hackeborn as told to St. Gertrude Helfta (Gertrude the Great) and another unidentified nun-scribe., In Latin., Title devised by cataloger., Layout: Single columns of 21 lines. Ruled in plummet., Script: gothic bookhand., Decoration: 2-line red initials; rubricated., Binding: Modern gilt full red morocco by Charles de Samblanx (1855-1943). Gilt edges. Marbled endpapers. Spine reads: "Ortulus rosarum" and "Manuscrit du XVe." Marbled slipcase., Secundo folio: lens., and Bookseller description available.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Mechthild, of Hackeborn, 1241 or 1242-1299?
Subject (Topic):
Devotio moderna, Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, Meditation, Mysticism, Catholic Church, and Women mystics
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collection of devotional texts

6.
Istorie van Troyen (fragments).

Creator:
Maerlant, Jacob van, 1235?-1300
Published / Created:
approximately 1400-approximately 1499.
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 712.36
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Manuscript binding fragments containing scraps of the text of this work by Jacob van Maerlant
Description:
In Latin and Dutch., Script: gothic book script., and Decoration: rubricated.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Maerlant, Jacob van, 1235?-1300.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Istorie van Troyen (fragments).

7.
Instructions for a nun and the Passion according to St. John

Published / Created:
[between 1450 and 1500]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 879
Image Count:
58
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper containing 1) Instructions for a nun, addressed as "ma devote fille", by a priest, containing extensive Latin quotations, followed by their French translations, from the Bible, St. Augustine, St. Bernard, Cesarius of Arles, St. Gregory the Great, Isidore of Seville, St. Jerome, St. John Chrysostom, Macrobius, Origen, Richard of St. Victor ("ung docteur nommé Richart"), Seneca, Thomas Aquinas. 2) The Passion according to the Gospel of St. John, as read in the office of Good Friday (Jn. 18:1-40; 19:1-42), to be read when a nun is dying, in French translation
Description:
In French., Script: Copied by one hand in Gothica Cursiva Libraria/Currens., Watermark: Crowned Lily, var. Briquet 7252 (mostly 1468-1477)., Written in campo aperto in one column, 20-23 lines., Headings and stroking of majuscules in red., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Blue mottled paper over cardboard.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Didactic literature, French, Manuscripts, Medieval, Women, and Religious life
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Instructions for a nun and the Passion according to St. John

8.
Hours, use of Utrecht

Published / Created:
[between 1400 and 1500]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 32
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on parchment of a Book of Hours with prayers in Dutch. The manuscript is misbound
Description:
In Dutch and Latin., Script: Written in liturgical gothic bookhand by a single scribe. 3-, 2-, and 1-line initials with very fine penwork: gold with dark blue penwork or blue with red penwork. 1-line initials within the text black with one or two red strokes. Line fillers: blue cables. Rubrics in orange-tinted red., Water damage on ff. 8v, 38v and 39v has obliterated some initials; the text is still legible., and Binding: Date? Bookblock tacked to a vellum folder. The light rectangular patch on the front cover, lower left, was probably left by the removal of a shelf tag.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Books of hours, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hours, use of Utrecht

9.
Book of Hours (Office of the Dead) (fragment).

Published / Created:
[14--].
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 483.21
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a book of hours (Office of the Dead).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of gothic script (littera textualis formata), with a larger script for the canticle and Psalm and a smaller script for the chants., and Decoration: the 2-line initial at the beginning of the Psalm and the 1-line initials at the beginning of Psalm verses are in gold on a ground that alternates between red with blue penwork and blue with white penwork; the interior of letters on the red ground are filled with blue and white penwork, and the interiors of those on blue ground are filled with red and blue penwork; 1-line initials at the beginning of chants are in brown; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated rarely with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval and Books of hours
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Book of Hours (Office of the Dead) (fragment).

10.
Gradual (fragment).

Published / Created:
[between 1450 and 1499].
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 483.5
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a gradual in Latin with rubrics partially in Dutch containing the Vigil of St. Andrew (29 November) and St. Andrew (30 November).
Description:
In Latin and Dutch., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: 4-line historiated initial "D" in blue on a dark red ground bordered with gold; the initial, of workshop quality and badly rubbed and damaged by water, shows Christ standing on the shore with Andrew and Peter in a boat; the extant margins on the recto are decorated with blue and gold vines from which come pink, green, and gold flowers; rubrics written in red in a less formal script than the text; punctuated with the punctus; words and syllables are separated by horizontal strokes in red; the foliation is written in red in the center of the upper margin of the recto.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Graduals (Chants).
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gradual (fragment).