Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of chapters 5-20 of the treatise on hunting by Edward Plantagenet, Duke of York.
Description:
Binding: modern full polished calf; red morocco case., Decoration: some initials in blue ink with red penwork., Ex libris Sir John Cope; C. F. G. R. Schwerdt; Boies Penrose. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns of 26 lines., Modern pencil foliation employed. Ff. 1 mutilated with some loss of text., Notes on the contents and provenance of the manuscript on front pastedown and flyleaf in a modern hand., and Script: English bookhand.
Subject (Name):
Cope, John,--Sir,---1760--Bookplate., Edward,--of Norwich,--1373?-1415., Penrose, Boies,--1902-1976--Bookplate., and Schwerdt, C. F. G. R.--(Charles Francis George Richard),--1862-1939--Bookplate.
Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, containing the second section of an Old Testament chronicle and genealogy of Christ in Middle English
Description:
Binding: modern case., Decoration: names in colored cartouches of green or brown squares; circular diagram of the temple of Jerusalem., From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns., Originally formed a single roll with Takamiya MS 36., and Script: English gothic bookhand.
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of Richard de Caistre's popular hymn.
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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.
Manuscript, on vellum and paper, in several hands, containing a collection of texts in Latin and Middle English. Almost two-thirds of the volume consists of a collection of Latin sermons, followed by a Latin verse text, Stimulus compassionis. Middle English texts include The three kings of Cologne, a devotional work in prose; Prester John, a travel narrative; John Lydgate's Middle English poem Stans puer ad mensam; and the Middle English verses The myrour of mankind and The treatise of a gallant.
Description:
Binding: early eighteenth-century sheep over pasteboards. Nineteenth-century green morocco case with spine title: Ancient English Poetry M. S., Bookseller's description tipped in at front of volume., Decoration: numerous initials in blue with red penwork., Formerly owned by Gregory Lewis Way; William Waldorf Astor. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns of 26-31 lines., Most of the volume is parchment; 15 leaves toward the end of the volume are paper., Script: several English cursive bookhands., and Spine title in gilt: M. S. Vellum.
Subject (Name):
Lydgate, John,--1370?-1451? and Prester John--(Legendary character)
Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, containing the text of Chaucer's Canterbury tales; selections from the Confessio amantis of John Gower; and the anonymous poems Speculum misericordis, The adulterous Falmouth squire, Partenope of Blois, The vision of Tundale, and The gast of Guy.
Description:
Binding: nineteenth-century full red morocco., Byname: Delamere Chaucer., Decoration: blue and red penwork initials., Ex libris Hugh Cholmondeley, Baron Delamere; Boies Penrose. On deposit from the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of 39-44 lines., and Script: English bookhand.
Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of portions of Books I, VII, and VIII of this long narrative poem.
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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.
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.
Manuscript fragment, on vellum, in a single hand, of Book III, verses 1717-1913, of this long narrative poem.
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Decoration: two initials in burnished gold on colored grounds, with foliate sprays., Ex libris Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS 23554). From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of 49 lines., and Script: cursive English bookhand.
Manuscript fragment, on vellum, in a single hand, containing Book I, verses 455 and following of this long narrative poem.
Description:
Decoration: two large initials in gold; numerous smaller initials in red or blue., From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of 56 lines., and Script: cursive English bookhand.
Manuscript roll, on parchment, in a single hand, of a collection of Middle English and Latin prayers. Reverse of roll contains horizontal inscription suggesting that the item may have been intended as a birth girdle.
Description:
Binding: modern case., Decoration: four illustrations: the Three Nails, a Heart and Crown of Thorns; a Cross with the Instruments of the Passion; the Holy Wounds of Christ; and the Instruments of the Passion., From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single column., Possibly from Tewkesbury (contains a copy of a prayer said to have been carried away by the Devil from Our Lady of Tewkesbury)., and Script: English rounded bookhand.