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1. Polychronicon.
- Creator:
- Higden, Ranulf, -1364.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1325-1350]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 43
- Image Count:
- 426
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on vellum, of the text of the "short version" of the Polychronicon (final entry is for 1327).
- Description:
- Binding: contemporary calf over wooden boards, rebacked. Upper cover plain; lower cover contains central panel with the letters POLICRONICON created by stamping background with seven-pointed star stamp. Background pattern of diagonal fillets with five-petalled flower in circle stamped at each intersection. Remains of leather clasps and one brass catch. Sewn on six raised bands., Byname: Takamiya Polychronicon., Decoration: Rubricated. Approximately 404 marginal drawings in pen and ink, many with yellow wash: mostly portrait roundels, but also including two diagrams of Noah's Ark; views of London, Canterbury, Rome and other places; an image of the Annunciation; and a small T-map. Margins ruled to accomodate the roundels. One illuminated initial and others covered in matte gold., From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of between 44 and 51 lines., Script: cursive book hand., and Some leaves damaged with loss of text.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--History--Earily works to 1800.
- Subject (Name):
- Higden, Ranulf,---1364.
- Subject (Topic):
- 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.
2. Psalter (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [1200-1299]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 80
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment from an illuminated Psalter. The first leaf contains Psalm 47: 12-45 through Psalm 48:16; the second contains Psalm 53:5 through 54:13 (Vulgate numbering).
- Description:
- Decoration: Two larger illuminated initials with birds perched on them. Smaller initials alternating between gilt with green penwork and blue with red penwork. Decorated line fillers, red and blue penwork, gilt., Layout: single columns of 20 lines., Script: gothic book hand., and Whitby Abbey; Lt.-Col. Moss. John Grant. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Whitby (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Whitby Abbey.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Psalters--England--Early works to 1800.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Psalter (fragment).
3. Sir John Mandeville's travels.
- Creator:
- Mandeville, John, Sir.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1400-1425]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 64
- Image Count:
- 256
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of a Middle English copy of the "Defective Version" of the Book of Sir John Mandeville.
- Alternative Title:
- Itinerarium. English
- Description:
- text contain numerous pen trials, a Latin
- Subject (Name):
- Bradfer-Lawrence, H. L.--(Harry Lawrence)--Bookplate., Lyell, James P. R.--(James Patrick Ronaldson),--1871---Bookplate., and Mandeville, John,--Sir.
- Subject (Topic):
- English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sir John Mandeville's travels.