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1. Book of hours and missal, [circa 1390-1420]
- Creator:
- Catholic Church. Liturgy and ritual. Hours
- Published / Created:
- ca. 1390-1420
- Call Number:
- Osborn a44
- Image Count:
- 483
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- The manuscript contains a book of hours, use of Sarum (ff. 1-138v), and a Missal (ff. 139r-236v). It was produced in England, in liturgical Gothic bookhand on vellum, in two phases. The first section, consisting of quires 1 and 3-18 (ff. 1-6, 17-83, and 86-137), was produced around 1390, perhaps in London. Around 1420 the manuscript was augmented with a second section, consisting of quires 2 and 19-31 (ff. 7-16, 84-85, and 138-236).
- Alternative Title:
- Book of Hours
- Description:
- Binding: early nineteenth-century English calf over carved wooden boards, blind-stamped and gilt, rebacked with spine laid on; gilt edges with traces of painted landscape., Decoration includes thirty-two historiated initials and three half-page miniatures (f.11v, the martyrdom of St. Elmo (St. Erasmus); 109v, Christ at the Tomb, surrounded by the instruments of His passion; f. 118r, the Crucifixion, with the Virgin and St. John)., Modern paper binder's blanks (2 l.) at end not digitized., Peyton coat of arms gilt on covers., and Seventeenth-century coat of arms on flyleaf and on f. 139r (quarterly, 1 and 4, azure a castle or, 2 and 3, gules 2 foxes or).
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church--Liturgy and ritual--Hours, Catholic Church--Liturgy and ritual--Missal, and Peyton family--Coat of arms
- Subject (Topic):
- Books of hours, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Sarum Rite
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Book of hours and missal, [circa 1390-1420]
2. Hours
- Published / Created:
- s. XV^^2 [second half of the 15th century]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 217
- Image Count:
- 12
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment (very stiff) of a Book of Hours; With Calendar in French.
- Description:
- An inscription (s. xvii) on f. 25r, below the Coquille arms, reads: "Dame Charlotte Garnier, vefve de feu Gilbert Coquille, Sieur des espoisses, pere de Maitre Anthoine Coquille, a fait faire ces heures-cy dieu leur face Misericorde".
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions
- Subject (Topic):
- Books of hours, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hours
3. Hours and offices for a religious community
- Published / Created:
- 1531
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 756
- Image Count:
- 282
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of a Book of Hours for the use of a convent.
- Description:
- Binding: Seventeenth century. Damaged brownish pigskin over bevelled wooden boards, the covers blind-tooled with frames of fillets and rolls; the central rectangle on the front cover, otherwise free, is decorated with a large oval stamp, heavily worn but probably picturing the Virgin in the Sun. Spine with three raised bands. Remnants of two brass clasps attached to the rear cover. Marks of a chain attachment at the bottom of the rear cover. Red edges., Headings and rubrics in red. Heightening of majuscules in red. 1-line red versals; 2-line plain initials (sometimes slightly decorated) in red. Intricate large flourished cadels in black filled with red in the texts accompanying musical notation. Art. 4 opens with a 6-line littera duplex in red and brownish red with red penwork. Guide letters for all initials. On f. 29v full-page picture of the crowned Virgin and Child, Mary presenting a flower to the Child, on a flowery pink background in a green and red rectangular frame., On some pages the ink is very faded., and Script: Copied mainly by one hand writing Northern Textualis Formata in two sizes with Central European features. A second less formal hand copied ff. 29r, lines 11-18 and 30r-31v, i.e. the beginning of art. 2. Musical notation in Nota Quadrata.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions
- Subject (Topic):
- Books of hours, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Monasticism and religious orders
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hours and offices for a religious community
4. La reyn de Sabaa devant le roy Soloman
- Creator:
- Christine, de Pisan, ca. 1364-ca. 1431
- Published / Created:
- s. XV^^med [circa 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 318
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Christine de Pizan, La Cite des dames. With Jacques le Grand, Le Livre de bonnes moeurs., On f. iii verso, pasted in by a later owner, a miniature (80 x 61 mm.), the Queen of Sheba before Solomon, and a separate compartmentalized border (161 x 105 mm.) of blue and gold acanthus on pink, and red, purple and white flowers and grapevines., and Pasted in on f. 137v a small miniature (41 x 32 mm.) of St. Barbara, originally for a Suffrage, probably from the same Book of Hours as the border of f. iii verso.
- Alternative Title:
- The Queen of Sheba before King Solomon
- Description:
- Note, in ink, inside front cover: "Secundarius posessor et vetus peraccens erit quiuis alius I.g.
- Subject (Topic):
- Books of hours, Didactic literature, French, French literature--To 1500, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Women authors, French
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > La reyn de Sabaa devant le roy Soloman