Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of a version of the Brut Chronicle
Alternative Title:
Chronicles of England
Description:
In Middle English., Bound with: 2 l. of parchment, fragment in Latin, repaired, with annotations., Layout: single columns., Script: English cursive bookhand., and Binding: nineteenth-century full brown morocco.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
English literature, English prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript fragment, on vellum, in a single hand, of text from Book IV of Gower's Confessio Amantis
Description:
In Middle English., Taken from the Stafford Gower (Huntington Library MS EL 26 A 17) and used as binding waste., Layout: double columns of 36 lines (complete columns are of 46 lines), Script: formal bastard anglicana., Decoration: initials in gold, red, blue and purple., and Byname: Stafford Gower (fragment)
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Gower, John, 1325?-1408.
Subject (Topic):
English literature, English poetry, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript fragment, on parchment, in a single hand, of text from the "Lyfe of Sylvester" in the Gilte Legende
Description:
In Middle English., From Takamiya MS 45: Doheny Collection of single leaves., Layout: double columns of forty lines., Script: English bookhand., and Decoration: initials in blue with red penwork.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
English prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Saints
Manuscript fragment, on vellum, in a single hand, containing Book I, verses 455 and following of this long narrative poem
Description:
In Middle English., Layout: double columns of 56 lines., Script: cursive English bookhand., and Decoration: two large initials in gold; numerous smaller initials in red or blue.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
Subject (Topic):
English literature, English poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Narrative poetry, English (Middle)
Manuscript fragment, on vellum, in a single hand, of Book III, verses 1717-1913, of this long narrative poem
Description:
In Middle English., Layout: double columns of 49 lines., Script: cursive English bookhand., and Decoration: two initials in burnished gold on colored grounds, with foliate sprays.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
Subject (Topic):
English literature, English poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Narrative poetry, English (Middle)
Manuscript fragment, on parchment, in a single hand: a leaf from the table of readings at the beginning or end of a Wycliffite New Testament. The text is from the Sanctoral, from the feast of the Purifcation to the feast of St. Mark
Description:
In Middle English., Layout: single columns of 36 lines., Script: small gothic bookhand., Decoration: headings in red, capitals in red and blue., and Binding: Inlaid into a large paper leaf.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Versions, Wycliffe, English prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
