Manuscript on parchment. The book is not so much a guide to the pilgrimage churches of Rome, as a set of instructions on how to obtain the same spiritual benefits without making the actual pilgrimage. The seven letters designating the seven Roman basi...
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Margaret, of York, Duchess, consort of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, 1446-1503.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, French, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Indulgences, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper, composed of two parts. Part I: L'Abuzé en court, a satire on court life in the form of a dialogue, in verse and prose. Part II: Georges Chastellain (c. 1415-1475), Le Temple de Boccace, a continuation to Boccaccio's De casibus vi...
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375., Chastellain, Georges, 1405?-1475., and Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482.
Subject (Topic):
French literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Satire, French
Manuscript of Honore Bonet, L'Arbre des Batailles. With Diego de Valera, Espejo de verdadera nobleza, translated into French by Hugues de Salve; and other treatises on arms
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., Burgundy (France), and France
Subject (Name):
Bonet, Honoré, fl. 1378-1398.
Subject (Topic):
Chivalry, Heraldry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431
Published / Created:
[ca. 1450]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 318
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of Christine de Pizan, La Cite des dames. With Jacques le Grand, Le Livre de bonnes moeurs
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431.
Subject (Topic):
Books of hours, Didactic literature, French, French literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Women authors, French
Manuscript on paper (watermarks buried in gutter) of Jean Franchieres, La fauconnerie. Begins imperfectly in the Prologue and apparently ends at the beginning of Bk. 4, ch. 22.
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Franchières, Jean de, ca. 1400-1488.
Subject (Topic):
Falconry, French literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on parchment (soft, furry; trimmed) in two parts, the first of which has several distinct formats. Part I: 1) Pierre de Peckham, La lumiere as Lais, lacking all of Book I and part of Book II. Part II: 2) Edmund Rich, St., abp. of Canterbury...
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Pierre, de Peckham, -1293.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, French, French literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Literature, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, incomplete, containing the text of a prose allegorical pilgrimage of the soul. The narrator's soul is led by Dame Inspiration to the Fountain of Penitence (Fontaine de penitence); after being washed there, t...
Description:
In Middle French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Amboise, Catherine d', 1481?-1550. and Megret, Remy.
Subject (Topic):
Allegories, Devotional literature, French, French prose literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, French, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance, Manuscripts, Medieval, Repentance, Soul, Women, Conduct of life, and Women authors, French
Manuscript roll on parchment, composed of 6 sheets glued together, of a genealogical chronicle of the kings of France starting with Hugh Capet and ending with Charles IX. Includes prefatory and dedicatory letters "a la royne mere du roy," Catherine de...
Alternative Title:
Genealogie des Rois de France. depuis et compris Hugues Capet, jusques et compris Charles IX.
Description:
In Middle French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., France, and England
Subject (Name):
Holinshed, Lawrence, active 1557-1584. and Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Nobility, Heraldry, History, and Kings and rulers
