Manuscript on paper of eight miracle plays celebrating the life and miracles of St. Nicholas in French verse, with headings and stage directions in Latin
Description:
In French and Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Nicholas, Saint, Bp. of Myra.
Subject (Topic):
French poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Mysteries and miracle-plays
Manuscript on parchment of Georges d'Esclavonie (canon of the Cathedral of Tours), letter to Dame Isabelle de Villeblanche, a nun at the Benedictine convent of Beaumont-les-Tours; the work was apparently presented to her 31 December 1411, and this wou...
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
D'Esclavonie, Georges. and Benedictines.
Subject (Topic):
French literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Monasticism and religious orders
Manuscript on parchment (thick, poor quality; trimmed) of 1) Guillaume de Deguilleville, Le Pelerinage de vie humaine. 2) Guillaume de Deguilleville, three poems in Latin. 3) Poem added in a 15th-century hand, contrasting the life of a servant and a r...
Description:
In Latin and French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Guillaume, de Deguileville, active 14th century. and Franciscans
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Cosmography, Devotional literature, Devotional literature, French, French literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin poetry, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Theology
Manuscript on paper and parchment (trimmed) of 1) Grantz Geantz, a poem explaining the origin of the Giants that occupied England before the arrival of Brutus and the Trojans. 2) A Latin summary of art. 1. 3) Roman de Brut, a chronicle of England from...
Description:
In Anglo-Norman, English, and Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Anglo-Norman literature, Church history, English literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
Joan of Navarre, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of England, 1370?-1437
Published / Created:
[ca. 1402]
Call Number:
Takamiya MS 118
Container / Volume:
File
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript letter, on parchment, in a Chancery hand, containing a petition by Joan of Navarre to her husband, King Henry IV of England, for the right of the Aurum Reginae, revenues alloted to the queen of England out of fees for offices or franchises ...
Description:
In Middle French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and England
Subject (Name):
Henry IV, King of England, 1367-1413. and Joan of Navarre, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of England, 1370?-1437.
Subject (Topic):
Kings and rulers, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Taxation
Manuscript on parchment (trimmed) of a Book of Hours, use of Paris. Includes a Full calendar, Fifteen Joys of the Virgin, Seven Requests, and a sonnet, all in French
Description:
In Latin and French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Books of hours, Devotional literature, French, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript of parchment roll composed of 8 membranes, written in 4 columns. Column 1) Chronology of the popes from Peter to the antipope John XXIII. 2) Chronology of the rulers of the Empire from Augustus to Louis of Bavaria, Holy Roman Emperor from 1...
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., France, Great Britain, and Holy Roman Empire
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Church history, Chronology, Kings and rulers, Legends, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
