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
Manuscript, on parchment, in a liturgical Gothic bookhand, with additional notes in later hands, containing a necrology for the parish church of Hollain in Hainaut, including information concerning the deceased, the donors, the donated properties, and...
Description:
In Middle French, with some Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Hainaut (Belgium), Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Finance, Church property, Endowments, Catholic Church, Manuscripts, Medieval, Necrologies, Obituaries, and Parishes (Canon law)
Three miniatures, on vellum, from the copy of the Livre du Lancelot du Lac illustrated by the Dunois Master. They depict: 1) the Duke of Clarence and esquire, meeting a knight cutting off a woman's hair; 2) King Baudemagnus leading the battle against ...
Description:
In Middle French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Lancelot (Legendary character)
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval and Arthurian romances in art
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 on parchment of The Horloge de Sapience, a loose translation and adaptation into French of Henry Suso, Horologium sapientiae. With a Colophon, in French verse, stating that the translation was made by a French Franciscan master of theology ...
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Seuse, Heinrich, 1295-1366. and Franciscans
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Devotional literature, French, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Mysticism
Manuscript, on vellum, in multiple hands, containing the text of the "Old" Natura Brevium; the text of The Old Tenures; and a register of writs from the reign of King Edward III. These texts are followed by a copy of part of a testament by "John Norto...
Description:
In Latin and Law French. A copy of part of a testament in Middle English on p. 420.
Subject (Geographic):
England, Great Britain, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377. and Taussig, Anthony.
