Manuscript on parchment and paper of 1) Jacques Milet, Histoire de la destruction de Troye la grant. A stage-play on the Trojan War. 2) Unpublished fifteenth-century poem in alexandrines known as L'abrege selon Daire et Dithis or L'abrege de Troie. Ap...
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Milet, Jacques, approximately 1425-1466.
Subject (Topic):
French literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Trojan War
Manuscript on parchment, in at least two scribal hands, containing works by Alain Chartier, including Le quadrilogue invectif, Le livre des quatres dames, Le lay de paix, Le livre d'esperance, Le breviaire des nobles, Le debat du reveille-matin, Le la...
Description:
In Middle French.
Subject (Geographic):
France., Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Caulier, Achille., Chartier, Alain, active 15th century., Dunois Master, active 1430-1465., Granson, Oton de, -1397., Gréban, Simon, -approximately 1473., Lecuy, Abbé., and Taillevent, approximately 1315-1395.
Subject (Topic):
French literature, French poetry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript leaf, on parchment, apparently from a collection of law reports (perhaps a Year-book). Actions mentioned include cases of Dower and Quare impedit
Manuscript fragment, on parchment, containing an illustration of the execution of the general Vitruvius, as described in Book 8, chapter 20 of Livy's Ab urbe condita (History of Rome). The verso contains 18 incomplete lines of text in French
Description:
In Middle French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Livy.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval and Manuscripts, Medieval
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 (trimmed), with parchment bifolios interspersed, of Julius Caesar, Commentary on the Gallic Wars, translated into French by Jean Duchesne. Written for Jacques Donche, counselor of Charles the Bold of Burgundy
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Gaul
Subject (Name):
Caesar, Julius.
Subject (Topic):
French literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
Manuscript on paper (unidentified watermark) of a List of English Knights with Blazons. The names of the knights are arranged by counties. The manuscript was originally part of a larger manuscript
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Heraldry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
