Manuscript, on paper, in several cursive hands, containing a variety of alchemical, medical, and other "scientific" texts in Latin, Middle English, and Anglo-Norman French. Contents include two Middle English poems, one on the four temperments, and th...
Description:
In Latin, Middle English, and Anglo-Norman French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, English literature, English poetry, English prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Medicine, and Science
Manuscript, in two unidentified hands, written on paper (leaves 1-92) and parchment (leaves 93-102). Contains medical recipes and lists of herbs in Middle English (incipit: Here begynne goode medecynes; ff. 5-71), French provers in verse (incipit: Ce ...
Alternative Title:
Medical recipes [in English] ; Imago mundi de Asia, Africa et Europa: Asia a regiam [in Latin] and Imago mundi de Asia
Description:
In Middle English, Middle French, and Latin.
Subject (Topic):
Cosmology, Medicine, Manuscripts, and Medicine, Medieval
Manuscript on parchment (thin, fine quality) of a collection of chansons. Written probably at the Aragonese court in Naples in the 1470's, perhaps as a wedding gift for Beatrice of Aragon, who married Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, in 1476
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Frye, Walter, d. 1474 or 5.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Music, and Songs, French
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 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.
