Manuscript, in unidentified hand, on parchment, containing Pope John XXI's Thesaurus pauperum (ff. 1-84v). Also contains "Ci commence phisinomie qui ensegne" (in French; ff. 85v-87), De junipero et fructu suo (ff. 87v-88), "Hic sunt virtutes et effica...
Alternative Title:
Thesaurus pauperum; Physionomia, in French; De junipero et fructu suo [and three additional tracts]
Description:
In Latin and Middle French.
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Manuscripts, Medicine, Medieval, and Therapeutics
Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of English statutes, many from the reign of Edward I. The volume opens with a table of chapters in the principal statutes, headed "Magna carta," followed by a copy of the Magna Carta as confirmed by Edward I (f...
Description:
In Latin and Middle French.
Subject (Geographic):
England, Great Britain, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Edward I, King of England, 1239-1307., Taussig, Anthony., and England. Parliament.
Subject (Topic):
Forestry law and legislation, Feudal law, Law, Manuscripts, Medieval, Mortmain, and Maintenance and champerty
Manuscript on paper of Frère Laurent, Somme le Roi (The Book of Vices and Virtues). Written presumably for Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon, who died at Moulins-sur-Allier in 1476
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Laurent, Frère.
Subject (Topic):
Conduct of life, French literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on parchment of Chronique de Baudouin d'Avesnes or Trésor des histoires, a chronicle of the world in 633 chapters from Creation up to the time of emperor Tiberius, composed at the court of Hainaut between 1278 and 1281
Manuscript on parchment of Pope Nicholas IV, Rule of the Third Order of St. Francis (Papal Bull Supra Montem, issued 17 August 1289), in French translation
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Nicholas IV, Pope, 1227-1292. and Franciscans.
Subject (Topic):
Bulls, Papal, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, and Third orders
Manuscript on parchment of Roman de la Rose. With Poem on Paris of Troy, added in a later hand (15th/16th century); and Poem including the name of the man for whom the volume was copied, Pierre Louvel
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230. and Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305.
Subject (Topic):
French literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Romances
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
Manuscript on parchment of 1-2) Registrum brevium. 3) Novae narrationes (in Anglo-Norman). 4) Part of an article of indenture (13 lines; 18th-century hand), in English, concerning William Jenninges of Birmingham
Description:
In Latin and Anglo-Norman.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Anglo-Norman literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Law, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript copy, on parchment, in several scribal hands, of this English ordinary of arms, containing approximately 1600 coats of arms in full color, with descriptive annotations. The manuscript also contains approximately 300 shields outlined but lef...
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
England., England, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Heraldry, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Renaissance
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)
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.
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 (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, 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 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
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 (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
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 (worn and stained) of a collection of moralistic sayings, compiled from various authorities: the French version of an Arabic work of the 11th century. Guillaume de Tignonville (d. 1414) composed the French text from a Latin tra...
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Conduct of life, Arabic literature, French literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Literature, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
