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1. Charter of Wenzel, Emperor of Germany
- Published / Created:
- 1398 (?)
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 383
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of a Charter of Wenzel (1361-1419) confirming the rights and privileges granted by his predecessors to the towns of Ober- and Nieder-Ingelheim, Wynterheim and Wachenheim, granted 1398 (?).
- Description:
- In German and Latin. and Much of text lost at folds, especially at the one running horizontally across the center of the leaf; more loss in the same area due to water and grease stains, and holes in parchment. Square has been cut out of lower right corner of parchment; loss of a few letters of charter and part of the note on the fold.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Germany
- Subject (Name):
- Wenceslas, Emperor of Germany, 1361-1419.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Charter of Wenzel, Emperor of Germany
2. Chronicle
- Creator:
- Twinger, Jakob, von Königshofen, 1346-1420
- Published / Created:
- 1454.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 421
- Image Count:
- 252
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of the A-recension of Twinger's Chronicle which was written in 1386. Chapter 1: History of the Ancient World, based on the Bible and classical sources (ff. 2r-32v); 2: History of the Roman Emperors from Julius Caesar to King Wenceslas (ff. 32v-101r); 3: History of the Popes (ff. 101v-135r); 4: History of the Bishops of Strasbourg (ff. 135v-158v); 5: History of Strasbourg and Alsace (ff. 159v-225v). With a short passage referring to the war of the Swiss in Alsace and the Black Forest in 1468, added in a later hand
- Description:
- In German., Watermarks similar to Piccard Ochsenkopf VII.151., Script: Written in a cursive book hand by a single scribe. Numerous annotations to the text in margins by a later hand., Two uninspired initials, 7- and 5-line, in red with crude penwork in green. Plain initials, headings and rubrics in red., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries (?). Vellum over wooden boards with two brass clasps. Blue/green edges and title in ink on spine.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Germany
- Subject (Name):
- Twinger, Jakob, von Königshofen, 1346-1420.
- Subject (Topic):
- German literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Chronicle
3. Martinus Oppaviensis; Accounts
- Creator:
- Martinus, Polonus, -1279
- Published / Created:
- [between 1350 and 1400]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 754
- Image Count:
- 251
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of 1) Martinus Oppaviensis OP (Martinus Polonus, Martin of Troppau, d. 1279), Chronicon pontificum et imperatorum, with continuations up to pope Clemens VI (1342-1352). 2) Accounts and other documents from the years 1385-1403, dealing with farms in Germany
- Description:
- In Middle High German and Latin., Script: Art. 1 is probably copied by one hand writing Gothica Cursiva Libraria becoming more rapid towards the end. Art. 2 is written at various moments by one hand writing Gothica Cursiva Antiquior Currens in compressed and irregular lines, sometimes difficult to decipher., In art. 1 the headings have not been executed (instructions for the rubricator in the lower margins in the first quire). Neither have the 2-line initials been executed, for which there are guide letters; the first initial only (a 3-line plain initial in black), f. 1r, has been made. Art. 2 is undecorated., Many pages water-stained and damaged, especially the lower margins. F. 1 and art. 2 badly spoilt by the use of a reagent., and Binding: Fifteenth century. Quarter red leather (pigskin) and oak boards with rounded edges; the leather fixed on the boards with iron nails; sewn on three split leather thongs. Remnants of one strap attached to the rear board, with a brass pin in the front board. Part of the iron attachment for a chain preserved at the top of the rear board. Yellowish leather pastedowns, now detached.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Germany., Connecticut, New Haven., and Holy Roman Empire
- Subject (Name):
- Martinus, Polonus, -1279.
- Subject (Topic):
- Accounts, Farms, Manuscripts, Medieval, Papacy, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Martinus Oppaviensis; Accounts
4. Pommersche chronik, etc
- Creator:
- Eickstedt, Valentin von
- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1600]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 99
- Image Count:
- 1047
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (sturdy and rough) of 1) Valentin von Eickstedt, Pommersche Chronik, in German. Contains descriptions of some cities of Pomerania, genealogy of the Dukes of Pomerania, and the Chronicle proper. Written by Valentin von Eickstedt (1527-79) in 1574. 2) Funeral orations for the Dukes of Pomerania (in Latin), by Daniel Cramer (1568-1637), Lutheran theologian and archdeacon of Stettin
- Description:
- In German and Latin., Watermarks: an unidentified letter Z in two concentric circles., Script: Written by several scribes in gothic cursive and italic script., Headings of gothic textura, square capitals, and a large humanistic script, in reddish brown, green, and black., and Binding: Nineteenth century, after 1861. Brown goatskin Jansenist binding by Chambolle-Duru (Paris).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., Germany, and Pomerania (Poland and Germany)
- Subject (Name):
- Cramer, Daniel. and Eickstedt, Valtentin von.
- Subject (Topic):
- German literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, History, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Pommersche chronik, etc
