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1. Alchemical and medical miscellany
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1475]
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 15
- Image Count:
- 105
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of a collection of the works of Nicolaus, mostly related to medicine. In addition the codex has interesting lists of substances in Latin and German, as well as a tract on the distillation of brandy
- Description:
- In Latin and German., Watermarks: Two batches of unidentified paper watermarked with a gothic "P," the mark plain and smaller in one batch, larger and surmounted by a trefoil in the other., Script: Neatly written in a gothic cursive hand., Large capitals in red at text divisions, sometimes with slight pen ornament, other capitals stroked red throughout, fancy ascenders on top lines transgressing the upper rules and stroked red, similar descenders occasionally below the bottom bordering line, usually not colored., and Binding: Modern three-quarter binding of light brown buckram, plain brown niger back and corners, the back with five (false?) raised bands, gilt-lettered in the second compartment from the top, ANTIDOTARIUM NICOLAI, and at the foot of the spine, "AB. 1460". Plain edges.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Nicolaus, Salernitanus, active 12th century.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy, Brandy, Latin language, Glossaries, vocabularies, etc, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Medicine, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Alchemical and medical miscellany
2. Buchlein der Ewigen Weisheit (fragment).
- Creator:
- Seuse, Heinrich, 1295-1366
- Published / Created:
- [between 1340 and 1360].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 482.114
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of Heinrich Seuse's Buchlein der Ewigen Weisheit; this is among the earliest known copies of the work and is written in a transitional dialect between Swabian and Alemannic
- Description:
- In Middle High German., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 3-line initials at the beginning of chapters are in red; 1-line initials are in black highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus and virgule.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Buchlein der Ewigen Weisheit (fragment).
3. 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
4. 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
5. Das leiden Ihesu Christi, etc
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 219
- Image Count:
- 86
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of 1) Das Leiden Ihesu Christi. 2) Prayers for a woman
- Description:
- In German., Script: Written in uptight informal batarde by a single scribe., Ordinary blue initials, 2-line, on ff. 1r and 76r, with crude penwork designs in red. Plain 1-line initials, paragraph marks, headings, and letter strokes, as well as some corrections, in red., and Binding: 16th-17th centuries. Wooden boards, slightly cut in at the fore-edge for two catches on the upper cover and covered in brown calf, blind-tooled in a curvilinear design, are probably early. The rest of the stab-sewn, rebacked binding obviously is not. Upper board detached, fastenings wanting.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Jesus Christ
- Subject (Topic):
- Passion, Christian literature, German, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Das leiden Ihesu Christi, etc
6. De consideratione quinte essentie
- Creator:
- Johannes, de Rupescissa, ca. 1300-ca. 1365
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1475]
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 16
- Image Count:
- 85
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of John of Rupescissa, De consideratione quinte essentie, anonymously translated into German
- Description:
- In German., Script: Written by a very fine and bold German gothic cursive hand., Headings and capitals (a few decorated) in red throughout., and Binding: Original reddish brown polished leather over finely beveled wooden boards, troughs for two clasps and two spikes on front cover, each cover with five nipplelike wrought brass bosses, one at each corner and one in the center, the lower cover with two large brass roundels used to fasten the now-missing strap ties which emerged from the lower fore-edge; sides ruled to a simple geometric pattern, back with raised bands, the clasps now missing and the hinges cracked, but the binding sound.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Johannes, de Rupescissa, ca. 1300-ca. 1365.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De consideratione quinte essentie
7. De sphaera
- Creator:
- Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, fl. 1230
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1400?]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 574
- Image Count:
- 15
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Konrad von Megenberg (1309-1374), Die deutsche Sphaera, an adaptation in German of Iohannes de Sacrobosco, De sphaera. With 23 verses dealing with the numerical value of the letters of the alphabet, excerpted from Hugutio of Pisa (d. 1212), Liber derivationum
- Description:
- In German., Script: Copied by one hand in Gothica Cursiva Libraria/Currens., The initials are not executed. Coarsely drawn diagrams; the principal ones are on ff. 2r (Earth in the middle of the circles of the elements, the planets and the heavens), 9v (a quadripartite circular map of the world, three quarters covered with sea and inhabited by fish), 10v (a circular diagram and another with "cauda Draconis" and "caput Draconis"), 11r (two diagrams showing eclipses), 11v (related diagrams)., and Binding: Yellow limp vellum too large for the present manuscript.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, fl. 1230.
- Subject (Topic):
- Astronomy, German poetry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Numerology, and Science, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De sphaera
8. Der heiligen leben (sommerteil).
- Published / Created:
- approximately 1400-1499.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1273
- Container / Volume:
- box
- Image Count:
- 602
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on paper with a table of contents on a single parchment leaf, in a single hand, containing the "Summer" portion of this Dominican-compiled German legendary
- Description:
- In Middle High German., Bookseller description available., Layout: Double columns of mostly 35 lines., Script: German cursive., Decoration: some rubrication. Three-line and one-line capitals in red., and Binding: tooled and stamped brown leather over wooden boards; four-compartmented spine. Remains of metal clasps with leather straps.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Christian saints, Manuscripts, Medieval, Saints, and Lives and legends
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Der heiligen leben (sommerteil).
9. Devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 196
- Image Count:
- 386
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper and parchment, heavily illuminated (trimmed), of Devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Written in Cologne/Lower Rhine (Ripuarian language area) for Augustinian use
- Description:
- In German and Latin., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Armoiries 1656., Script: Text written in varying bookhands, most with batarde influence; more formal scripts for some rubrics and portions of text on parchment., Two historiated initials, 12- and 10-line, on parchment bifolios, the letters gold and blue with brown and red penwork, the figures crudely drawn in pen and colored brown, blue and green, against bright red grounds with white highlights; brown and red calligraphic flourishes with red, green, blue and yellow dots extending along upper and side edges of written space. 12-, 10-, and 9-line initials (ff. 13r, 96r, 115r, 179r, 222r, 258r, 322v) gold (or red for ff. 258r, 322v) and blue, filled with brown floral penwork designs with calligraphic flourishes and dots, as above. Floral borders for each 12- through 9-line initial (except ff. 15r and 258r), red, blue, and green flowers with gold dot centers, connected by brown ink stems, arranged in rows or spirals; ff. 13r and 84v with a vase and bird in the margins. Two 9-line initials, ff. 274r and 298r, on parchment bifolios, in a markedly different style, green and blue respectively, with yellow and white highlights, against gold grounds, filled on f. 274r with a large flower, blue and red, on f. 298r with short sections of curling pink and green acanthus. Borders large blue or red flowers with gold dots and centers or short sections of blue and red acanthus on spiraling brown stems with small green teardrop leaves. Numerous 7- through 2-line initials, red and/or blue, with brown penwork and flourishes, as above. I-initials, up to 13-line, red or blue throughout. Some capital W's in text in blue or red. 2-line KL monograms, alternating red and blue. Some portions of the text, including proper names, underlined in red. Notes for rubricator in gutter, perpendicular to text., and Binding: Sixteenth century. Original sewing on four supports attached to wooden boards. Covered in dark brown calf with corner turn-in tongues. Blind-tooled with concentric borders, an X, roses and small flowers in the central panel, roses and rampant lions in the outer borders. Two clasp-and-catch fastenings, the catch on the upper board. Rebacked and the endbands probably added. Straps replaced. Covers lined with fragments of unidentified scientific text, in Latin (15th century).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint, Augustinians., and Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Devotion to., Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary
10. Eleven documents relating to the monastery of Amorbach
- Published / Created:
- 1442-1449.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 745
- Image Count:
- 22
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Collection of eleven documents, with wax seals on parchment ribbon, relating to the monastery of Amorbach; Heinrich, abbot of Amorbach; and villages in the surrounding area
- Description:
- In German and Latin.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Amorbach (Germany)
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and Monastic and religious life
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Eleven documents relating to the monastery of Amorbach
11. Hours of the Virgin; Life of the Virgin; Description of the pilgrim churches in Rome
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1475]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 652
- Image Count:
- 95
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper
- Description:
- In German., Watermarks: quatrefoil, var. Briquet 5576?; balance, var. Briquet 2454?., Script: Hand A copied ff. 1r-39r (quires I-IV, artt. 1-7) in Gothica Cursiva Libraria; Hand B copied ff. 41r-84v (art. 8) in Gothica Cursiva Currens; Hand C copied ff. 85r-89r (art. 9) in Gothica Cursiva Libraria., There is space for initials in artt. 8-9 but they have not been executed. In artt. 1-7 the decoration consists of red heightening of majuscules and red plain initials, 1-3 lines, with guide-letters. Headings in red., and Binding: Original undecorated brown pigskin over heavy unbevelled wooden boards, with two decorated brass clasps attached to the rear cover and five decorated brass bosses on each cover (the center bosses are circular; one corner boss on the front cover missing). Remnants of a 17th-century paper title label on the spine.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Rome (Italy)
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Books of hours, Devotional literature, German, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hours of the Virgin; Life of the Virgin; Description of the pilgrim churches in Rome
12. Legal document
- Published / Created:
- [between 1200 and 1300?]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 254
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment roll consisting of 2 irregularly trimmed membranes stitched together, of Constitution for the dinghof or colonge of Ingersheim in Alsace, consisting of 16 articles
- Description:
- In Middle High German., Script: Written in neat gothic hand by a single scribe., Paragraph mark before each article., Roll shows considerable use., and Binding: Boxed.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Alsace (France)
- Subject (Topic):
- Legal documents and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Legal document
13. Legenda aurea, etc
- Creator:
- Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1441]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 140
- Image Count:
- 273
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, composed of four parts. Part I (ff. 1-13): Calendar, etc. Part II (ff. 14-138): Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda aurea. Part III (ff. 139-173): Anonymous letter to John Huss written after the Council of Constance; 35 articles of erroneous dogmatic teaching of the Greek church, written in the circle of the papal court during the endeavour to reconcile the Greek and Roman Churches at the Councils of Ferrara and Florence (1437-39). Part IV (ff. 174-269): Latin-German vocabulary
- Description:
- In Latin and German., Watermarks: unidentified mountain in gutter., Script: Each part written by a single hand in hybrida script., Part I: KL in calendar in blue; other charts and diagrams in shades of red and black. Small plain initials, headings, initial strokes and underlining in red. Parts II and III: Red or blue initials, 4- to 3-line, some with simple designs. Headings, paragraph marks, initial strokes, underlining in red. Guide letters for decorator. Part IV: Plain initials, and initial strokes, in red, for ff. 174r-176r., and Binding: Ca. 1500 (?), Austria. Parchment stays from early manuscripts in center of quires. Original (?) sewing on three tawed skin, double, twisted sewing supports laced into grooves in flush wooden boards and fastened with square pegs. The grooves are filled in with glue. The spine is rounded and backed (naturally?) and back bevelled. A plain, wound endband is sewn on a tawed skin core and also laced and pegged. The spine is lined with coarse cloth in the center and vellum at the ends, extending on the outside. Covered in plain, kermes pink, tawed skin (sheep?) possibly a later addition. Trace of one fastening, the catch on the upper board. There may have been a chain attachment at the head of the lower board. The insides of the boards have been varnished; off-set impressions of pastedowns from early manuscripts on both boards.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298., Council of Constance, and Council of Florence
- Subject (Topic):
- Christian legends, Latin language, German, Latin prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Schism, The Great Western, 1378-1417
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Legenda aurea, etc
14. 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
15. Pharmacological etc. miscellany
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1425]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 650
- Image Count:
- 176
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of a miscellany. The manuscript seems to be a compilation organized, corrected and expanded by a single person specialized in pharmacology and medicine and interested in natural history, encyclopedical knowledge and history
- Description:
- In Latin with some Czech (?), German, and Hebrew., Watermarks: crown (var. Briquet 4616?), circles (var. Briquet 3194?), bull's head (?)., Script: Copied by various scribes, writing Gothica Cursiva Libraria or Currens in various sizes, often very small; ff. 127r-143r, 7 are in a markedly different, larger form of Gothica Cursiva Libraria., The decoration is unevenly spread: heightening of majuscules and plain initials in red. On ff. 162-170 alternance of red and green initials, on f. 162r flourished initial in the same colours. Artt. 21 and 22 are not illustrated, although the text mentions figurae., At many places the paper is deteriorated by the acidity of the ink., and Binding: Original limp parchment. A bifolium from a German manuscript in Gothica Cursiva, worn and stained, lined with a German document on parchment in Gothica Cursiva Antiquior/Recentior. Leather spine stiffener with ornamental stitching.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy, Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, Medicine, Medieval, Natural history, and Pharmacology
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Pharmacological etc. miscellany
16. 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
17. Prayers, for Augustinian use
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1450]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 134
- Image Count:
- 312
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (watermarks trimmed; unidentified) of various prayers
- Description:
- In German and Latin., Script: Text written in formal gothic by one scribe. Prayers added on the flyleaves, front and back, by several later hands in italic of the 17th century and later. 2- and 1-line initials in blue-grey or orange-tinted red. 1-line initials within the text, with red stroke. Extensive rubrication in orange-tinted red., and Binding: 16th-17th centuries. Sewn on three single, round, vegetable fiber cords laced into wooden boards. "Made" endbands glued on and extending onto the outer face of the boards. Red edges and numerous place marks of vellum or tawed skin on the fore-edge. The spine rounded and lined. Covered in dark brown calf with two brass catches on the upper board and brass clasps hinged to the lower. The lower board is detached and one clasp and some leather at head and tail of the spine are wanting.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Augustinians. and Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, and Prayers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Prayers, for Augustinian use
18. Processional, Dominican use
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1440]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 205
- Image Count:
- 143
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment. Written as a gift for Barbara Pfintzing, who entered a nunnery in 1441 at the age of 16. The text indicates that the manuscript was produced for use in a Dominican house of nuns; liturgical directions are written in German (the feminine forms in the antiphons and prayers often bear suprascript masculine endings, in red).
- Description:
- In Latin and German., Script: Written by a single scribe in well formed gothic textura. Articles 1 and 6 have 4-line staves, in red, and black square notes., Uninspired blue initial, 2-stave, on f. 1r, infilled and surrounded by red penwork flourishes with blue accents. Similar plain initials, 2-line, alternate in blue, red, and black with red throughout. Running titles and headings in red., and Binding: Sixteenth century. Resewn, using original sewing holes, on three double vegetable fiber cords laced into back-cornered and indented oak boards. Endbands embroidered on a strip of vellum and adhered, the vellum extending onto the outside of the boards. The spine is square and lined all along with manuscript fragments extending to the inside of the boards. Covered in vellum blind-tooled with concentric borders containing heads in oval frames among foliage in the outer, and busts of saints in the inner. Two brass fastenings, the catch on the upper board, straps attached to the lower with a metal plate. Straps wanting and a slight crack in one joint.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church and Dominicans
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Dominican sisters, Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, and Processionals (Liturgical books)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Processional, Dominican use
19. Scribal sample sheet
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1475-1500]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 117
- Container / Volume:
- File (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, probably in a single hand, containing seven discontinuous lines of text in different gothic display scripts in black and red inks, probably produced as a sample sheet of a scribe's work
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: each line in a different gothic display script., and Decoration: in red and black ink.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Germany
- Subject (Topic):
- Handwriting, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scribes
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Scribal sample sheet
20. Wigalois (fragment).
- Creator:
- Wirnt, von Grafenberg, active 13th century
- Published / Created:
- [between 1240 and 1260].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 481.113
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of a portion of Wirnt von Gravenberg's Wigalois
- Description:
- In Middle High German., Script: written in a gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 1-line initials are in red uncials; other 1-line initials are in black highlighted with red; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; the text is not written according to lines of verse.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Wirnt, von Grafenberg, active 13th century.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval, German literature, and History and criticism
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Wigalois (fragment).
