Manuscript fragment, on vellum, in a single hand, containing the conclusion of the blessing for Easter Day; the entire blessing for the following Monday and Tuesday; and the beginning of the blessing for the Wednesday after Easter.
Description:
Decoration: Rubricated. Initials in red ink., From the collection of Guglielmo Libri; Phillipps MS 29721; from the collection of Brian S. Cron. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single column of 18 lines., and Script: Anglo-Saxon miniscule.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Liturgy--Early works to 1800., Cron, Brian S.--Ownership., Libri, Guillaume,--1803-1869--Ownership., and Phillipps, Thomas,--Sir,--1792-1872--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Benedictionals--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Benedictus XIV de Lambertinis Bononiensis : Pontifex Maximus creatus die XVII Augusti 1740
Description:
Title engraved in image., Place of publication based on printmaker's country of residence; date of publication based on printmaker's death date., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 59 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Manuscript, on parchment, in at least seven hands, containing the text of the wills of Jankyn (or John) Smyth and his wife, Margaret Odeham, detailing their bequests to the Candlemas Guild of Bury St. Edmunds, as well as to other religious foundations, and the funeral expenses for Smyth. Also included are the grant of probate for Smyth's second will, dated 1481; and lists of lands donated by the couple, by name and location.
Description:
Binding: contemporary binding of tawed white leather over bevelled wooden boards, sewn on four leather thongs. Remains of clasp; brass pin and mount on lower cover., Decoration: Rubricated. Large blue initial with red penwork (f. 8)., Formerly owned by Alan G. Thomas. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns, mostly of 32 lines., Numerous marginal annotations in both contemporary and later hands., and Script: manuscript is in at least seven hands.
Subject (Geographic):
Bury St. Edmunds (England)--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Finance--Early works to 1800., Odeham, Margaret,--1492., Smyth, Jankyn,--1481., and Thomas, Alan G.--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Charitable bequests--Early works to 1800., Endowments--Catholic Church., Legacies--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
A coat of arms divided into two sections, with three bells within. Along the sides of the shield are flowers and grasses tied together. At the helm can be seen a garb. At the top of the plate is the motto Quid Utilius.
A coat of arms divided in half; the left half then divided into thirds, with one horizontal stripe, and two vertical. The right-hand side contains three stars and three diamonds. Above the double helm is a pheon dripping with blood to the left, and a lion holding a diamond to the right. Decorative mantling surrounds the shield. Below is the motto Fide et Labore.
Subject (Name):
Humberton, Benjamin Broadbent
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Dragon, Dragons, Helmet, Physicians, Shield, and Shields