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1. Ab urbe condita libri I-X.
- Creator:
- Livy
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1
- Image Count:
- 685
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Livy, Ab urbe condita libri I-X.
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written by a single scribe in round humanistic script., On f. 1r: the initial F historiated with a view of Rome, full-page illuminated border in gold and colors into which are introduced the Trivulzio arms of Milan (paly of 6, or and vert) and a set of unidentified arms (gules, a cross saltire sable). Initials of books, 8-line, of painted gold on background of blue, green and red, and partial floral border., Initial on f. 2r damaged by crease., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Brown leather, gold-tooled, edges marbled and gilt, rebacked, with T. LIVII DECAS PRIMA on spine.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Rome
- Subject (Name):
- Livy.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ab urbe condita libri I-X.
2. Aeneis
- Creator:
- Virgil
- Published / Created:
- [between 1390 and 1400, 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 57
- Image Count:
- 233
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (sturdy; various unidentified watermarks) of Virgil, Aeneis. Some lines lacking; most were presumably on leaves that became detached and have fallen out. Prefaced to each book are ten or eleven lines in verse. The text of Vergil is accompanied on ff. 1r-5v by marginal and interlinear glosses, the greater portion of which are derived from or an adaptation of Servius. The commentary does, however, include notes (some in Greek) independent of Servius
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Part I (ff. 1-6): Written in humanistic cursive by a single scribe; apparently added later to replace lost leaves. Part II (ff. 7-57): Written in fere-humanistic script by one scribe. Spaces left for initials. A large gap in the text occurs between Parts II and III (6.587 to 7.744). Part III (ff. 58-112): Written by a single scribe in a script similar to that in Part II., Spaces left for initials., Many pages unattached due to the brittle binding., and Binding: 16th-17th centuries (?). Sewn on three slit leather straps. There is no indication of an earlier sewing, but the book was extensively mended before it was sewn. Tawed cores of plain wound endbands laid in grooves. Beech boards with rectangular channels on the outside in which the straps are nailed. The spine is lined with brown leather and the book covered in dark brown sheepskin faintly blind-tooled with a central diamond made up of arches with small ornaments scattered in and around it. Tongue turn-ins. There are two catches on the lower board and traces of red and cream silk ribbons nailed to the upper one with star-headed nails. The title is painted in red on the spine.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Servius, active 4th century. and Virgil.
- Subject (Topic):
- Epic poetry, Latin, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholia
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Aeneis
3. Albergati bible
- Published / Created:
- 1428.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 407
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 1367
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of 1) Bible in the usual order with some prologues. 2) Index of Hebrew names generally attributed to Stephen Langton. 3) Chapters 25-29 of the Testament of the 12 Patriarchs. Written for Cardinal Niccolo Albergati
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written in rounded gothic bookhand., The Bible is a splendid example of the Italian late gothic illuminated manuscript. The decoration consists of two very richly illuminated pages (f. 5r, Genesis; f. 272r, Psalms), thirteen small miniatures (ff. 1r, 570v-576v), and 79 historiated initials, 7 to 10-line (not including ascenders or descenders) at the beginning of every book of the Bible, the sections of the Psalter, and a few prologues. The miniatures are in thin gold or yellow frames. The historiated initials are composed of acanthus, mauve, blue, pink, orange, and/or green. At least four artists collaborated in the illustration and decoration of the codex. On virtually every folio, recto and verso, are elaborate bar borders, in margins and/or between text columns, full or half-length, gold, blue, green, pink, and/or orange with white filigree, some with curling acanthus, leafy midpoints and terminals with acanthus and hair-spray extension. On folios with miniatures or initials, more elaborate borders (full borders on ff. 1r, 5r): curling hair-spray with gold dots and trefoil leaves, spikey ivy, pink, blue, orange and green flowers, putti, insects, birds, grotesques and, on f. 348v, a marginal scene, lower left corner, a fowler chasing rabbits., Ornamental initials (5 to 6-line) at the beginning of the prologues in red, blue, orange, and/or green, acanthus infilled red with white filigree against irregular gold grounds; gold against cusped pink and blue backgrounds with white filigree; some rinceaux initials in Franco-Flemish style, pink or blue with white highlights against cusped gold grounds. 2 and 1-line initials, gold on red and blue grounds with white filigree. Running titles in alternating red and blue letters or in gold against red and blue rectangular grounds with white filigree. Line fillers (ff. 617r-682r) in red, blue and/or gold. Chapter numbers in red or blue. Rubrics throughout., First two leaves slightly creased., and Binding: 19th-20th centuries. A painted design under the gilt fore edge. Red velvet binding.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Langton, Stephen, -1228.
- Subject (Topic):
- Versions, Vulgate, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Albergati bible
4. Alchemical miscellany
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1435]
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 6
- Image Count:
- 45
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of a private compilation. The two well known works entered into the codex deal with magical properties ascribed to certain gems and the supernatural significance of the carving of stones. Together with these formal texts are found other extremely varied materials: procedures for restoring wine which has suffered various accidents, for making glass of different colors, for the early ripening of grapes, for making an ass bray loudly, for frightening dogs, and so forth
- Description:
- In Latin and Italian., Watermark: unidentified flower-petal., Script: Probably written by a single hand, employing a Gothico antiqua on ff. 1-11r, with a less formal treatment of the same elsewhere, and more cursive writing for the passages in Italian; the writing relatively careful at the beginning, progressively less so until the end., Red ink for most headings, red capitals and paragraph marks, except on f. 11v-12r and 16v-17r, which are without color., Lower margins affected by damp throughout and partly repaired with blank paper., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Paper boards, more recent gilt-stamped label on backstrip.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy, Magic, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Alchemical miscellany
5. Annals of Genoa, to 1293
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1450]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 357
- Image Count:
- 364
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (coarse, brown) of annals of Genoa
- Description:
- In Latin., Watermarks: unidentified bull's head buried in gutter., Script: Written by two scribes. Scribe 1) ff. 1r-45v, 158r-163v, 168r-172v, compact fere-humanistic script with exagerrated flourishes at conclusion of most lines. Scribe 2) ff. 46r-157v, 164r-167v, well spaced informal humanistic script. Marginal annotations and arts. 15-16 added, 15th-16th centuries, by several hands., Stained throughout., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Rigid vellum, gold-tooled. Stamped, in gold, on spine: "Caffari Chronica MS.".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Genoa (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Annals of Genoa, to 1293
6. Antiphonary
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 627
- Image Count:
- 12
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment (6 non-consecutive leaves) of vesper antiphons. Feasts noted for some antiphons are: Ascension; 21st-23rd Sunday after Pentecost; Vigil of Saints Peter and Paul
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written by a single scribe in a formal gothic bookhand., Six lines of text with musical notation on a four-line red staff. Initials in red, blue, and black., and Unbound.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Antiphonaries, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Vespers (Music)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary
7. Antiphonary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [between 1390 and 1410].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 482.106
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing: the Annunciation (25 March); Responsories from the book of Job and Psalms; and a computistical table for calculating the time between Christmas and Shrove Tuesday, with explicatory notes in German
- Description:
- In Latin and German., Script: written by three scribes in gothic script (littera textualis); one scribed copied fol. 1, another copied fol. 2r, and a third copies fol. 2v., and Decoration: 2-line initials at the beginning of the antiphon on fol. 1 are in red; the guide letters for these initials are still visible in light brown ink and some have been ornamented, including one with a crude figure of a person; 2-line initials at the beginning of verses on fol. 1 are in black with black penwork; fol. 2v begins with a very crude 2-line round D in red; rubrics written in red; musical notation is in black and on fol. 1 is on a 4-line staff in black; on fol. 2r it is on a 5-line staff in black; punctuated with the punctus.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).
8. Antiphonary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [between 1390 and 1410].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 482.107
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing: Sts. Cosmas and Damian (27 September); Archangel Michael (29 September); St. Dionysius (9 October); and St. Gall (16 October).
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: The offices of Archangel Michael and of St. Gall begin with 2-line initials in red and blue; the insider of the letters is decorated with an animal on a red and green ground surrounded by red and blue penwork and white dots; the outside of the letters is surrounded by red and blue penwork; 2-line initials of antiphons and responses alternate red and blue; the 2-line initial of the verse is in brown highlighted with red; the left margins of both versos are decorated with red and blue designs, which are topped by an animal head in red on fol. 1v; musical notation is in black on a 5-line staff in black; punctuated with the punctus.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).
9. Antiphonary (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [14--].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 482.128
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing unidentified chants and Holy Saturday, lauds
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis formata)., and Decoration: the 4-line initial "U" is in blue and red; some of the sketched flourishes outside of the letter have been traced in red and filled with green; inside the letter a floral pattern has been sketched and partially completed; the 2-line initial "O" is red with sketched flourishes only partially completed and filled with green; rubrics in red in the same script as the text; quadrata notation is in black on a 4-line staff in red; punctuated with the punctus.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Antiphonaries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonary (fragment).