Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, containing Middle English versions of several works by Rolle, including Emendatio vitae; Ego dormio; The Commandment; and Form of Living. Also contains a Middle English version of Walter Hilton's Mixed Life
Description:
In Middle English.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Rolle, Richard, 1290?-1349.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature, English prose literature, Alchemy, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Romney, R., active approximately 1795-, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 May 1795]
Call Number:
646 802 M243 v.4 pt.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"In a square, horses in the foreground pulling the conspirators to a raised platform in the left middle ground for the execution, a number of spectators watching the event."--British Museum online catalogue
Manuscript volume, in a single hand, containing the text of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica, followed by the text of the Historia brittoum of Nennius; a brief biography of Merlin; and Sybilline prophecies
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Great Britain, Church history, and History
"Portrait of John Charles Brooke, half-length standing directed to right, looking towards the viewer, holding a rolled document in right hand at waist level, wearing ceremonial robes decorated in fleur-de-lis and lions, chain of office and powdered wi...
Alternative Title:
John Charles Brooke Esqr. F.S.A.
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Mar. 20, 1794, by G. Nayler, Coll. Arm. London
"View of a fairly large house in Green Park, surrounded by trees and shrubbery, three figures on pathway in foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Lord William Gordon's lodge, in the Green Park
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 12th Septr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Green Park (London, England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Gordon, William, 1744-1823
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Parks, and Dwellings
