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
Manuscript, on vellum, in several hands, containing several Middle English devotional texts. The Abbey of the Holy Ghost is followed by The Meditation of St. Anselm; The Five Sorrows of the Virgin; and an explanation of how to say the Psalter of the V...
Description:
In Middle English.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483 and Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Subject (Topic):
Allegory, Devotional literature, English (Middle), English literature, English poetry, English prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Women, and Conduct of life
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
Manuscript, on parchment, of this work on heraldry, chivalry and the laws of war. Bound with two illustrated heraldic treatises copied from printed editions: Sensuyt le blason des armes (Lyons: Claude Nourry, 1527) and Treatyses perteynyng to coatarmo...
Alternative Title:
De studio militari
Description:
De officio in Latin; other texts in French and English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Upton, Nicholas, 1400?-1457.
Subject (Topic):
Chivalry, Heraldry, Manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Renaissance, and Nobility
Manuscript on paper in a single hand containing two sets of lecture notes on logic by a student of the University of Louvain. The first set of lectures was given by Guillielmo Philippi; the second by the Cartesian philosopher Arnold Geulincx. The manu...
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Name):
Eversdijck, Marcellus van., Geulincx, Arnold, 1624-1669., Philipps, William., and Université de Louvain (1425-1797)
Subject (Topic):
Logic, Study and teaching, Logic, Modern, and Philosophy, Modern
Christ is shown with his disciples, gestering toward the sick in the distance who are beign carriet to an antique building in the left background, presumably a hospital
Alternative Title:
In as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these...
Survey and ground plot of the Royal Palace of White Hall
Description:
Map of the Palace of Whitehall, showing the various rooms, courts, gardens, wharves, barracks and the park beyond, the river to the south. An elegant border formed of pillars with scrolling capitals and two keys to the map. Inset maps to the upper lef...
"Interior of the Pantheon, Oxford Street, with Benjamin Wilson standing at left holding a torch at the end of a long conducting device, two assistants at different points in the apparatus at right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
J. Nourse
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, London., London, and England.
Subject (Name):
Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788,
Subject (Topic):
Electricity, electricity, Experiments, Scientific equipment, and Electrical apparatus
"Interior of the choir of St Paul's; large arches on either side; a pulpit and lecturn in centre; a few elegantly dressed figures wandering around church."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Vüe occidentale du choeur de la Cathédrale de St. Paul
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Paul's Churchyard, 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
