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1. Modern illumination

Published / Created:: [between 1900 and 2000 (?)]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 475
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on parchment of a portion of a single leaf intended to represent a fragment of a large noted service book. On the recto, historiated initial and beginning of a hymn. Verso blank. The fragment is an imitation of a 15th-century antiphonal (?)...
Description:: In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):: Arts, Forgeries, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Modern illumination

2. Vinland map

Published / Created:: approximately 1900 - approximately 1940
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 350A
Image Count:: 3
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on parchment of an outline map of Europe, Africa, Asia, the surrounding seas and the islands including Iceland, Greenland, and "Vinland," which resembles the coastline of northern North America, with identifying legends. Known as the "Vinla...
Description:: In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):: Manuscripts, Medieval and Maps
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Vinland map

3. Gradual (fragment).

Published / Created:: [15--]; [between 1890 and 1910].
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 485.1
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a gradual containing the Fourth Sunday of Advent; the decorations have been added in modern times
Description:: In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):: Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Graduals (Chants).
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gradual (fragment).

4. Golden Bulls of the emperors Theodosius II, Michael III, and Romanus III

Published / Created:: [between 1800 and 1900]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 583
Image Count:: 6
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on 3 vellum scrolls of laws and statutes of the Byzantine empire. Said to be of the 5th, 9th, and 11th centuries, but actually written in the 19th century
Description:: In Greek.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., and Byzantine Empire.
Subject (Topic):: Literary forgeries and mystifications and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Golden Bulls of the emperors Theodosius II, Michael III, and Romanus III

5. Elegies

Creator:: Tyrtaeus
Published / Created:: [between 1800 and 1900]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 580
Image Count:: 4
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on 2 vellum scrolls of Tyrtaeus, Elegies, with figure-poems of Dosiadas, Simmias, Besantinus, and Theocritus (attrubuted author), and hymns of Mesomedes and Arion. Said to be third century, but actually 19th-century forgery
Description:: In Greek.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Tyrtaeus.
Subject (Topic):: Greek poetry, Literary forgeries and mystifications, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Elegies

6. Collection of medieval and renaissance manuscript leaves, documents and printed leaves

Published / Created:: [between 1300 and 1900]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 804
Image Count:: 79
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Collection on paper and parchment of manuscript leaves, documents and printed leaves. Including paper leaves from a Latin Psalter, a parchment leaf from the Beauvais Missal (formerly owned by Otto Ege), and a parchment leaf from a Latin Bible concorda...
Description:: In Latin, French and English.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):: Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, Missals, and Psalters
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collection of medieval and renaissance manuscript leaves, documents and printed leaves

7. Documents

Published / Created:: 1473-1890.
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 340
Image Count:: 349
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: A collection of documents bearing the signatures of rulers or important personages of France; most are preceded or followed by an engraving of the person. Mounted so that both sides of the document are visible
Description:: In French, English, Italian, Latin and Spanish.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., and France
Subject (Name):: Anne, Queen, consort of Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1666., Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589, Charles VIII, King of France, 1470-1498, Charles IX, King of France, 1550-1574, Charles X, King of France, 1757-1836, Eugénie, Empress, consort of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1826-1920, Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1578-1637, Francis I, King of France, 1494-1547, Francis II, King of France, 1544-1560, Henry II, King of France, 1519-1559, Henry III, King of France, 1551-1589, Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1610, Louis XI, King of France, 1423-1483, Louis XII, King of France, 1462-1515, Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1643, Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850, Louise, de Savoie, duchesse d'Angoulême, 1476-1531, Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1615, Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793, Marie Leszczyńska, Queen, consort of Louis XV, King of France, 1703-1768, Marie de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1573-1642, Marie-Thérèse, Queen, consort of Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1683, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, and Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873
Subject (Topic):: Manuscripts, Medieval and Politics and government
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Documents

8. Léopold Delisle letters to Count Ernest Armand, 1879

Creator:: Delisle, Léopold, 1826-1910, author
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 1042.4
Image Count:: 11
Abstract:: Autograph letters, signed, from Léopold Delisle to Count Ernest Armand and dated between March 26 and April 15, 1879. In the letters, Léopold Delisle observes that the pasteboard of the manuscripts sold from the Anne de Polignac collection consists ...
Description:: Léopold Delisle (1826-1919), French bibliophile and historian, head of the Bibliothèque imperiale (nationale).
Subject (Topic):: Manuscripts, Medieval, Bookbinding, and Incunabula
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Léopold Delisle letters to Count Ernest Armand, 1879

9. Miniatures by Caleb Wing (removed from MS 287).

Creator:: Wing, C. W. (Charles William), fl. 1826-1860
Published / Created:: [ca. 1846-64]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 287A
Image Count:: 25
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on parchment of seventeen miniatures (all versos), formerly inserted in MS 287, which were removed and rebound in their present form when recognized as the work of the 19th-century facsimilist, Caleb Wing. They were intended to replace orig...
Description:: Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Worn red velvet.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Wing, C. W. fl. 1826-1860. (Charles William),
Subject (Topic):: Arts, Forgeries, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miniatures by Caleb Wing (removed from MS 287).

10. Opusculum de Herone et Leandro

Creator:: Musaeus, Grammaticus
Published / Created:: [ca. 1800]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 534
Image Count:: 70
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on parchment of a facsimile of the edition Venice, Aldus Manutius, [1495-1497]. In contrast with the edition, in which the Greek text is interleaved with the Latin translation by Marcus Musurus (c. 1470-1517), in the facsimile the Greek tex...
Description:: In Greek and Latin.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Musaeus, Grammaticus.
Subject (Topic):: Classical literature and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Opusculum de Herone et Leandro

11. Alchemical miscellany

Published / Created:: [ca. 1490; 1800]
Call Number:: Mellon MS 21
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on parchment and paper, written in two parts. Part I (parchment, written ca. 1490): 1) John of Rupescissa, De consideratione quinte essentie. 2) Descriptions of various herbs. Part II (paper, added ca. 1800): 3) Alchemy. 4) Recipes for maki...
Description:: In Latin and Italian.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):: Alchemy, Formulas, recipes, etc, Herbs, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Prussian blue
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Alchemical miscellany

12. Politica

Creator:: Calderia, Giovanni
Published / Created:: [between 1750 and 1800]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 715
Image Count:: 103
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of a facsimile of Iohannes Calderia (Giovanni Calderia, 15th century), member of a Venetian family, Politica (De praestantia Venetae politiae libri V ad Antonium Vinciguerra).
Description:: In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., and Venice (Italy)
Subject (Name):: Calderia, Giovanni.
Subject (Topic):: Latin literature, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Politics and government
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Politica

13. Alchemical texts

Published / Created:: [between 1600 and 1800]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 309
Image Count:: 504
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper (watermarks hidden in gutter) of alchemical texts including works by Albertus Magnus, Johannes Andreae, and Paracelsus. With treatises on the Philosopher's Stone and alchemical recipes
Description:: In Latin and German.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280., Giovanni d'Andrea, approximately 1270-1348., and Paracelsus, 1493-1541.
Subject (Topic):: Alchemy, German poetry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Alchemical texts

14. Alchemical compilation

Published / Created:: [ca. 1490; 1790]
Call Number:: Mellon MS 20
Image Count:: 156
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of an alchemical compilation, apparently the holograph of the original compiler, not identified. Probably the laboratory notes of a practicing alchemist. Includes lists of Flemish names, apparently identifying fellow practitioners ...
Description:: In Latin, with later additions in Latin and German.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):: Alchemy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Science, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Alchemical compilation

15. Priapea

Published / Created:: 1778.
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 832
Image Count:: 59
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of Priapea and other texts
Description:: In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Schoppe, Kaspar, 1576-1649.
Subject (Topic):: Latin poetry and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Priapea

16. Alchemical miscellany

Published / Created:: [ca. 1510]; 1775.
Call Number:: Mellon MS 26
Image Count:: 105
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper in two parts. Part I (late 15th century): 1) John of Rupescissa, De consideratione quinte essentie. 2) Aqua solempnissima, atque mirabilis. Part II (copied in 1775): 3) George Ripley (?), Touchant le grand magistere des sages, tran...
Description:: In Latin and French.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Ripley, George, -1490?,
Subject (Topic):: Alchemy and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Alchemical miscellany

17. Prieres de la messe

Creator:: Pellisson-Fontanier, Paul, 1624-1693
Published / Created:: [between 1700 and 1750]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 464
Image Count:: 117
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of Prayers to be said at various times during the Mass. Composed by Paul Pellisson-Fontanier (1624-93).
Description:: In French.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Pellisson-Fontanier, Paul, 1624-1693. and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):: Liturgy, Devotional literature, French, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Missals
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Prieres de la messe

18. Humanist miscellany

Published / Created:: [between 1460 and 1740]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 873
Image Count:: 233
Abstract:: Manuscript of a collection of humanist texts, including 1) Ghigo Brunelleschi (c. 1353-c. 1410) and Domenico da Prato (c. 1389-1432/1433), Geta e Birria. 2) Nicolaus Perottus (Niccolò Perotti, 1429-1480), Latin translation of the Oath of Hippocrates,...
Description:: In Latin and Italian.
Subject (Geographic):: Italy., Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Bracciolini, Poggio, 1380-1459., Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444., Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D., Perotti, Niccolò, 1430-1480., Persius., and Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.
Subject (Topic):: Humanism and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Humanist miscellany

19. Legal document

Published / Created:: 1740.
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 34A
Image Count:: 16
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper. The document establishes the rights of Don Bernardo Antonnio Ramirez Tinagero to property in the district of Riobamba; dated 20 April 1740, Ciudad de los Reyes del Peru (Lima).
Description:: In Spanish.
Subject (Geographic):: Peru., Connecticut, New Haven., and Lima (Peru)
Subject (Topic):: Land tenure, Land titles, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Legal document

20. Unidentified geography

Published / Created:: [ca. 1720-30]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 297
Image Count:: 624
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper (no watermarks) of Unidentified Geography, translated into modern Greek from Latin by Demetrius Notaras. With Dedication to Chrysanthus Notaras, Patriarch of Jerusalem (1707-33).
Description:: In Greek.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Chrysanthos, Patriarch of Jerusalem, ca. 1663-1731.
Subject (Topic):: Geography and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Unidentified geography

21. Encomium, etc

Creator:: Jacobus Manas
Published / Created:: 1720, 1721, 1729.
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 295
Image Count:: 100
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper (watermarks: partial, unidentified) of Jacobus Manas, Encomium of Joannes Constantinus Bassarabas. With Jacobus Manas, Epigram on Joannes Constantinus Bassarabas
Description:: Jacobus Manas and the Bassarabas family are mentioned by S. Runciman, The Great Church in Captivity (Cambridge, 1968) pp. 360-84.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Jacobus Manas.
Subject (Topic):: Greek poetry, Modern, Laudatory poetry, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Encomium, etc

22. Statuta collegii reginalis, etc

Published / Created:: 1704.
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 11
Image Count:: 228
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper (no watermarks) of the Statutes of Queens College Cambridge. With an Epistle from Queen Elizabeth I dated 1570; the Academic Statutes of the University of Cambridge; and Interpretations of these statutes
Description:: In Latin and English.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603. and Queens' College (University of Cambridge)
Subject (Topic):: Manuscripts, Medieval and Statutes
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Statuta collegii reginalis, etc

23. Novellae

Creator:: Morlini, Girolamo, 16th cent
Published / Created:: [between 1600 and 1700]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 723
Image Count:: 187
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of Girolamo Morlini (c. 1480-after 1528), Novellae. The manuscript is an exact copy of the edition Naples, Giovanni Pasquet de Sallo, 1520. It reproduces all the features of its printed model, including frontispiece woodcut, foliat...
Description:: In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Morlini, Girolamo, 16th cent.
Subject (Topic):: Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Novellae

24. The Mirrour of the blessed lyf of Jesu Christ, etc

Published / Created:: [ca. 1450, between 1600 and 1700]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 535
Image Count:: 302
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper composed of two parts. Part I: The Mirrour of the Blessed Lyf of Jesu Christ (Meditationes vitae Christi), tr. Nicholas Love. Includes Adam of Dryburgh (Adam Scotus) O. Praem, later O. Carth. (d. 1212), De instructione animae; ends...
Alternative Title:: Meditationes vitae Christi. English
Description:: In English and Latin.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Church of England.
Subject (Topic):: Devotional literature, English (Middle), Manuscripts, Medieval, and Theology, Doctrinal
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Mirrour of the blessed lyf of Jesu Christ, etc

25. Anglo-Saxon law; Annals of Iceland

Published / Created:: [ca. 1700; ca. 1650]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 508
Image Count:: 190
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper in two parts. Part I (ca. 1700): 1) Treaty between Edward the Elder, King of England and Guthrun II, King of the Danes in East Anglia, 905-906. 2) Leges Edouardi regis, the Laws issued by King Edward the Elder (ca. 902-ca. 924) or ...
Description:: In Latin (Part I) and Icelandic (Part II).
Subject (Geographic):: England., Connecticut, New Haven., and Iceland
Subject (Name):: Edward, King of England, -924.
Subject (Topic):: Law, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Anglo-Saxon law; Annals of Iceland

26. Scutum orthodoxiae, etc

Creator:: Dositheos, Patriarch of Jerusalem, 1641-1707
Published / Created:: [between 1600 and 1700]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 304
Image Count:: 374
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper (usually thin and white; watermarks vary) of texts on the faith of the Orthodox Church, specifically as it compares to Protestant doctrine. Includes prayers, sermons, commentaries, creeds, poems and glossaries
Description:: In Greek.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Dositheos, Patriarch of Jerusalem, 1641-1707. and Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
Subject (Topic):: Creeds, Devotional literature, Greek poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sermons, Greek
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Scutum orthodoxiae, etc

27. Propositioni christiane et civili subalternate a Dio

Creator:: Speciano, Cesare
Published / Created:: [between 1600 and 1700]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 36
Image Count:: 561
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of Cesare Speciano, Propositioni christiane et civili subalternate a Dio. With a Preface to the reader in which the author states that he completed the work while he was serving as Papal nuntius of Pope Clement VIII in Prague in 15...
Description:: In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):: Italy., Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Speciano, Cesare.
Subject (Topic):: Christian literature, Italian, Counter-Reformation, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Propositioni christiane et civili subalternate a Dio

28. Grammatical Preface and Scala Ecclesiastica

Creator:: John of Samannud
Published / Created:: [17th century]
Call Number:: Coptic MS 6
Image Count:: 454
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript of three Coptic grammatical works by John of Samannud (13th century) and Abu Ishaq ibn al-Assal for the preservation of the Coptic language
Description:: In Bohairic Coptic, Arabic
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: John of Samannud, Grammatical Preface, Scala Ecclesiastica, Abu ibn al-Assal, Scala Rimata.
Subject (Topic):: Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Grammatical Preface and Scala Ecclesiastica

29. Outline drawings from a pattern book

Published / Created:: [between 1400 and 1700]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 553
Image Count:: 5
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript fragment on paper (unidentified watermark) of outline drawings of saints and prophets and 2 scenes from the New Testament, from a pattern book, with script headings
Description:: In Arabic.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Orthodox Eastern Church.
Subject (Topic):: Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Pattern books
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Outline drawings from a pattern book

30. Chronicles of Pisa

Published / Created:: [between 1600 and 1700]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 499
Image Count:: 352
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper (deckle edges) of 1) Chronicle of Pisa (from the founding of the city to 1342). 2) Chronicle of Pisa, covering the years from creation to 1400, with the Chronicle of Ranieri Sardo beginning at 1355; the final paragraph, dealing wit...
Description:: In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., and Pisa (Italy)
Subject (Topic):: Italian literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Chronicles of Pisa

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