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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

31. Obituary of the Convent of Poor Clares in Trier

Published / Created:: [between 1500 and 1700]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 698
Container / Volume:: Vol. 2
Image Count:: 13
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on parchment. The Obituary was organized in the early 16th century, obits being transcribed from a 15th-century manuscript recording the deaths of members and benefactors; the majority of the obits were entered subsequently, at the time of ...
Description:: In German.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., and Trier (Germany)
Subject (Name):: Poor Clares.
Subject (Topic):: Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, and Necrologies
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Obituary of the Convent of Poor Clares in Trier

32. Sacramentarium et collectae

Published / Created:: [between 1600 and 1700]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 122
Image Count:: 48
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper (lightweight and brittle) of Lutheran Church, Sacramentarium et Collectae
Description:: In German.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):: Liturgies, Lutheran Church, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sacramentaries
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sacramentarium et collectae

33. Obituary of the Convent of Poor Clares in Trier

Published / Created:: [between 1500 and 1700]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 698
Container / Volume:: Vol. 1
Image Count:: 86
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on parchment. The Obituary was organized in the early 16th century, obits being transcribed from a 15th-century manuscript recording the deaths of members and benefactors; the majority of the obits were entered subsequently, at the time of ...
Description:: In German.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., and Trier (Germany)
Subject (Name):: Poor Clares.
Subject (Topic):: Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, and Necrologies
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Obituary of the Convent of Poor Clares in Trier

34. Antiphonal, etc

Published / Created:: [between 1500 and 1600, 1600 and 1700]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 78
Image Count:: 106
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper (sturdy; staggered thumb holes at bottom of leaves) of Antiphons for suffrages. With liturgies and offices for various occasions. Written during the 16th century presumably for Franciscan use and supplemented during the 17th centur...
Description:: In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Catholic Church and Franciscans.
Subject (Topic):: Liturgy, Antiphonaries, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonal, etc

35. Basilici tyranni umbra, etc

Published / Created:: [between 1600 and 1700]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 45
Image Count:: 185
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper (unidentified armorial watermarks) of Basilici tyranni umbra, a Latin tragedy with a list of characters drawn partly from Byzantine history, including Umbra Basilici tyranni (d. 497), Zeno Imperator, Longinus eius frater, Gazeus Rh...
Description:: In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., and Byzantine Empire
Subject (Name):: Jesuits
Subject (Topic):: History, Jesuit poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern), Latin drama (Tragedy), and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Basilici tyranni umbra, etc

36. Attainder of Lord Cromwell

Published / Created:: [between 1600 and 1700]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 40
Image Count:: 24
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of a later copy of the Act of Attainder of Thomas Cromwell
Description:: In English.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex, 1485?-1540. and Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.
Subject (Topic):: Attainder, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Politics and government
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Attainder of Lord Cromwell

37. Vita di San Petronio, etc

Published / Created:: [between 1400 and 1500, 1600 and 1700]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 37
Image Count:: 347
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper (with various watermarks), composed of five separate manuscripts bound together. Parts I and II were written in the 15th century and III-V in the 17th century. Part I: Vita di San Petronio. Part II: Tommaso Nacci Caffarini, Tractat...
Description:: In Latin and Italian.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Petronius, Saint, Bishop of Bologna, d. ca. 445.
Subject (Topic):: Christian hagiography, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Papal documents, and Stigmatization
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Vita di San Petronio, etc

38. Ethica

Creator:: Aristotle
Published / Created:: [between 1600 and 1700]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 29
Image Count:: 1122
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper (thin; unidentified watermarks concealed in gutter) of Aristotle, Ethica, translated into Spanish by Pedro Simon Abril
Description:: In Spanish.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Aristotle.
Subject (Topic):: Ethics, Ancient and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ethica

39. Miscellany

Published / Created:: [between 1600 and 1700]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 720
Image Count:: 677
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper (various sizes and qualities) of a collection of notes and documents mostly related to Italian cities, dioceses and abbeys; Eastern churches and monasticism; and Central Europe; but containing also saints' lives, poetry, letters, a...
Description:: In Latin, Italian, French and Greek.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., and Italy
Subject (Topic):: Eastern churches, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, and Description and travel
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miscellany

40. Carta ejecutoria, etc

Published / Created:: 1487, 1686.
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 34
Image Count:: 172
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper (various watermarks) and parchment, composed of two distinct sections bound together in the 18th (?) century, but with additional folios inserted. Part I (parchment): Carta ejecutoria, or letter of nobility, granted to Don Alfonso ...
Description:: In Spanish.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., Spain., Spain, Salamanca (Spain), and Seville (Spain)
Subject (Topic):: Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Legal documents, Manuscripts, Medieval, Nobility, and Politics and government
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carta ejecutoria, etc

41. Diploma

Published / Created:: 1674.
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 456
Image Count:: 17
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on parchment of Diploma for a doctorate of Civil and Canon Law accorded to Franciscus Adelasius (Adelasio) from the University of Padua, 27 Jan. 1674
Description:: In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., and Padua (Italy)
Subject (Topic):: Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Diploma

42. Commonplace book

Published / Created:: 1615-1656.
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 716
Image Count:: 349
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper
Description:: In Latin and Italian.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):: Commonplace-books, Italian literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book

43. Sermons; Lives of saints

Published / Created:: 1585, 1651.
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 251
Image Count:: 1340
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper (sturdy). Pages 9-1315 contain Sermons and Lives of Saints for March 25 through August 29. The manuscript is composed of three parts; the second two serve to complete a text that was either unfinished or damaged
Description:: In Greek.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., and Athos (Greece)
Subject (Name):: Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
Subject (Topic):: Christian hagiography, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, and Sermons
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sermons; Lives of saints

44. Miscellany

Published / Created:: [ca. 1650]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 717
Image Count:: 225
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of 1) Poem warning against sin. 2) Sermons. 3) Notes on Christian, historical and other subjects, sermons, commonplaces, recipes etc. This is followed by notes on the churches and other buildings of the city, and the relics kept in...
Description:: In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., and Senigallia (Italy)
Subject (Topic):: Christian literature, Italian poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, Sermons, and Sermons, Italian
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miscellany

45. Lawyer's commonplace book of precedents

Published / Created:: [between 1600 and 1650]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 75
Image Count:: 712
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of the personal handbook of a legal scholar (perhaps from Gloucestershire?) arranged according to subject and with internal cross references; some theological and literary notes interspersed (Latin texts, some with translations int...
Description:: In English.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):: Lawyers and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Lawyer's commonplace book of precedents

46. Satirae I-IV.

Creator:: Juvenal
Published / Created:: [ca. 1650]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 74
Image Count:: 43
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper (watermarks: trimmed and buried in gutter) of Juvenal, Satirae I-IV, in the English translation of Jo Billinge and Sir Thomas Hewitt. The text of the translation is accompanied by Latin footnotes, some drawn from the scholia uetust...
Description:: In English.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Juvenal.
Subject (Topic):: Latin literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Satire, Latin, and Scholia
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Satirae I-IV.

47. Devotions for a priest

Published / Created:: 1649.
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 461
Image Count:: 88
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on parchment of prayers for priest and bishop to say before and during Mass
Description:: In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):: Liturgy and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Devotions for a priest

48. Letter

Creator:: Thuillerie, Henri de la.
Published / Created:: 1639.
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 444
Image Count:: 51
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on parchment of a Letter of rejoicing, from Henri de la Thuillerie to his father, the French diplomat and politician Gaspard Coignet de la Thuillerie upon the father's return
Description:: On the French diplomat and politician Gaspard Coignet de la Thuillerie (1597-1653), see Dictionnaire de Biographie Francaise, v. 9, cols. 146-47.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Thuillerie, Henri de la.
Subject (Topic):: Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin letters, Medieval and modern, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letter

49. Vita sanctae matris nostrae Birgittae

Published / Created:: 1637.
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 449
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper (thick, coarse) of the Life of Saint Birgitta, in two books
Description:: In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373. and Bridgettines.
Subject (Topic):: Christian hagiography, Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Vita sanctae matris nostrae Birgittae

50. English miscellany on travels, foreign countries, Catholicism and politics

Published / Created:: [between 1550 and 1625]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 621
Image Count:: 178
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper containing 1) Anthony Jenkinson (1529-1610/11), Relation of a travel to Russia and Persia. 2) Anonymous sonnet in praise of Queen Elizabeth I. Probably an autograph. 3) Anonymous treatise in four parts attacking the apology which C...
Description:: In English.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., England, Middle East, Russia, and Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Allen, William, 1532-1594., Jenkinson, Anthony., and Standen, Anthony, Sir.
Subject (Topic):: English poetry, English prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Description and travel, History, and Politics and government
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > English miscellany on travels, foreign countries, Catholicism and politics

51. The Lyfe of Sir Thomas More knighte

Creator:: Roper, William, 1496-1578
Published / Created:: [between 1600 and 1625]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 363
Image Count:: 166
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of The Life, Araignment, and Death, of the famous learned, Sir Thomas More Knight: Somtymes Lord Chauncellor of England. On f. iii verso, engraving of Sir Thomas More, half-length, to right, standing, pointing to scroll in right ha...
Description:: In English.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):: More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535. and Roper, William, 1496-1578.
Subject (Topic):: Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Lyfe of Sir Thomas More knighte

52. Cordoba, Cathedral: Estaciones del mes de noviembre

Published / Created:: [between 1557 and 1600]; 1625.
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 466
Image Count:: 47
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on parchment (thick, stiff) of 1) Record of those for whom memorial prayers were to be said during November, divided into 6 estaciones, with a total of 501 memoriae. The place where the prayer is to be said is often given; from those mentio...
Description:: In Latin and Spanish.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., and Córdoba (Spain)
Subject (Name):: Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):: Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cordoba, Cathedral: Estaciones del mes de noviembre

53. French aphorisms, library catalogue, etc

Creator:: Fribois, Noël de, active 1400-1468
Published / Created:: 15th-17th centuries
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 1029
Image Count:: 241
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of 1) Noël de Fribois, Abrégé des croniques de France, presented to King Charles VII of France in 1459. 2) Simon Gréban, Epitaph for King Charles VII. 3) Catalogue of the library of Jaspar Scaeck, apparently a lawyer in norther...
Description:: In French.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., and France
Subject (Name):: Charles VII, King of France, 1403-1461. and Fribois, Noël de, active 1400-1468.
Subject (Topic):: Didactic literature, French, French poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > French aphorisms, library catalogue, etc

54. Della miniatura, etc

Creator:: Mariani, Valerio, 1899-1982
Published / Created:: 1620.
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 372
Image Count:: 250
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of a pocket-size codex containing discussions of painting miniatures in manuscripts. On ff. 1r-30v Mariani provides a list of colors and the recipes for each color; in the remainder of the text he discusses techniques for painting ...
Description:: In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Mariani, Valerio, 1899-1982.
Subject (Topic):: Art, Technique, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Manuscripts, Medieval, Miniature painting, Italian, and Workshop recipes
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Della miniatura, etc

55. A true relation of the state of Virginia

Creator:: Rolfe, John, 1585-1622
Published / Created:: 1616.
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 567
Image Count:: 22
Resource Type:: text
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of John Rolfe (1585-1622), A true relation of the state of Virginia, autograph manuscript
Description:: The author, best known for his part in the colonization of Virginia under the governorship of Sir Thomas Dale (d. 1619) and his marriage to the Indian princess Pocahontas (d. 1617), wrote this account after his return to England in 1616 to show the su...
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., and Virginia
Subject (Name):: Rolfe, John, 1585-1622.
Subject (Topic):: English literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Description and travel, and History
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A true relation of the state of Virginia

56. Treatise on falconry

Creator:: Balzani, Guglielmo
Published / Created:: 1616.
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 477
Image Count:: 450
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of Guglielmo Balzani, of Casale Monferrato, Treatise on Falconry
Description:: The 8th Marchese of Monferrato mentioned in the prologue is presumably Guglielmo (1550-1587).
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Balzani, Guglielmo.
Subject (Topic):: Falconry, Italian literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Treatise on falconry

57. Hymnal

Published / Created:: [1601 or 1610]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 460
Image Count:: 656
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on parchment of a hymnal
Description:: In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):: Hymns, Liturgics, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hymnal

58. De caelesti hierarchia, etc

Creator:: Dionysius, the Areopagite, Saint, active 1st century
Published / Created:: [between 1600 and 1610]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 260
Image Count:: 14
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper (variety of watermarks) of Part I: Dionysius the Areopagite, De caelesti hierarchia with the Paraphrasis of George Pachymeres. Part II: Dionysius the Areopagite, De divinis nominibus I.1-II.9, with Paraphrasis of George Pachymeres....
Description:: In Greek.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Dionysius, the Areopagite, Saint, active 1st century.
Subject (Topic):: Christian martyrs, Cosmology, Ancient, Fathers of the church, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Scholia, Sermons, and Theology
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De caelesti hierarchia, etc

59. Delle imboccature de'i cavalli

Published / Created:: 1608.
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 458
Image Count:: 4
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of eighty life-size pen-and-ink drawings, tinted with grey, of various styles of horse bridles and bits; apparently intended as a pattern book. Compiled by and/or for Carlo Filippo di Vuelden
Description:: In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):: Horses, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Pattern books
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Delle imboccature de'i cavalli

60. Hai ton pathon kategorici

Creator:: Simeon Monachus
Published / Created:: 1608.
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 807
Image Count:: 453
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of Simeon Monachus, Hai ton pathon kategorici (on the confession of sins).
Description:: In Greek.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Simeon Monachus.
Subject (Topic):: Confession and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hai ton pathon kategorici

61. Transcripts of correspondence between Ludovico Madruzzo and Carlo Gaudenzio

Creator:: Madruzzo, Ludovico, 1532-1600
Published / Created:: 1595-1606
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 718
Image Count:: 210
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of a copy of the correspondence of Cardinal Ludovico Madruzzo and his nephew, Cardinal Carlo Gaudenzio
Description:: In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Gaudenzio, Carlo. and Madruzzo, Ludovico, 1532-1600.
Subject (Topic):: Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Transcripts of correspondence between Ludovico Madruzzo and Carlo Gaudenzio

62. Lamentationes Ieremiae carmine elegiaco redditae

Creator:: Baers, Johannes, d. 1653
Published / Created:: [between 1601 and 1605]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 536
Image Count:: 86
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of Johannes Baers, Lamentationes Ieremiae carmine elegiaco redditae. With a Dedicatory epistle to Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (c. 1563-1612), secretary of state of Queen Elizabeth
Description:: Iohannes Baers (Baersius), born in Ghent 1580, d. 1653, studied theology in Leiden, was minister in various places in the Northern Netherlands, was 1629 in Pernambuco (Brasil) and in 1632 back in the Netherlands minister in Soest. He is the author of ...
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Baers, Johannes, d. 1653. and Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Earl of, 1563-1612.
Subject (Topic):: Latin poetry, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Religious poetry, Latin
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Lamentationes Ieremiae carmine elegiaco redditae

63. The jewell of artes

Creator:: Waymouth, George
Published / Created:: 1603-1604.
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 565
Container / Volume:: Box
Image Count:: 1173
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of George Waymouth (fl. 1587-1611), The jewell of artes, an unfinished technical handbook of navigation, inventions, fortifications, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting of short textual parts and extremely numerous full-page tech...
Description:: About the author, a somewhat mysterious navigator, scholar and engineer, see Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, v. 51 (2004), pp. 777-778. He returned in 1602 from his unsuccesful expedition to discover the Northwest Passage, presented the King...
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Waymouth, George.
Subject (Topic):: English literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Military art and science, and Navigation
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The jewell of artes

64. Ein kunstlich undt gerecht Probier Buechlein, 1532

Creator:: Oberlender, Andreas
Published / Created:: [ca. 1600]
Call Number:: Mellon MS 44
Image Count:: 151
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of Andreas Oberlender, Probter Buechleln, 1532, an unsigned later copy executed about 1600, with a few additions. A metallurgical experiment book of the type circulated among those interested in alchemy, mining, and metallurgy in t...
Description:: In German.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Oberlender, Andreas.
Subject (Topic):: Alchemy, German literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Marcasite, and Metallurgy
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ein kunstlich undt gerecht Probier Buechlein, 1532

65. Fragments of manuscripts

Published / Created:: 1200-1600.
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 525
Image Count:: 48
Resource Type:: text
Abstract:: Manuscript fragments on parchment
Description:: In Latin, Dutch, English, and Middle French.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):: Books of hours, Graduals (chants), Missals, Psalters, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fragments of manuscripts

66. William Camden commonplace book

Creator:: Camden, William, 1551-1623
Published / Created:: [ca. 1600]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 370
Image Count:: 454
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of a collection of material copied primarily by William Camden, antiquary and historian (1551-1623), from documents, 14th-16th centuries, that were in the Tower of London and in the College of Arms. Some selections are from officia...
Description:: In English and Latin.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Camden, William, 1551-1623.
Subject (Topic):: Antiquarians, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > William Camden commonplace book

67. Della nobilta civile

Creator:: Osório, Jerónimo, 1506-1580
Published / Created:: [ca. 1600]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 30
Image Count:: 172
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of Jeronymo Osorio, Della nobilta civile, translated into Italian by Bernardo Gandino
Description:: In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., and Italy.
Subject (Name):: Osório, Jerónimo, 1506-1580.
Subject (Topic):: Italian literature, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Nobility
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Della nobilta civile

68. Chronicles of Nuremberg, 1530-1600

Published / Created:: [ca. 1600]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 833
Image Count:: 365
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript of a chronicle of events in Nuremberg from 1530 to 1600. Summaries of each item are written in the left margins..
Description:: In German.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., and Nuremberg (Germany)
Subject (Topic):: Heraldry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Chronicles of Nuremberg, 1530-1600

69. La leale amante

Creator:: Succi, Baldassarre
Published / Created:: [ca. 1600]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 871
Image Count:: 159
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of Baldassarre Succi, La leale amante: Comedia villanescha, con intermedii apparenti
Description:: In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Succi, Baldassarre.
Subject (Topic):: Italian drama (Comedy) and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > La leale amante

70. Relatio particolare di Moscovia de 1577...

Published / Created:: [between 1590 and 1600]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 959
Image Count:: 28
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper
Description:: In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., and Moscow (Russia)
Subject (Topic):: Italian literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Relatio particolare di Moscovia de 1577...

71. Relazione ragguaglio del successo della guerra dell' anno 1579, dal re di Polonia al gran duca di Moscovia

Published / Created:: [between 1590 and 1600]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 958
Image Count:: 24
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper
Description:: In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., and Poland
Subject (Topic):: Italian literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Relazione ragguaglio del successo della guerra dell' anno 1579, dal re di Polonia al gran duca di Moscovia

72. Commedia

Published / Created:: [ca. 1600]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 836
Image Count:: 84
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of an anonymous Italian comedy in five acts in prose, based on various amorous plots, the scene being laid in Florence
Description:: In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):: Italian drama (Comedy) and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commedia

73. Linea de los Reyes Moros de Granada

Published / Created:: [1575-1599]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 633
Image Count:: 24
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of the history of the final days of the Moorish kingdom of Granada
Description:: In Spanish.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., Granada (Kingdom), and Spain
Subject (Topic):: Manuscripts, Medieval, Kings and rulers, and History
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Linea de los Reyes Moros de Granada

74. Cancionero, etc

Creator:: Santillana, Iñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de, 1398-1458
Published / Created:: [between 1550 and 1600]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 489
Image Count:: 3
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper, composed of two segments, formerly separate books. Part I: 1) Letter from Inigo Lopez de Mendoza, Marques de Santillana (1398-1458), to his nephew Pedro de Mendoza, Senor de almacan. Santillana promises to send a copy of his own s...
Description:: In Spanish.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Santillana, Iñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de, 1398-1458. and Tacitus, Cornelius.
Subject (Topic):: Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Philosophy, Medieval, and Spanish poetry
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cancionero, etc

75. Life of Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia).

Published / Created:: [between 1500 and 1600]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 741
Image Count:: 155
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of Anonymous biography of Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia, 1430-1503).
Description:: In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Alexander VI, Pope, 1431-1503.
Subject (Topic):: Biography, Italian literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Life of Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia).

76. Arithmetica pratica

Published / Created:: [between 1575 and 1600]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 656
Image Count:: 32
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper (thick) of methods and examples of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and the rule of three
Description:: In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):: Arithmetic, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Mathematics, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Arithmetica pratica

77. Relacion de las cosas de Navarra desde el Rey Don Carlos de Navarra

Published / Created:: [between 1575 and 1600]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 634
Container / Volume:: (Box)
Image Count:: 9
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of a chronicle of the Kingdom of Navarre from the death in 1425 of Charles III, King of Navarre, through circa 1513, with the conquest of Navarre by Spain
Description:: In Spanish.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., Navarre (Kingdom), Navarre (Spain), and Spain
Subject (Name):: Blanca, Queen, consort of Juan II, King of Aragon, -1441., Catherine, Queen of Navarre, 1468-1518., Carlos, Prince of Viana, 1421-1461., Charles III, King of Navarre, 1361-1425., Ferdinand V, King of Spain, 1452-1516., John II, King of Aragon, 1397-1479., John III, King of Navarre, 1469-1516., and Juana Enríquez, Consort of Juan II, King of Aragon, 1425-1468.
Subject (Topic):: Manuscripts, Medieval, Kings and rulers, and History
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Relacion de las cosas de Navarra desde el Rey Don Carlos de Navarra

78. Book of Hours (fragments).

Published / Created:: [between 1400 and 1599].
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 630
Image Count:: 6
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a book of hours with an office for the dead
Description:: In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):: Books of hours, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Book of Hours (fragments).

79. Catena on Job

Creator:: Nicetas, Archbishop of Heraclea, active 11th century
Published / Created:: [between 1550 and 1600]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 257
Image Count:: 456
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper (polished).
Description:: In Greek.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Nicetas, Archbishop of Heraclea, active 11th century.
Subject (Topic):: Catenae and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Catena on Job

80. De legendis gentilium libris

Creator:: Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379
Published / Created:: approximately 1200 - approximately 1599
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 532
Image Count:: 1416
Resource Type:: text
Abstract:: Manuscript on vellum and paper of Saint Basil of Caesarea, De Legendis Gentilium Libris and various treatises on grammar and rhetoric bound together
Alternative Title:: Address to young men
Description:: In Greek.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379.
Subject (Topic):: Classical literature, Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Fathers of the church, Grammar, Comparative and general, Language and languages, Grammars, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Rhetoric
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De legendis gentilium libris

81. Gradual

Published / Created:: [between 1500 and 1600]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 480
Image Count:: 264
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on parchment of Gradual, with masses from the second Sunday after Easter through the 13th Sunday after Pentecost, omitting Ascension and Pentecost
Description:: In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):: Liturgy, Graduals (Liturgical books), Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gradual

82. Devotions

Published / Created:: [between 1575 and 1600]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 498
Image Count:: 335
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on trimmed parchment. Note rubrics on ff. 59v, 81r and 101v mentioning "l'eglise catholique" and "Institution catholique", and lengthy prayer against heretics, ff. 103r-106v
Description:: In French.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):: Devotional literature, French, French literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Devotions

83. Pommersche chronik, etc

Creator:: Eickstedt, Valentin von
Published / Created:: [between 1500 and 1600]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 99
Image Count:: 1047
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper (sturdy and rough) of 1) Valentin von Eickstedt, Pommersche Chronik, in German. Contains descriptions of some cities of Pomerania, genealogy of the Dukes of Pomerania, and the Chronicle proper. Written by Valentin von Eickstedt (15...
Description:: In German and Latin.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut, New Haven., Germany, and Pomerania (Poland and Germany)
Subject (Name):: Cramer, Daniel. and Eickstedt, Valtentin von.
Subject (Topic):: German literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, History, and Description and travel
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Pommersche chronik, etc

84. Wilhelm: an unpublished drama

Published / Created:: [between 1500 and 1600]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 908
Image Count:: 230
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of Wilhelm: an unpublished German drama. With Epistle from Haldenberger to Petrus (?), in Latin
Description:: In German and Latin.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):: German drama, Latin letters, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Wilhelm: an unpublished drama

85. Laws

Creator:: Christian III, King of Denmark and Norway, 1503-1559
Published / Created:: [between 1590 and 1600]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 31
Image Count:: 245
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper (sturdy; watermarks buried in the gutter) of Christian III and Frederick II of Denmark, Laws
Description:: In Low German.
Subject (Geographic):: Denmark., Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Christian III, King of Denmark and Norway, 1503-1559. and Frederick II, King of Denmark and Norway, 1534-1588.
Subject (Topic):: Law and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Laws

86. Ceremonial for a convent of Poor Clares (San Lorenzo in Parisperna).

Published / Created:: [between 1550 and 1599].
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 1043
Image Count:: 132
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on parchment of a ceremonial for the San Lorenzo convent of the order of Poor Clares in Panisperna. Includes ceremonials for investiture, veiling, extreme unction, funerals, and other occasions
Description:: Script: The main text (artt. 1-9) is copied in black and red ink by a single hand in Humanistica Cursiva Formata. A later hand added art. 10 in an irregular Humanistica Cursiva.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Poor Clares.
Subject (Topic):: Manuscripts, Medieval, Service books (Music), and Catholic Church
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ceremonial for a convent of Poor Clares (San Lorenzo in Parisperna).

87. Calendar; Martyrology; Benedictine Rule

Published / Created:: [between 1100 and 1150, 1300-1600]
Call Number:: Marston MS 25
Image Count:: 343
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on parchment (thick), composed of two distinct parts, of 1) Calendar-obituary giving the names of nuns, lay sisters, and benefactors of the Benedictine abbey of Notre-Dame de Saintes in Charente Inferieure in Southwestern France. The main b...
Description:: In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Benedictines.
Subject (Topic):: Benedictine nuns, Christian martyrs, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Monasticism and religious orders
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Calendar; Martyrology; Benedictine Rule

88. Ordinarium Missae

Published / Created:: [between 1400 and 1599]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 710
Container / Volume:: Box
Image Count:: 212
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on parchment of Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, and other liturgical texts, with motets by Josquin des Pres added at a later date
Description:: In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Josquin, des Prez, -1521. and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):: Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Missals
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ordinarium Missae

89. Antiphonary (fragment).

Published / Created:: [15--].
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 485.5
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing Saturday throughout the year, matins
Description:: In Latin.
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).

90. Antiphonary (fragment).

Published / Created:: [15--].
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 485.3
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing St. Cecilia (22 November).
Description:: In Latin.
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).

91. Cipher manuscript

Call Number:: Beinecke MS 408
Image Count:: 213
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Scientific or magical text in an unidentified language, in cipher, apparently based on Roman minuscule characters; the text is believed by some scholars to be the work of Roger Bacon since the themes of the illustrations seem to represent topics known...
Alternative Title:: Voynich manuscript
Description:: In unidentified cipher.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):: Ciphers and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cipher manuscript

92. Euchologium

Published / Created:: [between 1500 and 1600]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 302
Image Count:: 258
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper (thick, with a slight shine; no watermarks visible) of liturgies of the Greek Orthodox Church, prayers, and sermons
Description:: In Greek.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
Subject (Topic):: Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Liturgics, Manuscripts, Medieval, Prayers, and Sermons, Greek
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Euchologium

93. De engastrimytho, etc

Creator:: Origen
Published / Created:: [between 1550 and 1600]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 288
Image Count:: 189
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of 1) Origen, De Engastrimytho. 2) Eustathius, De Engastrimytho contra Origenem. 3) Gregory of Nyssa, Epistola de Pythonissa ad Theodosium episcopum. 4) Zeno, Admonitio de unione
Description:: In Greek.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Origen. and Witch of Endor (Biblical figure)
Subject (Topic):: Fathers of the church, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Pastoral literature, Greek
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De engastrimytho, etc

94. La fauconnerie

Creator:: Franchières, Jean de, ca. 1400-1488
Published / Created:: [between 1500 and 1600]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 90
Image Count:: 343
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper (watermarks buried in gutter) of Jean Franchieres, La fauconnerie. Begins imperfectly in the Prologue and apparently ends at the beginning of Bk. 4, ch. 22.
Description:: In French.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Franchières, Jean de, ca. 1400-1488.
Subject (Topic):: Falconry, French literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > La fauconnerie

95. Aves de caça.

Creator:: López de Ayala, Pedro, 1332-1407
Published / Created:: [between 1500 and 1600]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 79
Image Count:: 146
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of Pedro Lopez de Ayala, Aves de caça.
Description:: In Spanish.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: López de Ayala, Pedro, 1332-1407.
Subject (Topic):: Falconry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Spanish literature
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Aves de caça.

96. Scholia on Oppian

Published / Created:: [between 1550 and 1600]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 490
Image Count:: 184
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of Scholia in Oppiani Librum Primum here attributed to Theodore Magister, preceded by the life of Oppian and perioche of his work; portions of the text of Oppian are quoted as lemmata
Description:: In Greek.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Oppian, active 2nd century.
Subject (Topic):: Didactic literature, Greek, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholia
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Scholia on Oppian

97. Portolano for the western Mediterranean

Published / Created:: [1590-1599?]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 1191
Container / Volume:: Box (Oversize)
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript portolan chart, on parchment, for the western Mediterranean, showing the coasts of North Africa, Italy, Spain, France and the British Isles
Description:: In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):: Manuscript maps and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Portolano for the western Mediterranean

98. Hunting calls

Published / Created:: [between 1500 and 1600]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 200
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper of Seventeen hunting calls with hunting codes for the horn. Instructions in English: "To call the Company in the Morninge...The Mount is from partie to partie every Note repeated thrice."
Description:: In English.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):: Hunting, Hunting music, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hunting calls

99. Catoptrica, etc

Creator:: Euclid
Published / Created:: 1541; [between 1500 and 1600]
Call Number:: Beinecke MS 424
Image Count:: 296
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper in three distinct parts. Part I (ff. 1-78): 1) Euclid, Catoptrica. 2) Euclid, Phaenomena. 3) Euclid, Opticarum recensio Theonis. 4) Euclid, Data. Part II (ff. 79-102): 5) Euclid, Data, incomplete at beginning and end. Part III (ff....
Description:: In Greek.
Subject (Geographic):: Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):: Euclid.
Subject (Topic):: Charts, diagrams, etc, Manuscripts, Medieval, Mathematics, Medieval, and Scholia
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Catoptrica, etc

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