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
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
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
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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
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
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
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."
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
Manuscript on paper (sturdy, polished). Pages 99-170 contain Sermons and Lives of Saints for December 20 to February 2. Notations within the codex concerning the appropriate time for reading each item (e.g., "at the table") suggest that the collection...
Description:
In Greek.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
Subject (Topic):
Christian hagiography, Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, and Sermons
Manuscript on paper (polished, except for ff. 129-136) of Passages on Asceticism by various authors, including John Chrysostom, Basil, Isidore, Theodoretus, Maximus, Nilus. With other theological texts, especially concerning monasticism
Description:
In Greek.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Anastasius, Sinaita, Saint, active 640-700.
Subject (Topic):
Asceticism, Fathers of the church, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Monastic and religious life, and Theology
Manuscript on paper of Sermons in Nahuatl, beginning defectively in the sermon for the second Sunday after Easter, through the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost; material for each Sunday includes a reading from the Epistles with a "Declaracion del testo" an...
Description:
In Nahuatl and Spanish.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Central America.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, Nahuas, Sermons, and Sermons, Nahuatl
Manuscript on paper (unidentified watermarks along upper edge) of Ps.-Dionysius the Aereopagite, De ecclesiastica hierarchia, translated into Latin by John the Scot
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Erigena, Johannes Scotus, approximately 810-approximately 877. and Pseudo-Dionysius, the Areopagite.
Subject (Topic):
Mysticism, Literature, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper and parchment, composed in seven parts, of a collection of papal documents relating to the Franciscan Order, the Poor Clares, and the Tertiaries of St. Francis. With Rule for Poor Clares; and Rule of the Tertiaries of St. Francis. ...
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
John XXII, Pope, -1334., Urban IV, Pope, ca. 1200-1264., Franciscans., and Poor Clares.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, Papal documents, and Third orders