Manuscript on paper of a Cartulary of the abbey of Sant Cugat del Vallés. The manuscript also contains documents pertaining to a lawsuit between the monastery and the town of Sant Cugat
Manuscript fragment on parchment of the Casus Breves Decretalium Gregorii IX, which is closely related to Bernard of Parma's Casus longi super quinque libros decretalium; the commentary paraphrases Bernard but is much more abbreviated
Manuscript on paper (sturdy, brown; watermarks: unidentified coat of arms in gutter) of Catalogus librorum (Aldine Press). The catalogue consists of four sections: Libri graeci, Alii libri graeci, Libri latini, Italici libri
Manuscript on parchment of 1) Robert of Bridlington, Catena on Romans, begins imperfectly at 1. 24; missing Romans 9.17-21 (and portions of 9.16, 22). 2) Robert of Bridlington, Catena on 1 Corinthians; missing 7.39-15.44. 3) Robert of Bridlington, Cat...
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Robert, of Bridlington, 1167.
Subject (Topic):
Catenae, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholasticism
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 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 containing Ceremonials for a nuns' convent and related texts. Contents: 1) Ceremonial for the vestment of a nun. 2) Ceremonial for the communion of a sick nun. 3) Ceremonial for administering the extreme unction. 4) Ceremonial ...
Description:
In Latin and Dutch.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Flanders (Belgium)
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Convents, Manuscripts, Medieval, Monastic and religious life of women, Nuns, Processionals (Liturgical books), and Religious life and customs
Manuscript, poorly organized, on paper of Ceremonial for visiting a dying nun and for the burial, which served in a bilingual female community in Belgium (probably southern Flanders), where the priest, the abbess or the prioress was French-speaking. T...
Description:
Script: Copied by four hands: A) writing in Gothica Hybrida Libraria; B) writing in Gothica Semihybrida Libraria/Currens; C) writing in Gothica Cursiva Libraria/Currens; D) writing in a small Gothica Cursiva Currens. A) and B) are the principal hands....
Manuscript on parchment of Cuvelier (ca. 1350-1400), Chanson de Bertrand du Guesclin
Description:
Script: Probably copied by one hand only, writing in a small Gothica Cursiva Libraria (Bastarda). The present version deviates from the basic text, edited by J.-C. Faucon (Toulouse, 1990).
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Cuvelier, Jo, active 1372-1387.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval and Romances, Latin (Medieval and modern).
Manuscript charter, on parchment, by John le Carpenter, granting power of attorney to Henry Williams to grant seisin to Geoffrey, brother of John, of some lands in Stoke Waleys
Manuscript on parchment of a Charter of Wenzel (1361-1419) confirming the rights and privileges granted by his predecessors to the towns of Ober- and Nieder-Ingelheim, Wynterheim and Wachenheim, granted 1398 (?).
Woodblock depicting scene of the miracle of Christ stilling the wind and waves
Description:
Accompanied by: Christmas card from "the Wilsons," dated 1930, containing a print made from the woodblock and attributing the block to a craftsman in the Netherlands, circa 1480.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jesus Christ
Subject (Topic):
Miracles, Art, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Christian art and symbolism
Manuscript on paper of the A-recension of Twinger's Chronicle which was written in 1386. Chapter 1: History of the Ancient World, based on the Bible and classical sources (ff. 2r-32v); 2: History of the Roman Emperors from Julius Caesar to King Wences...
Description:
In German.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Germany
Subject (Name):
Twinger, Jakob, von Königshofen, 1346-1420.
Subject (Topic):
German literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
Manuscript on paper of Iacobus de Malvetiis (Jacopo Malvezzi, d. after 1432), Chronicon Brixianum, History of Brescia from its mythical foundation by Hercules up to 15 June 1332. With Prologue added circa 1600
Manuscript chronicle roll, on parchment, in two hands. The first three membranes contain a late thirteenth-century chronicle in Latin prose on the kings of England from Atheldred to Henry III. The last two membranes contain John Lydgate's Middle Engli...
Description:
In Latin and Middle English.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
English literature, English poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Kings and rulers
Manuscript on parchment, in a single hand, of the complete text of this anonymous verse chronicle. This version includes a brief chronicle in Latin prose
Description:
In Middle English, with a small addition in Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
English literature, English poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Kings and rulers
Manuscript on parchment, in a single hand, of the "second version" of John Hardyng's Chronicle. While the manuscript has lost perhaps 36 leaves from the beginning of the work, it is textually complete from the reign of Vortigern on. There is a final e...
Description:
In Middle English.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Hardyng, John, 1378-1465?
Subject (Topic):
English literature, English poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Narrative poetry, English (Middle)
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
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of a version of Peter of Ickham's chronicle of English history. The narrative in this copy ends with 1301; this is followed by several brief entries in the same hand for events dated between 1287 and 1305
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Peter, of Ickham, active 1290.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Latin prose literature, Medieval and modern, Great Britain, History, and Kings and rulers
Manuscript on parchment (trimmed) of Baudouin d'Avesnes (d. 1289; Lord of Beaumont and son of Margaret of Flanders), Chroniques de Hainaut. Continues to ca. 1131
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Hainaut (Belgium)
Subject (Name):
Baudouin d'Avesnes.
Subject (Topic):
French literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper of (1) M. Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.), Laelius de amicitia; (2) Cicero, Cato Maior de senectute; (3) moral examples from antiquity; (4) commentary on parts of Canon Law
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Wiblingen (Ulm, Germany)
Subject (Name):
Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
Subject (Topic):
Canon law, Christian education, History, Education, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Monastic and religious life
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 parchment of a Cistercian Collectar, including a calendar, tables for calculating feast days, collects for various occasions, prayers, and ceremonials
Manuscript on paper containing 1) Claudius Claudianus (ca. 400), De raptu Proserpinae. 2) Plinius Maior (23-79), Naturalis Historia, C. Mayhoff, ed. (Teubner, 1906 ff.), 10.3-5: note on the phenix, as an introduction to art. 3. 3) Claudius Claudianus,...
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Claudianus, Claudius.
Subject (Topic):
Latin fiction, Laudatory poetry, Latin, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on parchment, in at least two scribal hands, containing works by Alain Chartier, including Le quadrilogue invectif, Le livre des quatres dames, Le lay de paix, Le livre d'esperance, Le breviaire des nobles, Le debat du reveille-matin, Le la...
Description:
In Middle French.
Subject (Geographic):
France., Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Caulier, Achille., Chartier, Alain, active 15th century., Dunois Master, active 1430-1465., Granson, Oton de, -1397., Gréban, Simon, -approximately 1473., Lecuy, Abbé., and Taillevent, approximately 1315-1395.
Subject (Topic):
French literature, French poetry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper (badly damaged) of commentaries, mostly by Juan Zapata y Alarcón, O.S.A, on various philosophical texts, including those by Aristotle and Porphyry
Manuscript on parchment (greatly trimmed) of An alphabetically arranged collection of extracts on the virtues and vices and on moral subjects drawn from Vincent of Beauvais
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Vincent, of Beauvais, -1264.
Subject (Topic):
Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Vice, and Virtue
Manuscript on paper of Capitula for several feasts; prayers for the offices of the Temporale and the Sanctorale; prayers for the Commemorations of the Virgin; various other prayers, benedictions, liturgical instructions, and additional collects
Description:
Script: Apart from additions, copied by a single hand in a large, high, and very angular Northern Gothica Textualis Formata in two sizes; and the earlier additions are in Northern Gothica Textualis Formata, while the later ones are in Humanistica Curs...
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Augustinian Canons., Catholic Church. Diocese of Liège (Belgium), and Catholic Church
Manuscript compendium of astronomical and astrological texts, including a version of the Kalendarium of Regiomontanus, with lunar eclipse tables for the years 1475-1530 and a solar calendar for 1475-1513. Other contents include a number of astronomica...
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Regiomontanus, Joannes, 1436-1476.
Subject (Topic):
Astrology, Astrology, Italian, Astronomy, Calendars, Lunar eclipses, Quadrants (Astronomical instruments), Solar eclipses, Manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Renaissance, and Zodiac
Manuscript on paper containing 1) Mechthild of Hackeborn, Liber specialis gratiae (excerpts), f1r-5r; 2) Meditations of St Bernard (excerpts), f5v-8r; 3) Thomas à Kempis, Hortulus Rosarum, f8v-36v
Description:
The Liber specialis gratiae records the visions of Mechthild of Hackeborn as told to St. Gertrude Helfta (Gertrude the Great) and another unidentified nun-scribe.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Mechthild, of Hackeborn, 1241 or 1242-1299?
Subject (Topic):
Devotio moderna, Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, Meditation, Mysticism, Catholic Church, and Women mystics
Manuscript on parchment of A collection of copies of grants and concessions made to Jacobo Probo, conte di Pianelle, from Francesco Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (1466-1519), and his son Federico II (1500-40). The three documents of Francesco are dated 1...
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Mantua (Duchy)
Subject (Name):
Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, 1500-1540. and Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, 1466-1519.
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
Manuscript on paper of a collection of texts, including: 1) A number of works by Albertano da Brescia, 2) Robertus Grosseteste's Templum De, 3) Laurence of Aquileia's Practica sive usus dictaminis, 4) Correspondence between Charles of Anjou and Peter ...
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Brescia, Albertano da, active 13th century., Damiani, Petrus, Saint, 1007?-1072., Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253., Charles, of Anjou, 1226-1285., Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375., and Peter III, King of Aragon, 1239-1285.
Subject (Topic):
Astrology, Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Diplomacy, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Rhetoric, Medieval
Manuscript on parchment (thick, but good quality) of a Collection of Texts on St. Barbara. With a miscellany of texts including patristic works, moralistic poems, and prophecies
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Barbara, Saint.
Subject (Topic):
Christian martyrs, Christian poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern), Fathers of the church, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Prophecies
Manuscript on paper of Pedro de Medina, Coloquio de cosmographia and Regimiento del altura del sol y del Norte. Addition, in another hand, by a friend of Pedro de Medina and taken from a treatise in Italian on cosmography by a Florentine member of the...
Description:
In Spanish.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Medina, Pedro de, 1493?-1567?
Subject (Topic):
Cosmography, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript, on parchment, in at least two hands, of the commentary on the fourth book of Peter Lombard's Sentences by Petrus de Tarantasia's (later Pope Innocent V). This manuscript is a palimpsest; the parchment is from at least three unidentified th...
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Innocent V, Pope, approximately 1224-1276., Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1100-1160., Dominicans., and San Domenico (Church : Gaeta, Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Palimpsests, and Theology, Doctrinal
