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2.
- Creator:
- Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142
- Published / Created:
- [circa 1350]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1214
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 161
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, incomplete, of the text of Peter Abelard's Historia calamitatum, followed by the seven epistolae exchanged between him and Héloïse.
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: compressed gothic book script., Decoration: 2-line initials in red or blue with penwork flourishing in red or purple. Medieval marginalia includes manicules and grotesques., Manuscript is incomplete (circa 50 leaves missing?). Text opens: id secreto fieret (Historia calamitatum). Text concludes: orationum instantiam confessio[ne]m lau[dis?] (Letter 7)., and Binding: modern blind-stamped white leather.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142. and Héloïse, approximately 1095-1163 or 1164.
- Subject (Topic):
- Autobiography, Women authors, Latin letters, Medieval and modern, Love-letters, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Historia calamitatum and epistolae
3.
- Creator:
- Adolfus, von Wien, 14th cent
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 462
- Image Count:
- 180
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Adolfus von Wein, Doligamus. The text, a series of fables concerning the deceitful conduct of women, is heavily annotated with interlinear glosses and lengthy explanatory prose passages inserted both between segments of the text and in the outer margins. With Albertus Magnus, attributed author, De secretis mulierum; and Pope Pius II (Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini), Carmen in laudem Friderici Caesaris, a poem written in praise of Friedrich III (1415-93), King of the Germans and later crowned Holy Roman Emperor
- Description:
- In Latin., Watermarks: similar to Piccard, Ochsenkopf XIII.173 and XI. 201, and similar in design to Briquet Main 11090, 11092-93., Script: Written by a single scribe in inelegant gothic cursive, with a smaller script for commentary and interlinear notations., Crude decorative initials, 2-line, in red, some with foliage designs in body of letter; first letter of each verse stroked with red., Some loss of marginalia due to trimming on ff. 8v, 9r., and Binding: Twentieth century. Red paste-paper case with a black, gold-tooled label.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Adolfus, von Wien, 14th cent. and Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, 1415-1493.
- Subject (Topic):
- Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Fables, Laudatory poetry, Latin, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholia
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Doligamus, etc
4.
- Creator:
- Aegidius Beneventanus
- Published / Created:
- [between 1250 and 1300]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 119
- Container / Volume:
- Vol. 2
- Image Count:
- 398
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Aegidius Beneventanus, Collection of extracts on moral subjects (Part I), historical, genealogical and geographical subjects (Parts II and III) drawn from classical, Biblical and medieval texts. With Extracts from Isidore, Etymologiae
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written by several scribes in an uneven gothic bookhand., Two attractive illuminated initials, 4-line, with partial borders. Folio 1r, initial constructed of a winged dragon, pale yellow with white highlights and red contouring strokes against a blue ground. Tail of dragon extends down the inner margin to form a partial bar border, blue, red, pale yellow with beads in red, blue, and yellow and small stylized leaves, blue and pale yellow swirling around bar. Border ends in lower margin in stylized scroll inhabited by a bird, outlined in red and brown ink, and a fowler, pointing a bow and arrow. Folio 30r, initial, red and pale yellow against blue ground with white filigree, filled with a grotesque and a dragon. Descender of initial extends into margin to form a partial bar border, same as above; border terminates in lower margin in a stylized scroll, ending in a dragon's head. Several flourished initials of good quality, 3-line, blue or red with penwork in the opposite color, extending the entire length of the text column (e.g., f. 45v). Other pen and ink initials, red with crude penwork in brown ink. Plain initials and headings in red. Paragraph marks primarily in red. Instructions to rubricator throughout; remains of guide letters. Spaces left unfilled for some initials., and Binding: 19th-20th centuries, France (?). Quarter bound in blind-tooled brown calf over oak boards by the same binder as Marston MSS 214, 216 and 236.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Aegidius Beneventanus. and Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Florilegium
5.
- Creator:
- Aelian, active 3rd century
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1560]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 242
- Image Count:
- 60
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Aelian, De instruendis aciebus. The scribe attempts to establish the correct text from a defective exemplar. For example, on f. 2v there is a note, in red, referring the reader to the proper portion of the text on f. 7v. There are several such corrections as well as marginal notes giving variant readings
- Description:
- In Greek., Watermarks: Harlfinger Couronne 25 from two manuscripts copied in Venice by Camillus Venetus, and dated 1561 and 1562., Script: Written in a highly calligraphic Greek minuscule by Angelus Vergecius., Decorative floral headpiece and initial, in red, on f. 1r; headings and marginal notations, in red. A number of beautifully executed diagrams, in black and red, often extend well into the margins., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries (?). Limp vellum wrapper, with the title on spine and "Aelianus Angeli Vergecij" on cover.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Aelian, active 3rd century.
- Subject (Topic):
- Charts, diagrams, etc, Greek literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Strategy
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De instruendis aciebus
6.
- Creator:
- Aesop
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 611
- Image Count:
- 107
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Artt. 1-6: Aesop (Aesopus, 6th cent. before C.), Vita et fabulae, Latin translation by Rinuccio da Castiglione (Rinucius Aretinus, ca. 1395-after 1456). Artt. 7-8: Aesop, Fabulae, Latin translation by Ognibene Leoniceno (Omnibonus Leonicenus, 1412-1481).
- Description:
- In Latin., Watermarks: Briquet 2472 (?); var. Briquet 7918 (?); other (scissors and scale)., Script: Copied by two hands: Section I in unusual Humanistica Cursiva Libraria with the features of Humanistica Semitextualis; Section II in Humanistica Cursiva Libraria., Pale red headings in Section II only (the headings in Section I are in black ink). Pale red paragraph marks. 2- or 3-line pale red plain or slightly decorated initials, with guide-letters in the left margin., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Half leather over cardboard, the paper covers decorated with a lozenged pattern of black and red dots. Gold-tooled spine with brown leather title-label with gold-tooled inscription "ESOPI FABBUL. ***7".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Aesop.
- Subject (Topic):
- Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Fables, Literature, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Vita et fabulae
7.
- Creator:
- Africanus, Sextus Julius
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1580]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 276
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper
- Description:
- In Greek., Same watermark as Harlfinger Croix 41, from a manuscript signed by Andreas Darmarius and dated 5 April 1582., Script: Written by the scribe Andreas Darmarius, who signed the completed manuscript., Headpiece in black ink, on f. 1r. Headings and chapter notations, in red. 3-line initial, with decoration above and below letter, in red on f. 4r; other small initials in red throughout codex at beginning of each section., and Binding: Nineteenth century (?). Limp green vellum case, blue-green edges.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Africanus, Sextus Julius.
- Subject (Topic):
- Geography, Ancient, Encyclopedias and dictionaries, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cestoi
8.
- Creator:
- Agnese, Battista, active 16th century
- Published / Created:
- 1559
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 560
- Image Count:
- 33
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of an atlas produced by the Genoese cartographer Battista Agnese (1514-1564) in Venice
- Description:
- In Latin and Italian., Script: inscriptions in black or red ink in Humanistica Cursiva under Gothic influence, and in Capitalis (the latter sometimes in gold)., Shield in yellow and blue with "Cosmo-Grra-Phia" in red. The maps show varying degrees of colouring., An atlas produced by the Genoese cartographer Battista Agnese (1514-1564) in Venice. Includes 23 maps in various colors, with many representations of people, ships, and landmarks., and Binding: de luxe binding, 19th or 20th century, by Rivière & Son: gold-tooled red morocco over pasteboard; gold-tooled title on spine:"PORTOLANO / DA / BATTISTA / AGNESE", and at the bottom: "1559".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Agnese, Battista, active 16th century.
- Subject (Topic):
- Atlases, Cosmography, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscript maps, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Portolan atlas
9.
- Creator:
- Agostino della Scarperia
- Published / Created:
- [1400-1450]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 948
- Image Count:
- 52
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of a selection of sermons by Agostino della Scarperia
- Description:
- In Italian., Script: copied by a single hand in Italian Hybrida Libraria/Currens (Mercantesca); the final lines, on the singleton f. 25, are in a more rapid hand. There is space for 3-line initials (a 4-line initial on f. 1r) at the opening of the sermons, but these have not been executed. The headings open with a decorative majuscule S(ermone). Otherwise the manuscript is undecorated., Ps.-Augustinus Hipponensis (Pseudo-Augustine), Sermones ad fratres in heremo, Italian translation of a small selection of the sermons by Agostino da Scarperia (c. 1320-end of the 14th century). Our manuscript contains the first eight sermons only., and Binding: sewn on, no covers.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Agostino della Scarperia.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and Sermons, Italian
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sermons
10.
- Creator:
- Aken, Hein van
- Published / Created:
- 14th century
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 915
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of a Dutch translation in verse of the Roman de la Rose by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, transmitted by three complete manuscripts and a few fragments
- Description:
- In Dutch., Script: copied by one hand in Northern Gothica Textualis Libraria., Alternating red and blue paragraph marks and 2-line plain initials, with guide letters. The four verses in the neighbourhood of an initial open with a majuscule heightened with red., and Die Rose is a Dutch translation in verse of the Roman de la Rose by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, transmitted by three complete manuscripts and a few fragments. Both leaves are trimmed, f. 2 severely so at the top, with loss of text. In both leaves the outer margin has been folded (c. 10 mm.) as to form a stub for use as flyleaves in the binding of an unrecorded printed book.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Aken, Hein van.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dutch poetry and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Die rose
