Manuscript indenture, on parchment, detailing an agreement between the Prior and canons of the Augustinian priory of Bromehill on the one part and the Mayor, burgesses, merchants and residents of the town of Thetford on the other part. The indenture concerns the rights to income from the annual Prior's fair at Bromehill, including rights to the toll, stallage and pickage fees.
Description:
Annotated in a later hand, possibly that of the Norfolk antiquary Thomas Martin., Docketed in a sixteenth-century? hand: the indentur of Bromehyll ffeyes., Formerly owned by Thomas Martin. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single column of 26 lines. Head of document indented., Script: secretary script., and With: Seal of the Prior and Canons of Bromehill Priory, in green wax, containing a pyramid between a star, below, and a crescent moon, above.
Subject (Geographic):
Norfolk (England)--Early works to 1800. and Thetford (England)--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Augustinians--England., Bromehill Priory (Norfolk, England), and Martin, Thomas,--1697-1771--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Fairs--England--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Markets--England--Early works to 1800., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Monasteries and state--England.
Manuscript on paper of a collection of alchemical texts, including works by Rasis, Roger Bacon, and Hermes. Though the Bacon text and one other are early practical alchemies, the contents are mainly speculative in character.
Description:
Binding: Modern. Parchment, cut from a leaf of a very large manuscript, probably a lectionary, written in a Rotunda antiquior hand, Italian, 12th century; writing on outer surface erased, printed paper label on backstrip., Book and chapter headings in red, rubrication, capitals stroked yellow, larger initials painted in red or blue with tracery ornament in the contrasting color (all decoration probably by the scribe; red headings in the scribe's hand, all other red decoration with ink of apparently identical composition)., Denis Duveen, acquired from Joseph Martini, 1938; Mellon MS 34, acquired with the Duveen collection. Gift of Paul and Mary Mellon, 1965., and Script: Written by one scribe in a very neat and regular prehumanistic hand.
Subject (Name):
Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294., Hermes, Trismegistus., and Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā, 865?-925?
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript fragment, on vellum, in a single hand, containing the conclusion of the blessing for Easter Day; the entire blessing for the following Monday and Tuesday; and the beginning of the blessing for the Wednesday after Easter.
Description:
Decoration: Rubricated. Initials in red ink., From the collection of Guglielmo Libri; Phillipps MS 29721; from the collection of Brian S. Cron. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single column of 18 lines., and Script: Anglo-Saxon miniscule.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Liturgy--Early works to 1800., Cron, Brian S.--Ownership., Libri, Guillaume,--1803-1869--Ownership., and Phillipps, Thomas,--Sir,--1792-1872--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Benedictionals--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript, on parchment, in at least seven hands, containing the text of the wills of Jankyn (or John) Smyth and his wife, Margaret Odeham, detailing their bequests to the Candlemas Guild of Bury St. Edmunds, as well as to other religious foundations, and the funeral expenses for Smyth. Also included are the grant of probate for Smyth's second will, dated 1481; and lists of lands donated by the couple, by name and location.
Description:
Binding: contemporary binding of tawed white leather over bevelled wooden boards, sewn on four leather thongs. Remains of clasp; brass pin and mount on lower cover., Decoration: Rubricated. Large blue initial with red penwork (f. 8)., Formerly owned by Alan G. Thomas. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns, mostly of 32 lines., Numerous marginal annotations in both contemporary and later hands., and Script: manuscript is in at least seven hands.
Subject (Geographic):
Bury St. Edmunds (England)--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Finance--Early works to 1800., Odeham, Margaret,--1492., Smyth, Jankyn,--1481., and Thomas, Alan G.--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Charitable bequests--Early works to 1800., Endowments--Catholic Church., Legacies--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript fragment, on parchment, containing Ezekiel 1:22 to 5:6.
Description:
From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of 50 lines., Recovered from a binding., and Script: late Carolingian.
Subject (Topic):
Bible.--Ezekiel., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript leaf, on vellum, in a single hand, of part of the book of Ecclesiasticus (Sirach).
Description:
Decoration: Three illuminated initials with bar borders; illuminated chapter numbers., Layout: double columns of 46 lines each., Manuscript Bible originally given to St. Albans Abbey by Michael of Mentmore (-1349). Leaf previously owned by Alan G. Thomas. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., and Script: gothic.
Subject (Name):
St. Albans Abbey. and Thomas, Alan G.--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript leaf, on parchment, in a single hand, containing the text of Judges 5:5-6; 6:6; and 10:7-11:26. The leaf originally formed part of a manuscript known as the Werden Heptateuch.
Description:
Byname: Werden Heptateuch (Fragment)., Formerly owned by E. A. Lowe; Estelle Doheny. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of 25 lines each., Leaf recovered from a binding., Script: Anglo-Saxon miniscule., and Small part of conjugate leaf still present.
Subject (Geographic):
Werden (Essen, Germany)
Subject (Name):
Doheny, Estelle,--1875-1958--Ownership., Lowe, E. A.--(Elias Avery),--1879-1969--Ownership., and Reichsabtei Werden.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript fragment, on parchment, from an illuminated Book of Hours. It contains the opening of the Commendation of Souls, a series of psalms often found after the Office of the Dead in English or English-marketed books of hours.
Description:
Decoration: historiated initial "B" with a miniature of two souls borne to heaven by two angels, gilt; wide decorated border of blue and green acanthus with flowers and fruits, gilt., From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single column of 17 lines., and Script: gothic.
Subject (Geographic):
Bruges (Belgium)
Subject (Topic):
Books of hours--Early works to 1800., Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--Belgium--Bruges--15th century., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript leaf, on parchment, in a single hand, probably from an Anglo-Norman breviary.
Description:
Decoration: Rubricated. Two illuminated initials with long marginal extensions; two smaller initials., From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of 25 lines., and Script: gothic.
Subject (Topic):
Breviaries--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript fragment, on parchment, of a choir breviary, containing part of the offices for Epiphany.
Description:
Decoration: Rubricated. Initials in blue with red penwork. Large illuminated initial "A" with full border on verso, gilt., From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of 51 lines., Musical notation on four-line red staves., References to Thomas Becket struck through on verso., and Script: gothic liturgical hand.
Subject (Topic):
Breviaries--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Musical notation--Early works to 1800.