Manuscript on parchment of theological and moral treatises.
Alternative Title:
[Trattato di teologia morale in quattro libri:] ms., on parchment, in Italian. With Viridarium consolationis, and Tractatus scale: ms., on parchment, in Italian
Description:
Binding: 19th century (?). Quarter binding, parchment (from a music manuscript with 4-line red staves?) and paper printed in a rose and white decorative pattern over cardboard. On the front cover, in s. XIX handwriting: "Trattato di morale e teologia"; on the spine, in 19th century handwriting: "M.S. / 1421". Blue sprinkled edges., Headings in red. Alternately red and blue paragraph marks. 2- and 3-line flourished initials alternately in red and blue with very developed penwork in the contrasting colours in the left margin or in the intercolumnar space; at both ends the penwork terminates in conspicuous corkscrew ornament. 3- and 4-line litterae duplices with a yet more elaborate execution of the same type of penwork on ff. 2r (beginning of art. 2), 35v (2, beginning of art. 3), 52v (beginning of art. 4). The additional artt. 5-9 are undecorated., Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund., Script: main text is copied by one hand writing Southern Gothica Textualis Formata. The additional artt. 5-9 and the notes are written in extremely small Gothica Cursiva Libraria, all probably by Dominicus de Seraphinis., The first page is badly soiled., and The manuscript contains: 1) Gerardus de Prato OFM, Breviloquium in sententias. 2) Iacobus de Benevento OP (s. XIII2 , Ps.-Bonaventura), Viridarium consolationis. 3) Aldobrandinus de Tuscanella OP (1250-1300), Scala fidei, second recension. 4) Note on the ten virtues. 5) Quodlibet questions with answers based on Raymundus de Pennaforti (d. 1275). 6) Note on the real existence of Purgatory. 7) A legal note on the conditions on which toll must not be paid for the transportation of goods, quoting Henricus de Segusio (Hostiensis, d. 1271). 8) A note about the four senses of Scripture.
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, containing four of the Canterbury tales: the Clerk's tale; the Wife of Bath's tale; the Friar's tale; and the Summoner's tale.
Description:
Annotated on f. 78 with the names "William Cooke" and "Morris Barckley.", Binding: eighteenth-century full paneled calf, gilt., Byname: Sion College Chaucer., Decoration: six initials in red., From the collections of Henry R. Grissil; William Cooke; Sir Maurice Berkeley. Ex libris Sion College Library. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns of 24 lines., Library stamp: Sion College., and Script: English bookhand.
Subject (Geographic):
English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500.
Subject (Name):
Chaucer, Geoffrey,---1400. and Sion College. Library Stamp.
Manuscript portolan chart, on parchment, for the western Mediterranean, showing the coasts of North Africa, Italy, Spain, France and the British Isles.
Description:
Damaged: coastline of Greece missing; severe fading., Decoration: illustrations of five emblematic rulers and one of the Virgin Mary at the top of the portolan; three compass roses and strapwork., and Purchased from Richard A. Linenthal (Bonham's London sale 320752, 2013 June 19, lot 62) on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013.
Manuscript leaves, on parchment, in a single hand, from a text of Terence's Comedies.
Description:
Attributed to the Florentine scribe "Messer Marco" (Giovanni d'Astore?)., Decoration: initials in blue ink., From a manuscript previously owned by Otto Ege. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns of 30 lines., and Script: humanist script.
Legal document, in a professional hand, signed by the first Baron Lumley, containing an acquittance for 2500 pounds received from Edward Greville for the manor of Mickleton in Gloucestershire.
Description:
Attached seal (worn)., Docketed in later hands., Part of Phillipps MS 40459. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Signed: "Lumley.", and Signed: "Ric. Lewkenor."
Subject (Geographic):
Gloucestershire (England)--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Greville, Edward,--Sir,--1542-1616., Lewkenor, Richard,--1542-1616., Lumley, John Lumley,--Baron,--1534?-1609., and Lumley, John Lumley,--Baron,--1534?-1609--Autograph.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), Decamerone, 7.8, 30-50 and Decamerone, 7.9, 1-5.
Description:
Binding: The leaf has been used as a cover for an archival register (?), the upper part of f. 1r being the front cover. It carries the inscriptions "A", "Gioan Giacomo Saba***". and Script: Copied by one hand in Southern Gothica Semitextualis Libraria.
Manuscript, on parchment, of an illuminated and decorated gradual made for use in the choir of the Olivetan monks of the monastery of Santa Maria di Baggio near Milan.
Description:
Binding: full deerskin over wooden boards; extensive metalwork on binding., Decoration: five miniatures; eleven large ornamental initials on gold grounds; many decorated initials with penwork., Gift of Susan Weil, 2014., Miniatures have been attributed to the Olivetan Master and the Master of the Lodi Choir Books., and Script: written in liturgical bookhand. Music in square musical notation on five four-line red staves.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Liturgy., Master of the Lodi Choir Books,--active 15th century., Olivetan Master,--active 1429-1439., and Olivetans.
Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of a collection of annotated coats of arms for 177 members of the Knights of the Round Table. Each knight is represented by a coat of arms drawn in trick and followed by an explanation of each device and its appropriateness to that knight. The main text is preceded by a nine page text, "De l'invention des armes," and followed by a "Briefue narration de la table ronde."
Description:
Binding: eighteenth-century green velvet over boards; silver castle ornament mounted on front cover., Decoration: 177 pen and ink drawings in trick of coats of arms., Ex libris Edward Rowe Mores; Thomas Astle; Philip Hills; H. J. B. Clements; John MacDonnell. On deposit from the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: Single columns of varying length. Armorial entries begin with the name of the knight and a pen and ink drawing of his coat of arms in trick, followed by a descriptive paragraph,, Modern title page in English bound in before original title page., Ownership inscription of Philip Hills, 1785 December 21., Printed bookseller description pasted in on verso of rear flyleaf., and Script: secretary.
Subject (Geographic):
Arthurian romances--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Arthur,--King--Early works to 1800., Astle, Thomas,--1735-1803--Ownership., Clements, Henry J. B.--(Henry John Beresford),--1869-1940--Bookplate., Hills, Philip,--1768-1830--Autograph., MacDonnell, John--Bookplate., and Mores, Edward Rowe,--1730-1778--Ownership.
Adolf, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, 1526-1586.
Published / Created:
1560 September 10.
Call Number:
Takamiya MS 128
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Letter, signed, thanking Queen Elizabeth for conferring the Order of the Garter on him. The Duke apologizes in advance for his absence from the ceremony, owing to his war with the Swedes, and requests that he be represented by Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex.
Description:
Annotated with probable catalog number (Phillipps?): 33068., In Latin., Layout: single column of 14 lines., On deposit from the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Script: Italic., Seal: pendant red wax seal of Duke Adolf., and Signed: "Adolf Holsatia Dux," with monogram SH as the initial letter of the second word.
Subject (Geographic):
England--Foreign relations--Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) and Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)--Foreign relations--England.
Subject (Name):
Adolf,--Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf,--1526-1586., Elizabeth--I,--Queen of England,--1533-1603., Essex, Walter Devereux,--Earl of,--1541-1576., and Order of the Garter.