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1. 47 letters and papers from the Office of the Exchequer, 1554-1706.
- Published / Created:
- 1554-1706
- Call Number:
- Osborn fa18
- Image Count:
- 160
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- 47 letters and documents, on paper (one document on parchment) in various cursive scripts, produced in England between 1554 and 1706. Mostly from the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods, they consist of claims for expenses, wages, and other benefits. They include an account of a banquet (15 November 1561), signed by the Marquis of Winchester and Sir Walter Mildmay; a Claim for Allowances (1563) by Sir Thomas Chaloner, Ambassador to Spain; L. S. (1578) by Lord Burgley about money to be sent to Ireland and mentioning Sir Philip Sidney; A. L. S. (1597) by George, Lord Hunsdon; A. K. S. (Chester, 11 Aug. 1601) by the antiquary and mathematician Edward Brerewood to the Privy Council. The documents also include signatures of other government officials and nobles. and The documents derive from the papers of Robert Petre, Auditor for the Exchequer, and his colleague Vincent Skinner.
- Description:
- Binding: Middle Hill boards, spine missing., Ex libris Sir Thomas Phillipps (unnumbered MS)., and Modern pencil pagination employed. Wanting p. 43-46, 65-68, 109-114, 119-120, 125-132, 139-142, 161-168, 177-178.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1533-1603 and Great Britain--Politics and government--1603-1625
- Subject (Name):
- Elizabeth--I,--Queen of England,--1533-1603, Great Britain.--Exchequer, James--I,--King of England,--1566-1625, and Phillipps, Thomas,--Sir,--1792-1872--Ownership
- Subject (Topic):
- Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 47 letters and papers from the Office of the Exchequer, 1554-1706.
2. Anglo-Saxon law; Annals of Iceland
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1700; ca. 1650]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 508
- Image Count:
- 190
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper in two parts. Part I (ca. 1700): 1) Treaty between Edward the Elder, King of England and Guthrun II, King of the Danes in East Anglia, 905-906. 2) Leges Edouardi regis, the Laws issued by King Edward the Elder (ca. 902-ca. 924) or Edward the Confessor (d. 1066). Part II (ca. 1650): 3) Annals of Iceland, 636-1394, with partial Latin translation in the margins. Here ascribed by another 17th-century hand to the Icelandic humanist Arngrimur Jonsson (1568-1648).
- Description:
- In Latin (Part I) and Icelandic (Part II)., Script: Part I (ff. 1-16): Written by one hand in Humanistic Cursive script. Part II (ff. 17-89): Gothica Cursiva for the Icelandic text, Humanistic Cursive script for the English text written in the margin., The acidity of the ink of the Icelandic text has damaged the paper., and Binding: Modern white parchment over cardboard.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England., Connecticut, New Haven., and Iceland
- Subject (Name):
- Edward, King of England, -924.
- Subject (Topic):
- Law, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Anglo-Saxon law; Annals of Iceland
3. Chronicles of Pisa
- Published / Created:
- [between 1600 and 1700]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 499
- Image Count:
- 352
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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 with 1422, was added by a later continuator after Sardo's death
- Description:
- In Italian., Watermarks: unidentified sun within circle, in gutter., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Vellum spine and fore-edge strip, with gold tooling on spine and dark red label: "Cronica Pisano./ 1342/ Annali di Pisa./ 1422/ MS." Marbled paper sides.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Pisa (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Italian literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Chronicles of Pisa
4. Commonplace book
- Published / Created:
- 1615-1656.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 716
- Image Count:
- 349
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper
- Description:
- In Latin and Italian.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Commonplace-books, Italian literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book
5. Outline drawings from a pattern book
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1700]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 553
- Image Count:
- 5
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on paper (unidentified watermark) of outline drawings of saints and prophets and 2 scenes from the New Testament, from a pattern book, with script headings
- Description:
- In Arabic. and Mounted between glass.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Orthodox Eastern Church.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Pattern books
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Outline drawings from a pattern book
6. Antiphonal, etc
- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1600, 1600 and 1700]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 78
- Image Count:
- 106
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (sturdy; staggered thumb holes at bottom of leaves) of Antiphons for suffrages. With liturgies and offices for various occasions. Written during the 16th century presumably for Franciscan use and supplemented during the 17th century; the second portion may have been added for use of the Reform Congregation of the Spanish Discalceates of which Peter of Alcantara was the founder
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written by two scribes in a large round gothic bookhand. 1) ff. 1r-43v (16th century); 2) ff. 44r-50r (17th century). Scribe 2 attempts to replicate the work of Scribe 1, but uses 5-line staves rather than 4-line., Decoration for ff. 1r-43v: initials, with foliage designs, in rectangular frame, often with ground uncolored; colors range from vibrant blue, yellow, and orange to olive green and dark purple. Initials for ff. 44r-50r, of similar design, with more subdued shades, and no frames., and Binding: Seventeenth century. Vellum stays, contemporary paper flyleaves and pastedowns. Original sewing on five supports attached to very thick, square wooden boards. Beaded and colored endbands. Red edges. Covered in brown calf (cow?) reinforced at spine with additional leather and straps nailed to the boards. Traces of a strap and pin fastening. Vellum label with notation "Antiphonar. Com. sanctorum" nailed to lower board. The badly warped upper board is reinforced with two strips of wood placed vertically on the upper surface.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church and Franciscans.
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Antiphonaries, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiphonal, etc
7. Attainder of Lord Cromwell
- Published / Created:
- [between 1600 and 1700]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 40
- Image Count:
- 24
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of a later copy of the Act of Attainder of Thomas Cromwell
- Description:
- In English., Watermarks: similar to Heawood 348., Script: Written in a neat cursive script by one scribe., and Unbound.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex, 1485?-1540. and Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.
- Subject (Topic):
- Attainder, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Attainder of Lord Cromwell
8. Basilici tyranni umbra, etc
- Published / Created:
- [between 1600 and 1700]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 45
- Image Count:
- 185
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (unidentified armorial watermarks) of Basilici tyranni umbra, a Latin tragedy with a list of characters drawn partly from Byzantine history, including Umbra Basilici tyranni (d. 497), Zeno Imperator, Longinus eius frater, Gazeus Rhetor, Euphemianus, Castor tribunus militum, and various pupilli and ephebi. With a collection of poems in Horatian meters on early Jesuits, e. g., St. Francis Xavier (1506-52), Brother Rudolph Acquaviva (1550-83), St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), St. Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-91), and Edmund Campion (d. 1581). Includes other miscellaneous texts
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written by several cursive hands, some clearly later additions. A few headings in square capitals., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Vellum case, blind-tooled. Bookblock almost detached. Front pastedown may be part of art. 2 of text, but is too badly mutilated to be certain.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Byzantine Empire
- Subject (Name):
- Jesuits
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Jesuit poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern), Latin drama (Tragedy), and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Basilici tyranni umbra, etc
9. Carta ejecutoria, etc
- Published / Created:
- 1487, 1686.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 34
- Image Count:
- 172
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (various watermarks) and parchment, composed of two distinct sections bound together in the 18th (?) century, but with additional folios inserted. Part I (parchment): Carta ejecutoria, or letter of nobility, granted to Don Alfonso Rodriguez (Tinagero Rodriguez de la Escalera) by the authority of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabel of Castile. Issued in Salamanca, 1487. Seal missing. Part II (paper): Numerous documents (all dated 1686) concerning a law suit involving Don Diego Tinagero Rodriguez de la Escalera of Seville, a descendent of Alfonso Rodriguez
- Description:
- In Spanish., Script: Part I (ff. 3-13): Round gothic script by a single scribe. Part II (ff. 19-74): Written in various cursive hands., Folios 1v and 2r have crudely illuminated full-page miniatures, 17th century. Folio 1v: members of the Rodriguez family offering prayers to the Madonna and Child. Folio 2r: arms of the Tinagero Rodriguez de la Escalera family. Crude decorative border on f. 3v and REY (in gold, outlined in black) may be later additions., Many of the documents included appear to have once been folded. Some loss of text due to trimming., and Binding: Eighteenth century (?). Thin wooden boards covered with dark brown leather, flesh side out. Vermilion and green ribbon fastenings.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., Spain., Spain, Salamanca (Spain), and Seville (Spain)
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Legal documents, Manuscripts, Medieval, Nobility, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carta ejecutoria, etc