Medieval and Renaissance mss., 700-1600

Physical Description: Autograph document 2 p. 35 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Framed
2. Original in Trinity College Library, Dublin
3. Latin version of Mark 13:17-22
4. Accompanied by framed typewritten sheet containing transcription and descriptive letterpress. The English translation from the King James version of the New Testament is pasted on the back

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Gift. Katharine Rawles Nangle, New Haven, Connecticut. 1934

Physical Description: Autograph document 1 l. 20 x 6 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Anglo-Saxon
2. On vellum
3. Written in England
4. Heading in red
5. Ker, Catalogue of Manuscripts Containing Anglo-Saxon, No. 384, DeR. IU 132
6. Contents: begins "anf initiuo," (Zupitza ed. Berlin, 1880, line 201/6); ends, "recordatus" (Zupitza, line 203/14)
7. Provenance: Strauven, a notary at Dusseldorf, to 1870; A. Birlinger; Furstlich Hohenzollern'sche Bibliothek, Sigmaringen; Herbert Reichner, Stockbridge, Mass., to 1960
8. Printed in A. Birlinger: "Bruckstuck aus Alfrics angelsachsischer Grammatik" in Germania, 15, 359, 1870 and collated for J. Zupitza's edition of AElfric's Grammatik und Glossar, Berlin, Weidmann, 1870. Two further fragmentary leaves of this manuscript are in the British Museum (Ms. Harley, 5915, ff. 8-9) and are listed as no. 242 in Ker; see Rowland L. Collins, "Two fragments of Aelfrics Grammar" in Annuale mediaevale, 5, 5, 1964

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchased. Herbert Reichner, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. 1960

Physical Description: Autograph document 1 l. 29 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. On vellum
2. Written in Austria?
3. 21 lines, recto and verso, Caroline miniscule
4. In brown ink with a row of music notation between each line
5. Five large initials, in red
6. Some words and prompts in red

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase. Maggs Bros., London. 1994

Physical Description: Autograph document 2 ll. 31 x 43 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Vellum
2. Leaves are conjugate
3. Written in red and black in 2 columns with 26 lines to the column
4. One initial is decorated
5. Text covers the period of the liturgical year from Easter to the Rogation days before Ascension
6. Previously used as the binding of Aubert Le Mire, Rerum toto orbe gestarum chronica, Antwerp, 1608 (Lilly D18 .L55 1608)
7. Manuscript defective at the corners where the skin was cut for the turn-in of the binding
8. See the report on "Lilly Manuscript Fragment--Ordo L" in The Serif, pages 35-36 (Lilly Z733 .K37 S48, V.7, No.2 June 1970)

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Removed from Le Mire, Rerum toto orbe gestarum chronica, Antwerp, 1608 (Lilly D18 .L55 1608). 1970

Physical Description: Autograph document 2 p. 38 cm.

Scope and Contents: J. D. Pearson, Oriental Manuscripts in Europe and North America (Switzerland, 1971), page 174 (Z6605 .O7 P37)

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Removed from Otto F. Ege, Original Leaves from Famous Bibles … n.d. (Lilly BS380 .E2). 1961

Physical Description: Autograph document 2 ll. 32 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Two columns, 35 lines each, to a leaf
2. Commentary includes references to Joseph and the Child on their flight into Egypt, and to Stephen
3. Reference to the Gospel of St. Mark is in red
4. See IUCAT record

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Utilized as cover for Paulus Venetus, … In libros Posteriorum Aristoteles...Venice, 1518 (Lilly PA3891 .A5 P323 1518). 1972

Physical Description: Autograph document 142 p. 26 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Lacks first leaf
2. Text and commentary
3. Written on vellum
4. Bound in white morocco

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchased. Philip C. Duschnes, New York, New York. 1958

Physical Description: Autograph document 2 ll. 17 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Vellum
2. Cut from larger leaves, thereby trimming text

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchased. William Salloch, Ossining, New York. 1961

Physical Description: Autograph document 2 ll. 28 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Latin on vellum
2. Probably written in England
3. An insular Latin bookhand tending to Gothic but not highly legatured with same characteristics; many contractions
4. Text not identified
5. Removed from an Oxford binding assigned by tools to Oldham's Dragon Binder

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Removed from Troquemada (Juan de), Expositio super regulam…Benedicti, Paris, Pierre Levet, 4 May 1491 (Lilly BX3004 .A2 T68 1491). 1971

Physical Description: Autograph document 2 ll. 30 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Written in Italy? See Samuel Harrison Thomson, Latin Bookhands of the Later Middle Ages, 1100-1500. Cambridge University Press, 1969. No. 56 (Italy, 1104). (Lilly Z114 .T48 L35)
2. In black ink on vellum
3. One line in red and one initial decorated in red
4. Text not identified

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Removed as free flyleaves from the Sermons of St. Bernardinus of Siena, Basel, Nicolaus Kesler (not after 1494). (Lilly BX1756 .B52 1490). Harper Acquisition, 1968 (from the Rudoff Collection). 1970

Physical Description: Autograph document 2 p. 19.3 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. On vellum
2. Gothic script

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Removed from Otto F. Ege, Original Leaves from Famous Bibles … n.d. (Lilly BS380 .E2). 1961

Physical Description: Autograph document 2 ll. 14 x 10 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. On vellum
2. In black ink with red initials
3. On leaf 2 is a phrase repeated in a Gothic hand
4. Text in Latin from Germany
5. See IUCAT record

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Bound in as the front and back flyleaves of Richard of St. Victor, De arca mystica with De xii patriarchis Basel, Johann Auerbach 1494 (Lilly BV5091 .C7 R53 1494). 1970

Physical Description: Autograph document 2 ll. 20 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Vellum leaves folded in half to form front cover and double lining
2. Fine gothic bookhand, probably French, possibly English
3. Initial letters and occasional sentences in red
4. Latin text unidentified
5. See IUCAT record

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Used as front cover and lining of Nicolas de Lyre, Postilla seu exposita…Rouen, Martin Morin for Jean Richard, 1497 (Lilly BS2547 .A25 N63 1497). 1971

Physical Description: Autograph document 2 p. 26 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Recto: Satire iv, "Crispinus", 1. 6-40, 46-80; Verso: Satire iv …, 1. 87-120, 126 to end; Satire v, 1. 1-16
2. Accompanied by a letter from Neil Ripley Ker, to "Dear Sir," Sept. 15, 1951. Autograph letter signed 2 p. 18 cm.

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Removed from Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae. Louvain, de Paderborn, 1487 (Lilly B659 .C2 1487). 1969

Physical Description: Document 60 ll. 23.5 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Vellum
2. Text: ll. 1-58v, col. 1
3. Two columns per leaf; 40 lines per column
4. Text begins: cum cepissent monasteria construi ac monachorum congregari multitudines
5. Text ends: …in secula seculorum amen
6. Concluding prayer: conuersus ad te deum… per ihesum christum filium tuum amen
7. Initials in red and blue
8. Occasional marginal notes
9. List of 25 works of sermons, histories, etc., with references to Henry the English king, Hugo, Gregory, etc., and concluding with Barlaam, on ll. 58v, col. 2-59r
10. Other fragments of writing, and drawings of fleur-de-lis and head wearing a crown, on ll. 59v-60v
11. Binding: Duquesne a Gand
12. Front flyleaf bears name: Mr. J.D.P.
13. For list of Latin manuscripts in Europe, see: Jean Sonet, Le Roman de Barlaam et Josaphat, 1949, Vol. 1, pp. 71-116 (Main Library PQ1427 .B4 S6); H.L.D. Ward, ed., Catalogue of Romances in the Department of Manuscripts of the British Museum, 1893, Vol. 2, pp. 111-127 (Main Library Z6621 .B87)

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Gift. Thelma Sansberry, Anderson, Indiana. 1984

Physical Description: Autograph document 2 ll. 29 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Vellum
2. Two columns, 41 lines
3. Decorative initials in blue, faded, with red penwork
4. Gothic bookhand
5. Marginalia in at least two other hands
6. Probably executed in England
7. Text not identified

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Removed from binding of Bocaccio, Genealogiae deorum, Venice, 23 Feb. 1494/95 (Lilly PQ4274 .G5 I8 1495), the gift of Rudolf and Marion Gottfried. 1970

Physical Description: Document 49 p. 15 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. On vellum
2. No title page
3. Pages unnumbered
4. Contents: p. 1, Supposed genealogy of St. Anne; p. 3-9, Formula honestae vitae, by St. Martin of Braga; p. 10-15, De remediis fortuitorum, by Seneca; p. 15-17, Fortieth letter to Lucilius, by Seneca; p. 18, Introduction to De ira, by Seneca; p. 19-38, Naturales quaestiones, by Seneca; p. 39-43, part of 19th letter to Lucilius and all of the 20th, 21st and 22nd letters, by Seneca; p. 44-49, unidentified text
5. Listed in Seymour de Ricci's Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada... (1935) I:712; II:2286. Discussed in Claude Willis Barlow's "Codex Indianensis of parts of Seneca's works, a transcription. A thesis submitted to the faculty of Indiana University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, June 1930;" and in Claude Willis Barlow's "A Manuscript of Seneca in the Library of Indiana University." Speculum: Journal of Medieval Studies, IX:322-324, July 1934
6. Accompanied by negative photostat. 24 cm.

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchased. Umberto Saba, Trieste, Italy. 1926, 1962

Physical Description: Autograph document 2 p. 19 cm.

Scope and Contents: On vellum

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Removed from Otto F. Ege, Original Leaves from Famous Bibles … n.d. (Lilly BS380 .E2). 1961

Physical Description: Autograph document 4 p. 20 x 29 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Four sheets of a ms. on vellum, each comprising 2 leaves of a book of small quarto size; two columns to each page, each sheet with at least half of one column trimmed away. In middle gothic hand much contracted
2. Text is not liturgical but dialectical and homilectic, each section of "Titulus" beginning with a pious phrase (as above) which is further discussed in text with references to other works
3. Further information may be obtained from the bibliographical file
4. See IUCAT record

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Mounted as lining papers inside front and back covers of I and I of Joannes Duns, Scotus, Quaestiones in quattor libros Sententiarum with Quaestiones quodlibetales Venice, de Colonia and Manthen, 1476-1478

Physical Description: Document 101 ll. 25.2 x 19 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Vellum
2. Contents not analyzed; musical notation
3. Worn Venetian binding over original wooden boards; clasps and spine missing; back cover detached
4. Front pastedown from earlier work bears death dates of 4 Nov 1363 and 5 Nov 1371
5. Initials in red and blue
6. Illuminated initials in gold and colors: ll. 11, 26 (historiated, face blurred), 29v, 32, 38, 39, 44v, 55
7. Intricate penwork, l. 39
8. Former identity number in pencil: 12908 RH JE

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Gift. Thelma Sansberry, Anderson, Indiana. 1984

Physical Description: Autograph document 2 p. 24 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Illuminated
2. Note in pencil at bottom of mounting: "Dominican Bible leaf French 14th century"

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Gift. Philip C. Duschness, New York, New York. 1956

Physical Description: Autograph document 1 l. 30 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Vellum
2. Handwriting in cursive Gothic of the 14th century, probably executed in Italy
3. barnabas in the left margin, side a, in humanist script of a later period
4. Text unidentified, concerns the identity of Barnabas with references to Bede, Eusebius, and Petrus Comestor

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Removed from Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Opera philosophica, Epistolae, etc., Venic, 1490 (Lilly PA6661 .A2 1490). 1971

Physical Description: Autograph document 1 line 40 cm.

Scope and Contents: England

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchased. William Salloch, Ossining, New York. 1961

Physical Description: Document 403 p. 28 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. No title page
2. Pages unnumbered
3. Illuminated
4. Interlinear and marginal annotations
5. Leaves 1, 2, 7, 9, 123, 137, 138, 145, 174-185, 187-202 damaged
6. Contents: Hercules Furens; Thyestes; Phoenissae; Hippolytus; Oedipus; Troades; Medea; Agamemnon; Octavia; Hercules Oetaeus

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchased. Rosenthal, Inc., New York, New York. 1955

Physical Description: Autograph document 2 ll. 19 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Vellum conjugate leaves
2. Accompanied by a note cut from a letter from Coella Lindsay Ricketts which identifies the piece as from a French Livre d'Heures, about 1430-1450

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Presented to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Holmes by Coella Lindsay Ricketts; presented to the Lilly Library, April 28, 1964 by Henry B. Holmes and John H. Holmes, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Holmes

Physical Description: Autograph document signed iv +54 l. 21 x 17 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. The constitution and rules of a confraternity of boys, founded in 1427 in Florence, as revised June 28, 1444 (f. 2v), with additions made in c. 1470-1478, 1739, 1740, and 1748
2. Italian
3. Written on vellum
4. Autograph confirmation granting as indulgence, signed by Antoninus, archbishop of Florence, and later canonized as St. Antoninus, dated April 3, 1448, with a signed seal in red wax (f. 36r)
5. Large historiated initial A with the figures of the Virgin, Child, and St. Zenobius (f. lr)
6. The badge of the school (PSMZ) in gold and blue in a rose floral frame (f. 5v)
7. The illuminator has been identified as Battista di Niccolo da Padova and the scribe as Frate Bartolomeo by Mirella Levi D'Ancona (see reference material and correspondence in the vertical file)
8. The spine bears the words "Capitula Mss"
9. Bound in dark brown leather over wooden boards with blind-tooled ornaments
10. Clasp and attachments missing
11. Fitted case

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Provenance: Charles Fairfax Murray; C.W. Dyson Perrins, Ms. 62, 1906-1958; Martin Breslauer, Ltd., 1958-?; source of purchase by Lathrop C. Harper, 8 West 40th Street, New York, New York, 10018, unknown. Harper lot 10329. 1968. Reference: Warner, Descriptive Catalogue...of C.W. Dyson Perrins. (Lilly ND2897 .P4)

Physical Description: Autograph document Titlepage + 28 l. 21 x 14 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Latin
2. In ink on paper
3. Rubrics in red
4. Title page in three strips mounted on old paper
5. First eight leaves hinged on another manuscript
6. Bound in vellum on boards with a paper spine
7. Contents: Six tracts, including hymns, ff. 21r-22v, and "Incipit Alphabetur," ff. 28r-v
8. "This manuscript would have come from the Charterhouse at Buxheim, near Memmingen in Bavaria (south of Munich, toward the Austrian-Swiss border). At the suppression of this house in the eighteenth century, its library passed into the possession of the Count of Waldbott-Bassenheim, whose library was in turn sold off by Carl Forster in 1883, and picked up and re-sold by Rosenthal in 1884. Catalogues exist for both of these series of sales: the 19th and 20th Carl Forster'sche Kunstauktion catalogues (Munich, 1883), entitled Catalog der Bibliothek des Ehemaligen Carthauser-Klosters Buxheim (Abteilung II. Bibliotheca Buxiana), and Illustrierter Catalog der ausgezeichneten Kunst-und Kulturhistorischer Sammlung, aus dem Besitz sr. Erlaucht des Herrn Hugo Graffen von Waldbott-Bassenheim; and Catalogue XL des Nathan Rosenthal's Antiquariat 1884. Bibliotheca Cartusiana 1884 (Munich, 1884). Not all of Rosenthal's books were sold at once, however, and they leaked into various collections from the late nineteenth century until the business was suppressed by the Nazis in the 1930's." - Michael Sargent, Universitat Salzburg, to Virginia Mauck (see Vertical File for complete letter)

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Source of purchase by Lathrop C. Harper, 8 West 40th Street, New York, New York, 10018, unknown. Harper lot 15002. 1968

Physical Description: Autograph document 2 l. 28 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. On vellum
2. About 2-3 cm. of vellum turned under to form the binding edge
3. In a square gothic bookhand
4. Initials supplied in red or blue, numbers and captions in red
5. Front cover: Book 5, part of Chapt. 8, Chapts. 9-11, part of Chapt. 12
6. Back cover: Book 4, part of Chapt. 39, Chatps. 40-41, Captitula for Book 5
7. See IUCAT record

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Used as the binding of Werner Rolevinck, Fasciculus temporum, Memmingen, Albrecht Kunne, 1482 (Lilly D11 .R7 1482). 1970

Physical Description: Autograph document 219 l. 12.5 x 9 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. On vellum
2. Probably written in France
3. Use of Tours
4. Gothic text
5. Twelve lines to a page
6. Kalendar in French, l. 1-12
7. Fifteen illuminations depicting St. John (13r), Mary and Infant Jesus (21r and 29r), Visitation (45r), Crucifixion (59v), Pentecost (61v), Shepherds (63r), Nativity (72v), Magi (79v), Presentation at the Temple (87r), Flight into Egypt (93r), Coronation of Virgin (105r), David (117r), Job (143v), Memoriae (209v)
8. Printed sale catalog note pasted in front cites the miniatures as executed by a Flemish artist
9. 16th century? Italian binding, gold tooling, with small holes for ties
10. Apparent marks of former ownership on l. 1 and 29r partially obliterated
11. Full description in vertical file
12. Ball Collection inventory, No. 125

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Gift. Frances and George Ball Foundation from the estate of Elisabeth W. Ball, Muncie, Indiana. 1984

Physical Description: Autograph document 213 l. 24 x 16.5 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. On vellum
2. Probably written in France
3. Use of Rome
4. Gothic text
5. Fourteen lines to a page
6. Some evidence of unfinished work
7. Kalendar in French, l. 1-12
8. Leaves 196-205 and 208-213 in French
9. Nineteen illuminations depicting St. John (13r), St. Luke (15r), St. Mark (17r), St. Matthew (19r), Pieta (21r), Annunciation (33r), Visitation (54r), Nativity (67r), Shepherds (73r), The Magi (78v), Presentation at the Temple (83v), Flight into Egypt (88v), Coronation of the Virgin (97r), The Father (111r), Crucifixion (131r), Pentecost (138v), Funeral ceremony (145r), Mary and Infant Jesus (196r), St. Katherine (206r)
10. Extract about early printing and manuscripts from Histoire de France, Vol. 16, page 360, by Abbe Paul Francois Velly (first published in 33 volumes, 1755-1799) given on verso of front end paper
11. Printed sale catalog note pasted in front
12. Red velvet binding with metal clasps enclosed in gold, red and blue brocade envelope
13. Ownership by members of the Busnel family in France, 1645-1842, given on front end paper
14. Full description in Vertical File
15. Accompanied by note about condition of leaves by Victor Hugo Paltsits, dated 8 March 1933, typescript document signed, 21.5 cm.
16. Ball Collection inventory, No. 123

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Gift. Frances and George Ball Foundation from the estate of Elisabeth W. Ball, Muncie, Indiana. 1984

Physical Description: Autograph document 255 ll. 7.2 x 5 x 4.2 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. On vellum
2. Probably written in Florence, last third of 15th century
3. Use of Rome
4. Single column, 11 lines per page
5. Text contains: Calendar, Hours of the Virgin, Seven Penitential Psalms, Hours of the Cross, and Hours of the Holy Ghost
6. Three historiated initials: King David with his harp, l. 129r; half-length portrait of Death, l. 164v; the Crucifixion, l. 241r, all in colors and gold
7. Many initials in red and blue; one six-line initial in intricate penwork in red and purple, l. 246v; and seven three-line initials, ll. 36v, 57r, 63v, 69r, 73v, 79r, 91r
8. Faded red ribbon marker
9. Inside front cover: paste-on of coat of arms: crown, three stars, sheaf of wheat
10. Inside back cover: remnant of black leather and gold, having been removed
11. Bound in 17th century burgundy morocco with gilt edges
12. Some cataloging information derived from Catalog Thirty Nine of Philip J. Pirages

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase. Philip J. Pirages, McMinnville, OR. 1997

Physical Description: Autograph document signed 106 l. 20 x 15 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Latin
2. Written in Italy?
3. In black and red ink on paper
4. Rubricated in red and yellow
5. The watermarks vary in design
6. Drawings of the sun and moon appear on f. 30r
7. The wheel is missing from the cycles on ff. 30r-v
8. The fore-edge bears the words "Prospect Klaucio?"; on the spine, "MS. L?"
9. Contents: Messahala, text begins, "Cum volueris scire gradum solis...", ff. 1r-15v (Thorndike 1963 356; Exposition for finding the Epact, Pascha, and the Dominical letters with Regula for calculating lunar phases, circular calendars for each month of the year related to lunar phases and the Christian year, the rotation cycle for Easter, 1476 and 1480, the lunar conjunctions and oppositions, 1481 and 1482, the chart for finding Easter with two dice from 1463 to 1500, ff. 16v-32r, preceded by rubrics on f. 16r; blank, ff 33r-36v; Tractatus solempnis perspective, text begins, "Plato in Thimeo volens reddere causam propter quam visus inest..." (Thorndike 1963 1051; Zinner 10385), and ends with "Ego Franciscus Sanuto scripssi in plebe facis 1465", ff. 37r-56v; Hugo of Pisa, ?-1212, Bishop of Ferrara, rubric reads "Aliqua fragmenta transumpta ex Huguitione famosissio," a glossary of terms for the letters ABC-EFG, ff. 57r-66v; blank, ff. 67r-73r, except for a brief inscription on f. 72av concerning "Prudentia" and "Temperantia"; Tables of the planets Saturnus, Jupiter, Mars, Sol, Venus, Mercurius, Luna, based upon the work of Giovanni Bianchini and other charts and cycles concerned with the Dominical letters, ff. 73v-77v; blank, ff. 78r-79v; text begins "Nota quod umbra recta est & facit res..." concerns the planets, ff. 80r-82r; blank, ff. 82v-92v, including f. 86ar-v, except for a brief inscription on f. 91v, beginning "Si luna..."; a chart for finding Easter with two dice (identical with the same chart on ff. 31v-32r), other expositions concerning Easter and the religious calendar (in an early Italian dialect?), ff. 93r-v, 104r; text begins "Magna vestra est eloquentia frater..." dealing with arguments for oratory, prefaced by the abbreviation for Jesus Christ, ff. 94r-100v; blank, 101r-103v; "Text lintrada dol chapetania de padoa ms Franciscus Sanudo Sanuto adj Maco dol 1479" and "Text lintrada ms Jachomo Maroello suo chambio adj 8 Octobrio dol 1480", explicit, f. 104r; blank, f. 104v
10. References: Thorndike, Lynn, and Pearl Kibre. A Catalogue of incipits of Mediaeval scientific writings in Latin. Revised and augmented edition. The Medieval Academy of America, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1963. (The Mediaeval Academy of America, Publication 29). Z6605 .L3 T4 1963. Zinner, Ernst. Verzeichnis der astronomischen Handschriften des deutschen Kulturgebietes. Munich, 1925. Z6611 .A85 Z7

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Source of purchase by Lathrop C. Harper, 8 West 40th Street, New York, New York, 10018, unknown. Harper lot 15002. 1968

Physical Description: Autograph document 44 l. 22 x 14 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Latin
2. In black and red ink on paper
3. Rubrics in red
4. Written in Germany?
5. Quarter-bound in brown speckled paper with vellum spine
6. The paper bears the watermark of a Gothic P with quatrefoil of the period 1475-1500 (Briquet, Les Filigranes, 8660-8675)
7. Contents: Text begins, "Dividatur circulus in 24 equalia..." with diagrams and charts (Thorndike 1963 441; Zinner 9730), ff. 1r-3r; text begins, "Quadrans illo modo fiat..." (Thorndike 1963 1155; Zinner 8865) ff. 3v-4r; text begins "Organum Ptolomei pro multis regionibus..." with diagrams and charts (Zinner 9782-84) ff. 4v-5r; blank, ff. 5v-6r; Theorica planetarum, text begins, "Circulus eccentricus ut egresse cuspidis ut egredientis centri dicitur..." attributed to Gerard of Cremona (Thorndike 1963 223), edited by Francis James Carmody as Theorica Planetarum Gerardi, Berkeley, California, 1942, ff. 6v-14v; blank, 15r-17v; text begins "Compositio duorum instrumentorum..." with tables (Thorndike 1963 241; Zinner 3035), ff. 18r-22r; text begins "Compositio secundi instrumenti et primo..." with tables (Zinner 3046-7), ff. 22v-25r; text begins "Secundam faciem secundi instrumenti...", ff. 25v-26v; text begins "De utilitate praedictorum instrumentorum...", ff. 27r-33v; text begins "Compositio cuiusdam instrumenti quod theorica nova cum rectilineis nuncupatur...", Thorndike 1963 241; see also Zinner 3046-47, ff. 34r-36v; blank, ff. 37r-38v; miscellaneous notes and tables in another hand, with f. 41r bearing the date 1498, ff. 30r-42r; incomplete work with text and lunar table of conjunctions and oppositions covering the period of 1439 to 1800, ff. 42v-43r; blank, f. 43v; notes on constructing the equation of argument for superior planets, with drawings, f. 44r; blank, 44v
8. References: Thorndike, Lynn, and Pearl Kibre. A Catalogue of incipits of Mediaeval scientific writings in Latin. Revised and augmented edition. The Medieval Academy of America, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1963. (The Mediaeval Academy of America, Publication 29). (Z6605 .L3 T4 1963). Zinner, Ernst. Verzeichnis der astronomischen Handschriften des deutschen Kulturgebietese. C. H. Beck, Munich, 1925. (Z6611 .A85 Z7). Briquet, C. M. Les Filigranes. Deuxieme edition. Verlag von Karl W. Hierseman, Leipzig, 1923. (Lilly Z237 .B8)

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Source of purchase by Lathrop C. Harper, 8 West 40th Street, New York, New York, 10018, unknown. Harper lot 15002. 1968

Physical Description: Autograph document 129 ll. 28 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Bound in green levant morocco with slipcase
2. Additional material compiled by Reger for his edition (Ulm, 1486) of Ptolemy's Geographia
3. Under Chemmat in Registrum Alphabeticum, l23v, is a note that Johann Reger was born there and compiled the Registrum at Ulm in 1486 at age 32
4. Text varies from the editions of Ptolemy's Geographia published at Rome in 1490 and 1508 (Lilly G1005 1490; G1005 1508) which omit the statement about Chemmat, the Tabula Moderna, and the first page of the document beginning "Totius autem orbis terre..." On leaf 133v of the 1482 edition of Ptolemy's Geographia published at Ulm (Lilly G1005 1482) is an autograph reading "Hans reger 1485"
5. Paper is watermarked with a balance or scales distinguished by a symmetry of design not found in Briquet, Les Filigrames (Lilly Z237 .B8 v.1) or Zonghi's Watermarks (Lilly TS1080 .P183 v.3)

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchased. Bernardo Mendel, 8 West 40th Street, New York, New York 10018. 1967

Physical Description: Document 261 ll. 23.5 x 15 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Bound in blind tooled, dark brown leather over boards, with flap
2. Red cloth lining, no endpapers
3. Misbound; proper order should be: 1-30, 32, 31, 34-5, 33, 36-130, 138, 131-7, 139-261
4. Leaves 252-261 mutliated
5. In red and black ink on heavy paper in two columns of 19-24 lines each
6. Text in bolorgir, some opening lines in erkat'agir
7. Inscription on l. 261v in notagir
8. Illustration in red, blue, yellow floral and geometric designs
9. Full page portrait of Luke on l. 219v
10. Internal dates of 1554 on ll. 259-61 (restoration of ms. by priest Sargis) and 1705 on l. 261v (codex offered for sale)
11. Scribe was the priest Step'anos (l. 206v)
12. Description of manuscript by Avedis K. Sanjian in vertical file

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Gift. Mr. and Mrs. Byron W. Beaber, Columbia City, Indiana. 1979

Physical Description: Autograph document 286 l. 12 x 8 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Latin
2. Written in black and red ink on vellum
3. Rubricated in red, blue, and green
4. One miniature, 9 historicated initials, 3 illuminated initials, all with solid gold background, and 49 highly decorated initials, including the wounded sacred heart on f. 258v, with marginal floral and stylized designs
5. The front paste-down endpaper bears a signature in German or Dutch
6. The cycle for finding the Dominical letters begins with 1509
7. Bound in brown blind-tooled calf with two metal clasps
8. Contents: Blank, f. lr; statement of ownership of Elizabeth de Walden, f. 1v; church calendar, ff. 2v-17v; antiphons, psalms, and collects for observance of the canonical hours, ff. 18r-286r

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Source of purchase by Lathrop C. Harper, 8 West 40th Street, New York, New York, 10018, unknown. Harper lot 15002. 1968

Physical Description: Autograph document 63 pp. 22 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. In ink on paper
2. Nine chapters with tables, one in red ink
3. Last four pages of chapter five written in a hurried style
4. Chapter eight has reference to Amerigo Vespucci, 1451-1512, and the date 1497
5. Bears pencilled x marks and one marginal note
6. Last page reads: ...finita per magister Petrus Freylan...Carintheium...in Florentissimo studio Vienensi die Jacobi maioris anni 1523
7. In vellum wrapper with "testament" of the family of "Jean vicomte de Caramanh Seigr de Vavailhes et Madame Isabelle de Foix sa femme," dated Aug. 12, 1446
8. Verso of wrapper is a portion of a document about the de Foix family
9. In blue slipcase

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchased. Bernardo Mendel, 8 West 40th Street, New York, New York 10018. 1967

Physical Description: Autograph document 57 p. 22 cm.

Scope and Contents: Phillipps mss., no. 3527

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchased. H. P. Kraus, New York, New York. 1956

Physical Description: Autograph document 108 p. 19 1/2 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Positive photostat of British Museum, Additional ms. No. 15233
2. Date of ms. Taken from John Redford's The play of wit and science, London, T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1908 (Tudor facsimile texts)
3. Facsimile printing of text of the ms. Of "Wit and science" in Redford; text of "Wit and science" printed, John Redford's Wit and science, Oxford, University press, 1951 (Malone society reprints); text of entire ms. printed as The moral play of wit and science and early poetical miscellanies, ed. by O. Halliwell, London, Shakespeare society, 1848
4. Poems in the "early poetical miscellaneis" part of the ms. are by John Heywood, Redford, Myles Huggard, John Thorne, Thomas Prideaux, and Master Knight

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Gift. Willi Apel, Bloomington, Indiana. 1959

Physical Description: Autograph document 133 pp. 21.5 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. In Italian in several hands
2. Title derived from wording on the spine
3. Modern binding by B. Allaz Rel. Lausanne
4. Several leaves bear mending strips, 5 are blank, those numbered 35-40 misbound
5. Patient entries include: name, nature and treatment of illness, date of admission and dismissal or death

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase. G. Sabbagh, Paris. 1981

Physical Description: Autograph document 16 p. 15 x 19 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. On vellum
2. Illuminated
3. In German and Latin

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchased. William Salloch, Ossining, New York. 1961

Physical Description: Autograph document 334 p. 28 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. English title: "Genealogies and histories of the patrician families of the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg"
2. Title page lacking. Title taken from J. G. T. Grasse's Tresor de livres rares et precieux (Dresden, 1859-1869) V:168
3. Cover title: Nuremberg buch der geschlecte
4. Date taken from Grasse
5. Colored iron engravings with accompanying text
6. One engraving lacking
7. Engravings attributed to Johannes Kaler. Charles Le Blanc's Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes (Paris, 1856) II:440
8. Contemporary blind-tooled brown calf (slightly rubbed)
9. In the XVIIIth century, the manuscript was in the library of lawyer Johann Conrad Feuerlein

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchased. Niels Hansen Christenson, Bloomfield, New Jersey. 1956

Physical Description: Autograph document 18.5 cm. 40 l.

Scope and Contents:

1. Text in black and red ink
2. Initials in colors, some decorative penwork borders
3. Marginalia and corrections throughout
4. 32 l. on paper, 8 l. on vellum
5. Probably written in France
6. Large miniatures represent the cardinal virtues (4 crowned women with God in the clouds above) and Jesus Christ carrying the cross

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Bound between leaves k and k2 of Catholic Church. Liturgy and ritual. Hore, in laudem beatissime virginis Marie: ad usum Romanum. Parrhisiis: apud Thielmanum Kerver, 1545. 1985

Physical Description: Autograph document 2 p. 24 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Illuminated
2. "This is probably late medieval." Dr. William Thomas Morgan, professor of History, Indiana University
3. "My guess is 16th century French." Dr. Alexander Corbin Judson, professor of English, Indiana University

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Gift. Source and date unknown

Physical Description: Autograph document 1 p. 22 x 38 cm.

Scope and Contents: Carries inscription: Vollinger Forst Rechnung de. Trinitatis, 1661

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Removed from Richard Muther, Die Deutsche Bucherillustration der Gothik und Fruhrenaissance, 1460-1530… Munchen & Leipzig, George Hirth, 1884 (Lilly Z1023 .M9). 1949

Scope and Contents:

1. Leaves derive from a manuscript copied by the pecia system. Inner margin of one leaf has circled inscription "correctus hic finis lxxix peciae," i.e. "This is the end of the 79th piece, corrected"
2. Two vellum endleaves from mid-14th century Bolognese legal text written in double columns with initials in red and blue with penwork decoration. Three larger initials in pink on a burnished gold ground
3. Medici provenance. In a calligraphic hand on the front endleaf is the early inscription, "Questo libro e chiamato Giornale et Ricordanze di Raffo. de Medici..." This Raffaello is possibly the son of Raffaele de Medici (d. 1555), appointed gonfaliere in 1531

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. 2004.

Scope and Contents:

1. Provenance: part of Sotheby's, 2 December 2003, lot 12
2. Leaf, 120 x 84 mm., ruled in plummet, 11 lines, written-space 62 x 47 mm., beginning below ruled top line; written in two sizes of a liturgical textualis, headings in red, line-fillers in red and blue; versal initials alternately in blue with red penwork or in gold with pale blue penwork, with full-length marginal cascading ornament in red and blue on verso; 2-line illuinated initial on recto enclosing a woman's head with three-quarter bar border terminating in gold lions' heads, dancing figure of a grey orange-headed ape in outer margin
3. The Calendar of the Ghistelles Hours (lacking January) is now at Baltimore, Walters Art Museum W 851 (D. Vanwijnsberghe in Medieval Mastery 2002, pp. 220-21, no. 46). Prominent feasts listed there include Saints Amand and Vaast, and Saints Bertin, Omer and Bavo. A note on fol. 14r of the Walters portion records dates of fairs in Bruges, Sint-Truiden, Lille and Mesine. The table on fol. 13v lists the dates on which Easter would occur in the years from 1300 to 1316. All this is consistent with an origin perhaps in Bruges, doubtless in or very close to 1300. Other leaves from the manuscript include the arms of ancient Flanders (or, a lion sable) and of the family of Ghistelles (gules, a chevron ermine). It may have been made for John III Ghistelles (d. 1315), lord of Ghistelles and Ingelmuster, or a member of his family or household. The manuscript was broken up in the late 1940s by the bookseller Heinrich Eisemann (1890-1972)
4. For more information, see De Hamel, C. Gilding the Lilly: a hundred medieval manuscripts at the Lilly Library, no. 37

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase. Philip J. Pirages. 2007

Scope and Contents:

1. Old High German. From Southern Germany (Bavaria or possibly west Austria)
2. Written in two columns, 32 lines, each column is 248 x 70 mm. (width varies) with approx. 22 mm. between columns, initials of each line of verse set slightly into the margins
3. Written in gothic textura
4. Written in dark brown ink with headings in red, initials touched in red; 3-line initial in alternating red with blue penwork and blue with red penwork. Parchment with dark brown, red and blue ink. The bifolium is extremely worn, being recovered from use as a wrapper around a bookbinding
5. For more information, see De Hamel, C. Gilding the Lilly: a hundred medieval manuscripts at the Lilly Library, no. 46

Scope and Contents:

1. Probably part of a document written in German, with Latin headings. The document is principally a register of accounts, with frequent mention of monies to and from individuals; there are references to "Gulden" (gold coins found until late in the 15th century), and there are sometimes remarks about surety pledges. The many people mentioned include several women, e.g. Iudea Reha, Frida Fulschlussel, the abbess of Ing, Iungfrau Pacze. The manuscript appears to record cases in the district around Nuremberg since the name of this city is written on the verso of the 6th leaf
2. The paper carries a watermark of a bull's head found on a dated manuscript from Freiburg of 1391/2 (Briquet 14,921)
3. Early example of a manuscript on paper

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase. Maggs Bros, Ltd. 2011

Scope and Contents:

1. A mss. bifolium from an illuminated missal. The text includes the introit for the vigil of the apostles Peter and Paul, and the feast of the invention of St. Stephen. Recovered from a binding, with staining on p. [1] (staining through to the verso), with some loss of text, and small marginal holes
2. In Latin. Originating from Italy
3. Written in 2 columns of 32 lines, ruled in plummet, written space 241 x 175 mm.
4. Written in rounded gothic text in red and brown ink
5. One three-line and 19 two-line initials in alternating red and blue with marginal cascading red pen-flourishes. Includes rubrication
6. See IUCAT record

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase. Maggs Bros, Ltd. 2011

Scope and Contents:

1. On a cutting from an illuminated choirbook in Czech, on vellum
2. 160 x 150 mm., with a large initial A in scrolling brown acanthus leaves heightened in liquid gold, enclosing the Virgin, turning her gaze to meet the viewer, kneeling at her prie-dieu with an open book as an angel with red, blue and yellow wings approaches from the left and gestures towards her, on brightly burnished gold grounds and within a soft green frame. Nine lines of Czech on reverse in angular script with ornamental cadels (an apparent encomium to the Virgin), capitals touched in yellow, one paragraph mark and initial in red
3. See IUCAT record

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase. Sotheby's London. 2011

Scope and Contents:

1. In Low German. Ms. codex with ten hand-colored woodcuts. Written in the late 15th century perhaps for a foundation of the Devotio Mederna, either a monastery of the Canons Regular or a house of the Brethern of the Common Life (Hohenhauss). Use of the translation by Geert Grote. Includes the calendar and litanies of Münster saints, such as Walpurga, Victorinus, and Florian. The 8th century Benedictine, Saint Ludger, occurs no less than four times in the calendar
2. Written in one column, 23 lines per page, column is 85 x 55 mm. (width varies)
3. Written in gothic cursive script (by several different scribes)
4. Written in brown ink, rubrics in red, one column; some signatures preserved in lower right margin (see e.g. folio 43), foliated in modern pencil, 1-2 line initials iand versals alternating in red and blue throughout; minor offices begin with 3-4 line initials with floral infill; Matins of each Hours begins with 5-9 line gold leaf initial on salmon and/or blue background with white filigree highlighting and red penwork into margin (on folios 40, 73v, 80, 100, 120, 140 and 150), with the red penwork on folio 40 with particularly elaborate marginal vinework and gold leaves. Includes ten hand-colored woodcut illustrations of various sizes (each cut from paper and affixed to the parchment leaves)
5. Bound in blind-stamped and blind-ruled calf over boards, gilt spine with raised bands, vellum endpapers. For a more detailed description(5 sheets ([5] p.)), see the Manuscripts' vertical file
6. With the armorial bookplate of a former owner: Ivan Plissart
7. See IUCAT record

Scope and Contents: 4 leaves (2 bifolia), including: a) a bifolium (313mm. by 213mm.) from a lection-book in German with readings from 1 Corinthians 13:11, 2 Corinthians 6:1, Matthew 4:1 with short Latin incipits, written space 225mm. by 140mm., double column, 32 lines in brown ink in a fine early Gothic bookhand, rubrics in red, three 4-line initials in red with some simple decorative penwork, damage to gutter on inner side of bifolium with some loss of text from adjacent columns, Germany, first half of thirteenth century; b) bifolium (355mm. by 200-235mm.) from a lection-book in German: note rubrics "Von Daniel dem vater" and "Von Amon dem guten vater", written space 250mm. by 150mm. double column, 32 lines of dark brown script (now much water-damaged and faded but text on outer pages visible in normal light), rubrics in red, initials touched in red, remains of four 3-line initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork, in defective condition, Germany, first half of the fourteenth century; both recovered from bindings and somewhat defective

Scope and Contents:

1. A monograph letter (having once been folded) written in miniscule cursive on parchment. The letter is a contract between Guillaume Renouf and Guillaume of Campcervoux, esquire, by which Renouf gives up all of his claims to freehold rights in the vicinity of Campcervoux (rights he had previously acquired from Pierre Legendre) in exchange for military protection. The particulars of the contract include the collection of 27 deniers rent on Michelmas each year, and preclude any revocation. The place names included in the contract (Marigny, Lorey, Coutances, Campcervoux) can all be located in La Manche, Normandy, France. The date "1385" appears on the recto in the upper left hand corner. The dealer's printed label on the accompanying folder erroneously identifies this manuscript as: Monastic Communication, Medieval Manuscript Monk's Letter
2. In Norman French
3. See IUCAT record

Scope and Contents:

1. 9 leaves from an illuminated Book of Hours. Recovered from a binding, with some soiling, wear, and wormholes. Prickings preserved on 1 leaf. Black text faded on some leaves. Text preserved throughout
2. Latin. From England, Use of Sarum (Salisbury)
3. Written in single column of 19 lines, ruled in red, written space 138 x 91 mm.
4. Gothic book hand in red and black ink
5. 19 two-lined initials in gilt on pink and blue with white tracery and marginal floral pen flourishes in black with gilt and green accents. 145 one-line initials alternating gold on blue tracery and blue on red tracery, with some marginal pen flourishes. 8 line fillers in blue, some half-gilt. Materials: Parchment with ink, paint, and gold leaf. Includes rubrication
6. "The... leaves come from an incomplete manuscript sold as lot #23 at the 12 June 2013 King Street Sale. The Christie's catalogue siad that the Psalter was 'perhaps made for an English cathedral priory' and indicated that it was owned by Edward and Margaret Cotterell (and their seven children) in the 16th century and subsequently by Sir Robert Throckmorton, Bart. (1702-91); John Meade Falkner (1858-1932), author, arms manufacturer, paleographer, and Librarian of Durham cathedral; H. R. Creswick (1902-88), Librarian successively of the Bodleian and Cambridge University Library; and Charles F. Cutts (1871-1949)."--bookseller's catalogue
7. See IUCAT record

Physical Description: 6 leaves : parchment, ill. ; leaf size 314 x 226 mm. Bound in half pigskin over brown boards, with 2 initial blanks and 5 terminal blanks. Spine reads "Esedras", titled in gold. Excerpt from The month at Goodspeed's Book Shop, Vol. VII no. 3 tipped in at first initial blank; this initial blank with inkstamp of Fort Wayne Art Institute Library

Scope and Contents:

1. Slight soiling on edges. Red text faded on some leaves. Black text and illuminations preserved throughout.
2. Written in two columns, 48 lines, each column is 180 x 58 mm (width varies) with approx. 9 mm between columns. Ruled in red and blue, total written space 180 x 125 mm.
3. Gothic book hand in red and black ink.
4. 4 two-lined, 4 three-lined, 3 four-lined, and 1 six-lined initials in alternating blue and red with contrasting blue and red tracery. Two 7-lined foliated initials [ff. [1]v] in pink, red, and gilt on blue. 1 seven-lined historiated initial [ff. [6]r] in pink, red, green, and gilt on blue. One large figural illumination [ff. [2]r] in pink, red, and gilt on blue. Marginal pen flourishes in red and blue throughout.
5. Includes rubrication.
6. Parchment with ink, paint, and gold leaf.
7. "We have recently purchased a folio manuscript Bible of the 15th century. It is imperfect, lacking many leaves [...] Regarding this incomplete Bible as such, it is possible to make of it a dozen or so complete books, [...] each unit now bound in half pigskin and to be sold separately." -- The Month at Goodspeed's Book Shop, Vol. VII no. 3, p. 68
8. See IUCAT record

Scope and Contents:

1. Manuscript leaf with script on both recto and verso. Some soiling, wear, and wormholes; some text damaged and lost; and some contemporary marginalia. Text consists of parts of one, possibly two, prayers to the Virgin Mary, followed by passages providing instruction to a Roman Catholic priest on proper comportment in the celebration of mass; includes also the beginning of the lesser office of the dead. Passages included in this text are attributed elsewhere to various authors, but resemble those of other Roman Catholic specula and manuales sacerdotum
2. In Latin. Possibly from southern Germany?
3. Gothic textualis rotunda bookhand. Written in black ink with rubrics in red
4. One column of 24 lines ruled in brown. Extant column 110 x 70 mm.
5. Cursive marginalia in left margin of verso, written by an informal hand in brown ink. For additional catalogers' notes on text and script, transcription, and translation, see Manuscripts Vertical File
6. See IUCAT record

Physical Description: 12 leaves : vellum ; 360 x 265 mm

Language: Latin .

Scope and Contents:

1. Creator: Alulph of Tournai, -1144.
2. 12 leaves (2 leaves, a gathering of 8, and 2 more leaves) of Gregorialis, an anthology of extracts taken from books by Gregory the Great (ca. 540-604). Original parchment flaws repaired with medieval sewing, minor stains and darkening at the edges, few creases.
3. Origin: Southern Netherlands (Villers?).
4. Layout: Written in two columns of 35 lines, pricked in all four margins, ruled in plummet, written space 250 x 170 mm.
5. Script: "The present leaves demonstrate the beginning of the transition from Romanesque to Gothic script, with 'pp' fused together, an extra stroke in letters such as capital 'S', hyphens at the ends of lines, and 'i' rarely dotted." -- Christie's catalog, cited below.
6. Decoration: "Running headings and added marginal chapter numbers in red, decorated with a large six-line puzzle initial in red and green with penwork in both colours, with a further 20 two-line initials alternately red or green with penwork of the other colour, the capitula list of Book XI with one-line red and green initials." -- Christie's catalog, cited below.
7. Materials: Vellum with ink.
8. "Alulphus was a monk and librarian of St Martin's, Tournai, and the dissemination of this rare work seems to have been limited to his own house and a handful of other Cistercian houses in French Flanders and the southern Netherlands; it remains unpublished. The volume in Brussels ends in Book IX, chapter 19; the present leaves contain Book X:8-10 (f.2), X:13-XI:17 (ff.3-12, with one leaf missing after f.10), and XII:4-7 (f.1). For a list of 19 leaves, including the present 12, see de Hamel, Gilding the Lilly, 2010, no 23. A leaf in the Takamiya Collection at Yale belongs immediately before the present f.1; one at Stanford University fills a gap between ff.2 and 3; and a leaf in the collection of Keio University belongs immediately after f.12." -- Christie's catalog, cited below.
9. Bound in gray buckram at the Quaritch bindery.

Other Finding Aids: [12 leaves from Gregorialis], ca. 1175-1199

Scope and Contents:

1. Decretals of Pope Gregory IX compiled and edited by Raymond of Peñafort with glossaria ordinaria of Bernardo Bottoni. Late Carolingian or protogothic script. 2 conjugate manuscript leaves folded inversely with script on both recto and verso. Some soiling, wear, and fading; text damaged and lost more heavily on exterior of original fold. Text of the decretals in central double columns of 46 lines in one hand style; glossaria in surrounding double columns of 84 lines in another hand style. Letter L(iber) or number V in red and blue at top of each page
2. Text of the decretals begins on second leaf recto with titulus xii (De homicidio voluntario vel casuali), caput xxii ("... confessus fuerit, et praestito firmaverit ...") and ends of the bottom of first leaf verso with titulus xix (De usuris), caput i ("... possessio libere ad dominum revertatur. Quodsi ..."). Text of the glossaria begins on second leaf recto with titulus xii (De homicidio voluntario vel casuali), caput xv. "Quidam. Licitae rei ..." and ends at titulus xvii (De furtis), caput iv with last legible word "... exponentis ..." Capites of the decretals with blue and red initials; tituli in rubrics on right and unrubricated at top right of recto in later hand. Entries in the glossaria divided either with first letter of entry offset to left of text, or underscored
3. Small restorations to letters on first recto, and date 1481 in black ink on second; some original rasura with corrections and later marginalia

Physical Description: Autograph document 1 l. 23.5 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. In Latin
2. Page of an exposition of logical arguments, counterarguments, and paralogisms similar to those found in the Quaestiones super libro Elenchorum by Simon of Faversham and other contemporary works. Parchment browned, brighter towards bottom right margin
3. 52 lines in two column 227 mm in length; lines 1-9 lines of first column approximately 66 mm in width, of second column 85 mm; lines 10-51 of both columns approximately 75 mm in width, intercolumn of approximately 6 mm throughout
4. Cursiva
5. Parchment with black ink
6. Verso blank
7. See IUCAT record

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase. Bernardo Mendel, New York City. 1967

Physical Description: Autograph document 1 l. 200 x 145 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. Parchment with ink
2. From southern France?
3. Written in two columns, 31 lines, each column is approximately 153 x 52 mm, with 7 mm intercolumn. Black text faded but visible throughout. Ruled in plummet. Prickings preserved on upper and lower margins. Some staining, verso with glue framing on edges and in center
4. 1 four-lined initial in blue with red tracings. 31 one-line initials in blue with red tracings, 7 one-line initials in red with blue tracings
5. Includes rubrication
6. Roman numeral lxxxxviii in black ink on top right of recto
7. See IUCAT record

Physical Description: Autograph document 1 l. 124 x 85 mm.

Scope and Contents:

1. France/Flanders
2. 10 lines of black ink on parchment. Ruled in plummet, written space approximately 89 x 59 mm.
3. 3 one-line Iniitals in blue with red tracing, 2 one-line initials gilt over blue ink with blue tracing. Initial on verso damaged but with gilt traces still present on leg. Glue framing on edges and in center verso
4. Parchment with ink and gold
5. In Latin
6. See IUCAT record

Physical Description: Autograph document 1 l. 270 x 134 mm.

Scope and Contents:

1. In Latin
2. 1 leaf with Offices to the Blessed Virgin for prima, vespers, and compline on recto and Offices for the Holy Cross on verso. Original parchment, slight stain toward top edge
3. Paris
4. Written in one column of 32 lines, ruled in red. Written space is 159 x 88 mm. Decoration: 9 two-lined initials and 8 one-line initials, gilt on alternating red and blue fields. Counters of all black ink capitals partially shaded in yellow
5. Parchment with ink, paint, and gold
6. See IUCAT record

Physical Description: Autograph document 1 l. 128 x 93 mm.

Scope and Contents:

1. In Latin
2. 1 leaf of a breviary beginning with the responsorium to Job 19: 29 followed by Job 10: 18-22 with responsorium
3. Italy
4. Written in one column of 12 lines ruled in plummet. Written space is 70 x 50 mm.
5. 1 two-line initial in blue pen flourished with elaborate red tracings extending near length of page
6. Parchment with ink
7. Rubrications present
8. See IUCAT record

Physical Description: Autograph document 2 l. 36 x 52 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. In Latin
2. 2 conjugate leaves of a missal. First half column of first leaf recto a postilla followed by Sirach 24:1-22 with versicula and responsoria; second half of first column verso consists of two parables from the Book of Matthew (5:13-19; 24:42-46). Additional text had been bound within as second leaf recto begins with Ecclesiastes 51:5-12 followed by two more parables of Matthew (13:44-52; 25:1-13) with versicula, responsoria, and offerenda
3. Body of text in Italian gothic rotunda; second hand in later italic script found in margins of first recto and second verso
4. Written in two columns, 32 lines. Each column is approximately 237 x 84 mm with 13 mm intercolumn. Ruled in plummet. Original parchment reused as wrapper. All edges folded inward with stitching perforations. 3 string stitches still present at top, second leaf recto. Staining, dark wear, holes, tears, and wormholes. Some black text illegible
5. 5 two-line initials, 3 in red, 2 in blue, with purple tracings extending approximately 73-100 mm.
6. Parchment with ink
7. Includes rubrication
8. "Trac(tatus) i(n)fra s(us)c(e)ptus d(icitu)r i(n) festo uni(us) co(n)fessoris pontificis a septuagessia usq(ue) ad feria(m) quartam maioris ebdo(mad)e ..." --in rubrics, first leaf verso, first column
9. See IUCAT record

Physical Description: Autograph document 1-4, 7, 11-80, 85-90, 93-108, 110-190, [2] (that is, 176 leaves) 45 cm.

Scope and Contents:

1. In Latin
2. Italy, probably Pisa
3. Each page with 5 lines of text in black between 5 four-line red music staves with black square notation
4. Gothic
5. Rubricated initials in red and faded blue, several decorated with unsophisticated flower-heads
6. Paper with three watermarks: the clearest similar to Briquet, C. M. Les filigranes, Soleil no. 13957 (a sun with alternate straight and wavy beams enclosing a half-moon all set within a circle) or MS. Codex 1501 Ledger of Cassi accounts (University of Pennsylvania Library); the second, unidentified, a circle containing possibly a figure; the third, unidentified, a crown-surmounted oval with perhaps a lion within
7. Upper edges trimmed with occasional loss to first line of text
8. Leaves numbered at top and on right in near contemporary hand revealing losses; page numberings diverge on leaf 97 with further subsequent divergences; leaves either strengthened at gutter margin or bound into quire on guards
9. 2 later leaves 136-137 blank; [2] later leaves at end with 8-10 lines of musician notation between four-line music staves
10. Bound in near contemporary calf-backed marbled wooden boards; backstrip lacking, revealing 5 thick twine cords and linen cloth pieces; metal studs at edges
11. See IUCAT record

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase. Blackwell's Rare Books. 2020

Physical Description: 2 conjugate leaves ; 30 x 20 cm

Scope and Contents:

1. Stafford, Thomas, Sir, active 1633, judge
2. In Latin
3. Ink on paper in contemporary secretary hand
4. 2 conjugate manuscript leaves with text of the charge on recto and verso of first leaf; title on verso of second leaf in between fold traces
5. 40 lines of text and 1 interlineal on first leaf recto; 28 on verso
6. Jacosa Edge charges that her husband Thomas has unlawfully abandoned her and petitions the court for his return
7. Cataloguer supplied transcription and translation in Vertical File
8. See IUCAT record

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase: 2022

Physical Description: Ten leaves, parchment (162 x 110 mm), Latin text and arabic numerals on 38 lines (both recto and verso) in a small but neat hand, large 'KL' initials, in colours and gold, but now worn and washed out with the gold largely absent, a combination of red, blue, green and brown inks. First four leaves heavily darkened with the text very indistinct, some staining elsewhere. Nineteenth-century vellum binding, inscription and armorial bookplate of John Lee, together with a longer inscription on the front free endpaper date [18]63

Scope and Contents:

1. "Medieval calendar, with astronomical tables, from a Book of Hours, either English or made for the English market. Among the calendar feasts listed are those for a good number of English saints, including Saint Erkenwald (30 April, in red) perhaps indicating an origin or use in London. Each of the months (save January, October, November and December) is presented across two pages (four leaves appear to be lacking). the left-hand column gives the traditional Catholic feast days, but the remaining columns are devoted to astronomical positions presented (quite unusually for a Book of Hours calendar) entirely in arabic numerals. this is a sophisticated set of tables and a nineteenth century annotator has remarked on the flyleaf: 'This Calendar appears to have been drawn up by a disciple of the School of Johannis Lineriis... [the astronomer and tabulist John of Ligneres, 1290-c.1350]'. The manuscript was obviously of interest to John Lee (1783-1866, barrister, astronomer and antiquary) to whom it once belonged" - bookseller's catalogue, Justin Croft
2. Ex libris James Dearden. Foyles, September 1955

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase. Justin Croft. 2022

Physical Description: Six parchment leaves (175 x 120 mm), Latin text on pages ruled for 34 lines (recto and verso) in small gothic hand in red and black, three-line headings 'KL' in red or blue with contrasting penwork decoration and burnished gold. Extensive late fifteenth- or early sixteenth-century annotations (slightly cropped). Later (nineteenth-century?) limp straight grain morocco, spine lettered in gilt, nineteenth century notes by Edward Conder to front free endpaper

Scope and Contents: "Annotated by an English martyr, Thomas Gabytus (d. 1575), this is the calendar for a Book of Hours of the Use of Sarum, made for the English market, with the entries for the feasts of St Thomas Becket (29 December and 7 July) remaining intact. the manuscript and its provenance are the subject of a fascinating Book Collector article of 2013 in which it is suggested that the manuscript cannot have been in England at the time of the Reformation, when the name of Thomas was so systematically obliterated from manuscripts in which it appears. It suggests that Gabytus, who became a monk at the Cistercian Dunes in Flanders after a Cambridge education, may have obtained the book on the continent, and that the calendar fragment was already detached from its parent book at the time of his ownership. It also traces Gabytus' return to England to administer a church (probably a recusant chapel) on the Isle of Sheppey (Kent) before being martyred by hanging and bodily mutilation.

Equally fascinating is the content of Gabytus' annotations deciphered by Christopher de Hamel.

'The Latin notes at the foot of page 1 are an explanation that a year actually consists of 365 days and about six hours; and so a leap year is required every fourth year to bring the calendar into line. The notes on the upper right of page 1 relate to the four directions of the globe, north, south, east and west, and [at Mass the priest faces] east for the Gloria, west for prayers, south for washing his hands, and north for the Gospel. Other notes on the same page relate to the four cardinal winds, Subsolanus from the east, Zephyr from the west, Auster from the south and Boreas from the north. Further notes explain how the changing aspect of the moon indicates weather - a pale moon meaning rain, a reddish moon meaning wind and a white moon meaning calm weather. The notes at the foot of pages a and 3 explain that each year is divided into twelve months, each month into four weeks, each week into seven days, each day into four parts of six hours, each hour into sixty minutes, each minute into ten moments, each moment into twelve uncias, each uncia into twenty-eight atoms, and time cannot be divided any further than an atom.'

Ex libris James Dearden. Hatchards, October 1951. See Dearden, 'A Martyr's Calendar,' The Book Collector, 62, 3 (Autumn 2013)."

- bookseller's description, Justin Croft

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase. Justin Croft. 2022

Physical Description: Paper fragment (c. 136 x 160 mm) with Latin text on 23 and 24 lines (recto and verso) on paper, with unidentifiable portions of a watermark. Modern cloth binding (stained)

Scope and Contents:

1. "Small paper fragment, apparently removed from the binding of a German octavo edition of Cicero in which it had been used as a pastedown (Operum, Dusseldorf, 1569, according to a record by James Dearden, but of which we can find no obvious trace)" - bookseller's description, Justin Croft
2. Ex libris James Dearden
3. Fragment discusses limits and qualifications to infractions of canonical privilege ('Si quis suadente ...') viz. children, minors, and novitiates

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase. Justin Croft. 2022

Physical Description: Two leaves, paper (195 x 130 mm), one large decorated initial in blue with red penwork, other initials in red and blue, each of the four pages (except the first) with seven staves, the uppermost of four lines, the others with five, hufnagelschrift notation, text in a large gothic hand, some rubrics with instructions for the celebrants at the mass. Modern red cloth binding

Scope and Contents:

1. "Fragment of a late medieval gradual (or mass book) on paper with musical notation on both four and five line staves, probably with a Cistercian provenance" - bookseller's description, Justin Croft
2. Ex libris James Dearden. Folio Society, catalogue 38 (1966), item 186. With the provenance stated as 'Monastery at Lombez near Toulouse' [a Cistercian house]. 15 other leaves from this manuscript were sold at Sotheby's, 5 July 2005, lot 5

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase. Justin Croft. 2022

Physical Description: One leaf, vellum (158 x 100 mm), Latin text printed on 26 lines (both recto and verso) in letter batarde, two miniatures fully overprinted in colours and liquid gold, red and blue initials. Modern cloth binding

Scope and Contents:

1. Leaf (signed M II) from a Parisian Book of Hours with two neatly painted miniatures, of St John the Baptist and of St Peter and St Paul
2. Ex libris James Dearden. Bought from H.M. Fletcher, catalogue 119 (1966), item 615 (6 guineas)

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase. Justin Croft. 2022

Physical Description: 12 parchment leaves (104 x 70 mm), twelve lines of gothic text in two sizes on all but one pages, decorated initials and line fillers including two four-line initial Ds (ff. 4 and 9) and 15 two-line initials, all with remnants of burnished gold, numerous red and blue single line initials, rubrics. Worn and soiled, corners rounded, loss to ff. 1, 2 and 8 affecting some words and decoration, considerable rubbing affecting the gold and colours of the illuminated initials (most of the gold has been rubbed away), a few slightly later manuscript notes and scribbles in abbreviated Latin. Gutters mounted on Japanese tissue and sewn into modern red cloth

Scope and Contents: "A single gathering of twelve leaves from a very early Book of Hours, bearing the Latin text of Terce (part), followed by Sext and None (part). It probably has origins in the Low Countries with the Use identified as Paris. Though merely a fragment it is nonetheless from an early manifestation of the Book of Hours, a devotional text which only emerged in the thirteenth century and which is more usually associated with the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Among the decorative line fillers is one representing a beast (perhaps a dog) and another a fish. Ex libris James Dearden. Alan Thomas, catalogue seven, item 42. Sotheby's 9 September 1933."

- bookseller's description, Justin Croft

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase. Justin Croft. 2022

Physical Description: Six vellum leaves (150 x 90 mm), French and Latin text on 20 lines (both recto and verso, save final page mostly blank) in a small letter batarde, twelve two line and numerous single-line initials, some line fillers, all in red or blue with liquid gold, some rubrics. Modern quarter morocco binding

Scope and Contents:

1. First leaf includes the Ave Maria and the Creed in French, together with five of the commandments. The six leaves from the same manuscript were sold and bought separately by Louis Bondy and are not all consecutive
2. Ex libris James Dearden. Louis Bondy, 1962

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase. Justin Croft. 2022

Physical Description: Single vellum leaf (165 x 105 mm), woodcut borders, some rubrics, decorated in red, blue, and gold. Very slightly trimmed at head

Scope and Contents: Verso of the leaf contains part of Psalm 97, opening: 'Cantate d[omi]no canticu[m] novu[m] ca[n]tate d[omi]no...' (I sing a new song to the lord)

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase. Justin Croft. 2022

Physical Description: Single leaf, parchment (490 x 340 mm), each side ruled with seven staves in red with musical notation, Latin interlinear text in a large rounded hand, initials in red and blue with penwork flourishes. Slightly browned in lower margins, cockled

Scope and Contents: Text includes chants for the Kyrie and the Gloria

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase. Justin Croft. 2022

Physical Description: Autograph document 15.5 cm. 21 p.

Scope and Contents:

1. Possibly same as Cattaneo, Tractatus de censvris ecclesiasticis…Pataviae: M. Nenningerus, 1589
2. See IUCAT record

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Bound in following text of Catholic Church. Catechismus Romanus. Cathechismus Romanus: ex decreto Concilii Tridentini, & Pii V. Pontificis Maximi iussu primum editus… Antverpiae: ex officina C. Plantini, 1572 (Lilly BX1958 .A2 F126 1572). 1985

Scope and Contents:

1. Parts of the Holy Mass of Saturday Before Passion Sunday and Parts of the Holy Mass of Passion Sunday
2. Manuscript on parchment (11 x 15 in.)
3. Music indicated by contemporary neumes written on four-line staff using moveable C- and F-clefs

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Gift. Jane McIntosh. 2007

Scope and Contents:

1. Perhaps used as service books: although they are very large, the contents suggest that they may have been used by the priest, not the choir. Almost none of the liturgy appears in the Liber usualis, although some of the texts do. Liturgy is around the time of Easter
2. Initial letters are minimally decorated with fine-line pen filigree in black ink. The "A" manuscript decorates only one letter; the "B" manuscript decorates the initial letter of every chant
3. There appear to be two groups of bifolia. The "A" leaves may be subdivided into two parts, and are apparently removed from the same codex. "B" is from a separate manuscript, but possibly from the same scriptorium, although it is slightly more ornate
4. "A1" is half a bifolium, torn from its binding. The foliation (on verso) is "j60" or "j66" in graphite; "No. 80" on recto, in red ink. There are 6 staves, each containing four lines ruled in red ink, with large square musical notation in black ink. J60 v contains the text of the Apostles' Creed set to music
5. "A2" comprises two separate bifolia: [j69r]-j69[v]-[j76r]-j76[v], and [j72r]-j72[v]-[j73r]-j73[v]. They may or may not be from the same gathering, but htey were not originally adjacent (see custos). [j72]-j73[v] is now folded inside out. The foliation appears in graphite on the verso ony. There are 8 staves; 4 lines are ruled in red ink, with large square musical notation in black ink. Lines are erased where needed to accommodate large letters of textual incipits. There are errors in the musical text on j69[v] noted in pencil. "Ad Benedictionem" is inscribed in the margin, [j76r]. [j69r] begins with "Victime paschali laude," the Sequence for Easter Sunday (same music as in Liber usualis). "11 century" added in pencil at top left, j73[v]
6. "B" is a non-conjunct bifolium (lacks intervening folia, as evidenced by the custos). The foliation, on versos, is in red ink, in lower case roman numerals in red ink: xviii and xxv. There are 6 staves, each with 4 lines ruled in red ink; large square musical notation in black ink. Initial letters of beginnings of chants decorated with fine penline swirls. Contains one Communion and two Psalms. Psalm 80 appears on xxv[r], but the music is not the same as the Liber usualis

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Gift. Estate of Morton Bradley. 2007

Scope and Contents: "In Germany when I went there on a tour with Jane Flener, visitors were allowed to look through these medieval hymn books before the time of printing, when all the singers had to stand close together around the one hymn book. They charged $100 for one page. John had done the same thing but earlier." - Kate H. Mueller

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Gift. Kate Hevner Mueller, 1357 East 10th Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47401. 1984

Scope and Contents: "Music manuscript purchased for me in Germany by Hubert Norville in about 1930. When John and I were married, we found that each of us had such a manuscript and that they were about the same size and matched very nicely." - Kate H. Mueller

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Gift. Kate Hevner Mueller, 1357 East 10th Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47401. 1984

Scope and Contents:

1. Title from incipit (leaf a2r); imprint from colophon (leaf 2b7r). Colophon is in corrected state and notes compositor's error on fol. o7r, line 26
2. Reprinted from the edition of Moravus, Naples, 1475, with editor statement in colophon: "Sub domino Blasio Romero monacho Populeti philosopho ac theologo celebri ..." Signatures: a¹⁰ b-h⁸ i¹⁰ k-l⁸ m¹⁰ n-z⁸ [et]⁸ 2a-2b⁸ Signatures: a¹⁰ b-h⁸ i¹⁰ k-l⁸ m¹⁰ n-z⁸ [et]⁸ aa-bb⁸ The first and last leaves are blank
3. See IUCAT record
4. Some manuscript marginalia in a later hand. Late inscription of Benedictine monastery at Neustadt am Main (Cottineau) and stamp of German chancellery library. Bound in 16th-century blind-tooled vellum, two clasps. Vellum fragments of a contemporary manuscript Latin grammar used in hinges
5. Contents: (from colophon): Primu[m] Liber vnus de moribus Liber vnus de formula honestæ vitæ vel de quattuor virtutibus cardinalibus Liber vnus ad Gallionem de remedijs fortuitorum Libri decem declamationum Libri duo de clæmentia ad Neronem Libri septem de beneficijs ad Eburtium Liberalem Libri tres de Ira ad Nouatum Liber vnus de mundi gubernatione diuina prouidentia [et] quare multa mala bonis viris accidant Liber vnus de beata vita ad Gallionem Liber vnus de consolatione ad Martiam Liber vnus de consolatione ad Albinam matrem suam Liber vnus de tranquillitate vitæ ad Serenum Liber vnus quomodo in sapientem non cadit iniuria Liber vnus de breuitate vitæ ad Paulinum cui continuatur liber vnus de consolatione fratris ad Polybium sine inscriptione [et] interuallo ex incuria famuli componentis qui incipit Nostra compares firma sunt Prouerbia Senecæ Ultimo eiusdem Epistolæ ad Lucillum centumuiginti quinque

Scope and Contents:

1. Colophon: Acta Romae Idibus Decembris anno salutis d[omi]nicae Mcccclxxxxii sede[n]te Aleandro [sic] vi Pont. max. in co[n]sistorio publico
2. Includes one of the earliest published references to the Americas
3. See IUCAT record
4. With: Bible. O.T. Apocrypha. Maccabees, 2nd, IX-X. Latin. Selections. 14th cent. [Selections from 2nd Maccabees IX-X]. Two leaves from 14th cent. Latin manuscript bound over boards
5. From the library of Bernardo Mendel
6. Bound in old vellum; vellum fastener

Scope and Contents:

1. Authorship assigned to Calbus of Freiberg, i.e. Ulrich Rülein von Calw (or Kalbe), based on references in Georgius Agricola's De re metallica; cf. Herbert Clark Hoover's and Lou Henry Hoover's discussion in their English translation of Agricola's work, 1912, p. 610-11. Cf. also Wilhelm Pieper's Ulrich Rülein von Calw und sein Bergbüchlein, 1955. ISTC and BN cat. des incun. assign this work to Ulrich Rülein von Calw. It is entered in GW and Pellechet under title: Bergbüchlein
2. First ed. of the first printed book on mining. This complete copy is one of only three (one defective) known to exist
3. See IUCAT record
4. Signatures: [A]⁸ B⁸ [C]⁸
5. With: Probir büchlin / [Ciriacus Schreittmann]. Zů Strassburg : Bei Christian Egenolph, 1530 -- One 16th cent. German ms. on the melting and sorting of metals, etc. -- Three 16th cent. German mss. with recipes used in metallurgy
6. Record of purchase dated 1549 inside front cover. Bound in contemporary calf, two ties; worn
7. Gift of Warren R. Howell
8. Additional information in Bibliographical File

Scope and Contents:

1. "The work entered as Logica brevis nova in IGI VI 5793-A (Christophorus Arnoldus, about 1476) forms the last quire [first in Lilly Library copy] of this edition, and not the Ars brevis as stated by BMC and IGI (cf. Hillard, but Goff L384 is a separate edition of the Ars brevis)"--ISTC
2. Signatures: a⁶ ²a-u⁸ A-E⁸ F⁶ x⁸ y⁴ (²a1, y4 blank; ²a2 signed a3). Lilly Library copy with signature a (containing ... logica brevis nova) bound at front instead of at back as collated in BM 15th cent. and Hain. This signature quired in a two-leaf blank wrap-around. Palau y Dulcet describes as 218 leaves
3. See IUCAT record
4. First initial in blue, rest in red, rubricated throughout. Vellum endpaper wi ms. portion of psalter
5. Bookplate of Rudolph August Witthaus; ms. inscription on fol. 1 "Carthusiae in Buxheim," and their library stamp; anonymous armorial bookplate on back board
6. Early 16th century German binding, blind-tooled sheep over wooden boards, handsewn headbands; rubbed; brass for two clasps present, back cover pierced for chaining; rebacked, corners restored with modern calf

Scope and Contents:

1. A compendium of geographical information taken from a large number of classical sources. The material is arranged in alphabetical dictionary fashion. The author was the first to condense the writings of the ancient and medieval geographers into one work. Title page preceded by five pages containing a dedicatory letter from the author to Matthaeus Bossus and the reply of Bossus to the author. "Reprinted from the editio princeps, Miscomini, Florence, 1493 (IA.27207), which it follows in typographical arrangement"--BM 15th cent., VI, p. 874
2. "Vrbes celebriores quæ in hoc libro contine[n]tur": fol. o3r-5v. "Prouinci[a]e totius orbis not[a]e in Europa xxxiiii": fol. o5v-6r. "In Asia magna prouinciæ quinquaginta": fol. o6r-6v.
3. See IUCAT record
4. Marginalia; first letter of each paragraph is set out. Capital spaces with guide letters; unfilled. Woodcuts: ornamental border on t.p., 2 maps, a diagram, and printer's device at end
5. T. Campbell describes the two so-called maps in The earliest printed maps, 1987, p. 112-113. In the Lilio map [fol. pi4v] the "... ten names --comprising the cardinal points, the three continents and the three main waterways of the ancient world--are supplied in type ..." and later in the volume [fol. n3r] is a list of nine climatic zones within a red ruled diagram printed from a woodblock. "Since no geographical outlines are included on either, these fall short of our minimum definition of a map ... This version [1496] ... can be easily recognized by the lower-case lettering used for Aphrica, in contrast to the capitals employed for the other continents."
6. Signatures: pi⁴ a-m⁸ n-o⁶
7. With manuscript: Vibii Sequestris De fluminibus, fontibus, lacubus, nemoribus, paludibus, montibus, gentibus per litteras. -- [between 1475 and 1525]
8. Bound in later vellum, leather spine label in lettered gilt, sprinkled edges. Bookplates of the Duke of Saxony and Bernardo Mendel

Physical Description: Latin manuscript on vellum, 446 x 28.75 cm.

Scope and Contents: "Composed of 10 separate sheets of vellum (almost 15 sq ft!) sewn together (stitching apparently original). The purpose of this interminable document was the sale in 1526 of various properties in the region of Pontremoli (between Milan and Bergamo), the details and condition of which are meticulously described in a fine, legible Latin hand. The vendors were the Reverend Filippo Maria, Abbott of san Giovanni de Vertemate, in the diocese of Como, as well as Giovanni Francesco and Giovanni Gabriel Galeas of Fontaneto; the purchaser was Giovanni Jacopo de Latuade, son of Andrea de la Porta Romana of Milan, in the parish of St Stefano de Broglio.

The document was evidently completed in 1540, although referring to the 1526 sale, and is signed by Giovanni Jacopo della Flore, filius, public notary, before Alessandro de' Albignomo, also public notary, on the 26th June 1540, with a handsome quadrilateral notarial signature on the left-hand margin of the final sheet. Finally, the verso (outside surface) of the first sheet has been docketed, probably in a 16th century hand, in Italian with the date 1526 and a brief summary of the contents. The value of the vellum used for the present manuscript must have been considerable, and it is interesting to note that the scribe seamlessly continues his toils by incorporating the several naturally-occurring lacunae in eg. sheet #4.

The present transaction would have taken place against a backdrop of ceaseless warfare in the wealthy Northern Italian provinces: the Italian War of 1521-1526, had just ended with Francis I's disastrous invasion of Milan and his capture on the battlefield. The French, however, would continue to lay claim to Milan during succeeding decades, and following Francis' release had immediately launched another campaign on May 22 1526."

- bookseller's description, InLibris LLC

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase: 2022

Physical Description: 1 leaf ; 24 x 21 cm

Scope and Contents:

1. In Latin and English
2. Ink on paper in contemporary secretary hand
3. 1 leaf with 25 lines of text on recto
4. William Welch responds with his own allegation to a charge brought by Thomas Knowsly
5. Cataloguer supplied transcription and translation in Vertical File
6. See IUCAT record

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase: 2022

Physical Description: 2 conjugate leaves ; 27 x 21 cm

Scope and Contents:

1. Stafford, Thomas, Sir, active 1633, judge
2. In Latin
3. Ink on paper in contemporary secretary hand
4. 2 conjugate manuscript leaves with text of the charge on first leaf recto and verso; second leaf with text of the charge on recto and title on verso in between fold traces
5. 1st leaf with 31 lines of text on recto, 27 on verso; 2nd leaf with 23 lines of text on recto, 8 on verso
6. Grace Royle alleges that her husband Samuel has unlawfully abandoned her and petitions the court for his return as well as court costs
7. Cataloguer supplied transcription and translation in Vertical File
8. See IUCAT record

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase: 2022

Physical Description: 1 leaf ; 31 x 20 cm

Scope and Contents:

1. In Latin and English
2. Ink on paper in contemporary secretary hand
3. One manuscript leaf with 5 lines of text on recto, 38 on verso
4. A list of both standard and case-specific questions submitted by the defendant, Elizabeth Eaton, to be posed to the witnesses of the plaintiff William Eaton
5. Cataloguer supplied transcription and translation in Vertical File
6. See IUCAT record

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase: 2022

Physical Description: 2 conjugate leaves ; 33 x 21 cm

Scope and Contents:

1. Stafford, Thomas, Sir, active 1633, judge
2. In Latin and English
3. Cataloguer supplied title
4. Ink on paper in contemporary secretary hand
5. 2 conjugate manuscript leaves with text of the charge on recto and verso of first leaf and recto of second; title on verso of second leaf in between fold traces
6. First leaf recto with 27 lines of text, verso with 23 lines; second leaf recto with 13 lines, verso with 6 lines
7. Alice Eaton charges that her husband has committed adultery with Mary Jones and petitions the court for the punishment of them both along with payment of her court costs
8. Cataloguer supplied transcription and translation in Vertical File
9. See IUCAT record

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase: 2022

Physical Description: 2 conjugate leaves ; 29 x 21 cm

Scope and Contents:

1. Text in Latin and English
2. Ink on paper in contemporary secretary hand
3. 2 conjugate manuscript leaves with text of the charge on recto and verso of first leaf; title on verso of second leaf in between fold traces
4. 37 lines of text on first leaf recto; 32 on verso
5. Allegation delivered by proctor on behalf of John Smith against witnesses presented on behalf of Nicholas Hide
6. Cataloguer supplied transcription and translation in Vertical File
7. See IUCAT record

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase: 2022

Physical Description: 324 x 229 mm (12 3/4 x 9"). Double column, 48 lines of text in a gothic rotunda hand. Capitals struck in red, headline and chapter numbers in red and blue, three two-line initials in red or blue with penwork infill, flourished marginal extensions in red and blue the length of one column on verso and both columns on recto. Marginal corrections to 28 lines in a microscopic hand.

Language: Latin .

Scope and Contents: Bookseller description: "This is an attractive large Bible leaf to begin with, and it is an excellent specimen to use to represent corrections of scribal errors. The margins here contain more than two dozen very tiny emendations by a diligent corrector, and those changes are reflected in the text in three basic ways. Some erroneous words are singled out by a series of dots underneath them (signaling to the reader that they should be ignored); one is simply crossed out (neatly); and where a word has been left out, the interpolation is indicated by a tiny slash and dot above the line as well as another tiny mark, like a comma, below. [...] Strangely, the original scribe managed to omit the word 'angel' ('angelus' in Latin) five (!) times on this leaf, and our corrector, whose patience must have been tested, has had to write the abbreviation 'angls' five times in the margin to indicate an addition needed at hte appropriate points in various lines. Given that the present text describes the events of the coming Apocalypse (specifically, the seven vials of the wrath of God), this is certainly the sort of information that one would want to get right)."

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase: 2016. Phillip J Pirages Fine Books & Manuscripts.

Physical Description: 275 x 202 mm. (10 7/8 x 8"). Double column, 60 lines of text in an early gothic pearl script. Headlines and chapter numbers in red and blue. Original prickings visible. Possibly from same folio as Med Ren 97.

Language: Latin .

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase: 2016. Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & Manuscripts.

Physical Description: 276 x 203 mm. (10 7/8 x 8"). Double column, 60 lines in a gothic pearl script. Headlines and chapter numbers in red and blue. Possibly from the same folio as Med Ren 96.

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase: 2016. Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & Manuscripts.

Physical Description: 215 x 148 mm. (8 1/2 x 5 7/8"). Double column, 49 lines in a gothic pearl script. Capitals struck in red, running titles and chapter numbers in blue and red, and two- and multi-line initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork (the Esdras leaf with one of these initials; Isaiah with four). Esdras leaf with a hole original to the vellum (around which the text has been written), red chapter numbers and a few squiggles in a later hand, and a faint marginal note (pencil?) in a later hand; Isaiah leaf with several marginal notations or corrections in a contemporary hand. These two leaves come from the collection of Otto Ege.

Language: Latin .

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase: 2016. Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & Manuscripts.

Physical Description: 214 x 152 mm. (8 1/2 x 6"). Triple column, 49 lines in an early gothic pearl script. Each entry beginning with a one-line initial, alternating red and blue.

Language: Latin .

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase: 2016. Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & Manuscripts.

Physical Description: 284 x 195 mm. (11 1/4 x 7 3/4"). Double column, 53 lines in a gothic pearl script. Capitals struck with red, headlines and chapter numbers in red and blue, three two-line initials (with four-line ascenders) in blue or red with trailing penwork in the contrasting color.

Language: Latin .

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase: 2016. Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & Manuscripts.

Physical Description: 309 x 228 mm. (12 1/4 x 9"). Double column, 42 lines of text in a very neat gothic book hand with gloss in a slightly smaller, more elongated gothic script. Rubrics in red, paragraph makrs and one-line initials in blue, several two- or three-line initials in blue, some with ascenders or descenders running six to 10 lines, these with trailing penwork in red. Recovered from a binding, and so with glue stains along two edges (touching but not obscuring text), numerous tiny wormholes, with one large worm trail affecting the end of two lines of text, trimmed at head with loss of a few lines.

Language: Latin .

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase: 2016. Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & Manuscripts.

Physical Description: In two pieces, together, measuring 315 x 202 mm. (12 1/2 x 8"). Double column, 36 lines in a gothic book hand, surrounded by glosses in a smaller gothic script. Rubrics in red, paragraph marks and one-line initials in red or blue, six two- or three-line initials in red or blue with trailing penwork in the contrasting color. With an interlinear verse inscribed in the 16th century (when the leaf was a wrapper around the book): "When earnestly the mynde is sett / Then doeth the wytte great virtue get"; also with later signatrue of G. Byrom.

Language: Latin .

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase: 2016. Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & Manuscripts.

Physical Description: 197 x 279 mm. (7 3/4 x 11"). Single column plus annotations in four different sizes and styles of gothic script. Rubrics in red, one- and two-line initials in red, one decorative four-line "I" in red. Formerly a structural component of a binding, so somewhat darkened with text on one page faded in patches, central vertical crease, short marginal tears, a couple of these touching text, half a dozen wormholes.

Language: Latin .

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase: 2016. Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & Manuscripts.

Physical Description: 203 x 156 mm. (8 x 6 1/4"). Double columns, 50 lines in a gothic pearl script. Modern retrospective calf by Pat M. Bruno (stamp-signed on rear turn-in), upper cover with blind-tooled frame of thick and thin rules and leafy rolls, center panel with blind-stamp of Christ with his hand raised in blessing, gilt titling above central panel, place and date below, rear cover with panelled frame, raised bands. The four leaves with chapter numbers in red and blue, capitals struck with red, each leaf with two two-line initials in red or blue, some with nine-line descenders, all with penwork elaboration in the contrasting color. With marginal notations in an informal contemporary hand.

Language: Latin .

Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchase: 2016. Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & Manuscripts.