[Northkeep] Period texts FW: digitized list, part 2

[Niewoehner, Hugh]

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> From: Ted Eisenstein [mailto:alban at socket.net] 
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> Leaves (all digitized):
> 
> Agreement, 1598, Yorkshire: Bowes, Sir Jerome, d. 1616, M.P., 
> Ambassador to Russia 1583-1584).
> Certified copy of his Agreement, signed "H[ierom]e Bowes", in 
> English, as executor of his brother Raphe (d. May-June 1598), 
> late "one of the gentlemen Pencioners attendant on her 
> Majesties person", with Jerome Markham of Keldholme, N 
> Yorkshire, referring back to the sale on 29th April 1586 by 
> Markham and his brother John of the manor of Astwood, the 
> rectory of Feckenham, and properties in Ipsley, (all near 
> Astwood Bank on the Worcestershire-Warwickshire border), with 
> other properties in Holderness (Aldbrough and Cowlden, now 
> Cowden) and Bourne, Lincolnshire, inherited from the 
> Markhams' grandfather Geoffrey and father John.
> 
> Antiphonal: Let us sing unto the Lord/Cantemus Domino, 
> gloriose enim honorificatus est:
> equum et ascensorem projecit in mare, 1499, France. Part of 
> the responsory Cantemus domino . . . in the eighth mode 
> (beginning with the words "et ascensorem"), the third 
> responsary at Matins for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, the text 
> for which is excerpted from the canticle of Moses (Exod. 15:1-19).
> 
> Antiphonal: Nox praecessit, dies autem appropinquabit, 1540, 
> Spain. Part of a set of propers for the season of Advent.
> 
> Antiphonal, 1150, Germany (?), with neumes, part of the text 
> from the Feast of St. Agatha.
> 
> Antiphonal, ca. 1250
> 
> Aurora, Puzzle Initial from, 1220, Oxford. Peter Riga's 
> Aurora, a verse paraphrase of the Bible including commentary 
> composed near the end of the 12th century, served as a useful 
> memory aid for students of the Scriptures.
> 
> Bible: (Galatians 6:4-10 and Colossians 1:12-16), 1150, 
> unknown place of creation.
> 
> Bible: And behold, waters issued out from under the Threshold 
> of the temple", (Ezekial 27:11 -
> 30:3 and 44:17-47:4), 1220, Paris. A double-page spread from 
> a small Paris Bible.
> 
> Bible: And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat (II Chronicles 16:4 
> - 18:34), 1250, Bologna (?). The end of the reign of Asa, 
> king of Judah, and part of the reign of Jehoshaphat.
> 
> Bible: Mark, chapts. 9-10, including the Transfiguration, 
> 1250, France.
> 
> Bible: Shishak despoils the temple (II Chronicles 11:12 - 
> 14:13), 1270, Paris (?). Accounts of parts of the reign of 
> Rehoboam (including the spoliation of Jerusalem by Pharaoh 
> Shishak), the reign of Abijah, and the beginning of the reign of Asa.
> 
> Bible: The Branch and Millennial Peace (Zechariah 6:2 - 7:1), 
> 1190, Paris(?). Concerns the four chariots emerging from 
> between the two mountains of brass. The horses of each are a 
> different color (red, black, white, grizzled) and the 
> symbolism is obscure to Zechariah who asks an angel to 
> explain it all to him.
> 
> Bible: Woe unto Tyre (Ezekiel 26:10-28:19), Paris, 1250. A 
> prophecy against Tyre.
> 
> Book of Hours, 1415, France. Excerpts from None and Vespers 
> from the Hours of the Cross.
> 
> Book of the Dead: Non intres in iudicio cum servo tuo domine. 
> (Book of the Dead/Matins), 1420, Italy.
> 
> Breviary and Ferial Psalter, 1472, Autun. These leaves come 
> from a Burgundian prayer book on vellum that contained both a 
> psalter and a breviary.
> 
> Breviary, 1450, Germany, four small fragments from.
> 
> Breviary, various selections from, 1425, Paris.
> 
> Confirmation of Constitutional Structures, 1544, Vienna. 
> Ferdinand I (1503-1564), Holy Roman Emperor (1556-1564). 
> Document signed ('Ferdinand') as King of the Romans, Vienna, 
> 23 August 1544, a confirmation of the constitutional 
> structures as defined by the Golden Bull.
> 
> Contract of Sale for 1350 lire, 1497, in or near Bologna. in 
> Latin with English summary, for Tommaso, son of the noble 
> Niccolò, of Barbarolo, near Bologna, N. Italy and his brother 
> Baldassare, whose share is worth 300 lire, to Gregorio and 
> Stefano indivisibly, sons of the late Pietro Schiatino of 
> Gena in the county of Bologna, of about a dozen properties in 
> Barbarolo and Gena, in area about 400 tornature or Bolognese acres.
> 
> De Pace, in illud Evangelii Matthaei cap. V, Vers. 9, 1500, 
> France. "Auctor incertus (Augustinus Hipponensis?)". The leaf 
> contains a discussion of peace and peacemakers, based on the 
> line in the Beatitudes
> 
> Decree of the Inquisition in Mexico, 1574. Signed by Dr. Moya 
> y Contreras. Mexico, 24 August 1574. The first Inquisitor, 
> Dr. Moya y Contreras, issued this multipart decree. The bulk 
> of it relates to the reality of the post-Trentine world: All 
> masses are to be said in Latin, only the Counsel of 
> Trent-approved catechisms, liturgies, etc., are to be used.
> 
> Decretals of Gregory IX, 1275, France.
> 
> Decretals of Gregory IX, 1300, England. Two part sheets from 
> an English ms. copy of the second book of the Decretals of 
> Pope Gregory written at the beginning of the C.14. The 
> commentary is roughly contemporaneous.
> 
> Gradual fragment.
> 
> Gradual, Germany, 14th century.
> 
> Grammar, 1350, Germany. Two pieces from a complete bifolium 
> from a grammatical text, including the opening of a chapter 
> on participles, 29 lines.
> 
> Grant of Arms, 1559, Spain, of Felipe II to Pedro de 
> Villanueva. He was among Cortés's original party of 
> conquistadors in Mexico.
> 
> Grant, 1561, London. John, Ironmonger of London, Grant to 
> Thomas Shypton, currier, his fellow citizen of London, in 
> Latin, for £100 paid last Michaelmas "at the font of St. 
> Paul's Cathedral, London, between two and four in the 
> afternoon", for land at Eversholt, Bedfordshire, comprising 13 acres.
> 
> Land Grant, 1250, England. This appears to be a 13th century 
> grant with warranty. Adam, son of William, the merchant, of 
> Cowick (West Riding), grants to William of Cargil one section 
> of land in Cowick. Witnessed by John, son of Thomas de 
> Snayth, cleric, and John Godard, Hugh, son of Alan.
> 
> Land Grant, 1560, Hampton (England). Elizabeth Dei Gracia 
> Angli Francia et Hibernia Regina Fidei Defensor ELIZABETH I 
> (1533-1603), Queen of England. With the Great Seal of Elizabeth.
> Hampton: 1560.
> 
> Lectionary: Et habebat in dextera sua stellas septem..., 
> 1460, Spain. From a lectionary giving the lessons from 
> matins. It begins with part of the second and the third short 
> lesson for matins on the Tuesday in the octave of the 
> Ascension and continues with the lessons for the Wednesday in 
> the octave (altogether Rev. 1:16-20). Then, for the octave 
> day, follows a sermon of St. Leo for the feast of the 
> Ascension, and part of the Venerable Bede's homily on the 
> gospel "Behold I send the promised of my father . . ." (Luke 
> 24:49 ff.).
> 
> Legal Document, 1576, Venice. An interesting document, 
> unusually complete with its lead seal, written by the 96th 
> Doge of Venice Aloysius [Luigi] Mocenigo during the last year 
> of his reign (and life). It is a letter in which Mocenigo 
> guarantees the truthfulness of the documents drawn up by the 
> notary 'Paulus de Grandis Venes'.
> 
> Legal manuscript, 1275, Venice. A glossed civil law 
> manuscript, perhaps the Institutes of Justinian.
> 
> Letter of Attorney, 1362, Yorkshire. Letter of attorney from 
> Thomas Playce of Bolleby (Boulby) to Dom William de Buston, 
> parson of the Church of Esynvtone (Easington), and John de 
> Whetelay, to deliver seisin to John de Buston, Joan his wife 
> and heirs of John, in two messuages and eight bovates of land 
> in Bolleby.
> 
> Letters Patent ("Wir Otthainrich von gottes genaden 
> Pffalzgrave"), 1556, Bavaria. With seal.
> 
> Liber interpretationis hebraicorum nominum ["Baladad 
> signifies"], 1400, Paris. The "Liber interpretationis 
> hebraicorum nominum" ("Book of Interpretation of Hebrew 
> Names") was often found as part of the fore-matter of 
> medieval and Renaissance Bibles penned in France, especially 
> in Paris. It is an alphabetical list, with quite fanciful 
> etymologies or origins, of Hebrew proper names in the Bible.
> 
> Martyrology, 1150, Italy. Text is from the conclusion of 
> thelife of St. Valentine and the opening of thelives of 
> Saints Faustinus and Jovita.
> 
> Missal, 1150, Germany.
> 
> Missal, 1450, Germany. Recovered from a binding; the binding 
> or the recovery process meant that "the areas within the 
> initial's rectangle that would have been gold are clearly 
> indicated by a terra cotta color that marks the presence of 
> gesso" - i.e., one can see an illuminated initial half-way done.
> 
> Missal, with Neumes, 1120, Germany. Among the texts included 
> here are Mass texts (1) for Ash Wednesday, (2) for the 
> Thursday after Ash Wednesday (Isaias 38:3-6) and the Gospel 
> of Matthew 8:5-
> 13 (though the scribe has mistakenly written John), and (3) 
> for the Friday after Ash Wednesday (including Isaias 58:6-8).
> 
> Missal: Inclina aurem tuam accelera ut eruas me, 1300, Italy. 
> Propers for the eighth Sunday after Pentecost, part of the 
> communion and the post-communion prayer for the seventh, and 
> the beginning of the ninth, including part of the epistle.
> 
> Psalter and antiphon: Nec potuerunt stare, 1230, Rome. The 
> text begins with the last words of Psalm 35; then follow the 
> antiphon "Expugna i[m]pugnantes me" for that psalm, the 
> incipit "Revela"
> (for the antiphon "Revela Domino viam tuam" that accompanies 
> Psalms 36-37 as the 11th and 12th psalms for matins on Monday 
> in the Roman office), and the complete text for Psalm 36.
> 
> Psalter, 1350, Italy.
> 
> Psalter, 1440, Bruges (?). Latter part of Psalm 66 (67) and 
> part of the canticle Benedicite omnia opera Domini Domino . . 
> . (Daniel 3:57-88 & 56, according to the versification of the 
> Vulgate).
> 
> Psalter: Denitbus suis (part of Psalm 34), 1450, France.
> 
> Royal Deed, 1558, Westminster. Issued under the names of 
> Phillip II (of Spain) and Mary (Tudor); the document 
> establishes the rightful claim to the property of the 
> plaintiffs Thomas Peers Benos (?) and Edward Tyndalh 
> (Tyndale), suing through their attorney John Redston against 
> one Robert Mason.
> 
> Writ, 1592, Westminster. Writ addressed in the name of 
> Elizabeth I to the Sheriff of Derbyshire (Thomas Griseley), 
> in Latin with transcription and translation, to warn James, 
> Thomas and Francis Barlow ('Barley' throughout the document), 
> that they are bound by their concord with Gilbert [Talbot, 
> 7th] Earl of Shrewsbury, and unless they have performed it or 
> given "triple security for his claim", they are to be 
> summoned to appear before the Justices [of the Common Pleas] 
> at Westminster on the day after Trinity Sunday, the Sheriff 
> to make sure this writ and the summons are in court, fee paid 
> 20s to the farmer of fines.
>