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  • Shahnameh, Fragment

    Alternative Title:
    Šāhnāme, شاهنامه, Fragment of Shahnameh (Dastan-ɘ Bæhram ba Kɘshavarz َ داستانَبهرامَباَکشاورز ), and Abu al-Qasim Ahmad, Fragment
    Subject:
    Calligraphy, Persian, Persian poetry, Shāhnāmah (Firdawsī), Epic poetry, Epic literature, Persian, and Persian literature
    Creator:
    Firdawsī
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    per
    Date Created:
    1551 to 1650
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Shelf Mark: MS Victoria 1998-034
    Extent:
    1 leaf ; 345 x 222 mm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Iran
    Coordinates:
    32, 53
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Indigenous Iranian paper in Nasta’liq script.
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    manuscripts (documents), poetry, epic poetry, and fragments (object portions)
    Fonds Title:
    Arabic Manuscripts Collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC119
    Is Referenced By:
    Fragmentarium: https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-ypcz and Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/ms-victoria-1998-034.php
    Date Digitized:
    2022-10-12
    Technical Note:
    Metadata by KD.
    Keyword in Context:
    Transcript available
    1 Term Project for English 503: Introduction to Manuscript Studies and Archival Methods Summer 2022 Sohrab Mosahebi Dr. A.W. Boyarin Table of Contents 1. Ms-Victoria-1992-037-1: ....................................................................................

  • Statutes of the Order of the Garter

    Alternative Title:
    Statutes of the Order of the Garter, in Thirteen Chapters
    Subject:
    Charters, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Order of the Garter
    Creator:
    Edward VI, King of England, 1537-1553
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1500s
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Shelf Mark: Ms.Brown.Eng.1
    Extent:
    32 pages; vellum; plus frontspiece; 23 x 17 x 205 cm (pages 220 x 158 mm) 272 leave s, quarto [180x133mm], bound in later r ed morocco gilt.
    Geographic Coverage:
    England
    Coordinates:
    52.16045,-0.70312
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    26 lines to a page, ruled in red, written in dark brown ink in a calligraphic secretary hand with some flourishes, forty-seven illuminated initials (one 4-line, three 3-line, the rest 2-line) in gold, red and blue with...
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance:
    Donated by Bruce and Dorothy Brown.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    illuminated manuscripts
    Archival Item Identifier:
    1989-069-8
    Fonds Title:
    Bruce and Dorothy Brown collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC017
    Is Referenced By:
    Archival finding aid: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/findaids/brown_collection_manuscripts.pdf and Special Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php.
    Date Digitized:
    2019-10-23/2019-10-24
    Transcript:
    Transcription and description by Sydney Terepocki and Luke Oldfield, as part of coursework for a manuscript studies class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (ENGL), April 2015, is available here : https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spco...
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 dpi TIFF (1/20;303 (some at 283);copy 4 stops; camera height 500) Item scanned in acrylic cradle and mylar used to hold pages down during scans. Work completed 23-24 Oct 2019 - PD. Metadata by KD.

  • Aldus Manutius the Younger, De Antiquis Numerorum Notis

    Alternative Title:
    Interpraetatio numerorum quibus in ratione pecuniaria veteres utebantur; Concerning ancient writing of numbers; Meaning of numbers which the ancients used in monetary reckoning; De antiquis numerorum notis. Interpraetatio numerorum quibus in ratione pecuniaria veteres ute...
    Subject:
    Money, Coins, Italian, Numerals, Writing of, Coins, Roman, and Sestertius (Coin)
    Creator:
    Manzuio, Aldo
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    ita and lat
    Date Created:
    approximately 1550 to approximately 1575
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Shelf Mark: Ms.It.1 and Call number: P211 M275 1550
    Extent:
    6 folios; paper; 211 x 60 mm (21.1 cm)
    Geographic Coverage:
    Italy
    Coordinates:
    42.83333, 12.83333
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Modern foliation in pencil, top outer recto, 1-6, complete (collation, i6), ruled with full-length vertical bounding lines produced by folding the leaves lengthwise into quarters, text written in brown ink in an elegant...
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance:
    Purchased from Les Enluminures (reference number 794), October 2014.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    manuscripts (documents)
    Fonds Title:
    Medieval Studies Collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC070
    Is Referenced By:
    From Les Eluminures website: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/documents/MsIt1.pdf and Special Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php.
    Date Digitized:
    2017-01-17
    Technical Note:
    Scanned by CDeWolfe using the Betterlight TTI @ 600dpi. Cropped, no colour correction or size editing. Metadata by KD.

  • Medicinal and Culinary Miscellany

    Alternative Title:
    Fifteenth-century leaf from a medicinal and culinary miscellany (fol. 38)
    Subject:
    Formulas, recipes, etc.--Manuscripts and Manuscripts
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    ita and lat
    Date Created:
    1300s to 1600s
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Shelf Mark: Ms.Brown.It.1
    Extent:
    33 leaves; 30 x 22 cm.
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Folio with old 17th-century foliation 31-62, modern foliation in pencil, on paper with the exception of one leaf of reused medieval parchment (36). Paper quality and size inconsistent, some watermarks visible. Bound in ...
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance:
    Purchased by Bruce and Dorothy Brown from Maggs Bros. Ltd, London, July 1992.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    miscellanies and manuscripts (documents)
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 1992-044-2
    Fonds Title:
    Bruce and Dorothy Brown Collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC017
    Is Referenced By:
    Archival finding aid: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/findaids/brown_collection_manuscripts.pdf and Special Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php.
    Date Digitized:
    2012-02-23
    Transcript:
    Catalogue and preliminary identification of watermarks by Natasha O'Reilly, with the assistance of Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (ENGL), as part of coursework for a manuscript studies class with Dr. Boyarin, December 2016, available here: h...
    Technical Note:
    Metadata by KD.
    Keyword in Context:
    Transcript available
    Kerri ENSH483 Final Project Victoria, University of Victoria Libraries, Ms.Brown.It.1 Acc. 1992-044 Fifteenth-century leaf from a medicinal and culinary miscellany (fol. 38) Italy s. XV2 This study was completed by ENSH MA student Kerri Li for a manuscript ...

  • Leaf from a Breviary, Fragment

    Subject:
    Gregorian chants, Music, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Breviaries
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    lat
    Date Created:
    approximately 1550 to approximately 1600
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Shelf Mark: Fragm.Lat.18
    Extent:
    1 leaf ; 440 x 280 mm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Spain
    Coordinates:
    40, -4
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    On paper. and With musical notation; apparatus and staves in red; musical neumes on four staves; two decorated penwork initials in red and in black and red
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    manuscripts (documents), scores (documents for music), and fragments (object portions)
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 1992-045; Item: 10
    Fonds Title:
    Medieval Studies Collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC070
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php. and Archival finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/medieval-studies-collection
    Date Digitized:
    2012-02-23
    Transcript:
    Transcription and musical interpretation by Alina Blank with musical assistance by Katie Blank, completed as part of course work for an undergraduate Manuscripts Studies class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (English), available here: https:...
    Technical Note:
    Metadata by KD.

  • Philip II of Spain, Letter

    Subject:
    Manuscripts, Medieval and Politics and government
    Creator:
    Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598
    Contributor:
    Pérez, Antonio, -1611
    Location:
    Language:
    spa
    Date Created:
    1578
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Shelf Mark: Doc.Brown.9
    Extent:
    1 page folio ; 283 x 207 mm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Spain
    Coordinates:
    40, -4
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    A few small holes caused by ink corrosion, in clear and legible condition with good signatures. Seal legend, partially visible on paper used to protect wax at time of sealing. Two modern stamps in blue ink from (or refe...
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance:
    Donated by Bruce and Dorothy Brown.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    manuscripts (documents), correspondence, and letters (correspondence)
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 1989-069; Item: 10
    Fonds Title:
    Bruce and Dorothy Brown Collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC017
    Is Referenced By:
    Archival finding aid: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/findaids/brown_collection_manuscripts.pdf and Special Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php
    Date Digitized:
    2012-02-23
    Transcript:
    Transcription by Emma Fanning, as part of coursework for a manuscript studies class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (ENGL), April 2015.
    Technical Note:
    Metadata by KD.
    Keyword in Context:
    Transcript available
    Victoria, McPherson Library, Doc.Brown.9 Acc. 1989-069, Item #10 Letter in Spanish from King Philip II of Spain to Antonio de Zúñiga y Sotomayor, 3rd Marquis of Ayamonte and Governor of the Duchy of Milan, countersigned by Antonio Perez Spain (San Lorenzo de El Esco...

  • Psalter?, Fragment

    Subject:
    Bible. Psalms, Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern), and Manuscripts, Medieval
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    lat
    Date Created:
    1500s
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: BX890 B5A1 1572 and Shelf Mark: Fragm.Lat.26
    Extent:
    1 leaf ; 650 x 440 mm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Italy
    Coordinates:
    42.83333, 12.83333
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Margins have been trimmed to text block, with some loss of text (letters and half lines) at edges., Dimensions of front cover: 40.5 x 26.5 cm.,
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    manuscripts (documents), psalters (books), and fragments (object portions)
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/fragm-lat-26.php and Fragmentarium: https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-ty1n
    Date Digitized:
    2022-05-11
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on Betterlight TTI at 600 DPI tiff (1/15; 263; bent5; camera 1100) by PD. Metadata by KD.

  • Deed, 1571 (Copy)

    Subject:
    Manuscripts, Deeds, Legal documents, and Inner Temple (London, England)
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    July 16, 1571
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Shelf Mark: Doc.Eng.5
    Extent:
    4 sheets ; 55 x 67 mm
    Geographic Coverage:
    England--London, England--Devon, and England--Cullompton
    Coordinates:
    50.75, -3.75, 51.50853, -0.12574, and 50.8552, -3.3929
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Four large sheets of parchment, main text on one side of each sheet in black ink, written in an Elizabethan secretary hand. Little remains of a red wax seal which once hung from the document, likely of a similar nature ...
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    signatures (names), deeds, legal documents, manuscripts (documents), marginalia (annotations), and indentures
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 2019-070, Item: 2
    Fonds Title:
    Early Modern Manuscripts collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC599
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collections Fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/early-modern-manuscripts-collection and Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/doc-eng-5.php
    Date Digitized:
    2020-02
    Technical Note:
    This four page manuscript has significant water damage and wear from being stored folded. It was unfolded and placed under slightly raised glass for three days but still proved difficult to work with.Due to the fragility, we were hesitant t...

  • Deed, 1571 (Original)

    Subject:
    Legal documents, Deeds, Manuscripts, and Inner Temple (London, England)
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    July 16, 1571
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Shelf Mark: Doc.Eng.4
    Extent:
    4 sheets ; 55 x 67 mm
    Geographic Coverage:
    England--London, England--Devon, and England--Cullompton
    Coordinates:
    51.50853, -0.12574, 50.75, -3.75, and 50.8552, -3.3929
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Marginalia present and many signatures. and Four large sheets of parchment, main text on one side of each sheet in black ink, written in an Elizabethan secreta...
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    marginalia (annotations), deeds, indentures, signatures (names), manuscripts (documents), and legal documents
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 2019-070, Item: 1
    Fonds Title:
    Early Modern Manuscripts collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC599
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/doc-eng-4.php and Special Collections Fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/early-modern-manuscripts-collection
    Date Digitized:
    2020-02
    Technical Note:
    This four page manuscript has significant water damage and wear from being stored folded. It was unfolded and placed under slightly raised glass for three days but still proved difficultto work with.Due to the fragility, we were hesitant to...

  • Leaf from a Breviary, Fragment

    Subject:
    Hymns, Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern), Hymns, Latin, Music, and Breviaries
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    lat
    Date Created:
    1500s
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Shelf Mark: Fragm.Lat.22
    Extent:
    1 leaf ; 43.5 x 29.5 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Eight lines or music on recto, ten lines of music on verso. Staff lines and first letters are in red., Script type: Southern Textualis.,
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance:
    Gift of Molly Ungar, 2017.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    breviaries, fragments (object portions), and manuscripts (documents)
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 2017-033, Item: 1.1
    Fonds Title:
    Molly Pulver Ungar collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC538
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collections fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/molly-ungar-collection, Fragmentarium: https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-popl, and Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/fragm-lat-22.php
    Date Digitized:
    2022-08-15
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI - 1/15; 283; bent5; camera 800 - 600DPI tiff archival scans by PD. Metadata by KD.