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  • Untitled (Illuminated Initial)

    Subject:
    Lettering, Manuscripts, Medieval, Hymns, and Initials
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    lat
    Date Created:
    approximately 1500
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Legacy Art Gallery Accession No. U009.16.300 and Shelf Mark: Fragm.Lat.29
    Extent:
    1 fragment ; 15 x 14.5 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Italy--Verona
    Coordinates:
    45.4299, 10.98444
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Made with gold leaf, tempera, and shell gold on vellum.
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance:
    One of two medieval manuscript fragments collected by Sydney Wayne Jackman and originally donated to the Legacy Art Gallery. Transferred to UVic Special Collection from the Legacy Art Gallery, 2021.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    illuminated manuscripts, manuscripts (documents), and fragments (object portions)
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 2022-006; Item: 1
    Fonds Title:
    Sydney Wayne Jackman collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC650
    Is Referenced By:
    Archival finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/sydney-wayne-jackman-collection
    Date Digitized:
    2022-10-21
    Technical Note:
    Scanned concurrently on Betterlight TTI (1/20; 283; copy4 tone; camera height 900) by PD. Metadata by KD.

  • Toll Register, Serrières (Ardèche)

    Alternative Title:
    [Toll Register, Serrières (Ardèche)], Register of toll (péage) charges collected at Serrières on the Rhône River for the years 1527-1530.
    Subject:
    Inland water transportation--Transit charges, Tolls, Economics, Inland water transportation--Transit charges--Accounting, and Economic history
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    fre
    Date Created:
    1527 to 1530
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: HE197 F73T65 1530 and Shelf Mark: Ms.Fr.1
    Extent:
    95 following, preceded by a blank flyleaf, complete, in very regular quires (i-xii8, xiii4), on paper ; 21 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    France--Ardèche, France--Ardèche--Serrières, and Europe--Rhône River
    Coordinates:
    44.66667, 4.33333
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    "Written in a cursive script in brown ink on long lines, various numbers of lines per page. Bound in a contemporary full limp vellum, wallet binding, a cord on the over-flap wrapped around the register, smooth spin...
    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) and registers (lists)
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/ms-fr-1.php
    Date Digitized:
    2022-01-17
    Transcript:
    Partial transcription of fols. 1r-4r4 by Danielle Aftias, as part of coursework for a manuscript studies class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (ENGL), December 2016, available here: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/documents...
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI (1/20; 246; bent5 tone; camera height 800) 600 DPI Tiff by PD. Metadata by KD.

  • 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.

  • Book of Hours fragments in Jean Pontas, Dictionnaire de cas de conscience

    Alternative Title:
    Book of Hours, Fragment
    Subject:
    Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern), Bible. Psalms, Officium pro defunctis (Catholic Church), Manuscripts, Medieval, and Prayers and devotions
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Pontas, Jean, 1638-1728
    Location:
    Language:
    lat
    Date Created:
    1401 to approximately 1500
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: BX1757 A2P82 1724
    Extent:
    4 in situ fragments ; 80 x 70 mm
    Geographic Coverage:
    France--Paris
    Coordinates:
    48.85341, 2.3488
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Description by Madyson Huck, with assistance from Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (ENGL), as part of coursework for a manuscript studies class with Dr. Williams Boyarin, June 2022:The dimensions of the fragments vary, wit...
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    illuminated manuscripts, manuscripts (documents), fragments (object portions), and books of hours
    Is Referenced By:
    Fragmentarium: https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-fy67
    Technical Note:
    Images were downloaded in their largest size from the Fragmentarium by PD. Metadata by KD.
    Keyword in Context:
    Transcript available
    Victoria, University of Victoria Libraries, Seghers Collection BX1757 A2P82 1724 Book of Hours fragments in Jean Pontas, Dictionnaire de cas de conscience France (Paris?) s. XV There are fragments of four leaves from the same Book of Hours in the binding of ...

  • Leaf from a Medieval Book of Hours, Fragment

    Alternative Title:
    Book of Hours – Fragment
    Subject:
    Prayers and devotions, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    lat
    Date Created:
    1476 to approximately 1500
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Shelf Mark: Fragm.Brown.Lat.8
    Extent:
    1 leaf ; 160 x 110 mm
    Geographic Coverage:
    France--Paris
    Coordinates:
    48.85341, 2.3488
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Vellum, 8 four-lined noted staves. Mounted.
    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), illuminated manuscripts, books of hours, and fragments (object portions)
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 2003-018; Item: 3
    Fonds Title:
    Bruce and Dorothy Brown Collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC017
    Is Referenced By:
    Fragmentarium: https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-g58a and Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/fragm-brown-lat-8.php
    Date Digitized:
    2020-02-12
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI by PD. Metadata by KD.
    Keyword in Context:
    Transcript available
    Victoria, University of Victoria Libraries, Fragm.Brown.Lat.8 Acc. 2003-018, item #3 Book of Hours (1 leaf, Use of Paris) France (Paris?) s. XV3/4 fol. r1-v18 Audiuit dominus et misertus… Holocaustum et pro peccato non. Book of Hours: Use of Paris, M...

  • 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: ....................................................................................

  • Armorial Manuscript

    Subject:
    Genealogy, Manuscripts, Medieval, Heraldry, Courts and courtiers, and Devices (Heraldry)
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    enm and lat
    Date Created:
    approximately 1580
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Shelf Mark: Ms.Brown.Eng.2
    Extent:
    272 leaves; quarto, 180 x 133 mm (approximately 13 x 18 x 4.5 cm)
    Geographic Coverage:
    England
    Coordinates:
    52.16045,-0.70312
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Attractive illuminated late sixteenth-century manuscript in ink, with many coloured armorial illustrations within shields, bound in later red morocco gilt.
    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:
    1989-070-5
    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:
    2019-10-24
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 dpi TIFF (1/20; 303 (some at 283); copy 4 stops; camera height 500). Mylar used to hold pages down during scans as needed. 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.

  • Elizabeth I, Privy Council Letter

    Alternative Title:
    Elizabeth I (1533-1603), Queen of England
    Subject:
    Manuscripts, Medieval, Great Britain. Privy Council, Politics and government, and Tyrone's Rebellion (1597-1603)
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Banbury, William Knollys, Earl of, 1547-1632, Nottingham, Charles Howard, Earl of, approximately 1536-1624, Dorset, Thomas Sackville, Earl of, 1536-1608, Dorset, Charles Sackville, Earl of, 1638?-1706, North, Roger, Baron, 1530-1600, Ellesmere, Thomas Egerton, Baron, 1540?-1617, Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603, Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Earl of, 1563-1612, Popham, John, Sir, 1531?-1607, and Fortescue, John, Sir, 1531?-1607
    Location:
    Language:
    lat
    Date Created:
    January 15, 1599
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Shelf Mark: Doc.Brown.8
    Extent:
    2 pages folio ; 336 x 463 mm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Ireland and England--Norfolk
    Coordinates:
    52.66667, 1 and 53, -8
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Folded once, letter on the two sides of one of the resulting leaves, the address on one side of the other leaf. Seal tear professionally repaired. With integral address leaf.
    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:
    correspondence and manuscripts (documents)
    Archival Item Identifier:
    1989-069-11
    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
    Technical Note:
    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 ...