Medieval and Renaissance Codices
Missing from Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Girolamo Tagliente, Libro d'abaco Italy, ca. 1550. Paper; ff. 82; 16 x 11 cm; diagrams, ornaments, borders, illustrations in pen and ink. Notes: The text and the decoration were all copied from an early printed edition of the work. Bibliography: Bond and Faye, p. 325. Plimpton Add. 8
Book of Hours, use of Paris (?) France, ca. 1490. Parchment; ff. 198; 14 x 9.5 cm; 17 miniatures in a style reminiscent of Jean Bourdichon; initials alternating blue and gold; bâtarde script; vertical catchwords. Bound in 16th century French brown calf with covers detached. Notes: The hours of the Virgin are of the use of Paris, but the office of the dead only has 3 readings at matins, so use cannot be determined. The calendar, in French, includes the feast of Yves in red at 19 May. Obtained by D. E. Smith from Barroux. Bibliography: De Ricci, p. 1276. Smith Western MS 20
Book of Hours, use of Besançon France, first quarter of the 15th century. Parchment; ff. 115; 17 x 12 cm; all miniatures missing. Bound in old vellum, in good condition. Notes: Full calendar in French in alternating red and blue with gold for the major feasts, in very bright fresh colors (the "dies mali" are shown by a red letter "d" although there are no month verses); rubrics in French. The litany includes Ferrutius and Ferreolus (principal patrons of Besançon), Antidius, Hilary, Anthony, Deicolus, Columba; added section at the end of the book. Bibliography: De Ricci, p. 1277. Smith Western MS 22
Carta de hidalguia. Spain, 1544-1636. Two full page miniatures missing from this codex. Parchment and paper; 30 x 21 cm; illuminated initials and borders. Bound in 17th century Spanish calf, gilt. Notes: Carta de hidalguia granted to Bartolomé Rodriguez Perales (Valladolid 1544); Carta de hidalguia granted to Pedro de Vera (Valladolid 1572); Filiación de Juan Rodriguez de Perales y Vera (Madrid 1636). Bibliography: De Ricci, p. 1267. Med-Ren X929/Ex3
Executory royal ordinance. Spain, 1582. Two full page miniatures missing from this codex. Parchment; ca. 31 x 21 cm. Notes: Executory royal ordinance relating to the suit between Diego de Amezaga and Juan Martinez de Castillo, Luis Galeote and Alonso de Lugones, 1582. Bibliography: De Ricci p. 1267. Med-Ren X946.04/Sp1
Book of hours (?) France, ca. 1450. Parchment; single leaf fragment. Notes: Recto: Ps. 117:24-28, (verso not known); 1 leaf with decorated border, and with miniature of the Risen Christ added, 16th century, in the lower margin. Med-Ren Fragment 8
Medieval and Renaissance Documents
Innocent III, bull to abbot of Saint-Remi given from the Lateran, 4 February 1203, concerning a quarrel about some marshes between the abbey of Saint-Bertin and the burghers of Saint-Omer. Parchment; with leaden bull attached; 18 x 24 cm. Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps; his n. 35816. Phillipps sale, Sotheby's, 1913 n. 1036 to Maggs. Bibliography: De Ricci, p. 1804. Plimpton MS 278
Nicholas III, bull to the monastery of All Saints, Châlons-sur-Marne, 1 February 1280. Parchment; with leaden bull attached. Bibliography: De Ricci, p. 1275. Smith Western MS 8
Archiepiscopal Court of Mainz. Decision of the judges relative to a quarrel between the church of St. Stephen and three of the nobility regarding ownership of the decimae novalium in Breiburten. Parchment; 15 x 10.5 cm. Germany, 1228, December. In Latin. Seal preserved. Smith Document 1228
Aybelina, wife of Guillelmus Dafferyo and daughter of Gilbertus de Corso, gives her part of her inheritance to her brother Petrus de Corso and nephews Petrus and Gilbertus, Rotgerus de Corso's children. Issued and sealed by the custodian of royal seal at Leront. Parchment; 25.5 x 30 cm. France, Leront, 1310, November before St. Catherine's feast. In Latin. Seal well preserved. Smith Document 1310
Maximilian I, Emperor of Germany. Deed of Maximilian, Emperor of Germany. Parchment; 39 x 23 cm. Germany, 1511. In German. Very fine seal in two colors. Smith Document 1511
Belgium. Letter from the "Scabini" of a Flemish town (Van den Bryen?) giving notice of a sale. Parchment; 76 x 56 cm. Five seals formerly tied to it. Belgium, 1542 (?), September 16. In Flemish. Seals missing. Smith Document 1542 (?)
John Alden. Sale of property between John Alden alias Bellinger of the County of Surrey and Richard Alden alias Bellinger, including a mesuage, tenement and garden. Parchment; 40.5 x 26.5 cm. England, Surrey, 1616, October 24. In English. Seal damaged. Smith Document 1616
George, Bishop of Lincoln. Gift of the vicarage of the parish church of Heybridge in Essex to John Pridden. Parchment; 45 x 36 cm. England (Lincoln), 1789, March 10. In English. Seal present. From the Typographic Library. Smith Document 1789