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Rouse MS 10. RHAZES et al., SYNONYMA, fragments.

Description:
Fragments of 9 leaves of text (and of 2 blank leaves) containing a list of transliterated Arabic words, alphabetized by first letter only, with Latin synonyms (words or phrases). Frame-ruled with lead point. Written by one scribe in a rapid gothic cursive in medium brown ink, in 39-41 lines in two columns. All folios cropped, all edges (except cut-off edges) in tatters; evidence of having been glued to other folios in places; severely spotted, without loss of text. Pen-trials on blank folio 11v.
Date:
s. XV.
Collection:
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
Rouse MS 10. RHAZES et al., SYNONYMA, fragments.

Rouse MS 28. SERMONES, fragment.

Description:
Written in Italy in the second half of the thirteenth century, a fragment from a pocket-size sermon book produced by its user, judging by its inexpert script, simplicity of design and execution, and the poor quality of the parchment. Bought from Bernard Rosenthal (his MS 62, in pencil on inside of front cover) in August 1988 by Richard and Mary Rouse. Given to UCLA in 2005.
Date:
XIII 2/2
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
Rouse MS 28. SERMONES, fragment.

Rouse MS 14. PRIEST'S MANUAL.

Description:
Written in Germany in the middle of the fifteenth century, to judge from script, decoration, and the latest watermark; the copying, and perhaps the composition, are the owner’s. Acquired by Bernard Rosenthal, San Francisco, in or before 1983 (his no. 53, folio 1); bought from Rosenthal in March 1988 by Richard and Mary Rouse. Given to UCLA in 2005.
Date:
XV
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
Rouse MS 14. PRIEST'S MANUAL.

Pliny's Naturalis historia. Leaf.

Description:
Leaf [22] of the 1476 Italian translation of Pliny the Elder's Naturalis historia, the greatest encyclopedia of knowledge of the natural world in the classical era. An illustrated border (30-70 mm wide) has been added to the text on the recto of the leaf, painted in colors and gold for the original owner of the book, whose portrait medallion appears in center of upper panel. A large vignette of Pliny the geographer at his desk, holding a compass within the capital "E" at beginning of text. Panels on left and right contain a winter scene, with caption "Renovera," and a mandrake and crown, respectively. The lower panels feature drawings of putti, animals, and garlands of leaves, and flowers. Medallion in the center of lower panel contains arms of Arcangelo Spigliati of the Spigliati family of Florence, featuring a tower surmounted by two lions rampant (see A. Marquand, Giovanni della Robbia. Princeton: Princeton Univ., 1920, page 162). Capitals on verso of leaf have in alternating red and blue ink.
Date:
1764
Collection:
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
Pliny's Naturalis historia. Leaf.

Rouse MS. 52. HOURS OF THE BVM (Sarum Use) and OFFICE OF THE DEAD.

Description:
Written in the first quarter of the fifteenth century in England, perhaps in or for use in Kent (indicated by inclusion in the calendar of a feast commemorating the return of Thomas Becket from exile, a local commemoration). Signatures f. 39: “Thomas” inverted; f. 58: “John” and “For I am in love with her that me r—ith”; f. 76v: “Antony Lister” (s. XV), f. 79: “Houbande Lister” inverted. Pen trials on ff. 30v, 39, 79. Pencil note on f. ii: “Purchased from the Towneley Hall Library” (Towneley Hall, Lancashire). Dealers’ notes on f. iv: “VNW 138” and “A6”. Bought by Les Enluminures at the Los Angeles Antiquarian Book Fair 16-18 February 1996. Bought from Les Enluminures by Richard and Mary Rouse in February 1996. Given to UCLA in 2005.
Date:
s. XV1/4.
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
Rouse MS. 52. HOURS OF THE BVM (Sarum Use) and OFFICE OF THE DEAD.