Browse the Western Manuscript Collection: I - L

Innocentius VI, Pope, d. 1362
One leaf, 42 cm x 63 cm.
Ms. LS_1c

Bull, 26 January 1354 Confirmation of an archdiocesan grant of the church of Kostolac in Serbia granted by Archbishop Ernest of Pardubice to the Augustinian house of Mount Saint Mary in Glatz, Poland. Gift of Mark Lansburgh.

Instructions for a Prince
One leaf, 39 cm x 27 cm.
Ms. 002099

Instructions for a Prince Single leaf from an early fifteenth century set of instructions for the education of a prince. Written in French in a gothic bastarda hand, the text contains numerous gold initials and fillers.;
Justinus, Marcus Junianus
172 leaves, 24 cm x 16 cm.
Ms. Codex 002001

Epitome in Trogi Pompeii historias. This manuscript was written in Italy in the mid-fifteenth century in a semi-gothic humanist hand. The wide margins have been used by an owner for comments on the text. Initial letters are not illuminated; catchwords are present at the end of each gathering.

Kuegler, David
One leaf, 12 cm x 8 cm.
Ms. 594308

Inscription in an album amicorum Single leaf from an album amicorum with an inscription by David Kuegler to his friend Philip Glaser, May 8, 1594. Another inscription is on the verso.; Gift of Charles F. McGoughran.

La Riviere-Bourdet Charters, 1206-1381
20 sheets., -- cm x -- cm.
Ms. Lansburgh 2

Series of charters granted to holders of lands in and near the chateau de la Riviere-Bourdet. Several have wax seals of the period appended. Gift of Mark Lansburgh.

Lectionary
Eight leaves, 30 cm x 22 cm.
MS 249

Gathering from a late twelfth or early thirteenth-century Byzantine lectionary with texts from the Gospel of John. The manuscript is written in a Byzantine minuscule hand with illuminated initials and gilt headings.

Leo X, Pope, 1475-1521
Single leaf, 18 cm x 45 cm.
Ms. Lansburgh 26

Brief, 4 November 1513 Papal brief confirming a grant of land in Bologna, Italy, to Ioanin Francisco de Rugerio. The brief is in a fine humanist hand, the work of the writing master Arrighi and signed by Pietro, Cardinal Bembo. Gift of Mark Lansburgh.

Letter, 29 July, 1562
One leaf, 31 cm x 21 cm.
Ms. Lansburgh 34

Letter, 29 July, 1562 Letter to the Marchese de Pescara, written in a clerical hand in a post-chancery style, referring to Daniel de Saxanalle, governor of the castle in Milan. Gift of Mark Lansburgh.

Lexilogus Definitionum
219 leaves, 30 cm x 21 cm.
Bindings 122

Latin manuscript on paper of the late fifteenth century. Of southern German origin, the text is a glossary and dictionary of canon law and theology. Of particular interest is the staple and chain still present and attached to the binding.

Liber Glossarum
One leaf, 55 cm x 35 cm.
Ms. LS_3

Single leaf of a Carolingian glossary, ca. 825, with the text from "refulgavit" to "reges," and the appropriate glosses. The hand is a superb example of Carolingian court minuscule, possibly written at Aachen. The manuscript was Phillipps 36181. Gift of Mark Lansburgh.

Los Lobos, Francisco de
One leaf, 22 cm x 28 cm.
Ms. Ticknor 522940

Letter, 1522. Letter to Charles V accepting provisions that have been sent to the city of Santandar.; Gift of the heirs of George Ticknor.

Luther, Martin
One leaf, 17 cm x 20 cm.
Ms. Ticknor 527106

Letter, 6 January 1527 Letter to Dorothy Ingerin thanking her for sending Michaelis Stiefel, apparently a servant. Gift of the heirs of George Ticknor.