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- A leaf from an Irish Law Book, containing the Statutes of Ireland from King Edward to part of the reign of James I. This was printed in Dublin, 1621 by the Society of Stationers. The recto side is marked as 65, and the verso side is marked as 66.
- Date Created:
- 1621-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- A leaf from The Lessons of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The volume from which this leaf was taken was published in 1798 in New Brunswick, New Jersey by Blauvelt. It was put together by Andrew Fowler. The recto side of the leaf is page 27; the verso side is page 28.
- Date Created:
- 1798-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- A leaf from "Postille Majores Cum Questionibus", "a book of devotions for the whole year, with many marginal notes and 300 questions on the Scriptures", by Pierre Balli. It was printed by Balli at Lyons in 1525. This is an example of the devotional books issued during the 16th Century in France. The illustrative woodcuts and ornamental initials blend with the Gothic type and is generally known as the lettre de forme. This leaf is marked as Fo. XXXIIII on the recto side.
- Date Created:
- 1525-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- A leaf from Ovid's "Metamorphoses". It was printed by Joan Gryphius in Venice, 1565. The recto side of the leaf is page 125 and the verso side is page 126.
- Date Created:
- 1565-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- From a German Manuscript that was dated 1669 and is a manual of Devotions. It includes some simple prayers.
- Date Created:
- 1669-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- A leaf from The Historic Fourth Folio of Shakespeare's plays, printed in 1685 at London. The type throughout is uniformly larger than that of the Third Folio, though three different printers were used, and all of them used slightly different sizes. The paper was made by Van Duvantegard. The recto side of the page is marked 257; the verso is marked as 258.
- Date Created:
- 1685-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- A leaf from a Manuscript Koran, written in the style of calligraphy known as Naskhi. Although it contains no record of a date or place, it probably was from Egypt in the 16th century. It is written in Arabic.
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- This leaf is from the "Twelve Books of the Orations of Quintilian", with notes by different scholars based on the manuscript in the possession of Lorenzo Valla. This volume was printed by Pierre Vidoue and published by Jean Petit in 1527 at Paris. The recto side of this leaf is marked as Fo. lxcviii.
- Date Created:
- 1527-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- From the Vulgate Edition of the Bible, printed at the Platin Press in 1628 in Antwerp. The recto side of the page is marked 23 and the verso side is marked as 24.
- Date Created:
- 1628-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- A leaf from the "Chonicarum Supplementum" of Jacobus Philippus Bergomensis (Foresti), an Augustinian friar; printed by Bernardinus de Benaliis in 1486 in Venice. This is a rare example of incunabula. The work includes descriptions of major cities and major historical events.
- Date Created:
- 1486-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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