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- Description:
- 2nd state of the 2nd plate of the world map produced by Ortelius for his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum world atlas. This version of the map was published in the 1588 Spanish version of the atlas.
- Date Issued:
- 1588-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Maps
- Description:
- 1631 version of Willem Jansz. Blaeu's 1617 map, one of the better known and more decorative 17th century maps of Africa.
- Date Issued:
- 1631-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Maps
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Maps
- Notes:
- From Sebastian "Munster's Cosmographia Universalis". The edition of the book from which this leaf was taken was printed in 1559 by Heinrich Petri at Basle. The woodcuts of this piece are important because they have the initials of the engraver- a rare thing to see in early illustrated books. The recto side of the leaf is page 671 and the verso side is page 672.
- Date Created:
- 1559-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Pages from the Past
- Notes:
- From Sebastian Munster's "Cosmographia Universalis". The edition of the book from which this leaf was taken was printed in 1559 by Heinrich Petri at Basle. The woodcuts of this piece are important because they have the initials of the engraver- a rare thing to see in early illustrated books. The recto side of the leaf is page 559 and the verso side is page 560.
- Date Created:
- 1559-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Pages from the Past
- Notes:
- This leaf is from an Italian manuscript and was written mid-Seventeenth Century by a lawyer in the Roman Curia named Theodorus Amydenius.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Pages from the Past
- Notes:
- A leaf from the Complete Works of Aurelius Clemens Prudentius. It has the imprint, Ex Regio Typographeo, Parma, 1788. The Recto side of the leaf is marked 343; the verso side of the leaf is marked 344.
- Date Created:
- 1788-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Pages from the Past
- Notes:
- From the Extant Works of Clement of Alexandria, issued by Johann Meyer and Jeremiah Schrey at Cologne, 1688. The volume contains a recession of the Latin translation by Daniel Heinsius and textual emendations by Friedrich Sylburge. The recto side is marked 99 and the verso side is marked 100.
- Date Created:
- 1688-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Pages from the Past
- Notes:
- From a miniature book from an edition of Horace and published by A. Mesnier in Paris in 1828. The recto side is marked as 35 and the verso side is marked as 36.
- Date Created:
- 1828-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Pages from the Past
- Notes:
- A leaf from a Roman Missal, printed in 1576 by the heirs of Lucantonio di Giunta at Venice and issued in accordance with the decrees of the famous Council of Trent. The recto side is marked as page 179; the verso side has no page markings.
- Date Created:
- 1576-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Pages from the Past
- Notes:
- This leaf is from "Aeneis Vergiliana" (Vergil's Aeneid), and was printed by Jacob Sacon of Lyons, dated 1517. This volume was originally in the Earl of Warwick's collection and is very rare. The leaf is marked as fo. CCLXXVII on the recto side.
- Date Created:
- 1517-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Pages from the Past
- Notes:
- From the "Commentaries on Boethius", printed for Giangiacomo de Legnano and Brothers by Zanotus de Castelliono, at Milan in 1512.
- Date Created:
- 1512-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Pages from the Past
- Notes:
- From the "Commentaries on Boethius", printed for Giangiacomo de Legnano and Brothers by Zanotus de Castelliono, at Milan in 1512.
- Date Created:
- 1512-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Pages from the Past
- Notes:
- From "Liber Sextus" of Pope Boniface VIII. This page is from the edition that was printed at Venice in 1572. The recto side is marked as page 147; the verso side is marked as page 148.
- Date Created:
- 1572-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Pages from the Past
- Notes:
- From "Infortiatum de Toris"; a law book printed in 1495 by Baptista de Tortis in Venice. The paper probably came from the mills of the nearby cities of Padua or Treviso. The recto side of the leaf is marked as 158.
- Date Created:
- 1495-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Pages from the Past
- Notes:
- From a "Book of Services for Christmas, Holy Week”, with musical accompaniment, published at Salamanca in 1570 by Matthias Gastius.
- Date Created:
- 1570-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Pages from the Past
- Notes:
- A leaf from a "Famous Theological Treatise of the Sixteenth Century"; it was the Text of the Opinions of master Pietrus Lombardus (Pierre Lombard). It was printed in 1527 by Jean Moylin at Lyons. The recto side of the leaf is marked fo. xci.
- Date Created:
- 1527-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Pages from the Past
- Notes:
- This leaf is from a Latin version of the Bible, and was printed by Hieronymus de Paganini at Venice in 1497.
- Date Created:
- 1497-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Pages from the Past
- Notes:
- A leaf from "Stulefera Navis", the Latin version of the famous satirical German poem, Das Narrenschiff, or the Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant. Printed by Bergman von Olpe at Basle in 1498, the recto side of the incunable leaf is marked XXII on the top.
- Date Created:
- 1498-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Pages from the Past
- Notes:
- A leaf from a Latin version of the Bible, printed at Paris in 1558 by the heirs of Carola Guillard, relict of Claude Chevallon. This version was edited by Johannes Benedictus. The marginal notes show where the Latin is different from the original Hebrew and Greek, and also gives a more literal interpretations of words and phrases. The recto side of the leaf is marked as page 565; the verso side is marked 566.
- Date Created:
- 1558-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Pages from the Past