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- A leaf from Hieroglyphica, a catalogue of some of the flora and fauna mentioned in the Bible. It also contains references to animals that were not known to be in the Scriptural lands. Heiroglyphica contained interpretations by the Scottish Preacher Reverand Archibald Simson. It was brought out by Thomas Finlason in Edinburgh, 1622-1623. The recto side of the page is marked as 39; the verso side is marked as 40.
- Date Created:
- [1622 TO 1623]
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- This leaf from a "Book of Sermones for the Use of the Clergy" was printed in 1509 in Hagenau, Germany. The title of this volume is "Panis Quotidianus" meaning "Daily Bread"
- Date Created:
- 1509-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- From "Hortus Sanitatis", a compilation of mediaeval lore about the therapeutic properties of animal, vegetable and mineral substances. "Hortus Sanitatis" was a generic name for books of this type; this version by Johann von Cube of Frankfort was a compilation of two others with the same title that were published at Mainz in 1491. This edition by Cube was brought out by Reinhard Beck at Strassburg in 1517.
- Date Created:
- 1491-01-01T00:00:00Z
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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 167 and the verso is page 168.
- Date Created:
- 1565-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- This leaf is from the "Cornucopia of Nicholas Perottus" and is a commentary on the Epigrams of Martial, with a collection of other ancient authors. Printed in 1513 in Venice, from the Aldine press.
- Date Created:
- 1513-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- A leaf from "The History of His Own Times", by Paulus Jovius, Bishop of Nocera. It was printed by Michael Vascosanus in Paris, 1553. Typographically it is an excellent example of the clear roman type developed by Parisian printers at that particular time. The recto side is marked as page 61; the verso side is unmarked.
- Date Created:
- 1553-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- This leaf is from "The Works of Virgil". It is in Latin and was printed by Andrew Foulis. This book has the imprint: Glasuuae; In Aedibu Academics; Excudebat Andreas Foulis, Academiae Typhographus, MDCCLXXVIII. The recto side has no page number while the verso side is marked as page number 4.
- Date Created:
- 1778-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- A leaf from "A Digest of Civil Law" by Andrea Torresano of Asolo. The work demonstrates the Gothic type in its most picturesque form. Issued in 1491, it is an incunabula. The recto side of the leaf is marked LXII.
- Date Created:
- 1491-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- From "Historia De Gentibus Septentrionalibus", by Olaus Magnus, Archbishop of Upsala. The work was first printed in at Rome by Johannes Maria de Viottis. This leaf was published at Rome in 1555 and is from the original Latin edition. The recto side is page 51 and the verso side is page 52.
- Date Created:
- 1555-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- From "Gemma Vocabulorum", a composition of the Latin-Dutch vocabulary with explanations following the words. It was printed by R. Pafraet in Deventer, 1495. This volume was later bound to a 1488 dictionary.
- Date Created:
- 1495-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
