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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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- Pages from the Past
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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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- Pages from the Past
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- This leaf is from "Dante's Divine Comedy", and includes commentary of Christoforo Landino. It was printed for Lucantio Giunta by Jacob del Burgofranco of Pavia, at Venice in 1529. This leaf is marked as XLVIII in the recto side of the page.
- Date Created:
- 1529-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- This leaf is from "De Imitatione Christi" of Thomas A Kempis (The Imitation of Christ), printed by Casper Hochfeder at Nüremburg in 1494. This leaf is marked as Fo. CXLVII on the recto side.
- Date Created:
- 1494-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- This leaf is from "Nova Legenda Angliae", a collection of the legends of the English saints. It was printed at "the Flete Strete" London in 1516 from the press of Wynkyn de Worde. The recto side of this leaf is marked as Folio. cliiii.
- Date Created:
- 1516-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- A leaf from a 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 249; the verso side is marked 350.
- Date Created:
- 1558-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- From a 15th century Breviary Manuscript written by a monastic scribe, probably in the Low countries or in the Northern France, ca. 1490. The blue initials used throughout the piece are made using encrusted lapis lazuli. The script is the typical Compact Gothic for all medieval breviaries.
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- From the "Saturnalia of Macrobius", "A new edition diligently revised and purged of infinitive errors" by Joannes Rivius. It was printed for Lucantnio Giunta by Agostino de Zanni de Portesio at Venice in 1513. The recto side of this leaf is marked LXXXV.
- Date Created:
- 1513-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
