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- Aelfric' s preface (Praefatio) to the First Series of Catholic Homilies comprises a short text in Latin, followed by a longer text in Old English. The Latin Preface is addressed to Archbishop Sigeric of Canterbury (990-994).
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- SS (Early English Text Society) ; 17 and Medieval Manuscript Variants in Aelfric of Eynsham's Catholic Homilies
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- A leaf from the "Chronicon of Sigebert of Gembloux", a mediaeval chronicler, printed by Henry Estienne (Henry Stephanus) in 1513 at Paris. The pages shown bear the unusual appearance of a Church calendar; there are rubrications, but also events and dates are divided into columns. This volume covered a time from 381 to 1111 A.D. The leaf is marked 126 on the recto side.
- 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 "Biblia Picturis Illustrata"; one of the many popular editions of the Bible from the Sixteenth Century. It was printed by Pierre Regnault at Paris in 1540. Some of the woodcuts are by Iohannes Frank and have his initials; others have the initials of the publisher.
- Date Created:
- 1540-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- From a collection of minor classical authors such as Proclus, Porphyry, Iamblichus and Psellus. This volume was printed by Aldus Manutius and Andrea Torresano at Venice in 1516 on the Aldine press. This leaf is marked as 81 on the recto side.
- 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 the Holy Bible, of "Biblia Sacra" Vulgate Editionis. It was edited by Popes Sextus V and Clemens VIII. This volume was printed at Venice in 1669 by Pezzana. The recto side of the page is marked 77; the verso side is marked 78.
- Date Created:
- 1669-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- A leaf from "Opus Trivium", by Jean (John) Bromyard. Printed by Nicolas Wolff at Lyons in 1500. Gothic type was used of the majority of the writing; though the colored initials were added by hand.
- Date Created:
- 1500-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- A leaf from a 13th century Bible, French? Latin text is from the book of Jeremiah. Jeremiah 11:21 to Jeremiah 14:21.
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- From a "Work on Euclid" by Nicholas Tartalea. The author's last revised edition was printed in Venice in 1565 by Curtio Troiano. The recto side is marked as page 85 while the verso side has no page number.
- 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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- 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
