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- 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
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- 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
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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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- This leaf is from the "Commentaries of Bartolus de Saxoferrato", covering the first and second parts of the new Digest of Laws. It also contains supplemental notes by other scholars. It was published by Jacob Saccon at Lyons in 1521. This is most likely the digest of laws from Emperor Justinian, and it forms the second part of the "Corpus Juris Civilis". The recto side of this leaf is marked 129.
- Date Created:
- 1521-01-01T00:00:00Z
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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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- From La Sicilia Di Filippo Paruta, a compilation of Sicilian medals. The compilation was done by Paruta and Leonardo Agostini. Paruta was Secretary to the Palermitan Senate in the 17th Century; Leonardo Agostini was the Supervisor of Antiqueties to the Pope. This work was originally published in Palermo 1612, but this leaf was taken from an edition that was published in Lyons, 1697 by Marco Maier. The engravings were done by Joannes Angelus Caninus and Sebastianus Fuscarus.
- Date Created:
- 1697-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
