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- 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
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- 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
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- Pages from the Past
- Notes:
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
- Notes:
- 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
- Data Provider:
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Pages from the Past
- Notes:
- A leaf from the "Justinian Code", Ex Officina Vignoniana in St. Gervais near Paris, 1602. The leaf has two columns per page; each column is marked with a page number. The recto side has the columns marked as 81 and 82; the verso side has columns marked as 83 and 84.
- Date Created:
- 1602-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Pages from the Past
- Notes:
- A leaf from a French Missal; it was published Paris, 1858. This facsimile borders are reproductions of a Fifteenth Century Book of Hours, and are from J. Claye's press. The Recto side is marked as page 239 and the verso side is marked as 540.
- Date Created:
- 1858-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- 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. xiv.
- Date Created:
- 1527-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
- Notes:
- A leaf from Portraits et Vies des Hommes Illustres, par André Thevet, Angoumoysin (of Angoulême), Premier Cosmograph du Roy. It was printed on the press of Kervert and Chaudiére, Paris, 1584. While the large initial letter was probably a cut from wood, the larger engraving was done on copper. The recto side of this leaf is marked as page 382; the verso side has no page number.
- Date Created:
- 1584-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Pages from the Past
- Notes:
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Pages from the Past
