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- Notes:
- Eighteenth-century binding of smooth tawed leather over cardboard with three sewing support, green and white endbands, label in brown ink at head of spine reading “Semon | es Sancti | Ca’sarij.” Imprints and holes remaining on front and back cover from two ties, the traces of which are visible through paper pastedowns. Some concave warping of boards and discoloration and/or staining of cover and pastedowns. Paper bookplate on inner pastedown of the Bibliothèque du Plessis-Villoutreys including escutcheon with crown above and motto “Dis peu Fais mieux” below. Minor buckling in the first three leaves due to tight binding., The upper board and raised band spine of a small miscellany of texts of various sermons which feature many marginal drawings and notae., and Written in several hands at the end of the 14th century or beginning of the 15th century in southern France, possibly Avignon, as suggested by the style of the initials, and to a lesser extend the script, which features some elements borrowed from the Papal Chancery, then in Avignon. Datable between 1369 (it includes a papal bull by Urban V (r. 1362-70) issued on 4 April 1369) and ca. 1400. Given the inclusion of the rule of St. Augustine and Hugh of St. Victor’s commentary on the Rule, the codex was likely made for one of the many groups of canons or monks who followed this Rule, including Augustinian Hermits (Agustin Friars), Dominicans, Praemonstratensians, Trinitarians, Regular Canons, and others. Evidence of the first sixteen sermons (ff. 1-80) by Clements VII link the manuscript to the Celestine priory established in 1392. A bookplate of the Bibliothèque du Plessis-Villoutreys indicates ownership by the Marquis de Villoutreys, probably in the last quarter of the 19th century. Possibly part of a private European Collection at some point. Purchased by Western Michigan University Special Collection from Les Enluminures (TM 992).
- Date Created:
- [1369 TO 1400]
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Folded three times. Single sheet with tag, seal no longer attached. An additional parchment sheet (125 x 150 mm) attached by parchment tag., Back of a will, folded, of Elizabeth of Twywell, bequething seven pounds to son Thomas Farmer to release him from prison and 20 pounds to daughter Alice Farmer and John Farmer, son of Thomas Farther. To Diana, Elizabeth, Catherine, Rebecca, Lydia: 20 pounds and five portions of will. Names also mentioned include John, Mary, Thomas, and William Farmer. Signed in the presence of Thomas Nickallson, Sarah Smith, and Susanna Srigmore. Attached probate is dated 1701 and includes the name of Edward Caldwell. Notorial signature of “Geo: Maydwell.”, and Written in England, probably Twywell in Northhamptonshire. Dated 7 December 1700. Stamp of “I. d 1/2” in left hand margin or probate. Gift of Western Michigan University Department of History to WMU Special Collections in 1999.
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Campaign literature printed in support for the Deutsche Volkspartei (DVP), a centre-right national liberal party, during the 1932 Reichstag elections. The political comic strip mocks the opposing parties including the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD), Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD), and the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP).
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- Campaign leaflet for the Nazi Party during the 1932 Landtag election. It includes a list of illusions that the previous governments had been presenting to the German people and that now it is the German citizens that are footing the bill. Therefore it is in their best interest to vote for the NSDAP party over the SPD or German Centre Party.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Campaign election newspaper in the support of the NSDAP during the July 1932 Reichstag election. It contained a speech given by Hitler on July 27, 1932 in Grunewald Stadium in Berlin to 100,000 - 120,000 people inside and outside the stadium.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Front of 1 Mark polychrome German note. On the left side of the bill is an image of a city, and on the right side is a cow; the two scenes are divided by a bridge over the Memel River; the word "Deutschland" points in the direction of the city and the word "Memelland" points at the cow. Memelland was occupied by Lithuania in the "Klaipėda Revolt" of 1923, annexed by Nazi Germany in March, 1939 and immediately reintegrated into East Prussia, annexed by Soviet Union in 1946, and made a part of the Lithuanian SSR in 1948. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, it has been part of the Republic of Lithuania.
- Date Created:
- 1921-11-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
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- NH 43-14, Edition 1 and Series (Standard map series designation system) ; AMS U502
- Date Created:
- 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- South Asia Maps
- Notes:
- NG 44-6, Edition 1; Inset of Kanpur and inset of Lucknow on verso, India and Pakistan 1:250,000, and Series (Standard map series designation system) ; AMS U502
- Date Created:
- 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- South Asia Maps
- Notes:
- P. 114 "The Persians shave the head twice or three times a week. Some have a lock of hair growing on the crown, after the fashion of the Turks; others retain a border above the ears." The Ambassador is wearing a full array of garments that make up the khilauts (Shoberl, p. 62-63)
- Date Created:
- 1845-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Costume History Collection
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- Photograph of Leslie W. Gunter at the time of his appointment as instructor to the mathematics department of Western Michigan College of Education.
- Date Created:
- 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
