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- A leaf from the Workes of Benjamin Jonson, printed at London in 1640 by Richard Bishop. This folio is from a second edition and contains a lot more information not included in the first edition in 1616. The title page was engraved by William Hole. The recto side of the leaf is marked 571; the verso side is marked 572.
- Date Created:
- 1640-01-01T00:00:00Z
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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
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- From "Hortus Sanitatis", a compilation of mediaeval lore about the therapeutic properties of animal, vegetable and mineral substances. "Hortus Sanitatis" was a generic name for books of this type; this version by Johann von Cube of Frankfort was a compilation of two others with the same title that were published at Mainz in 1491. This edition by Cube was brought out by Reinhard Beck at Strassburg in 1517.
- Date Created:
- 1491-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- A leaf from Ovid's "Metamorphoses". It was printed by Joan Gryphius in Venice, 1565. The recto side of the leaf is page 167 and the verso is page 168.
- 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 "Cornucopia of Nicholas Perottus" and is a commentary on the Epigrams of Martial, with a collection of other ancient authors. Printed in 1513 in Venice, from the Aldine press.
- 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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- From the King James Bible, the epochal, English Protestant translation, or Authorized Version This is the famous "He" Bible where instead of saying "she", in Ruth iii 15, it says "and He went into the city". It was printed by Robert Barker in London, England in 1611.
- Date Created:
- 1611-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- This leaf is from a German Manuscript. It is an anti-Catholic theological diatribe that was signed by five Protestant pastors and dated April 3rd, 1551.
- Date Created:
- 1551-01-01T00:00:00Z
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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 "Sermons of John Calvin", and was translated from French by Arthur Golding. It was printed by Henry Middleton for George Bishop in London, 1583. The recto side of this leaf is numbered as page 817; the verso is page 818.
- Date Created:
- 1583-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- A leaf from Greek Papyrus, ca. 100 BCE-100 CE
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
