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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.
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- 1491-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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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.
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- 1513-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- From "Gemma Vocabulorum", a composition of the Latin-Dutch vocabulary with explanations following the words. It was printed by R. Pafraet in Deventer, 1495. This volume was later bound to a 1488 dictionary.
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- 1495-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- From Ovid's "Fasti", a poem on Roman feasts and festivals. This volume was published by Alexander Paganini in 1527 in Tusculanum (Italy). This leaf is marked cxciii on the recto side.
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- 1527-01-01T00:00:00Z
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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.
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- 1527-01-01T00:00:00Z
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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.
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- 1521-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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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.
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- 1525-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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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. lxcviii.
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- 1527-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- This leaf is from "Dante's Divine Comedy", and includes commentary of Christoforo Landino. It was printed for Lucantio Giunta by Jacob del Burgofranco of Pavia, at Venice in 1529. This leaf is marked as XLVIII in the recto side of the page.
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- 1529-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- This leaf is from "De Imitatione Christi" of Thomas A Kempis (The Imitation of Christ), printed by Casper Hochfeder at Nüremburg in 1494. This leaf is marked as Fo. CXLVII on the recto side.
- Date Created:
- 1494-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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