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- This leaf is from Constitutiones de Jure Jurando- a treatise on oaths by Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, who was more commonly known as Maimonides. The volume from which this leaf was taken was published in 1706, Leyden by Cornelius Landgraf. It was edited and translated into Latin by Justus Christopher Dithmar and was dedicated to Charles I, Landgraf of Hesse. The left column is in Hebrew; the right column is the Latin translation. The recto side of the leaf is marked 165; the verso is marked 166.
- Date Created:
- 1706-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- From "The Book of Gems", the Poets and artists of Great Britain. It was edited by S. C. Hall, and bears the imprint of Saunders and Otley, London. It was published in 1873. Each leaf has a poem and a reproduction in a steel engraving from an artist. The recto side of the leave is page 218.
- Date Created:
- 1837-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- This leaf is from "Master Wace", and was translated by Edgar Taylor. Printed in London, 1837 and published by William Pickering. The Recto side of the leaf is marked 287.
- Date Created:
- 1837-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Pages from the Past
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- From a "Work on Euclid" by Nicholas Tartalea. The author's last revised edition was printed in Venice in 1565 by Curtio Troiano. The recto side is marked as page 85 while the verso side has no page number.
- 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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- 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
