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Ad Herennium |
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Antiphonal chants for All Saint's Day, 16th or 17th century |
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Antiphonal chants for All Saints' Day and Saint Martin's Feast Day, 15th or 16th century |
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Two bi-folios or 4 folios that form the outside of a quire. There are four folios missing from the inside since the foliation jumps from cxiiii (114) to cxix (119). |
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Antiphonal chants for Saint Lucia, Saint Thomas, and Saint Agnes, 14th or 15th century |
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Antiphonal chants for the Feast of All Saints and the Feast of Saint Martin, 15th or 16th century |
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One bifolio leaf that forms two folios (28 and 29). |
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Bible [leaves] |
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Bishops' Bible, 1572 |
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"The 2d folio edition of the Bishops' Bible (1st edition, 1568); a reprint of the 1568 Bible so far as the Old Testament is concerned, but the New Testament has undergone further careful revision under the supervision of Archbishop Parker. A remarkable feature of this edition is its two-version Psalter, printing in parallel columns the translation used in the Great Bible (1539) in black letter and a new translation made by the editors in Roman."--Herbert. The Great Bible was edited by Cuthbert Tunstall and Nicholas Heath. |
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Book of Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary, late 15th century |
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Book of Hours, second half of the 15th century |
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Breviary leaf, 14th century |
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Burmese fortune teller's book, 1800-1900? |
Fortune-telling |
Written on paper label attached to first leaf: "No. 2542, Old Burmese book bought from an old fortune teller at the Sule pagoda. His father, grandfather and his ancestors further back were all fortune tellers and this book had come down through these generations. Rangoon, January, 1905." The Sule Pagoda is a Burmese stupa located in the heart of downtown Yangon, occupying the centre of the city and an important space in contemporary Burmese politics, ideology and geography. According to legend, it was built before the Shwedagon Pagoda during the time of the Buddha, making it more than 2,500 years old. |
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Carta ejecutoria de nobleza, 1588 |
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The original document was created by the Royal Courtroom and Chancery in Valladolid (Sala de Hijosdalgo), Spain, in 1575, and completed in 1588. This copy was commissioned by the beneficiary, Rodrigo de Henao, whol lived in Pajares de Adaja, Spain, after the definitive sentence (1588). The original legal document is digitized on the website of the Archivo de la Real Chancillería de Valladolid: http://pares.mcu.es/. It is especially interesting to compare the legal use of procesal-encadenada script in the original with the more legible antique script of letra redonda castellana used here in the petitioner's copy. |
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Charter |
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Charter granting title of Citizen of Rome, May 12, 1520 |
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Contract |
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Charter of John Odam of Methelwood, Norfolk, May 21, 1313 |
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Charter of Robert Maleson of Oxnoll, November 1, 1328 |
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Cronica der Statt Nurmberg, late 16th century |
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Research material says this copy was made about the year 1561 and was from that time on kept up until 1575. Other manuscripts with the same watermark however date from c. 1573?–1600. Entry dates range from 808–1575. About two-thirds of the way through the manuscript the writing stops. Some of the rest of the pages are ruled for the inside and outside margins but have no writing. Most pages are entirely blank. |
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De opificio Dei and De ira Dei |
Christianity, Theology, Providence and government of God |
This manuscript includes two short works by Lactantius, a fourth-century Christian apologist and theologian. One of the lesser known Latin Fathers, Lactantius was neglected during the Middle Ages, but was extremely important during the Italian Renaissance. This elegant, attractive copy with wide margins is written on paper with simple initials and distinguished by the exceptionally attractive script of the main scribe, and the passages in Greek by the second scribe.--Vendor description. |
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De vita contemplativa [leaf] |
Spiritual life, Monastic and religious life |
Contains the end of chapter 27 and all of chapter 28 from Book 3 of De vita contemplativa by Julianus Pomerius, previously attributed to Propser of Aquitaine. |
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Doctoral Diploma issued from the University of Macerata, October 13, 1608 |
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Ecclesiasticus 17-22 Bible leaf, 13th century |
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Executoria contra la çiudad de Cuenca sobre las Tierras de la Cañada del Mançano, 1550 |
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The copy kept in UI SpecColl is a carta ejecutoria issued at the request of Alonso and Juan Álvarez de Toledo summarizing the successive lawsuits and sentences over the land of Cañada del Mançano between 1536 and 1550 and confirming the definitive sentence. Foredge sealed with wax, since it was sent to the beneficiary. |
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Fragments from Book 11 of Speculum Universale by Radulphus Ardens, late 15th century |
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German prayer book, 15th century |
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"... based on language and calligraphy is that it dates around 1480, but one of the prefaces to a prayer mentions that that text was created and distributed (presumably in Latin) by Pope Pius II, who lived 1405–1464, and was pope 1458–1464. Since that is the plague text, which addresses a particular epidemic, it is very possible that the little book was created during or very shortly after his reign. [There was a plague epidemic 1464–1466 and 1481–1485]. He was Piccolomini, the "Humanist" pope with connections to the imperial court in Prague/Vienna .... Several pervasive spellings ("p" for "b" and "haust" for "hast") place it in southern Bavaria or the region of Prague/Vienna. The calligraphy resembles that of Vienna and other chancelleries as well ..... The German text is "Kanzleisprach" (chancellery High German, an elevated non-dialect form developed for the imperial chancelleries in Prague and Vienna at the end of the fourteenth century). The exclusion of medieval German (Middle High German) forms is nearly complete, the sound shift to Early New High German having been complete by the date this was penned." From the research materials and Professor Judith Aiken, 2003. |
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Gospel of John 4-5 Bible leaf, 1310 |
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II Esdras 11-13 Bible leaf, circa 1240 |
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II Maccabees 2-4 Bible leaf, circa 1240 |
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28 |
II Maccabees 5-12 Bible leaves, circa 1250 |
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III Kings 20-22 Bible leaf, 1150 |
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IIII Kings 9-15 Bible leaves, early 13th century |
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Indenture on vellum, 1708 |
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Italian confraternity book, 1556-1708 |
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Place of origin: Sedrina, Italy, in the province of Bergamo, northeast of Milan. There is also mention of Venice. |
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Jeremiah 31-34 Bible leaf, circa 1210 |
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King James I of England Charter, January 10, 1613 |
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Leaf containing portions of Psalms 101 and 102, late 12th century |
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Leaf from a Book of Hours, 1485 |
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Leaf from a Book of Hours, 15th century |
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Leaf from a Book of Hours, circa 1400 |
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Leaf from a commentary on Isaiah by Thomas Aquinas, circa 1450 |
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Leaf from a gradual, 16th or 17th century |
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Leaf from a gradual, circa 1230 |
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Leaf from a gradual, circa 1540 |
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Leaf from a gradual, early 15th century |
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Leaf from a Psalter, late 13th century |
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Leaf from Bonaventure's Breviloquium, circa 1300 |
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Leaf from Bonaventure's Sermones de diversis, circa 1300 |
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Leaf of sermons for Lent by Archbishop Jacobus de Voragine, 13th century |
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Leaf of sermons on the Psalms by Philip, Chancellor of Paris, 1190 |
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First line Job 38 (recto). |
