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06887
In this Latin Bible printed in 1483, a late sixteenth-century English reader has inserted paper slips bearing handwritten English prologues for each book of the Bible. These added texts were transcribed directly from the prologues published in the…
BRB0653
Published by one of Rome's leading sixteenth-century engravers, this striking devotional image depicts St. Benedict of Nursia (ca. 480–543), the founder of Western monasticism. The broadside includes a central image of the saint and fourteen…
BRMS 137
Comprised primarily of Latin prayers to the Virgin Mary, this Italian manuscript ends with a transcription of an indulgence that was promulgated by Pope Leo X on February 18, 1516. This indulgence granted remission of sins to those who recited the…
BRB1268
The teachings of the Imitatio Christi inspired Christian believers across Europe to model their lives upon that of Jesus Christ. This allegorical woodcut, the unique recorded copy, shows a Dominican monk who aspires to be "crucified" just as Jesus…
BRB1456
The exhibited woodcut, decorated with colored paper cutouts and gold foil, depicts the famous statue hovering in the heavens above the eighteenth-century Abbey of Einsiedeln. Such prints presumably were sold at Einsiedeln as souvenirs to pilgrims,…
Prothro B-212
The Missal contains all of the prayers, hymns, and biblical passages read by the priest during the celebration of the Latin Mass throughout the year. There is musical notation in black ink on red four-line staves and illumination throughout. The…
06780
The most popular Christian prayer book of the Middle Ages, the Book of Hours was designed for private lay devotion at appointed times of day. Much of the success enjoyed by manuscript Books of Hours was due to their colorful illuminations of scenes…
BRMS 1
Example of one-volume portable Bibles popular in the thirteenth century. Includes decorated initials and filigree pen work in the margins.
Prothro B-01
Example of "Paris Vulgate" tradition, single-volume with books in canonical sequence. As was typical of the Paris Vulgate tradition, the only spaces allotted for illustrations were the interiors of the initials, which received either a portrayal of…
07081
Single leaf from a German blockbook showing an illustration from the Book of Revelation. Woodblock print with hand coloring.
BRB1132
The editing of this edition of the Latin Vulgate Bible was found to be incorrect and was withdrawn. Additionally, there is a controversial woodcut that caused this edition to censored.
Prothro B-01
Example of "Paris Vulgate" tradition, single-volume with books in canonical sequence. Includes illuminated, historiated initials throughout.
Prothro B-212
The Missal contains all of the prayers, hymns, and biblical passages read by the priest during the celebration of the Latin Mass throughout the year. There is musical notation in black ink on red four-line staves and illumination throughout.
Prothro B-01
Thirteenth century Paris Vulgate Bibles were often printed in single-volumes and in a portable size. This edition includes eighty initials illuminated with biblical scenes introduce the various books of the Bible.
AET1281
Portrait of Calvin based on a painting by Lucas Cranach the Younger. Included is a microscopic rendering of the first chapter of Luther's German translation of Ecclesiasticus. Conserved by Jan Sobota in 1991.
Prothro B - 212
This magnificently illuminated Missal contains all of the prayers, hymns, and biblical passages read by a priest during the celebration of the Sarum rite of the Mass throughout the year.
BRMS 9
This Book of Hours, the most popular book of the Middle Ages, reflects the influence of the "Boucicaut Master". Included are full-color miniature paintings.
BRMS 111
Designed for recitation during the Divine Office, the text distributes the 150 psalms over seven daily readings so that each psalm is recited once within the course of every week.
22769
Missal created for Mozarabic and Visigothic Christians in medieval Spain.
BRMS 40
Previously preserved as binders' waste, this gradual was written in Italy for liturgial use. This gradual includes texts and music from the Vigil for the Feast of the Ascension with adiastematic neumes.
BRMS 39
Antiphonal written in Italy for liturgical use. The music and text is the beginning of the first antiphonal response "Post Passionem" performed on Ascension Sunday.
Prothro B-212
This illuminated manuscript is a missal which contains all of the prayers, hymns, and biblical passages read by the priest during the celebration of the Latin Mass throughout the year. The "Use of Sarum" refers to the Anglo-Saxon and Norman liturgy…
BRMS 17
This illuminated manuscript is a missal which contains all of the prayers, hymns, and biblical passages read by the priest during the celebration of the Latin Mass throughout the year. It features Bohemian saints such as St. Wenceslaus, in the…
BRMS 111
Illuminated manuscript with psalms to be recited over the course of a week. There are large gilt initials and an illuminated portrait of King David
BRMS 58
This manuscript contains excerpts from the gradual and antiphony used in Diocese of Béziers in Languedoc in southern France.
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