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Early printed Bibles offered no accommodation for pictorial decoration aside from indented spaces for the addition of handwritten initials. This Bible's only illustration is of St. Jerome included within the space left for the intial "F" .

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Early printed Bibles offered no accommodation for pictorial decoration aside from indented spaces for the addition of handwritten initials. This Bible's only illustration is of St. Jerome included within the space left for the intial "F" .

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Published by the first French press, Bridwell Library's copy of the first Bible printed in France provides evidence of England's initial dependence on France for its supply of printed books. This copy has handwritten annotations by English readers…

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Early complete printed Bible in Latin Vulgate. Initial letters for books and chapters, folio numbers, and marginal notes have been added by hand.

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The illustrations in this Latin Bible reflect the Bruges-Ghent school of illumination. Marginalia throughout the book reflects the regulations of the Carthusian Order.

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Bound by a follower of skilled master Conradus de Argentina. This book has eighteen blind stamps which are attributed to de Argentina's followers. The binding might have been done by a follower who later utilized de Argentina's tools.

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Portable, affordable Bible produced in 1497. This edition usually included elements that could be inserted by hand after printing such as tables or indexes. Large manuscript initial spaces were not filled in at the beginning of the books and…

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First Printed Vulgate with woodcuts throughout. Includes the typical details of Vulgate Bibles at the time: printed initials, chapter numbers, book headlines, foliation, marginal references, chapter subdivisions, and additional readers' aids.

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One of the first Ventian books with extensive woodcuts. This Bible has commentaries, illustrations, and diagrams.

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Biblical text, commentary, illustrations, and captions are featured in this biblical commentary.

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This 1498 edition of the Vulgate with commentaries includes numerous woodcut illustrations based on Nicholas de Lyra's interpretations.

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Schoeffer's third printing of the Liber sextus decretalium. Rubrication in red and blue has been added and there is an elaborately illuminated and colored initial B.

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Schoeffer's third printing of the Liber sextus decretalium. Rubrication in red and blue has been added and there is an elaborately illuminated and colored initial B. The front flyleaf features an alphabetical subject index compiled by a…

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Boniface VIII compiled this "sixth" book of the Decretaliumin 1298 as a supplement to the five books of canon law issued by Gregory IX in 1234. As in most early printed law codes, the main text appears as an island of large type surrounded by…

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Noted for its striking woodcut illustrations, this book recounts a pilgrimage to the Holy Land undertaken in 1483–1484 by Bernhard von Breydenbach, Dean of Mainz Cathedral. Six leaves across, the exhibited fold-out illustration of Jerusalem…

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Noted for its striking woodcut illustrations, this book recounts a pilgrimage to the Holy Land undertaken in 1483–1484 by Bernhard von Breydenbach, Dean of Mainz Cathedral. Accompanying the pilgrims was Erhard Reuwich, a Dutch artist who provided…

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This Venetian edition, the first complete collection of St. Catherine's Letters to be published, features a striking woodcut portrayal of the saint with symbols of her purity, faith, and love.

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First dated printing of any works of Classical literature.

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First dated printing of any works of Classical literature.

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Pope Clement V's Constitutiones consist of decretals (papal letters establishing canon law) issued by Popes Boniface VIII, Benedict XI, and Clement V himself. In this work Schoeffer introduced an improved commentary type, intended mainly for use with…

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Pope Clement V's Constitutiones consist of decretals (papal letters establishing canon law) issued by Popes Boniface VIII, Benedict XI, and Clement V himself. In this work Schoeffer introduced an improved commentary type, intended mainly for use with…

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A treatise on the significance of the sacramental ceremonies, describing the church edifice, its officers, their vestments, the Mass, the other divine offices, the dominical feast days, saints' days, and the liturgical calendar.

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A treatise on the significance of the sacramental ceremonies, describing the church edifice, its officers, their vestments, the Mass, the other divine offices, the dominical feast days, saints' days, and the liturgical calendar.

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The style of the "Harleian" bindings is exemplified nicely by this impressive volume. Although records kept by the Harleian Librarian, Humfrey Wanley (d. 1726), cannot prove that this vellum copy of the 1459 Durandus was owned by the Earl of Oxford,…

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The coat-of-arms on the first leaf of this book, accompanied by the monogram "IO," is believed to be that of Ioannes Simonetta (d. 1491). This book is a critique of pagan Greco-Roman theology that argues in favor of Hebrew scripture as the foundation…
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