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BRB1175
This otherwise unrecorded broadside presents a diagrammatic view of the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem, the road by which Christ was led to his Crucifixion. The image was created by a Franciscan friar in order to arouse the devout interest of the…
BRB1423
Endorsed in manuscript on January 3, 1598, this unique printed indulgence was granted to a pilgrim to the Cathedral of Santiago (St. James) de Compostela in northwest Spain. To this day, certificates of completion are made available to pilgrims to…
BRB1447/A-B
These Gospels of Matthew and John were the first editions of Christian scripture to be published in literary Mongolian. These copies of the Gospels of Matthew and John were bound together by the publisher, the Russian Bible Society, the insignia of…
07066
First missal printed for Dominican Use and is an early example of Venetian music publishing. This copy of the Dominican Missal was owned by the Dominicans of Frankfurt am Main in Germany.
BRMS 113
In the Bulla aurea ("Golden Bull") of 1479, Pope Sixtus IV granted indulgences to all who made donations to the Franciscan Order and to the Poor Clares, all visitors to Franciscan churches, and all who contributed money or work to the maintenance of…
BRB0999
This is the first edition of a suite of twenty-one engravings designed by the Flemish painter Joannes Stradanus (Jan van der Straet). These engravings after his works were executed by Philippe Galle, a famous Dutch engraver as well as Adriaen…
07067
First edition of the Imitatio Christi in German and the first printing of the text in any vernacular language.
07069
One of four copies of this French translation of the Imitatio Christi. This edition rearranges the order of the four individual books of the Imitatio Christi and omits the final book, on the Eucharist, which was intended mainly for the clergy.
07064
This Sammelband of four fifteenth-century publications is preserved in its original monastic binding. The selection of books bound together here is entirely logical: four tracts by a single author, Johannes Trithemusm published and sold in the same…
BRB1305
The first book by a Mexican-born author printed in Europe, the Rhetorica Christiana was intended as a comprehensive source of instruction for sixteenth-century Franciscan missionaries to Mexico. It retains great historical value for its descriptions…
BRB1408
An outstanding example of eighteenth-century Mexican printing, this oration by a local Puebla preacher on the life of St. Thomas Aquinas features handsome typography in red and black, gold retouching of the name of "D. Thomae Aquinatis," and an…
BRB0066
Published by John Harkness, a provincial English printer who specialized in popular street literature, this single-sheet ballad compares the Methodist movement to a victorious army.
Creighton Wesley Letter
In this letter to James Creighton, John Wesley encouraged Creighton to stay with his troubled curacy in Ireland. Wesley continued with words of encouragement that defined how he saw Methodism as different from the other religious reform movements in…
BRB0366
In this treatise on the evils of slavery, the founder of Methodism clearly stated his conviction that "Liberty is the right of every human creature, as soon as he breathes the vital air. And no human law can deprive him of that right, which derives…
BRB1101
This satirical print by George Moutard Woodward was first published in 1811 in Thomas Rowlandsons popular Caricature Magazine, or Hudabristic Mirror. A keen observer of the foibles of society in Georgian England, Woodward poked fun at two…
BRB1279
In this broadside, 111 numbered woodcuts were "hieroglyphically displayed" in order to convey the meaning of the Ten Commandments, the Apostles Creed, and the Lords Prayer. An enumerated table of explanation appears below, in case a young reader…
BRB1244
Produced for the Diocese of Augsburg, this farmers almanac for the year 1783 provided scientific, religious, and zodiacal information for use in rural daily life. This broadside calendar features symbols for moon cycles, woodcuts with activities for…
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,…
BRB0370
This tiny songbook was printed for the use of French pilgrims along the Camino de Santiago. Illustrated throughout with charmingly crude woodcuts, the book contains the texts of numerous chansons. The book also includes various prayers, memorials of…
BRB1276
The popularity of Books of Hours in Latin encouraged translations into vernacular languages throughout Europe. In Spain, however, the ecclesiastical authorities were especially conservative, and the Index of Prohibited Books published at Valladolid…
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…
BRMS 117
The title of this German prayer manuscript, intended for the Catholic laity, translates loosely as "the spiritual alarm clock." There are prayers accompanied by illuminations.
BRMS 118
Written in German for an unidentified Catholic woman in 1774, this illuminated prayer book begins with a morning prayer to the Trinity. This is followed by a series of prayers for Mass, Confession, and Communion, and devotions to the Trinity, the…
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…
BRMS 114
Written mainly in Latin, but with Spanish rubrics (headings) in red ink, this manuscript Formulario contains the prayers and oaths used in the ceremony in which female novices made their profession as nuns and received the monastic vestments that…
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