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07044
Three Christian tracts issued together as a single publication by Ulrich Zel (fl. 1465–1503). The first is a sermon on the Lord's Prayer, the second title is on Christian symbolism, and the last is about drunkenness. They were all attributed falsely…
07060
This publication contains three short theological treatises in Dutch: Spiegel der volcomenheit ("Mirror of Perfection"), Devotio moderna, and two works on the Holy Sacrament by Simon van Venlo.
07061
This is the first edition of a collection of eleven sermons composed by St. Bernardino of Siena in praise of the Virgin Mary. An immensely popular preacher and Franciscan missionary, St. Bernardino came to be regarded as the "Apostle of Italy." The…
07062
Peter of Blois' letters to numerous heads of church and state were collected and printed for the first time by the Brethren of the Common Life, whose press at the Nazareth Cloister in Brussels was the first press established in that city. Rubricated…
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…
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.
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.
07071/A-C
Three Latin dictionaries comprise this fifteenth-century Sammelband, still preserved in its original binding. The first of the three dictionaries, by Johannes Melber of Heidelberg, was intended for unschooled preachers and therefore includes…
07073/A-E
The texts bound together here include works by (or attributed to) three Doctors of the Church, two from the Western tradition (St. Isidore of Seville and St. Augustine) and one from the Eastern Church (St. John Chrysostom). As a group these texts…
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.
BRB0099
This treatise describes the many ways in which the saintly conduct of St. Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) conformed to the life and teachings of Christ. The original manuscript of this work, presented to the Franciscan Order by the Franciscan friar…
BRB0228
This richly illustrated Pontificale, a liturgical book that contains services to be conducted by Catholic bishops, was published by Luca Antonio de Giunta (1457–1538), the son of a Florentine printer.
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…
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…
BRB0387
First published in 1548, the Spiritual Exercises were the primary means by which the devotional practices of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, were disseminated throughout Europe. They consist of instructions for private…
BRB0615/B
The most popular devotional book of the Middle Ages, the Book of Hours brought a structured sanctity to each day of the year. Designed for private devotion to Christ, the Virgin Mary, and particular saints at appointed times of the day, its Latin…
BRB0930
This rare hymnal in Armenian was compiled by Grigor Gapasak'alean, a priest and musicologist at Constantinople who also wrote a treatise on traditional Armenian musical notation. Printed on paper with a light blue tint, this hymnal is decorated with…
BRB0981
Illustrated with thirteen masterful woodcuts, this vernacular Italian retelling of Christ's Passion was composed by a disciple of St. Catherine of Siena. The text, written in ottava rima (with an "abababcc" rhyme scheme), was performed as a sacra…
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…
BRB1015
In this picture Bible by Johann Buno, a Lutheran school teacher in Leburg, the fifty-four engravings illustrate virtually every chapter of the scriptures. Within each engraving, the individual pictorial elements represent particular chapters, while…
BRB1086
This Swedish Lutheran hymnal offers important evidence of the gradual transition to worship in the vernacular. In this hymnal, plainchants in Latin and Swedish are provided for use by both the clergy and the laity.
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…
BRB1146
This suite of fifteen etchings depicts the various methods of martyrdom suffered by the Twelve Apostles mentioned in the Gospels (including Judas Iscariot, who committed suicide by hanging) as well as Judass replacement, St. Matthias, and two…
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…
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