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Indenture: September, 1533

Historical Legal Documents

An indenture written in early Modern English.

Apologia, Das Ist, Ein Vertedigs Rede Georgij Wicelij Widder Seine Affterreder Die Luteristen, Mit Sampt Kurtzer Abconterfeyung Luterischer Secten, Vnd Preis Alter Römischen Kirchen, Nützlich Zu Lesen, Georg Witzel (1501-1573)

Albert A. Howard Book History Collection

Witzel, a Catholic priest who converted to Lutheranism, explains his break with Luther and return to the Church of Rome in response to the attacks of Lutherans against him. Bound with: Melliflui ac devotissimi patris beati Bernhardi…

Full title: Apologia, das ist, ein vertedigs rede Georgij Wicelij widder seine affterreder die Luteristen, mit sampt kurtzer abconterfeyung Luterischer secten, vnd preis alter Römischen Kirchen, nützlich zu lesen : Auch wie er von der Kirchen ynn die secten kommen, vnd von den selbigen widderumb zu der Kirchen geflohen ist

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Rb 003 Guide To Dow Collection On Dentistry, Thomas D. Dow (1876-1960)

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Thomas Dow, DDS was a dentist in Michigan who collected books on dentistry and records of dental society during the first half of the 20th century. His collection was international and, while focused on late 19th century and early 20th century works, contains some manuscripts dating to the 1600s. In the early 1960’s the University of Texas Dental Branch (UTDB) Library purchased his collection. In 2010, Dr. Dow’s collection and other historical books on dentistry were transferred to The TMC Library. See more at RB 003.

Excerpt, De Orbo Novo, Peter Martyr D'Anghiera, Thomas Hallock, Francis Augustus Macnutt

Early Visions Bucket

"The first reports of Ponce de Léon's discovery, the most famous being the Fountain of Youth, received mention in De Orbe Novo Decades, or simply The Decades, of Italian humanist Peter Martyr d'Anghiera (1457-1526).

Indenture: 1528

Historical Legal Documents

An indenture written in early Modern English.

Epistola Ad Henricum Viii. Sept. 1, 1525, Martin Luther (1483-1546)

Albert A. Howard Book History Collection

Letters exchanged in 1525 between Henry VIII and Martin Luther.

Full title: Literarum, quibus inuictissimus princeps, Henricus octauus ... respondit, ad quandam epistolam Martini Lutheri, ad se miss, et ipsius Lutheran quo epistol exemplum

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Excerpt, Joint Report From Historia General Y Natural De Las Indias, Álvar Núñez Cabeza De Vaca, Alonso Del Castillo, Andrés Dorantes, Gonzalo Fernandez De Oviedo, Catherine Johnson

Early Visions Bucket

"Upon reaching safety in Mexico, Cabeza de Vaca, Castillo, and Dorantes co-authored an account of their trials and triumphs as they trudged from the shores of the Gulf of Mexico in Florida through [...] North America, before reaching the colonized New Spain on the western coast of the continent. Their account, dubbed 'Joint Report,' chronicled their eight year journey resulting from the failed Narváez expedition. No record exists of the original 'Joint Report,' save a version of the text provided by Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo, in his Historia general y natural de las Indias.

Appellation Vnnd Beruffung Der Prœbst Vnnd Des Augustiner Priors Zu Nüremberg, Unknown

Albert A. Howard Book History Collection

An appeal action by the provosts G. Pessler of S. Sebald, and Hektor Pömer of S. Lorenz, and the prior of the Augustinian monastery Wolfgang Volprecht against the authority of the bishop of Bamberg Weigand von Redwith in judging their case, and calling for a free council.

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Ain Gesprech Von Den Scheynwercken Der Gaystlichen, Vnd Jren Gelübdten, Hans Sachs (1494-1576)

Albert A. Howard Book History Collection

In a dialogue with the baker Peter, Hans Sachs discusses votive offerings and the Mass.

Full title: Ain Gesprech von den Scheynwercken der Gaystlichen, vnd jren gelübdten : damit sy zuouerlesterung des blouts Christi vermayne[n] selig zuowerden. / Hanns Sachs Schuochmacher

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Ernstliche Erbietung Der Euangelische[N] Prediger An Den Gaystlichen Stand Die Yetzigen Leer Betreffend, Urbanus Rhegius (1489-1541)

Albert A. Howard Book History Collection

In six “points” the reformer Rhegius seeks to demonstrate the “signs” by which the true new evangelical teachings may be discerned.

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Das Hailig Ewig Wort Gots, Haug Marschalck, Haug

Albert A. Howard Book History Collection

A sermon on the Christian life by one of the greatest of the lay reformers who was also one of Luther’s earliest supporters. A former soldier with little education, he developed a mastery of Biblical texts. The text based mainly on the Gospels and Pauline Epistles.

Full title: Das hailig ewig wort gots : was das in im krafft, stercke tugende, frid, fred, erleiichtung und leben, in aym recht Cristen zü erwecken vermag &c. Zügestelt dem edlen gestrengen Riter und Kaiserlichen hauptm Herrn Jörgen v Frsperg zü Mündelhein. &c. Im Jar M.D. XXiij

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Predig Andresen Bodenstein Von Carolstat Tzu Wittenberg, Von Empfahung Des Heyligen Sacraments, Andreas Rudolff-Bodenstein Von Karlstadt (1486-1541)

Albert A. Howard Book History Collection

Sermon by Andreas Bodenstein von Karlstadt in Wittenberg, On the reception of the Holy Sacrament.

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Contra Henricum Regem Angliae Martinus Luther, Martin Luther (1483-1546)

Albert A. Howard Book History Collection

Pamphlet in answer to Henry VIII’s unqualified support of the Papacy in his Book Assertio Septem Sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutheram in 1521.

Full title: Contra Henricum Regem Angliae Martinus Luther : longe alius est hic liber [quam] ille quem ante hunc uernacula lingua scripsit

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Eyn Verstendig Trostlich Leer Uber Das Wort, Jakob Strauss (Approximately 1483-Approximately 1533)

Albert A. Howard Book History Collection

An evangelical sermon on St. Paul’s text that a person should first examine themselves before partaking of Holy Communion.

Full title: Eyn verstendig trostlich leer uber das wort. Sanct Paulus. Der mensch sol sich selbs probieren ŻUn alszo v dem brott essen und von dem kelch trincken. Zu Hall Im Intall von Doc. Jacob Strauss gepredigett, M.D. XXij ..

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Argument Disses Biechleins, Urbanus Rhegius (1489-1541)

Albert A. Howard Book History Collection

A satire against the “old” religion.

Full title: Argument disses biechleins. : Symon Hessus zeygt an Doctori Martino Luther vrsach, warumb die Luttherische bücher von den Coloniensern vnd Louaniensern verbrent worde[n] sein, dan[n] Martinus hatt des begert in[n] eynem büchlein dar in[n] er vrsach sagt mit xxx. artickeln im[m] geystlichen recht begriffen warumb er de[n] Bapst sein Recht zu Wittenberg verbrent hatt

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Ausslegung Des Hundert Und Neunten Psalms Dixit Dominus Domino Meo, Martin Luther (1483-1546)

Albert A. Howard Book History Collection

A reprint of an early work by Luther which comments on the 110th Psalm (Vulgate 109).

Full title: Auszlegung des hu[n]dert vnd neundten psalmen. Dixit D[omi]n[u]s domino meo. / Doctoris Martini Luther Augustiner zu Witte[n]bergk ; zu herr Hieronymo Ebner Loszunger zu Nurnbergk

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Melliflui Ac Devotissimi Patris Beati Bernhardi Primi Abbatis Clarevallensis Egregia Omelia Non Solum Fidei Doctrina[M] Sed Vite Quoq[Ue] Magisteriu[M] Ac Iuste Co[N]Versationis Speculu[M], Saint Bernard Of Clairvaux

Albert A. Howard Book History Collection

Bound with Apologia…

Full title: Melliflui ac devotissimi patris beati Bernhardi primi abbatis Clarevallensis egregia omelia non solum fidei doctrina[m] sed vite quoq[ue] magisteriu[m] ac iuste co[n]versationis speculu[m] : necnon luculentissima moru[m] p[re]cepta co[n]tinens inenarrabili fructuu[m] copia affluens, nectareaq[ue] dulcedine studiosos quosq[ue] lectores reficiens

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Rb 005 Guide To Mcgovern Collection On The History Of Medicine, John P. Mcgovern (1921-2007)

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The McGovern Collection contains over 5,500 titles focused on the development of the medical specialties in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth. There are significant sections on pediatrics, allergy and cardiology. The collection emphasis has been American Imprints and English language materials. There are a small number of titles in French or German from the eighteenth century. See more at RB 005.

The Spanish Settlements Within The Present Limits Of The United States, 1513-1561.

Florida Heritage

A history of Spanish colonisation of the United States from 1513-1561.

Poem, Have You Not Hard Of Floryda?, Unknown, Thomas Hallock

Early Visions Bucket

"One of the earliest poetic references to Florida appears in an anonymous and undated ballad, entitled 'the preme Rose in the grene forest.'"

Rb 006 Guide To Menninger Collection On Psychiatry And Psychoanalysis, John P. Mcgovern Historical Collections & Research Center

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In June, 2003, the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library became the owner of the Menninger Foundation’s Library of Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis. This fine gift included their clinical library of books and journals, the historical and rare book collections, and complete runs of the Menninger publications. This is a wide-ranging rare book collection of more than 3000 titles pertaining to psychology, psychiatry, and psychoanalysis in both adults and children. The publications by and commentaries about Sigmund Freud are extensive. See more at RB 006.

Tractatus Sancti Bonaventure Qui Vocatur Lignum Vite, Saint Cardinal Bonaventure

Special Collections Books

This item is a bound set of unpaginated, folio leaves taken from a longer work; it is only part of a book. The leaves are about 10.25 inches in height. The text by Bonaventure is a meditation on the life of Christ using an allegory of a tree and its fruits to denote various virtues. An English translation of this item’s title is “A Treatise of Saint Bonaventure which is Called the Tree of Life.” The title is usually spelled in Latin “Lignum Vitae.” These leaves are taken from the longer work Tractatus Sancti Bonauenture [Cologne, Germany: Bartholomaeus de Unkel, …

The Deeds Of King Arthur In Benvenuto Da Imola’S Commentary On Dante’S Divine Comedy, Benvenuto Rambaldi Da Imola, Christopher Berard, Morris Tichenor

Humanities Program Faculty Publications

Benvenuto Rambaldi da Imola (c.1320–1388), an Italian scholar and lecturer based in Bologna, is chiefly remembered for his influential Latin Comentum super Dantis Aligherii comoediam [Commentary on Dante’s Alighieri’s Comedy] (1373–88). In his gloss on Dante’s placement of Mordred in Hell, Benvenuto borrows extensively from Boccaccio’s chapter on King Arthur (VIII.19) in De casibus virorum illustrium [On the Downfalls of Famous Men] (1360; 1373). Benvenuto adds additional content from the chronicle story of King Arthur that derives from Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia regum Britanniae [History of the Kings of Britain] (c.1136). Benvenuto’s Arthurian gloss …

Rb 001 Guide To Burbank-Fraser Collection On Arthritis, Rheumatism And Gout, John P. Mcgovern Historical Collections & Research Center

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The Burbank/Fraser Collection contains over 3,600 volumes, including books, pamphlets, bound reprints, and translations. With publications ranging from a sixteenth century manuscript to the modern works of John Talbott and Charles Short, this collection documents the changing regimens for rheumatic diseases and the foundations of the modern specialty of rheumatology. With publications from over 20 countries, the collection offers innumerable opportunities for research on the history of the rheumatic diseases and the cross-cultural transference of medical information. The collection equals 337.4 linear with titles that date from 15th Century to the early 20th Century. See more at RB 001.

The Fall Of King Arthur Of Britain In Giovanni Boccaccio’S On The Downfall Of The Famous, Giovanni Boccaccio, Christopher Berard, Morris Tichenor

Humanities Program Faculty Publications

Translated by:

Christopher Berard and Morris Tichenor

Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–75), born in Certaldo, Tuscany, is best remembered today as the Father of Italian Prose owing to the immense popularity of his Decameron (c.1349–51), a collection of one hundred short stories (written in Italian prose) that are embedded in a narrative frame of a storytelling game undertaken by seven young women and three young men who fled Florence for Friesole in hopes of escaping the Black Death. During the Renaissance (1400–1600), however, Boccaccio was best remembered for his De casibus virorum illustrium [On the Downfalls of Famous Men] (c.1360). …

Hydrogeological Investigations At Diamond Y Springs And Surrounding Area, Pecos County, Texas, Radu Boghici

KIP Theses and Dissertations

This study presents the results of local hydrogeologic investigations at Diamond Y Springs and vicinity, a 660 mi^2 (1710 km^2) area of north-central Pecos County, Texas. The data confirm the hypothesis of Rustler aquifer water as the chief source of flow at Diamond Y Springs today. Dissolution of halite and gypsum, base exchange, evaporation, and mixing of the two hydrochemical facies of the Rustler with recent local waters can explain the water chemistry and isotopic composition.

Missal [Manuscript Leaf, Hu 4]

Medieval Manuscripts

• Country of origin: Germany
• Date: ca. 1150
• Citations: Bond, W. H. Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, no. 10
• Provenance: McVitty (Ege)
• Other: Includes neumes [music notation]

A missal is a book containing all that is said or sung at mass during the entire year.

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The Early Causes Of The Virginia-Maryland Boundary Controversy, 1627-1668., J. Taylor Ellyson

Honors Theses

The boundary disputes between Virginia and Maryland were due mainly to the haphazard way in which the King of England granted the land in the New World, but the lack of geographical knowledge, on the part of the commissioners of the colonies, and later of the states, aided much in furthering these disputes, which covered a period of about two hundred and fifty years (1632-1894), and were only ended by a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States.

This paper is not a history of these boundary controversies, but only that part of the subject, which led to …

Catalogue Of St. Ignatius College, Cleveland, Ohio. 1907-1908, John Carroll University

St. Ignatius College Catalogues

Catalogue or Bulletin of Saint Ignatius College in Cleveland Ohio, for 1907 to 1908

Prefatory Note, Theodore Hovet

Draftings In

The method of reading and writing about literature is undergoing a major change. The root of this change rests in the "structural" revolution that swept through the physical and social sciences early in this century. Rather than seeing the physical world as a collection of objects " out there," the structuralists demonstrated that " reality" was partially created by human consciousness. To quote Terence Hawks on the structural revolution, " any observer is bound to create something of what he observes. Accordingly, the relationship between observer and observed achieves a kind of primacy. It becomes the only thing that can …