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Psalter With Calendar, Litany And Alphabetical Index Of The Psalms, Italy, Folio 11, Recto, Unknown Dec 1499

Psalter With Calendar, Litany And Alphabetical Index Of The Psalms, Italy, Folio 11, Recto, Unknown

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This portable Psalter is an example of the growing personal nature of worship in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. As it easily fits into the palm of one's hand, this Psalter likely resided on its owner's possession throughout the day, ready for prayers of the hour.

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Poem, Have You Not Hard Of Floryda?, Unknown, Thomas Hallock Dec 1499

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.'"

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Leaf From Vespers And Compline, Hours Of The Holy Spirit, France, Recto, Unknown Dec 1499

Leaf From Vespers And Compline, Hours Of The Holy Spirit, France, Recto, Unknown

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This leaf is rubricated in blue ink rather than in the standard red. The blue ink was derived from lapis lazuli, an expensive mineral that adds a luxurious appearance. Short exclamations such as antiphones, responses and versicles are written smaller to distinguish them from the other parts of the text.

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Leaf From Lauds, Hours Of The Virgin, France, Verso, Unknown Dec 1499

Leaf From Lauds, Hours Of The Virgin, France, Verso, Unknown

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Lauds continues with Psalms of praise to God. The verso continues from the end of Psalm 148 to the end of Psalm 149.

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Leaves From A Missal, Eastern France, Recto, Unknown Dec 1499

Leaves From A Missal, Eastern France, Recto, Unknown

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A Missal is the liturgical book containing the prayers and readings for the celebration of Mass.

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Leaves From A Gradual, France, Recto, Unknown Dec 1499

Leaves From A Gradual, France, Recto, Unknown

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Both the services of Mass and Divine Office required musical chant, which formed additional volumes referred to as choir books. The Gradual became the musical counterpart to the Missal, the Antiphonal to the Breviary. Graduals contained the music necessary for the Mass ceremony.

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Leaf Ending The Penitential Psalms (142) And Opening Litany, Paris, France, Recto, Unknown Dec 1499

Leaf Ending The Penitential Psalms (142) And Opening Litany, Paris, France, Recto, Unknown

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Litany typically follows the Penitential Psalms, and invokes aid from God and the saints. Litany is organized in accordance to a hierarchy starting with God, the Son of God, the Holy Ghost, the Virgin Mary, the Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Rachael; Apostles, Martyrs, Confessors, and Virgins.

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Leaves From A Gradual, France, Verso, Unknown Dec 1499

Leaves From A Gradual, France, Verso, Unknown

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Both the services of Mass and Divine Office required musical chant, which formed additional volumes referred to as choir books. The Gradual became the musical counterpart to the Missal, the Antiphonal to the Breviary. Graduals contained the music necessary

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Leaf From Vespers And Compline, Hours Of The Holy Spirit, France, Verso, Unknown Dec 1499

Leaf From Vespers And Compline, Hours Of The Holy Spirit, France, Verso, Unknown

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This leaf is rubricated in blue ink rather than in the standard red. The blue ink was derived from lapis lazuli, an expensive mineral that adds a luxurious appearance. Short exclamations such as antiphones, responses and versicles are written smaller to distinguish them from the other parts of the text.

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Leaves From A Missal, Eastern France, Verso, Unknown Dec 1499

Leaves From A Missal, Eastern France, Verso, Unknown

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A Missal is the liturgical book containing the prayers and readings for the celebration of Mass.

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Sacri Canonis Misse Exposito Brevis Et Interlinearis By Gabriel Biel, Folio 2, Recto, Gabriel Biel Dec 1498

Sacri Canonis Misse Exposito Brevis Et Interlinearis By Gabriel Biel, Folio 2, Recto, Gabriel Biel

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The Canon of the Mass forms the central texts of missals and contains the readings for the celebration of the Eucharist. This text contains Biel's exegetical commentary in a smaller typeface.

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Sacri Canonis Misse Exposito Brevis Et Interlinearis By Gabriel Biel, Folio 1, Verso, Gabriel Biel Dec 1498

Sacri Canonis Misse Exposito Brevis Et Interlinearis By Gabriel Biel, Folio 1, Verso, Gabriel Biel

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The Canon of the Mass forms the central texts of missals and contains the readings for the celebration of the Eucharist. This text contains Biel's exegetical commentary in a smaller typeface.

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Leaf From Biblia Latina With Commentary By Nicholas Of Lyra, Recto, Unknown Sep 1497

Leaf From Biblia Latina With Commentary By Nicholas Of Lyra, Recto, Unknown

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This leaf comes from a quarto edition of the Vulgate, printed in 1497. The text is surrounded with commentary by the Franciscan friar Nicholas of Lyra.

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Leaf From Biblia Latina With Commentary By Nicholas Of Lyra, Verso, Unknown Sep 1497

Leaf From Biblia Latina With Commentary By Nicholas Of Lyra, Verso, Unknown

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This leaf comes from a quarto edition of the Vulgate, printed in 1497. The text is surrounded with commentary by the Franciscan friar Nicholas of Lyra.

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Leaf From Stultifera Navis, Verso, Unknown Dec 1496

Leaf From Stultifera Navis, Verso, Unknown

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The Stulifera navis, or Ship of Fools, is a didactic satire that narrates the journey of 112 fools to the paradise of fools, "Narragonia."

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Leaf From Stultifera Navis, Recto, Unknown Dec 1496

Leaf From Stultifera Navis, Recto, Unknown

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The Stulifera navis, or Ship of Fools, is a didactic satire that narrates the journey of 112 fools to the paradise of fools, "Narragonia."

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Leaf From Obsidionis Rhodiae Urbis Descriptio By Guillaume Caoursin, Recto, Guillame Caoursin Dec 1495

Leaf From Obsidionis Rhodiae Urbis Descriptio By Guillaume Caoursin, Recto, Guillame Caoursin

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Considered one of the first contemporary historical narratives, Guillame Caoursin's Obsidionis Rhodiae urbis descriptio chronicles the siege of Rhodes in 1480.

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Leaf From Obsidionis Rhodiae Urbis Descriptio By Guillaume Caoursin, Verso, Unknown Dec 1495

Leaf From Obsidionis Rhodiae Urbis Descriptio By Guillaume Caoursin, Verso, Unknown

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Considered one of the first contemporary historical narratives, Guillame Caoursin's Obsidionis Rhodiae urbis descriptio chronicles the siege of Rhodes in 1480.

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Rb 006 Guide To Menninger Collection On Psychiatry And Psychoanalysis, John P. Mcgovern Historical Collections & Research Center Dec 1493

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.

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Leaf From Summa De Casibus Conscientiae (Or Summa Angelica) By Carletti De Chivasso, Recto, Carletti De Chivasso Jun 1492

Leaf From Summa De Casibus Conscientiae (Or Summa Angelica) By Carletti De Chivasso, Recto, Carletti De Chivasso

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These leaves come from the summa de Casibus Conscientiae, written by the fifteenth-century theologian Carletti de Chivasso (1411-1495). A dictionary of moral theology, the summa became Carletti's most well-known work and subsequently was referred to as the summa angelica.

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Leaf From Summa De Casibus Conscientiae (Or Summa Angelica) By Carletti De Chivasso, Verso, Carletti De Chivasso Jun 1492

Leaf From Summa De Casibus Conscientiae (Or Summa Angelica) By Carletti De Chivasso, Verso, Carletti De Chivasso

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These leaves come from the summa de Casibus Conscientiae, written by the fifteenth-century theologian Carletti de Chivasso (1411-1495). A dictionary of moral theology, the summa became Carletti's most well-known work and subsequently was referred to as the summa angelica.

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Leaf From Hortus Sanitatis, Recto, Unknown Jun 1491

Leaf From Hortus Sanitatis, Recto, Unknown

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The Hortus sanitatis (Garden of Health) is an encyclopedia on the medicinal properties of plants compiled from several classical authors, including Galen, Albertus Magnus, and most notably the first-century Greek author Dioscorides.

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Leaf From Hortus Sanitatis, Verso, Unknown Jun 1491

Leaf From Hortus Sanitatis, Verso, Unknown

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The Hortus sanitatis (Garden of Health) is an encyclopedia on the medicinal properties of plants compiled from several classical authors, including Galen, Albertus Magnus, and most notably the first-century Greek author Dioscorides.

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Pages From The Past. History Of The Written Word. Various Leaves - No. 31 Hortus Sanitatis, Jacob Meydenbach Dec 1490

Pages From The Past. History Of The Written Word. Various Leaves - No. 31 Hortus Sanitatis, Jacob Meydenbach

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No abstract provided.

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Leaf From Legenda Aurea Sanctorum By Jacobus De Voragine, 1488, Recto, Jacobus De Voragine Dec 1488

Leaf From Legenda Aurea Sanctorum By Jacobus De Voragine, 1488, Recto, Jacobus De Voragine

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This leaf comes from the luxury edition of the Legenda aurea printed by Anton Koberger in 1488. The edition contains 250 woodcut illustrations each designed in a narrow rectangle and spread across two colomns of text.

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Leaf From Legenda Aurea Sanctorum By Jacobus De Voragine, 1488, Verso, Jacobus De Voragine Dec 1488

Leaf From Legenda Aurea Sanctorum By Jacobus De Voragine, 1488, Verso, Jacobus De Voragine

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This leaf comes from the luxury edition of the Legenda aurea printed by Anton Koberger in 1488. The edition contains 250 woodcut illustrations each designed in a narrow rectangle and spread across two colomns of text. The hand-colored woodcut depicts the martyrdom of Saint Quiricaus, a bishop and priest from Ostia, Italy, persecuted under Alexander Severus in 235 C.E.

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Leaf From Opera By Jean Gerson, Verso, Jean Gerson Jul 1488

Leaf From Opera By Jean Gerson, Verso, Jean Gerson

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This leaf comes from volume 2 of Jean Gerson's three-volume Opera, printed by Johann Grüninger in 1488. This particular copy remains unfinished, as evidenced by the lack of hand-colored initials over the guide letters.

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Leaf From Opera By Jean Gerson, Recto, Jean Gerson Jul 1488

Leaf From Opera By Jean Gerson, Recto, Jean Gerson

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This leaf comes from volume 2 of Jean Gerson's three-volume Opera, printed by Johann Grüninger in 1488. This particular copy remains unfinished, as evidenced by the lack of hand-colored initials over the guide letters.

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Arbor Vitae Crucifixae Jesu By Ubertino De Casale, Recto, Ubertino De Casale Mar 1485

Arbor Vitae Crucifixae Jesu By Ubertino De Casale, Recto, Ubertino De Casale

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The Arbor vitae crucifixae Jesu, written by the Franciscan monk Ubertino de Casale, is a meditation on the Passion of Christ, written in 1305. The Arbor vitae criticizes the church's organization and the established Franciscan Orders' less than stringent view on mendicant life. This text, printed in 1485 in Venice, is the only fifteenth-century edition of the work.

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Arbor Vitae Crucifixae Jesu By Ubertino De Casale, Verso, Ubertino De Casale Mar 1485

Arbor Vitae Crucifixae Jesu By Ubertino De Casale, Verso, Ubertino De Casale

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The Arbor vitae crucifixae Jesu, written by the Franciscan monk Ubertino de Casale, is a meditation on the Passion of Christ, written in 1305. The Arbor vitae criticizes the church's organization and the established Franciscan Orders' less than stringent view on mendicant life. This text, printed in 1485 in Venice, is the only fifteenth-century edition of the work.

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