Digital Commons Network^™

Excerpt, Relaçam Verdadeira, Gentleman From Elvas, Alisa Roberts, Amelia Zimmerman

Early Visions Bucket

"The Gentleman of Elvas, as he is semi-anonymously referred to, wrote an account of the de Soto expedition."

Vonn Dem Bad Pfeffers In Oberschwytz Gelegen : Tugenden, Krefften Unnd Würckung, Ursprung Unnd Herkommen, Regiment Und Ordinantz / Durch Den Hochgeleerten Doctorem Theophrastum Paracelsum Rc., Paracelsus

The Robert E. Schlueter – Paracelsus Collection

No abstract provided.

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

Rare Books Finding Aids

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.

Selected Pages From Des. Erasmi Roterodami In Novum Testamentum Ab Eodem Tertio Recognitum, Annotationes : Item Ab Ipso Recognitæ & Auctario Neutiq Poenitendo Locupletatae., Desiderius Erasmus

Selections from Special Collections

[8], 629 p. ; 35 cm.

Some of the pages in this document were selected as part of a class project for Professor Garth Bond’s History of the Book seminar, Fall 2012.

Book Of Hours (Use Of Rouen), Master Of The Ango Hours, Active 1515-1531

Rare Books

Illuminated manuscript by the Master of the Ango Hours, approximately 1520-1530.

145 vellum leaves, 20 lines per page, ruled in red; written in brown ink with red rubrics. Includes 14 large miniatures with gold borders; 20 smaller miniatures throughout. Binding is late sixteenth or early seventeenth French red morocco with gilt tooling.

Contents: Calendar -- Sequence of the Gospels -- Passion sequence -- Obsecro te, O intemerata and other prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary -- Hours of the Virgin (Use of Rouen) in the mixed form with the Hours of the cross and the Hours of the Holy Spirit …

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

Rare Books Finding Aids

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.

Heures A L'Usage De Rouen, Catholic Church

Rare Books

112 leaves. 19 woodcut and metal-cut full-page illustrations; borders illustrating religious and secular subjects with captions in French. Initials and line endings in gold on red or blue background.

Antoine Vérard, publisher; Chambolle-Duru, binder.

The letters Ro at the bottom of pages in some sections denotes the Use of Rouen, a variation specific to that region.

See Hilary Maddocks, “A book of hours by Anthoine Vérard in the University of Melbourne Library,” University of Melbourne Collections 16 (June 2015):15-24 about a similar copy in the University of Melbourne Library, providing background on the publisher, artists, and book trade in early …

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

Rare Books Finding Aids

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.

Selected Pages From Liber Chronicarum, Hartmann Schedel

Selections from Special Collections

Liber cronicarum. [20], cclxvi, [6], cclxvii-ccxcix, [3] ℓ.; leaf [6] (of 3d group) and 2 last leaves blank. : woodcuts: illus.,maps. ; f. 70 cm.

Some of the pages in this document were selected as part of a class project for Professor Garth Bond’s History of the Book seminar, Spring 2012.

Vellum Leaf From A Medieval Manuscript Connected To Otto Ege, Catholic Church

Rare Books

Manuscript leaf on vellum: 175 mm x 132 mm (112 mm x 69 mm)

18 lines of black gothic script with red and blue initials, rivers-style pen flourishing in red.

Leaf from a devotional manuscript containing a psalter, broken up and sold by Otto Ege and his wife Louise, with his label identifying it as number 43 from his collection. Ege sold other leaves from this manuscript as leaf 43 in his Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts portfolios. This leaf contains Psalms 9:37 through 11:5 (Septuagint numbering).

Identified by Ege’s label as a from a book of hours, although …

Fragment. Book Of Hours, Author Unknown

Medieval Manuscript Fragments

No abstract provided.

Annunciation: Manuscript Leaf From A Book Of Hours, Catholic Church

Rare Books

Manuscript leaf on vellum: 166 x 110 mm, color illustrations, illuminations

Annunciation miniature from Matins, the first hour of the Office of the Virgin. From a book of hours produced in the mid-15th century. Floral border on shell gold surrounds miniature of Gabriel kneeling before Mary on recto; floral border on left side of verso outlined in red next to 16 lines of gothic script in black ink with illuminated initials and line-fillers.

Fragment. Golden Legend, Jacobus De Voragine

Medieval Manuscript Fragments

No abstract provided.

French Missal, Author Unknown

Medieval Manuscript Fragments

No abstract provided.

Fragment, Livy, Giacomo Curlo

Medieval Manuscript Fragments

No abstract provided.

La Presse, V. 48 N. 52 (December 15, 1931), La Presse

La Presse

La Presse volume 48 number 52, Edition Americaine.

Pages 7A and 8A missing.

Calendar From Book Of Hours; Use Of Paris, Catholic Church

Rare Books

Manuscript on vellum (13 unnumbered leaves), bound: color illustrations, illuminations; 167 x 135 mm, bound to 172 x 140 mm

Calendar of saints' feast days from a French Book of Hours, use of Paris, which was evidently intact in the late 18th century when the descriptive note on the original first flyleaf was handwritten and dated 4 February 1792 by one 'Rouxeau', priest of Le Loroux-Bottereau. Rouxeau is assumed to be Julien-Pierre Rouxeau (1734-1811); the calendar as currently bound includes the 19th century bookplace of H. Arthur Baker.

Date is estimated from the 18th century owner's handwritten comment: "Ces heures, …

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

Rare Books Finding Aids

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.

Donatus (Aelius) Ars Grammatica Cum Commento Marginali Incerti Auctoris Fragmenta Saec. Xiii., Aelius Donatus

Medieval Manuscript Fragments

No abstract provided.

Joint Commission International: Improving Health Care Worldwide - A Capabilities Statement, Nadeem Mustafa Khan

Nadeem Mustafa Khan Archives

• About Joint Commission International (JCI)
• Operations Improvement
• Evaluation System Development
• Custom-Designed Evaluations
• Quality Improvement Assistance
• JCI Worldwide Experience
• Examples of JCI Experience
• HOSAD Project
• USAID NIS Health Care Finance and Service Delivery (Zdrav) Reform Project
• USAID Central and Eastern European Accreditation
• Peace Corps Project
• JCI Principals and Consultants

Fragment. New Testament, Author Unknown

Medieval Manuscript Fragments

No abstract provided.

Erin's National Quadrilles Composed And Respectfully Inscribed To The Irish Ladies: Op. 10 With A Galoppe For The Pianoforte, Charles T. Clonel

Composers

No abstract provided.

Bryan Borue An Irish Air, The Words Altered From An Ancient Ballad And The Arrangements By Francis Panormo, Adapted Either For Singing Or Playing, Francis Panormo

Composers

No abstract provided.

National Variations To The Popular Air Of The Minstrel Boy, From The Celebrated Irish Melodies Composed And Dedicated To Miss O’Connell, Ferdinand Charles Panormo

Composers

No abstract provided.

Lays Of Erin: Selected And Arranged As Rondos For The Piano Forte By The Most Eminent Composers, Johann Bernhard Logier

Composers

No abstract provided.

The Pretty Green Banks Of Cavan An Irish Air, Arranged With Variations, And A Characteristic Prelude, For The Piano Forte, John Ross

Composers

No abstract provided.

Go To The Devil And Shake Yourself, A Favorite Irish Dance Arranged As A Rondo For The Piano Forte, John Field

Composers

No abstract provided.

Gary Owen: A Favorite Dance Performed By Mr. Weippert At The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane In The New Pantomime Of Harlequin Amulet Arranged As A Rondo For The P-Forte Or Harp., Francis Tatton Latour

Composers

No abstract provided.

The Moon Beam: A Celebrated Irish Melody With Variations For The Piano Forte Composed And Inscribed To Miss Mahon (Mount Pleasant, Co. Mayo), John P. Lynch

Composers

No abstract provided.