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Leaves From A Gradual, Italy, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

All Medieval churches were required to own both a Gradual and an Antiphonal. The recto contains a small mark in the right margin, next to verse four of Psalm 67 to signal fit reverentia, or 'all bow.' The Roman pagination in the upper right corner of both leaves (CXXXVIII and XCIX) indicates them as coming from pages 138 and 99 of the full Gradual.

Leaf From An Antiphonal, Spain, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

As the musical counterpart to the Breviary, Antiphonals contain the music and chant necessary for the Divine Office.

Leaf From An Antiphonal, Spain, Verso, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

As the musical counterpart to the Breviary, Antiphonals contain the music and chant necessary for the Divine Office. The verso of this leaf contains a catchword in black in the lower right corner indicating it was the last leaf in a quire.

Leaves From A Gradual, Italy, Verso, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

All Medieval churches were required to own both a Gradual and an Antiphonal.

Tabvla Asiae Vii, Giovanni Antonion Magini, Ptolemy

Documents and Reports

Publication: [Agrippinensium Colonia?] : [Excudebat Petrus Keschedt?], [1597?]

Physical Description: 1 map ; 14 x 18 cm, on sheet 17 x 23 cm

Language: Latin

Cartographic Mathematical Data: Scale not given, (E 49°35ʹ--E 82°05ʹ/N 43°33ʹ--N 26°01ʹ).

Notes: Ptolemaic map covering central Asia, including the Persian Gulf, Caspian Sea, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.

Relief shown pictorially.

Uncolored.

Copper-plate map.

Verso is page 22 of an unidentified text in Latin, with heading: Asiae Tabvla VI.

Taken from an early edition of Giovanni Antonio Magini's Ptolemy's Geographia, tentatively identified as: Ptolemy. Geographiae vniuersae tum veteris, tum nouae abolutissimum opus, duobus voluminibus districtum. …

Phantastes Chapter 15: Campaspe, John Lyly

German Romantic and Other Influences

Campaspe, an Elizabethan play by John Lyly (1584). The lines quoted are from Act 3, Scene 4, and they indicate the notion of a Platonic beauty, an ideal beauty that the artist can never capture perfectly

Miracles Of Mary, Ethiopia, Folio 5, Verso, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Miracles of Mary, or the Ta'amra Maryam, constitutes one of the most prominent texts in Ethiopian devotional and liturgical practice. The text traditionally consists of between thirty and three hundred miracles said to have been carried out by Mary during her lifetime.

Miracles Of Mary, Ethiopia, Part 1, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Miracles of Mary, or the Ta'amra Maryam, constitutes one of the most prominent texts in Ethiopian devotional and liturgical practice. The text traditionally consists of between thirty and three hundred miracles said to have been carried out by Mary during her lifetime.

Miracles Of Mary, Ethiopia, Part 3, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Miracles of Mary, or the Ta'amra Maryam, constitutes one of the most prominent texts in Ethiopian devotional and liturgical practice. The text traditionally consists of between thirty and three hundred miracles said to have been carried out by Mary during her lifetime.

Miracles Of Mary, Ethiopia, Part 5, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Miracles of Mary, or the Ta'amra Maryam, constitutes one of the most prominent texts in Ethiopian devotional and liturgical practice. The text traditionally consists of between thirty and three hundred miracles said to have been carried out by Mary during her lifetime.

Miracles Of Mary, Ethiopia, Folio 2, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Miracles of Mary, or the Ta'amra Maryam, constitutes one of the most prominent texts in Ethiopian devotional and liturgical practice. The text traditionally consists of between thirty and three hundred miracles said to have been carried out by Mary during her lifetime.

Miracles Of Mary, Ethiopia, Folio 2, Verso, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Miracles of Mary, or the Ta'amra Maryam, constitutes one of the most prominent texts in Ethiopian devotional and liturgical practice. The text traditionally consists of between thirty and three hundred miracles said to have been carried out by Mary during her lifetime.

Miracles Of Mary, Ethiopia, Folio 2, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Miracles of Mary, or the Ta'amra Maryam, constitutes one of the most prominent texts in Ethiopian devotional and liturgical practice. The text traditionally consists of between thirty and three hundred miracles said to have been carried out by Mary during her lifetime.

Miracles Of Mary, Ethiopia, Part 2, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Miracles of Mary, or the Ta'amra Maryam, constitutes one of the most prominent texts in Ethiopian devotional and liturgical practice. The text traditionally consists of between thirty and three hundred miracles said to have been carried out by Mary during her lifetime.

Miracles Of Mary, Ethiopia, Part 4, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Miracles of Mary, or the Ta'amra Maryam, constitutes one of the most prominent texts in Ethiopian devotional and liturgical practice. The text traditionally consists of between thirty and three hundred miracles said to have been carried out by Mary during her lifetime.

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.

Leaf Ending Compline, Hours Of The Holy Spirit, Angels Presenting The Cross, To Preface The Hours Of The Cross, France, Verso, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

This leaf is from a prayerbook which did not include the Hours of the Virgin. The originating manuscript was, therefore, not a Book of Hours, but it included some texts commonly found in Horae.

Leaf Ending Compline, Hours Of The Holy Spirit (Prayerbook And Benedictional For Cistercian Nuns), France, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

This leaf is from a prayerbook which did not include the Hours of the Virgin. The originating manuscript was, therefore, not a Book of Hours, but it included some texts commonly found in Horae.

Pages From The Past. History Of The Written Word. Various Leaves - No. 29 Collection Of Minor Classical Authors, Aldine Press

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

No abstract provided.

Pages From The Past. History Of The Written Word. Various Leaves - No. 30 Nova Legenda Angliae, John De Tynemouth

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

No abstract provided.

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.

Leaf From Gospel Lessons And Opening Of Passion According To John, France, Verso, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Betrayal of Christ illustrates the Passion text. In this metalcut, Judas, one of the disciples, kisses Christ's right cheek, a prearranged signal that reveals Jesus' identity to the Roman soldiers who seize him.

Hours Of The Virgin, None, Presentation In The Temple, Paris, France, Verso, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Sext of the Hours of the Virgin was to be read midday. Typically, None of the Hours of the Virgin is accompanies, as it is here, by an image of the Presentation in the Temple. The Virgin and Joseph have brought the baby Christ into the temple to show that he belonged to God.

Leaf From Gospel Lessons And Opening Of Passion According To John, France, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

Mark sits at the opening of the Lesson with his symbol, the lion, in a woodcut designed by Jean Pichore. Mark, in front of a colonnade, holds his feather pen in the air while receiving his Gospel Book from his pouncing, cat-like lion. The borders around the recto depict a hunting scene in which men in contemporary costumes, blowing horns and carrying lances, chase through the forest after a handsome stag.

Hours Of The Virgin, None, Presentation In The Temple, Paris, France, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Sext of the Hours of the Virgin was to be read midday. Typically, None of the Hours of the Virgin is accompanies, as it is here, by an image of the Presentation in the Temple. The Virgin and Joseph have brought the baby Christ into the temple to show that he belonged to God.

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

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

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.

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

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

Lauds continues with Psalms of praise to God.

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

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

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.

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.'"