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Abtrucke Der Verwarungs Schrifft, Der Chur Vnd Fürsten, Auch Graffen, Herrn, Stette Vnd Stende Der Augspurgischen Confession, Unknown

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The Protestant nobles state their grievances against Charles V, pointing out that in arming against them he is in violation of the oath he gave when elected Holy Roman Emperor.

Full title: Abtrucke der verwarungs schrifft, der Chur vnd Fürsten, auch Graffen, Herrn, Stette vnd Stende der Augspurgischen Confession Eynungs verwandten, Jhrer yetzigen hochgenottrangten, vnd verursachten Kriegssrüftung halben, an Keyserliche Mayestat aussgangen, vnd beschehen

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Bestendige Vnd Warhafftige Verantwortung, John Frederich, Elector Of Saxony (1503-1554)

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Defense by Elector John Frederick of Saxony and Landgrave Philip of Hesse against the charges of Emperor Charles V that they are rebellious vassals. The princes counter that the real reason for the the Pope's and Emperor's making war against them is their Evangelical faith.

Full title: Der Durchleuchtigst vnd Durchleüchtigen Hochgebornen Fürsten vnd Herren, Herrn Johans Friderichen, Hertzogen zu Sachssen ... Und herrn Philipsen, Landgrauen zü Hessen ... Bestendige vnd warhafftige verantwortung, auch im Rechten gegründete widderlegung : Warumb die vormeinte vrsachen ... zuvorleumen vnterstanden, Inn facto vnd inn der that nicht war ... Das auch derselbe genante Kayser …

Warhaffte Vnd Gegründte Meldung Vnd Anzeigen Der Geschwinden, Tückischen, Bösen Anschleg Vnd Practick, Johann Schradin

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Political satire against Charles V in the form of a dream by a Protestant preacher. In the dream, the Emperor has become a vassal of Rome and that Germans are released from their obedience to him.

Full title: Warhaffte vnd gegründte Meldung vnd Anzeigen der geschwinden, tückischen, bösen Anschleg vnd Practick : so wider die löblichenprotestierenden Stende, vnd Euangeliums einig Verwanten, durch die grossenFeind Gottes, den Bapst, vnd seinem Anhang, fürgenummen, vnd zu jemerlichenvnwiderbringlichem Vndergehen, vnd verderben des deudschen Lands, erdachtseind. Item Vrsach der genötigten, vnd gedrungnen Defension vnd Gegenwehr. Auch wie sich darinne zu halten sey. Gottes Wort bleiht …

Recusationsschrifft, Unknown

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In this tract, the leaders of the Schmalkald League formally announce their intention not to participate in the Council of Trent, and give reasons why they are unable to do so. These include their objection to the Pope's having called it, since the Pope, as Bishop of Rome, has no legitimate power over other bishops, and their not recognizing the Council of Trent as a free and ecumenical council.

Full title: Recusatio[n]schrifft, in welcher alle protestierende Religions vnd Eynungs verwandte Stende, Rechtmessige vnd ergründete Ursach anzeigen warumb jre Chur vnd F.G. vnd sie, das vermeint, von Bapst Paulo dem Dritten, …

Beuelch, Das Euangelion Belangendt, Henry Duke Of Saxony (1473-1541)

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Heinrich, a staunch Lutheran, announces the death of his brother the Duke George of Albertine Saxony, an equally committed Catholic, and decrees that Saxony is now to follow the reformed religion.

Full title: Des durchleuchtigen hochgebornen Fürsten vnd Herrn[n], herrn[n] Hainrichen Hertzoge[n] zu Sachssen [et]˜c. Beuelch, das Euangelion belangendt

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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)

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

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

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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)

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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)

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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

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

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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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Miniatures From The Book Of Hours [Hu Codex 1]

Medieval Manuscripts

Twelve miniatures from the Book of Hours [HU Codex 1]: John the Evangelist (leaf 16a), Pentecost (leaf 24a), Crucifixion (32a), Annunciation (leaf 43a), Visitation (Mary to Elizabeth) (leaf 55a), Nativity (leaf 69a), Annunciation to the Shepherds (leaf 73b), Adoration of the Magi (leaf 78a), Presentation in the Temple (leaf 92a), Flight into Egypt (96b), David and Goliath (111a), and Office of the Dead (leaf 135b).

• Country of origin: France
• Date: ca. 1490
• Citations: Bond, W. H. Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, no. 2
• Provenance: McVitty
• miniatures, illumination, decorative borders

Antiphonal [Manuscript Leaf, Hu 1]

Medieval Manuscripts

• Country of origin: Flanders (Belgium)
• Date: 1485
• Citations: Bond, W. H. Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, no. 7.
• Provenance: McVitty (Ege)
• Other: Includes neumes, red and blue lettering and decoarations, historiated initial, and border images.

Processional [Hu 9]

Medieval Manuscripts

• Country of origin: Germany
• Date: ca. 1475
• Citations: unknown
• Provenance: unknown

Fragment. Book Of Hours, Author Unknown

Medieval Manuscript Fragments

No abstract provided.

Antiphonal [Hu Codex 4]

Medieval Manuscripts

• Country of origin: Italy
• Date: ca. 1450
• Citations: Bond, W. H. Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, no. 4.
• Provenance: McVitty

Antiphonal [Hu 2]

Medieval Manuscripts

• Country of origin: Italy
• Date: ca. 1440
• Dimensions: ca. 560 x 410 mm
• Citations: none
• Provenance: Otto Ege; S. Herbert McVitty
• Other: neumes, red and blue lettering and decoration

Fragment. Golden Legend, Jacobus De Voragine

Medieval Manuscript Fragments

No abstract provided.

French Missal, Author Unknown

Medieval Manuscript Fragments

No abstract provided.

Breviary [Hu Codex 3]

Medieval Manuscripts

• Country of origin: Italy
• Date: 15th century
• Citations: Bond, W. H. Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, no.1
• Provenance: McVitty

Fragment, Livy, Giacomo Curlo

Medieval Manuscript Fragments

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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). …

Breviary [Manuscript Leaf, Hu 3]

Medieval Manuscripts

• Country of origin: France
• Date: ca. 1350
• Citations: Bond, W. H. Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, no. 9
• Provenance: McVitty (Ege)
• Other: red and blue lettering and decorations, illumination. Note written at top of side 1: "Following the octave of Easter" [translation].

A breviary is a book containing the hymns, offices, and prayers for the canonical hours, to be recited daily by clerics in religious orders.

Missal (Hu 6)

Medieval Manuscripts

• Country of origin: Germany.
• Date: ca. 1320.
• Dimensions: 450 x 310 mm.
• Citations: Bond & Faye, no. 12.
• Provenance: Otto Ege, S. Herbert McVitty.