Skip to main content

Search Special Collections

Results

1 to 12 of 13 records

Total number of records: 13

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items11
Archives2

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection13
Incunabula11

Count of Subject

SubjectCount
chronology, historical1
history, ancient1
holy cross1
saints1
world history1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)10
Baron Brotherton5
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton5
Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton5
Lord Brotherton5
Sir Edward Allen Brotherton5
Jesus Christ3
Thomas A Kempis (1380-1471)2
Accursius1
Accursius Glossator (1182-1260)1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 140012
From 18001

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 149912
Up to 18991

Archive Print Item

The imitation of Christ

Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471); Knox-Little, W J (1839-1918)

1893

Title page and preliminary material in English.

More details

Schatzbehalter
Archive Piece

Schatzbehalter

1491

Place of publication: Nuremberg, Germany Typology: Gothic Initials: None Illustrations: Full page woodcut; coloured, and entitled 'Die Sibenundsechtzigist figur'. A young girl kneels before an...

More details and larger image


Archive Print Item

Incipit liber p[ri]m[us] Ioa[n]nis gerson ca[n]cellarij parisiensis. De imitatio[n]e [Christ]i [et] de [con]te[m]ptu o[mn]iu[m] vanitatu[m] mu[n]di

Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471); Gerson, Jean (1363-1429); Madiis, Franciscus de (1485-1490?); Leoviler, Johann (1485-1488); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

M.cccc.lxxxvi. [1486]

Signatures: [*]² a-g⁸ h¹⁰. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on h9r reads: Ioh[ann]is Gerson cancellarij parisiensis: de co[n]te[m]ptu mu[n]di libri quatuor vno cum tractatu de meditatione cor...

More details

Plenarium
Archive Piece

Plenarium

c.1483

Place of publication: Strasbourg, France Typology: Gothic Initials: None Illustrations: One woodcut; uncoloured. The woodcut is rather crude and shows St John, seated, gazing towards the sky a...

More details and larger image


Archive Print Item

Fasciculus te[m]po[rum] omnes antiquorum cronicas complecte[n]s

Rolevinck, Werner (1425-1502); Prüss, Johann (1510); Widmann, Paul; Seidel, Wolfgang (1492-1562); Hodgkin, John Eliot (1829-1912); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930); Tegernsee (Abbey)

[between 6 April 1490 and 1494]

Signatures: [* ]⁶ A⁸ B-P⁶. Imprint from ISTC. Printed with 50 long lines to a full page. The table is printed in three columns. Printed foliation at the head of rectos. Leaves 7-96 are...

More details


Archive Print Item

Von der Kinthait vnnsers herren iesu cristi gena[n]t vita christi

Schauer, Johann (1482-1500); Progel, Joseph Bonaventura; Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno d[omi]ni.M.CCCC.XCiiij. [1494]

Signatures: A-F in alternate 8s and 6s G⁶ H-Q in alternate 8s and 6s. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on Q5r reads: Diß puch von der kintheit vnd vom dem leiden vnsers Herren Jesu Christi. Auch v...

More details


Archive Print Item

[Institutiones]

Michael de Tonsis; Justinian Emperor of the East (483?-565); Accursius glossator (1182-1260); Pachel, Leonhard (1477-1511); Scinzenzeler, Ulrich (1450-1500?); Vignal; Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

14 October 1478

Signatures: [*]² a-k ¹⁰ l⁶. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on l5v reads: Hoc institutionum opus summa cu[m] diligentia per spectabilem uiru[m] dominum Michaele[m] de tonsis legu[m] doctorem...

More details


Archive Print Item

Sacri canonis missae expositio

Biel, Gabriel (1495); Otmar, Johann (1482-1514); Meynberger, Friedrich (1499-1501); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930); Waldbott von Bassenheim, Counts; Reichskartause Buxheim

In vigilia sancti Andree. Anno d[omi]ni.1499. [29 November 1499]

Signatures: a-c⁸ d-z A-U in alternate 6s and 8s X-Z⁶ &⁶ [con]⁸. Colophon on Z4v reads: Finem cepit hec sacri canonis misse lectura in alma vniuersitate Tubingen Anno domini 1488. quarta noue[...

More details


Archive Print Item

Incipit prologus sancti Hieronimi cardinalis presbiteri in libros vitas patrum sanctorum egiptiorum... [etc.]

Jerome, Saint; Koberger, Anton (1440-1513); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno [christ]i natiuitatis. Millesimoq[ua]dringe[n]tesimoseptuagesimooctauo. Nonas u[er]o Maj. [7 May 1478]

Signatures: [a⁶ b-n in alternate 10s and 8s o-q¹⁰ r-z in alternate 8s and 10s A¹⁰ B-D⁸ E⁶]. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on [E5v] reads: Anno [christ]i natiuitatis. Millesimoq[ua]drin...

More details


Archive Print Item

Declaratione del mysterio della croce qui descripta

Savonarola, Girolamo (1452-1498); Libri, Bartolommeo di (1482-1511); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

[about 1498]

Signatures: a⁴. Imprint from ISTC. Also recorded as [after 1497]. Entered in N.U.C. pre-1956 imprints under: Savonarola, G: Dichiarazione del mistero della Croce. Title from caption at incip...

More details


Archive Print Item

[Mammotrectus super Bibliam]

Marchesinus, Johannes; Stuchs, Georg (1520); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno domini. M.cccclxxxix. nonas kalendas Februarij. [24 January 1489]

Signatures: a-g⁸ h-i⁶ k-y⁸ z¹⁰ aa-cc⁸. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on z8v reads: Actum hoc opus Nuremberge Anno domini. M.cccclxxxix. nonas kalendas Februarij per inclytum viru[m] G...

More details


Archive Print Item

Sermones tres de passione christi triu[m] uenerabiliu[m] doctoru[m] quoru[m] primu[m] co[m]pilauit siue Guilermus de Aquisgrano. siue Gabriel de Vrach. ceterorum nomina ignorantur

Textor, Guilermus; Anselm Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury (1033-1109); Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint (1153); Flach, Martin (1500); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno d[omi]ni. Mcccc.xc. Finiti in die sancti Luce euangeliste. [18 October 1490]

Signatures: a-z⁸. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on y3v reads: Impressi Arge[n]tine. Anno d[omi]ni. Mcccc.xc. Finiti in die sancti Luce euangeliste. Includes St Anselm, De passione Jesu Chris...

More details