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Total number of records: 15

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Archives10
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Brotherton Collection15
Incunabula5

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christian saints1
incunabula1
printing1
type and type-founding1

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Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)3
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton2
Gruninger, Johann2
Adelsheim, Carl Joseph Von1
Adelsheim, Carl Joseph Von (1790-1864)1
Augustine of Hippo, Saint (354-430)1
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-4301
Barbey, Andre1
Baron Brotherton1
Bernardino De' Busti (1450-1513?)1

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Archive Print Item

West-European incunabula : 60 original leaves from the presses of the Netherlands, France, Iberia and Great Britain

Haebler, Konrad (1857-1946); Barbey, André

1928

Issued in portfolio. The plates are mounted and inlaid in paper mats, with mounted descriptive labels. The text consists of a list of plates, arranged under country alphabetically by place of printi...

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Otto von Passau, Die 24 Alten
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Otto von Passau, Die 24 Alten

1500

Place of publication: Strasbourg, France Typology: Gothic Initials: None Illustrations: None Layout: Two columns of text.

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Tenth German Bible
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Tenth German Bible

1485

Place of publication: Strasbourg, France Typology: Gothic Initials: Illustrations: None Layout: Text in two columns; first line of first column is enlarged; page title 'Das ander buch'.

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Plenarium
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Plenarium

c.1483

Place of publication: Strasbourg, France Typology: Gothic Initials: None Illustrations: None Layout: Text fully aligned

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Mariae Cursus
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Mariae Cursus

1497

Place of publication: Kirchheim in Alsace, France Typology: Gothic Initials: One large, rubricated initial Illustrations: Woodcut border with illustrations of plants and people Layout: Text ...

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Terentius, Comoediae
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Terentius, Comoediae

1496

Place of publication: Strasbourg, France Typology: Roman Initials: None Illustrations: None Layout: Script and directions set out in left-hand column; commentary set in right-hand column; gl...

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Tenth German Bible
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Tenth German Bible

1485

Place of publication: Strasbourg, France Typology: Gothic Initials: None Illustrations: One woodcut; coloured. The picture shows a cavalry of men and horses in the sky above a walled city. L...

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Plenarium
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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...

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Otto von Passau, Die 24 Alten
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Otto von Passau, Die 24 Alten

1500

Place of publication: Strasbourg, France Typology: Gothic Initials: None; although space has been left. Illustrations: One woodcut; uncoloured. The picture shows a young woman kneeling before ...

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Mariae Cursus
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Mariae Cursus

c.1497

Place of publication: Kirchheim in Alsace, France Typology: Gothic Initials: Several capital letters within the text are enlarged and rubricated. Illustrations: The text is completely surround...

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Terentius, Comoediae
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Terentius, Comoediae

1496

Place of publication: Strasbourg, France Typology: Roman Initials: One enlarged, rubricated capital 'S'; hand-drawn. Illustrations: One woodcut; uncoloured. The image shows five of the play's ...

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Ex libro retractationvm: confessionvm mearvm libri tredecim & de malis & de bonis meis Avrelii Avgvstini devotissimvs confessionvm liber incipit: magnvs es domini et laudabilis ualdis... [etc]

Augustine of Hippo, Saint (354-430); Bono, Giovanni (1473-1476); Castelli, Francesco (1505?-1578); Paillet, Eugène (1829-1901); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno incarnationis domini M.CCCC.LXXV.: XII° Kalendas Augusti. [21 July 1475]

Signatures: [1-20⁸ 21⁴]. Colophon reads: Avrelii Avgvstini confessionvm tertivs decimvs atqve vltimus liber explicit. Deo gratias. Q[uod] lætum augustina ferat confessio fœtum Præsens fratre r...

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