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M.cccc.l.xxvii. die primo Iullii. [1 July 1477]

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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

Clifton family

[late 14th century, possibly before 1389]

The original total of leaves is likely to have been 118, with the majority of the missing leaves likely to have contained illuminations and been cut out in post-medieval times. Decoration: Three 8 t...

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[Breviarium ad Usum Parisiensem]
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[Breviarium ad Usum Parisiensem]

[ca. 1440-1460]

Decoration: 27 large arched miniatures, seven historiated 9-line initials, and several 1-4-line decorated initials and line-fillers throughout. Fine rinceaux border throughout the manuscript. Dr J. J....

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[Maḥazor minhag Roma le-khol ha-shanah]. [מחזור מנהג רומה לכל השנה]. [Liturgy for whole year according to the Italian rite, with appendix of poems].
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[Maḥazor minhag Roma le-khol ha-shanah]. [מחזור מנהג רומה לכל השנה]. [Liturgy for the whole year according to the Italian rite, with appendix of hymns].

Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr (1092-1167)

[14th-15th century]

Hebrew title supplied from cataloguer. English title derived from Roth, “Catalogue,” in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 2. Variant titles: Maḥzor ke-minhag bene ...

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Cosmographia
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Cosmographia

Pomponius Mela; Solinus, Gaius Julius; Servius, Petrus (1641-); Askew, Anthony (1722-1774); Woodhull, Michael (1816-); Ingram, Mary (1824-); Severne, Amy Samuel (1846-); Watson, Thomas Edward (1851-1921); Watson, Geoffrey (1897-1961); Southwell, Daphne (1907-1998); Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor

1475

Manuscript in Latin in Humanistic bookhand on parchment, containing Pomponius Mela 'Cosmographia' [fols. 1-30r], the anonymous 'Descriptio Ligustice regionis', a description of Liguria and Genoa, [fol...

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Dialogus magistri Guillermi de ockam doctoris famosissimi

William of Ockham (1285-1349); William of Ockham (1285-1349); Badius, Josse (1462-1535); Trechsel, Johannes; Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Ex Lugduno pridie ydus septembrias: huius anni. M.cccc.xciiij. [not before 12 September 1494]

Signatures: [*]¹⁰ a-s⁸ t-v¹⁰ A-O⁸ AA-BB⁶ r-s⁸. The place and date of printing derives from the end of the preface on [*]1v which reads: Ex Lugduno pridie ydus septembrias: huius anni. M...

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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...

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[Hours of Antoine de Crèvecœur]
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[Hours of Antoine de Crèvecœur]

Antoine de Crèvecoeur; Hughes de Mazijnghem

[1450-1475]

Decoration: 38 large arched miniatures surrounded by framed borders in designs of intricate curving foliage and ivy leaves in pen and gold, enclosing strawberries and flowers in colour. Decorated init...

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Compendio di revelatione dello inutile servo di Iesu Christo Frate Hieronymo da Ferrara dello ordine de Frati Predicatori

Savonarola, Girolamo (1452-1498); Buonaccorsi, Francesco (1485-1497); Romena, Bernardino; Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Nel Mcccclxxxxv. A di xviii. di Agosto. [18 August 1495]

Signatures: a-d⁸ e-g⁶ h⁴. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on h4r reads: Imp[re]sso i[n] Firenze p[er] ser Fra[n]cescho Buonaccorsi & nel Mcccclxxxxv. A di xviii. di Agosto. Edition known in t...

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Preclarissimus liber elementorum Euclidis perspicacissimi, in artem geometrie incipit qua[m]foelicissime
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Preclarissimus liber elementorum Euclidis perspicacissimi, in artem geometrie incipit qua[m] foelicissime

Euclid (fl. 300 B.C); Adelard of Bath (1116-1142); Campano da Novara (1296); Ratdolt, Erhard (1447?-1528); Malaspina, Manfredi marchese di Filattiera (1720-1787); Sadler, Sir Michael (1861-1943)

anno Salutis 1482 octauis Calen[darum] Iun[ij]. [25 May 1482]

Signatures: a¹⁰ b-r⁸. Title from incipit in red on a2r. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on r7v reads: Opus elementoru[m] euclidis megarensis in geometria[m] arte[m] In id quoq[ue] Campani p...

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Iulii Firmici Astronomicorum libri octo integri, & emendati, ex Scythicis oris ad nos nuper allati : Marci Manilii Astronomicorum libri quinque. Arati Phænomena Germanico Cæsare interprete cum commentariis & imaginibus. Arati eiusdem Phænomenon fragmentum Marco. T.C. interprete. Arati eiusdem Phænomena Ruffo Festo Auienio paraphraste. Arati eiusdem Phænomena Græce[.] Theonis commentaria copiosissima in Arati Phænomena Græce. Procli Diadochi Sphæra Græce[.] Procli eiusdem Sphæra, Thoma Linacro Britanno interprete

Germanicus Caesar (15 B.C.-19 A.D); Theon of Alexandria; Aratus Solensis; Cicero, Marcus Tullius; Proclus (410-485); Linacre, Thomas (1460-1524); Negro, Pescennio Francesco (1452-); Rufus, Sextus; Manilius, Marcus; Firmicus Maternus, Julius; Manuzio, Aldo (1515); Wedelicki, Piotr (1543); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Mense octob[ris]. M. ID. [October 1499]

Signatures: [*]⁶ a-g¹⁰ h¹² aa-hh¹⁰ ii-kk⁸ A-D¹⁰ E¹² F⁶ G-M¹⁰ N⁶ ²N¹⁰ O-S¹⁰ T⁸. Imprint from the second colophon on T8r. The first colophon on kk8r reads: Venetiis ...

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[Maḥazor minhag Romah le-khol ha-shanah]. [מחזור מנהג רומה לכל השנה]. [Prayer book for the whole year according to the Italian Rite with some unpublished hymns].

[15th century]

Hebrew title supplied by cataloguer. English title supplied by following Roth, "Catalogue", in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 58. Variant titles: Maḥzor ke-minhag Be...

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