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    Hier beghint die spieghel des ewighe[n] leue[n]s ende leert ons die kennisse gods en[n] der sielen
    Spieghel des ewighe[n] leue[n]s ende leert ons die kennisse gods en[n] der sielen | Rosenwald cited title: Spiegel des eeuwigen levens. Boek van der biechten | Boek van der biechten | Spieghel des ewighen levens
    Title from Leaf [3a] (signed a3): Hier beghint die spieghel des ewighe[n] leue[n]s ende leert ons die kennisse gods en[n] der sielen. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 478, 478A Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, S-671 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 5598 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, IX, p. 17 (IA.47114) Campbell,…
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Meer, Jacob Jacobszoon Van Der - Simon - Leeu, Gerard - Arenberg, Prosper Louis
    • Date: 1480

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    Discordantiae sanctorum doctorum Hieronymi et Augustini. Signatures: [a-b⁸ c⁶ d-k⁸ l⁴]. Signatures [a-c] and the 2 outer sheets of [d] are newly set, while the others are remaindered from another issue by the same printer (GW 3385; Goff B-118). Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 231 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-119 Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum, 2455 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century…
    • Contributor: Thomas - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Proba - Barbieri, Filippo De - Lignamine, Johannes Philippus De
    • Date: 1481

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    Epistolae. Leaf [8a]: Incipit Epistola Sancti Bernardi Clareuallis, abbatis, ad Robertu[m], nepotem suum. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 521 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-384 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 2871 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, IX, p. 172 (IB.49511) Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 3924 Also available in digital form on the Library…
    • Contributor: Bernard - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Brothers of the Common Life
    • Date: 1481

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    Sermones de tempore et de Sanctis. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 522 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-433 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 2845 = 2911 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, IX, p. 172 (IB.49512) Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 3941 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy imperfect: leaf [216] wanting.…
    • Contributor: Bernard - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Brothers of the Common Life
    • Date: 1481

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    Die heyligen teutschen Ewan[n]geli vnd Epistel mitsampt den vier Passion.
    Cited title: Epistolae et Evangelia
    Title from incipit on leaf ja: Hienach volgent die heyligen teutschen Evan[n]geli vnd Epistel mitsampt den vier Passion ... Printed in black and red. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 81 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, E-80 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 6730 (variations) Schreiber, W.L. Handbuch der Holz- und Metallschnitte des XV. Jahrhunderts, 4956 Also available in digital form on the Library…
    • Contributor: Rüger, Thomas - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Schönsperger, Johann
    • Date: 1481

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    Missale Romanum. Leaf [7a]: Incipit ordo Missalis secundu[m] co[n]suetudine[m] Curie Romane cum officiis nouis. Signatures: pi⁶ a-z⁸ [et]⁸ [con]⁸ [rum]⁸ A-F⁸ G⁶. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 230 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, M-690 Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum, 4188 IGI 6598 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: the woodcut is illuminated. Contemporary…
    • Contributor: Torti, Battista - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Catholic Church
    • Date: 1481

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    La Commedia Introduction and commentary by Cristoforo Landino. With an incomplete series of engravings after Botticelli. See note in Goff regarding disposition.Their execution has been attributed to Baccio Baldini (see U.S. National Gallery of Art. Early Italian engraving, 1973, p. 13-14). Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 229 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, D-29 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 5946 Catalogue of…
    • Contributor: Landino, Cristoforo - Laurentii, Nicolaus - Holford, George Lindsay - Bishop, Cortlandt F. (Cortlandt Field) - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress) - Baldini, Baccio - Dante Alighieri - Botticelli, Sandro
    • Date: 1481

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    Ex gestis Romanorum hystorie.
    Gesta Romanorum
    Title from leaf [11a]. Signatures: []¹⁰ a-q⁸ r⁶. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 523 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, G-283 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 7744 Pellechet, M. Catalogue général des incunables des bibliothèques publiques de France, 5253
    • Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Barmentlo, Peregrinus
    • Date: 1481

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    Epitoma primae partis Dialogi de haereticis a Guilielmo de Ockam composti. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 524 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, H-53 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 8435 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, IX, p. 140 (IB.49159) Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy rubricated; initials supplied in red. LC copy: Provenance: Duc d'Arenberg.
    • Contributor: William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Johann - Henricus - Arenberg, Prosper Louis
    • Date: 1481

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    Historie von Herzog Leopold und seinem Sohn Wilhelm von Österreich An anonymous prose version of Johann von Würzburg's poem Wilhelm von Österreich. Signatures: [a-f¹⁰ g-h⁸ i-n¹⁰]. "Das Buch des edle[n] Ritters vn[d] Landtfarers Marcho Polo": leaves [76b-135a]. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 82 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, L-184 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 10041 Schramm, IV, p. 22, 51, and illus. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress…
    • Contributor: Sorg, Anton - Polo, Marco - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Johann - Liechtenstein, House of
    • Date: 1481

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    Buch der Natur. Das Buch der Natur (Book of nature) is a Medieval Latin compendium of science that was edited and translated into German in the 14th century by Konrad von Megenberg, a German scholar and writer who was probably born at Mainberg (Megenberg), near Schweinfurt, Bavaria, in 1309, and died at Ratisbon (Regensburg) in 1374. He studied at Erfurt and then at the University of Paris,…
    • Contributor: Bämler, Johann - Thomas - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Konrad
    • Date: 1481

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    Das Buch des Ritters Herr Hannsen von Montevilla ... Title extracted from incipit (leaf [2a]). Translated from the French by Michel Velser. Signatures: [a-h¹⁰ i-k⁶]. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 79 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, M-164 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 10647 (variations) Schramm, IV, p. 19, 51, and illus. (variations) LC copy has a few manuscript notes. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
    • Contributor: Mandeville, John - Sorg, Anton - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Velser, Michel
    • Date: 1481

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    Cordiale de quatuor nouissimis.
    Sex lectiones de vita, egritudine et morte anime spirituali tractantes | Tractatus de venerabili sacramento
    Title from Leaf [2a]: [I]ncipit Cordiale de quatuor nouissimis. Sometimes attributed to Heinrich von Langenstein, Gerardus de Vliederhoven, Thomas Ebendorfer, or Gerard Groote. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 481 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, C-889 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 5701 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, IX, p. 18 (IA.47118) Also…
    • Contributor: Ebendorfer, Thomas - Heinrich - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Groote, Gerard - Meer, Jacob Jacobszoon Van Der - Gerardus - Torquemada, Juan De - Leeu, Gerard - Gerson, Jean - Arenberg, Prosper Louis
    • Date: 1482

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    Cordiale de quatuor nouissimis Title from Leaf [2a]: [I]ncipit Cordiale de quatuor nouissimis. Sometimes attributed to Heinrich von Langenstein, Gerardus de Vliederhoven, Thomas Ebendorfer, or Gerard Groote. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 481 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, C-889 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 5701 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, IX, p. 18 (IA.47118) Also…
    • Contributor: Ebendorfer, Thomas - Heinrich - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Groote, Gerard - Meer, Jacob Jacobszoon Van Der - Gerardus - Arenberg, Prosper Louis
    • Date: 1482
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    Dyalogus creaturarum moralizatus. Title extracted from leaf [2a] which reads: [P]refacio in librum qui dicitur Dyalogus creaturarum moralizatus omni materie morali iocu[n] do et edificatiuo modo applicabilis ... Authorship ascribed to Nicolaus Pergaminus and Mayno de' Mayneri. Cf. Pio Rajna's Del "Dialogus creaturarum," in Giorn. stor. della leterat. ital., v. 3, 4, 10, 11. Signatures: pi⁴ 2pi⁶ a-l⁸ m⁶. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 480…
    • Contributor: Nicolaus - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Hoe, Robert - Mayno - Leeu, Gerard
    • Date: 1482

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    Postilla super Epistolas et Evangelia.
    Postilla super Euangelia
    Leaf [2a]: Incipit Postilla super Euangelia. Date from colophon on leaf [70a]. Signatures: a-h⁸ i⁶ A-E⁸. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 380 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, G-677 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 8261 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: manuscript note on leaf [1a]: Monasterium Althomÿnster, 1543. LC copy: Contemporary blind-stamped brown calf…
    • Contributor: Reinhard, Marcus - Kloster Altmünster Mainz - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Guillermus - Philippi, Nicolaus
    • Date: 1482

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    Poeticon astronomicon. Edited by Jacobus Sentinus and Joannes Lucilius Santritter. Sometimes erroneously attributed to C. Julius Hyginus. Printed in black and red. Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, H-560 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 9062 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, V, p. 286 (IA.20520) (variation) IGI 4959 Polain, M.-L. Catalogue des livres imprimés au quinzième siècle…
    • Contributor: Hyginus, C. Julius - Santritter, Joannes Lucilius - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress) - Ratdolt, Erhard - Sentinus, Jacobus
    • Date: 1482

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    Das Passional, oder Der Heiligen Leben durch das gantz Iar. Title extracted from incipit (leaf [3a]): Hie hebt an das Passional. oder der Heiligen Lebe durch das gantz Iar ... Colophon: Also nympt ein End das Summerteyl der Heyligen Leben vnd volgt nach das Winterteyl von Sant Michael biss vff Ambrosium zu Reutlingen flyssiglich volbracht vff Zinstag nach Oculi Anno lxxxij. Does not include the Pars hiemalis (Winterteil) mentioned in the colophon and described…
    • Contributor: Otmar, Johann - Jacobus - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1482

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    Cosmographia, sive De situ orbis. Leaf [2a]: Pomponij Mellae, cosmographi, Geographia. Prisciani quoq[ue ex Dionysio Thessalonicensi De situ orbis interpretatio. Caption title printed in red. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 232 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, M-452 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 11019 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, V, p. 286 (IA.20518) Also available in digital…
    • Contributor: Brooke, Thomas - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Mela, Pomponius - Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress) - Martin, Robert Walsingham - Ratdolt, Erhard - Dionysius - Priscian
    • Date: 1482

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    Cosmographia Translated by Jacopo d'Angelo; edited by Nicolaus Germanus. The maps, double, except for the last, are on separate sheets, most with descriptive text printed on the versos within woodcut borders; these texts are known in several variants. Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, P-1084 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 538 (IC.9306) Copinger, W.A. Supplement…
    • Contributor: Königliche Bibliothek Zu Berlin - Erzabtei St. Peter (Salzburg, Austria) - Ptolemy - St. Peter in Salzburg (Abbey) - Preussische Staatsbibliothek - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Hol, Lienhart - John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress) - Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress) - Nicolaus Germanus - D'angelo, Jacopo
    • Date: 1482

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    Histori wie die Türcke[n] vn[d] andre Geschlecht der Vngleubigen die cristelichen Kirche[n] vor vil Iare[n] in manigerley Weiss angefochten. Title extracted from incipit (leaf [2a]): Hienach volgt ein warhaft vn[n]d bewerte Histori wie die Türcke[n] vn[d] andre Geschlecht der Vngleugiben die cristelichen Kirche[n] vor vil Iare[n] in manigerley wei[ss] angefochten ... Translated by Heinrich Steinhöwel. Cf. Friedrich Kraft's H. Steinhöwels Verdeutschung der Historia Hiersolymitana. Strassburg, 1905 (Quellen und Forschungen, 94). First paragraph printed in red. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 87…
    • Contributor: Bämler, Johann - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Robert - Steinhöwel, Heinrich
    • Date: 1482

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    Schwester Demut Title from first line of leaf [10a]; the date 1482 appears in the text on leaf [33b]. Apparently a fortune-telling game in verse. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 90 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, S-334 Schramm, VI, p. 3, 18, and illus. Fürstlich Liechtenstein'sche Fideikommissbibliothek. Kat. der Inkun., 351 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.…
    • Contributor: Liechtenstein, House of - Dinckmut, Konrad - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1482

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    Das Buch genannt der Seuse.
    Seuse
    Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 86 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, S-871 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 5688 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 349 (IB.5943) Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: woodcuts hand-colored. Contemporary blind-stamped calf binding. LC copy has bookplate…
    • Contributor: Seuse, Heinrich - Sorg, Anton - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Perrins, Charles William Dyson
    • Date: 1482

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    Der Altuäter Leben.
    Altväter Leben
    Title extracted from register (leaf [2a]): Ein Register in das nachgeend Buch gena[n]nt d'Aluäter Leben, oder zu latein Vitaspatru[m] ... Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 89 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, H-217 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 8605 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 350 (IB.5946) Also available in digital form on the…
    • Contributor: Sorg, Anton - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1482

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    Biblia The woodcuts are those of the Low German Bible printed ca. 1478 by Quentell, Cologne. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 93 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-632 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 3137 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 424 (IC.7283) Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 4303 Schramm, XVII, p. 3, 8; v. 8, illus.…
    • Contributor: Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward) - Stift Lilienfeld - Koberger, Anton - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress) - Austria. Bundesdenkmalamt
    • Date: 1483

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