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    Manuscript/Mixed Material
    [Verin Noravankʻ Gospels] This beautifully illuminated gospel book was copied in 1487 AD at the Monastery of Verin Noravank in Armenia. The exact location of the monastery is unknown, although, since the late 1980s, it…
    • Contributor: Grigor
    • Date: 1487
    • Resource: PDF - 534

  • Book/Printed Material
    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…
    • Contributor: Konrad - Thomas - Bämler, Johann - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1481

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

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    Boke of the fayt of armes and of chyualrye.
    Fayt of armes and of chyualrye     This book on the proper mode of conduct for a knight was written in French in around 1410 by Christine de Pisan, Europe's first prolific and respected female author. It was translated…
    • Contributor: Holford, George Lindsay - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Bonet, Honoré - Christine - Caxton, William
    • Date: 1489

    Resource: View All Pages | PDF

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    Chenghua er shi san nian hui shi lu : yi juan
    成化二十三年會試錄 : 一卷 | Title on spine of case: Hui shi lu, Chenghua er shi san nian yi ce | Hui shi lu, Chenghua er shi san nian yi ce     This work is a collection of civil examination records dated the 23rd year of the Chenghua reign of the Ming dynasty (1487). The civil examination system in China officially began in the…
    • Contributor: Yin, Zhi - Wu, Kuan - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1487
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    Flowers of Abu Ma'shar.
    Flores Albumasaris     Ja'far ibn Muḥammad al-Balkhī (787--886), known as Abū Ma'shar, lived in Baghdad in the 9th century. Originally an Islamic scholar of the Hadith (the prophetic traditions of Muhammad) and a contemporary of…
    • Contributor: Abū Ma'shar, 787-886 - Joannes, Hispalensis, Flourished
    • Date: 1488-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 26

  • Book/Printed Material
    Chapter Nine of the Book of Medicine Dedicated to Mansur, with the Commentary of Sillanus de …
    Liber Nonus ad Almansorem cum Expositione Sillani de Nigris     Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi (also known by Latinized versions of his name, Rhazes or Rasis, 865--925 AD) was a Persian polymath, physician, and philosopher. He was born in Rayy, south…
    • Contributor: Tossignano, Pietro Da, 1401 - Nigris, Sillano, 15th Century - Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad Ibn Zakarīyā, 865?-925
    • Date: 1483-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 280

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    Complete Book on the Judgment of the Stars.
    De Judiciis Astrorum     Abu al-Hassan Ali Ibn Ali Ibn Abi al-Rijal (also known as Haly or Hali, and by the Latinized versions of his name, Haly Albohazen and Haly Abenragel) was a late 10th-century--early 11th…
    • Contributor: Ibn Abī Al-Rijāl, ʻalī,6
    • Date: 1485-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 163

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    Compendium of the Art of Arithmetic.
    Suma de la art de arismetica     Suma de la art de arismetica (Compendium of the art of arithmetic) is the first arithmetic printed on the Iberian Peninsula and possibly the second printed in Europe. Very little is known…
    • Contributor: Santcliment, Francesc
    • Date: 1482-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 138

  • Book/Printed Material
    Calendar for the Years 1486 through 1504.
    Kalendarium     This unique, single-leaf print is a rare fragment of the perpetual calendar in German for the years 1486 to 1504 issued by the Nuremberg printer Konrad, or Conrad, Zeninger in Venice in…
    • Contributor: Zeninger, Conrad, Active - Stagnino, Bernardino, 1540
    • Date: 1486-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 4

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    Guide for Human Life.
    Directorium humanae vite     Composed in India by a wise brahmin known in the West as Bidpai, Panchatantra (Five treatises) is an Indian anthology of stories and fables. Although purportedly about animals, the fables contain aphorisms…
    • Contributor: Giovanni, Da Capua, Active 13th Century - Baydabā
    • Date: 1489-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 176

  • Book/Printed Material
    Latin Bible with Interpretations of Hebrew Names in Alphabetical Order.
    Biblia     This extremely rare Latin Bible was printed in Venice by Ottaviano Scotto, who completed the work on May 31, 1480. It includes in its final 73 pages Interpretationes hebraicorum nominum secundum ordinem…
    • Contributor: Scotto, Ottaviano, 1498
    • Date: 1480-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 920

  • Book/Printed Material
    The Consolation of Philosophy.
    De consolatione philosophiae     De Consolatione Philosophiae (The consolation of philosophy) is a by Boethius, the son of an influential and aristocratic Roman family, written around the year 524. It is regarded as one of the…
    • Contributor: Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus, Circa 480-524
    • Date: 1489-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 290

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    Calendar for the Years 1486 through 1504.
    Kalendarium perpetuum ad annos 1486--1504     This unique, single-leaf print is a rare fragment of the perpetual calendar in Latin for the years 1486 to 1504 issued by the Nuremberg printer Konrad, or Conrad, Zeninger in Venice in…
    • Contributor: Zeninger, Conrad, Active
    • Date: 1486-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 2

  • Book/Printed Material
    Woodcut from Prüss's Latin Bible.
    Biblia latina     Presented here is a hand-colored devotional single-sheet woodcut inspired by one of the compositional schemes of the German engraver and painter Martin Schongauer (circa 1450-91). The artist has not been identified. The…
    • Contributor: Prüss, Johann - Schongauer, Martin, Active 15th Century
    • Date: 1489-01-01
    • Resource: Image
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    Dance of Death.
    Der doten dantz mit figuren, clage vnd antwort schon von allen staten der werlt     The Middle Rhenish Totentanz (Dance of death) originated around 1450 in Mainz. It derived from the Paris Danse de macabré, but its immediate model was a German version in the form of…

  • Book/Printed Material
    Koberger Bible. After the Mentelin Bible dated to 1466, the Koberger Bible of 1483 is the ninth German-language version of the Bible to have been printed and the second to have been produced in…
    • Contributor: Koberger, Anton
    • Date: 1483-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 1183

  • Book/Printed Material
    Gratian's "Decretum"
    Decretum Gratiani     Gratian was a 12th-century Benedictine monk and canon lawyer from Bologna. Little is known about him beyond the fact that he compiled and wrote this collection of legal texts, which became the…
    • Contributor: Bartolomeo, Da Brescia, 1258 - Gratian - Gratian, Active 12th Century - Joannes, Teutonicus, Died Approximately 1245 - Antonio Maria, Da Villafora, 1511
    • Date: 1480
    • Resource: PDF - 842

  • Book/Printed Material
    The Divine Comedy.
    La Commedia     Almost from the time it was written, the Commedia by Dante Alighieri (1265--1321) enjoyed enormous popularity, being praised by Boccaccio as divina and copied in more than 600 manuscripts. The work has…
    • Contributor: Landino, Cristoforo - Dante Alighieri
    • Date: 1481-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 748

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    Chiromantia.
    Chiromantie     As the large number of manuscripts related to the art of palm reading indicates, this subject enjoyed a certain popularity in late medieval times. This German Chiromantia, the authorship of which remains…

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    Pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
    Die heyligen reyssen gen Jherusalem zuo dem heiligen grab     Because of its many illustrations, Bernhard von Breydenbach's account of his travels through the Holy Land, published in 1486, drove the previously bestselling travel book written by Hans Tucher from the market.…
    • Contributor: Reuwich, Erhard, Active - Schöffer, Peter, Approximately 1425-Approximately 1502 - Roet, Martin, 1538 - Breydenbach, Bernhard Von, 1497
    • Date: 1486-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 370

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    Euclid's "Elements".
    Elementa     Gold leaf often was used to enhance the value of medieval manuscripts. In scriptoria and painters' workshops, highly specialized techniques had been developed to write in golden letters-often on a colored background-or…
    • Contributor: Mocenigo, Giovanni - Euclid - Hypsicles, of Alexandria
    • Date: 1482-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 284

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    Pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
    Peregrinatio in terram sanctam     As the first printed and illustrated account of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, the account by Bernhard von Breydenbach (1440--97), a canon of Mainz, of his travels occupies a special position…
    • Contributor: Reuwich, Erhard, Active - Schöffer, Peter, Approximately 1425-Approximately 1502 - Breydenbach, Bernhard Von, 1497
    • Date: 1486-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 306

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    Torah with Haftarah Selections. This Hebrew Pentateuch with Haftarot (portions from the Prophets section of the Hebrew Bible, read in synagogue on Sabbaths and holidays following the Torah portion) added at the end was created in…
    • Contributor: Zekhariah, David Ben Benayah Ben Saadiah Ben
    • Date: 1485-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 423

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    Letter to Philocrates.
    Epistula ad Philocratem (Lateinische Ãœbersetzung des Mattia Palmieri)     Under the influence of Italian humanism and of his book-collector tutor János Vitéz, the Archbishop of Esztergom, Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (1443--1490), developed a passion for books and learning. Elected king of…
    • Contributor: Aristeas - Palmieri, Mattia
    • Date: 1480-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 172

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    Books 1--5 of the Histories.
    Historiarum libri I-V (Lateinische Ãœbersetzung des Cristoforo Persona)     Under the influence of Italian humanism and of his book-collector tutor János Vitéz, the Archbishop of Esztergom, Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (1443--1490) developed a passion for books and learning. Elected king of…
    • Contributor: Persona, Cristoforo - Gigantibus, Gioacchino DI Giovanne De, Flourished - Agathias, Died 582
    • Date: 1483-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 344

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    Commentaries by Domizio Calderini on Works by Juvenal, Statius, Ovid, and Propertius.
    Commentarii in satiras Iuvenalis; In silvas Statii; In Sappho Ovidii; In Propertii loca interpretatio; Ex libro observationum     Under the influence of Italian humanism and of his book-collector tutor János Vitéz, the Archbishop of Esztergom, Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (1443--1490), developed a passion for books and learning. Elected king of…
    • Contributor: Calderino, Domizio
    • Date: 1488-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 587

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    Concerning Virgins and Other Works.
    De virginibus seu potius opera varia     This codex of De virginibus seu potius opera varia (Concerning virgins and other works) by Saint Ambrose (circa 340-97) is from the Plutei Collection of the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence. The…
    • Contributor: Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, Died 397 - Matteo, Da Milano, Active - Martinus, Antonius
    • Date: 1489-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 457

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    The Bible. First Volume of the Bible.
    Biblia. Bibliorum Tomus I     This codex is the first volume of a three-volume Bible commissioned in Italy by King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (1443--90) for his library. The manuscripts were copied by Antonio Sinibaldi or his…
    • Contributor: Attavanti, Attavante - Sinibaldi, Antonio - Verazzano, Alessandro
    • Date: 1489-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 565

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    The Bible. Second Volume of the Bible.
    Tobia et quidam alii libri Veteris Testamenti Bibliorum Tomus II     This codex is the second volume of a three-volume Bible commissioned in Italy by King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (1443--90) for his library. The manuscripts were copied by Antonio Sinibaldi or his…
    • Contributor: Sinibaldi, Antonio - Verazzano, Alessandro
    • Date: 1489-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 625

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    Psalms of David. Third Volume of the Bible.
    Psalterium David Bibliorum Tomus III     This codex is the third volume of a three-volume Bible commissioned in Italy by King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (1443--90) for his library. The manuscripts were copied by Antonio Sinibaldi or his…
    • Contributor: Monte, DI Giovanni Del Fora,533 - Sinibaldi, Antonio - Verazzano, Alessandro - Gherardo, DI Giovanni Del Fora
    • Date: 1489-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 401

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    Three Books on Life.
    Ficini De triplici vita     Marsilio Ficino (1433-99) was an Italian Renaissance philosopher, theologian, priest, and physician, best known for his translations and exegeses of the works of Plato. His most important original writings include Theologia Platonica…
    • Contributor: Ficino, Marsilio
    • Date: 1489-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 361

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    Antiphonarium Bratislaviense. This illuminated folio with Metz Gothic musical notation comes from the liturgical codex of Canon Jan Han, who was a client of the Bratislava Chapter and the purchaser of this antiphonary. The…
    • Contributor: Schreier, Ulrich, Active
    • Date: 1487-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 2

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    The Life and Miracles of Saint Francis of Assisi.
    Vie et miracles de saint François d'Assise     Bonaventure de Bagnoregio (circa 1217-74), the great Franciscan theologian also known as "the Seraphic Doctor," began writing Legenda major sancti Francisci (The life and miracles of Saint Francis of Assisi) in 1260.…
    • Contributor: Bonaventure, Saint, Cardinal
    • Date: 1480-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 299

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    The Armorial of Conrad von Grünenberg. The Armorial of Conrad von Grünenberg is a splendid manuscript containing several hundred colored coats of arms. It was written on parchment and seems to be a contemporary copy from the original…
    • Contributor: Grünenberg, Konrad
    • Date: 1483-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 375

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    The Mirror of the World.
    Image du Monde     This manuscript, which is dated in a colophon to 1489, is one of the three known 15th-century copies of a rare vernacular cosmography originally composed in verse under the title Image du…
    • Contributor: Vrelant, Guillaume, 1481
    • Date: 1489-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 293

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    Psalter of David in German.
    Psalterium Davidis, Deutsch     Manuscript psalters are, in many cases, preceded by a calendar section. The small-scale manuscript of a psalter in German presented here contains on leaves 1 recto-6 verso an Augsburg calendar (including the…
    • Contributor: Bämler, Johann
    • Date: 1484-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 566

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    Book of Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary "Flora".
    Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis (La Flora)     Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis (La Flora) (Book of Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary "Flora") is a lavishly decorated and illuminated codex that derives its name from the extraordinary presence of carefully…
    • Contributor: Marmion, Simon - Horenbout, Gerard, Approximately 1465-Approximately 1540 - Dresden Prayer Book, Master of The, Active
    • Date: 1483-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 373

  • Map
    Present-Day Palestine and the Holy Land.
    Palestina moderna et Terra Sancta     This map of Palestine and the Holy Land was published in Florence around 1480 and was included in Francesco Berlinghieri's expanded edition of Ptolemy's Geographia (Geography). Berlinghieri, an Italian scholar and diplomat,…
    • Contributor: Ptolemy, 2nd Century - Berlinghieri, Francesco - Todescho, Nicolo
    • Date: 1480-01-01
    • Resource: Image
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    Sixth Map of Asia.
    Tabvla Sexta De Asia     This map of the Roman province of Asia is from Ptolemy's Geographia, which was published in 1482 in an edition by Francesco Berlinghieri. The depiction of Arabia is regarded as the basis…
    • Contributor: Ptolemy, 2nd Century - Berlinghieri, Francesco
    • Date: 1482-01-01
    • Resource: Image