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    Epistola Christofori Colom, cui etas nostra multu[m] debet, de Insulis Indie supra Gangem nuper inve[n]tis : … Following his first voyage across the Atlantic, Columbus wrote a brief report on the "Islands of India beyond the Ganges." His intent was to announce his recent discoveries and to garner financial…
    • Contributor: Columbus, Christopher - Riviere & Son - Cosco, Leandro DI - Plannck, Stephan - Incunabula Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1493

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    Epistole [et] Euangelii [et] Lectioni vulgari in lingua toschana.
    Epistolae et Evangelia     This devotional book in Italian ('the language of Tuscany'), published in 1495 by Piero Pacini da Pescia (active, circa 1495-1514), is considered the greatest Florentine illustrated book of the 15th century. It…
    • Contributor: Petri, Johann - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Perrins, Charles William Dyson - Pacini, Piero - Morgiani, Lorenzo De
    • Date: 1495

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    In laudem Serenissimi Ferdinandi, Hispania[rum] Regis, Bethicae & regni Granatae obsidio victoria & triu[m]phus. Et De …
    De insulis in Mari Indico nuper inuentis | In laudem Ferdinandi et De insulis Mari Indico. Basiliae. 1494 | Binder's title (copy with Kislak provenance): Verardus In laudem Ferdinandi et De insulis Mari Indico. Basiliae. 1494 | Binder's title (copy with Thacher provenance): Verardi Historiam Baeticam | Spine title from case (copy with Kislak provenance): De insulis nuper inventis / Columbus. Historia Baetica / Verardus | Spine title from case (copy with Vollbehr provenance): De insulis in Mari Indico nuper inventis / Christopher Columbus. Basle 1494     This book is a compilation of two texts, both relating to events in the momentous year of 1492. The first is a drama in Latin by an Italian author, Carlo Verardi (Carolus…
    • Contributor: Columbus, Christopher - Verardi, Carlo - Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress) - Cosco, Leandro DI - John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress) - Bergmann, Johann - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Rosenwald, Lessing J. (Lessing Julius)
    • Date: 1494

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    Hongzhi liu nian hui shi : er juan
    弘治六年會試 : 二卷     This is a collection of civil examination records in two juan, in four volumes, dated the sixth year (1493) of the Hongzhi reign (1488-1505). The civil examination system in China began in…
    • Contributor: LI, Dongyang - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Lu, Jian
    • Date: 1493
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    Commentary of Hugo of Sienna on the First [Book] of the Canon of Avicenna Together with …
    Expositio Ugonis Senensis super primo Canonis Auicenne cum questionibus eiusdem     Ugo Benzi (also known as Hugo of Siena) was born in Siena about 1370. Educated in the liberal arts, he later developed an interest in medicine and undertook formal studies at the…
    • Contributor: Avicenna, 980 - Gherardo, Da Cremona,4 - Cittadini, Antonio, 1518 - Benzi, Ugo
    • Date: 1498-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 258

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    The Nuremberg Chronicle.
    Liber chronicarum     The Liber chronicarum, a universal history compiled from older and contemporary sources by the Nuremberg doctor, humanist, and bibliophile Hartmann Schedel (1440--1514), is one of the most densely illustrated and technically advanced…
    • Contributor: Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm - Schedel, Hartmann - Wolgemut, Michael
    • Date: 1493-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 763

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    Book of Simplification Concerning Therapeutics and Diet.
    Liber Teisir, sive, Rectificatio medicationis et regiminis     Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik Ibn Zuhr (also known by the Latinized version of his name, Avenzoar, circa 1090--1162), was the leading medical doctor in Islamic Spain. A native of Seville, he studied…
    • Contributor: Ibn Zuhr, ʻabd Al-Malik Ibn Abī Al-ʻalāʾ, 1162 - Surianus, Hieronymus, 1522 - Averröes
    • Date: 1497-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 214

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    Works of Medical Science.
    Opera medicinalia     Opera medicinalia (Works of medical science) is a collection of pharmacological treatises by several authors. The main work, Canones (Canons), was attributed to an Arab physician in the 11th century and was…
    • Contributor: Jean, De Saint-Amand, 13th/14th Century - Ibn Gaon, Shem Tov Ben Abraham, 13th/14th Century - Cordo, Simone - Christophorus, De Honestis, 1392 - Petrus, De Abano, Approximately 1250-Approximately 1315 - Francesco, DI Piedimonte, 1319 - Mondino Dei Luzzi, 1326 - Saladino Ferro, Flourished 1448 - Nicolaus, Salernitanus, 12th Century - Abū Al-Qāsim Khalaf Ibn ʻabbās Al-Zahrāwī, 1013
    • Date: 1495-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 337

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    Ship of Fools.
    Das Narrenschiff     Das Narrenschiff (Ship of fools) by the Basel lawyer Sebastian Brant (1458--1521) was one of the first lavishly illustrated works to be printed in the German language in the 15th century and…
    • Contributor: Dürer, Albrecht - Brant, Sebastian
    • Date: 1494-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 322

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    The Encyclopedia of Medicaments.
    Liber Pandectarum Medicinae     This book is a printed edition of the Pandectarum Medicinae (Encyclopedia of medicaments) by Matthaeus Sylvaticus (died circa 1342), consisting of an alphabetized list of medications (primarily of herbal origin). Sylvaticus relies…
    • Contributor: Locatelli, Boneto, Flourished - Silvatico, Matteo, Died Approximately 1342 - Manliis, Joannes Jacobus De, Flourished 1490 - Simon, Genuensis
    • Date: 1498-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 185

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    The Greater Luminary.
    Luminare maius cinthius ut totum radiis illuminat orbem Illuminat latebras sic medicina tuas. Lumen apothecariorum cum nonnullis expositionibus noviter impressum     This volume contains Luminare Maius (The greater luminary), and an antidotarium (book of antidotes), by Joannes Jacobus de Manliis (1490). It is based on the works of the Nestorian Persian physician Yūḥannā…
    • Contributor: Locatelli, Boneto, Flourished - Silvatico, Matteo, Died Approximately 1342 - Ibn Māsawayh, Yūḥannā, Approximately 777 - Manliis, Joannes Jacobus De, Flourished 1490
    • Date: 1498-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 261

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    Book for Women.
    Libre de les dones     Francesc Eiximenis (circa 1340--1409) was a Franciscan monk and a prolific writer. He studied in Catalonia, Oxford, and Toulouse, and probably in Paris. Considered a prestigious intellectual, he maintained good relations with…
    • Contributor: Eiximenis, Francesc, Approximately 1340-Approximately 1409
    • Date: 1495-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 574

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    The Furs of Valencia.
    Furs nous del regne de Valencia e capitols ordenades per lo rey don Fernando II en la Cort general de Oriola XXXI de juliol de Any de la natiuitat de nostre senyor ... M.cccc.lxxxvIII     The Furs de València was a set of laws to rule the Kingdom of Valencia, on the eastern side of the Iberian Peninsula. The Furs was promulgated in 1261 by the founder…
    • Contributor: Hutz, Leonardo, Active 15th Century - Valencia (Spain : Region). Corts - Hagembach, Pedro - James I, King of Aragon
    • Date: 1493-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 61

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    Grammar of the Castillan Language.
    Gramática de la lengua castellana     Presented here is the first grammar of the Castilian language. This is also the first grammar of any vernacular language to be printed in Europe. The book was published in 1492, at…
    • Contributor: Nebrija, Antonio De
    • Date: 1492-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 147

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    Elegantiolae. Agostino Dati (1420--78) was a philosopher, theologian, historian, linguist, and teacher in Siena. We know from his extensive correspondence that he also filled important public political, administrative, and judicial functions. Dati opened…
    • Contributor: Dati, Agostino
    • Date: 1491-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 44

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    About Patience.
    De patientia     Battista Spagnoli (Giovanni Baptista Spagnoli Mantuanus, 1448--1516) was a Carmelite monk, poet, philosopher, and theologian. He produced a large and diverse body of work, including religious, philosophical, and ethical writings and several…
    • Contributor: Baptista, Mantuanus - Capriolo, Elia, Died Approximately 1519
    • Date: 1497-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 228

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    Dance of Death.
    Chorea ab eximio Macabro versibus alemanicis edita     Chorea ab eximio Macabro versibus alemanicis edita, better known under the uniform title Dance of Death, is an example of a late-medieval morality play, the purpose of which was to teach that…
    • Contributor: Desrey, Pierre, Approximately 1450-Approximately 1520
    • Date: 1490-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 48

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    On Famous Women.
    De claris mulieribus     Jacobus Philippus Bergomensis (also seen as Giacomo Philippi Foresti, 1434--1520) of Bergamo was an Augustinian monk, historian, and theologian. His book Supplementum chronicarum orbis ab initio mundi (Supplementary chronicle of the world…
    • Contributor: Augustinus, De Casali Maiori - Jacobus Philippus, Bergomensis - Ferrariis, Albertus De, Active 15th Century
    • Date: 1497-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 364

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    Satire.
    Satyrae     Aulus Persius Flaccus (known as Persius, 34--62) was a Roman poet who came to Rome at a young age and attended grammar lectures by the famous teacher Remmius Palaemon, the rhetorician Verginius…
    • Contributor: Britannico, Giovanni, Flourished - Persius - Fonte, Bartolomeo
    • Date: 1493-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 106

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    Hero and Leander.
    De Herone et Leandro     This illustrated edition of the epyllion (epic poem) by the Greek poet Musaeus (also seen as Musaios, late fifth century-early sixth century) relating the tragic love story of Hero and Leander is…
    • Contributor: Manuzio, Aldo,0 - Musaeus, Grammaticus
    • Date: 1494-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 62

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    The Savonarola Bible.
    Biblia     This Latin Bible from the collections of the Riccardiana Library of Florence once belonged to Girolamo Savonarola, the Italian monk and reformer who, after denouncing corruption in the Church, was executed for…
    • Contributor: Savonarola, Girolamo - Paganini, Geronimo, Active - Bruno, Gabriello, Active
    • Date: 1492-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 1127

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    Manifestations of Goodness. Dalā'il al-Khayrāt (Manifestations of goodness) is a manuscript by Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Jazuli, a Moroccan Sufi and Islamic scholar who died in 1465. The work is known to many Muslims as one…
    • Contributor: Jazūlī, Muḥammad Ibn Sulaymān, 1465
    • Date: 1494-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 114

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    Columbus Manuscript.
    Manuscrito colombino     In this manuscript, enscribed Cadiz, Spain, November 20, 1493, Christopher Columbus describes the new lands he has discovered, which he calls the East Indies. The manuscript is written on linen paper and…
    • Contributor: Columbus, Christopher
    • Date: 1493-01-01
    • Resource: Image
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    A Book Concerning the Nature of Things. Natural Questions in Seven Books.
    De natura rerum liber. Naturales quaestiones libri VII     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: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, Circa 4 B.C.-65 A.D - Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • Date: 1490-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 156

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    Excerpts from the Decades by Flavius Blondus.
    Excerpta ex Blondi decadibus     Giovanni Marco Cinico from Parma wrote and signed this manuscript for Alfonso II of Aragon, King of Naples, in 1494. The text comprises excerpts from Historiarum ab inclinatione Romanorum imperii decades (Decades…
    • Contributor: Biondo, Flavio - Todeschino, Giovanni, Flourished - Albinus, Johannes, 1496 - Cinico, Giovan Marco, 1430 1503
    • Date: 1494-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 264

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    The Sibyls and Prophets Foretelling Christ the Savior.
    Sibyllae et prophetae de Christo Salvatore vaticinantes     This manuscript, entitled Sibyllae et prophetae de Christo Salvatore vaticinantes (The sibyls and prophets foretelling Christ the Savior), is possibly a product of the workshop of the French illuminator Jean Poyer (circa…

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    Sangallo's Sienese Sketchbook.
    Taccuino senese     The so-called Sienese sketchbook of the famous architect and engineer Giuliano da Sangallo was originally in the library of Sienese scholar Giovanni Antonio Pecci. The librarian Giuseppe Ciaccheri, a committed and passionate…
    • Contributor: Sangallo, Giuliano Da - Pecci, Giovanni Antonio
    • Date: 1490-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 107

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    History of Rome.
    Appiani Alexandrini Historia Publio Candido interprete Ac praeterea Anonymi Compendium historiae ab excessu Constantini usque ad Ioannem XXIII     Historia by Appianus of Alexandria (circa 90-160) is a narrative of the history of Rome from the Republic (circa 509-27 BC) to the second century AD. The present codex, from the Plutei…
    • Contributor: Appianus, of Alexandria - Decembrio, Pier Candido - Fatarius, Carolus Hylarii
    • Date: 1491-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 643

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    A Description of the Celestial Sphere and the Planets.
    Spherae coelestis et planetarum descriptio     Spherae coelestis et planetarum descriptio (A description of the celestial sphere and the planets) is the most famous astrological manuscript of the Renaissance. It is made up of 15 full-page miniatures representing…
    • Contributor: Alfonso I D'este, Duke of Ferrara - De Predis, Cristoforo
    • Date: 1491-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 40

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    Psalter.
    Psalmi, hymni ... cum pulchris picturis     According to its colophon, the psalter presented here was completed by the scribe Balthasar Kramer in the days of Abbot Johannes of Gilt Lingen (abbot from 1482 to 1496) for the Benedictine…
    • Contributor: Kramer, Balthasar, Active 15th Century - Wagner, Konrad, 1496 - Beck, Georg - Beck, Leonhard
    • Date: 1495-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 388

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    A Verger's Dream: Saints Cosmas and Damian Performing a Miraculous Cure by Transplantation of a Leg. Saints Cosmas and Damian were early Christian martyrs who, according to legend, practiced medicine without payment and therefore were represented to the public as medical ideals. In this Spanish altarpiece, the saints…
    • Contributor: Sedano, Alonso De - Master of Los Balbases, Flourished Around 1495
    • Date: 1495-01-01
    • Resource: Image