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Medieval Sermon Leaf, 1495 Incunabula Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Pre 1492 item# 180219
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A leaf from the 1495 Incunabula, Sermones de laudibus Sanctorum by Robertus Caracciolus. The Franciscan Robertus Caracciolo (1425-1495) was for about fifty years the most celebrated preacher in Italy and was sometimes referred to as a "second Paul." Printed in Reutlingen by Michael Greyff with Medieval handwritten notation at the top right corner! AGE: Circa 1495 AD ...click for details

Renaissance Music Leaf, Hymnal with Notes Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Pre 1700 item# 180215
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A nice leaf from a religious hymnal circa 1669. Printed in Brussels, Belgium with text in Latin. Black ink text and notes with four-line red stanzas and red initial letters and accenting. AGE: 1669 AD CONDITION: Mild discoloration, but otherwise quite nice. ...click for details

Renaissance Leaf from the Works of Chaucer Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Pre 1700 item# 180214
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A nice leaf from the 1597-8 edition of the "Workes of Geffray Chaucer" edited by John Stowe and Thomas Speght. This leaf is from Chaucer's Works, folio 157, the Second Book of Troilus. Double columned italic text with two decorative woodcut initials. Geoffrey Chaucer (1342-1400) was England's 'Poet Laureate' producing the Canterbury Tales in the 1380's. The Tales were a collection of s ...click for details

Renaissance Folio Leaf from a Justinian Codex Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Pre 1700 item# 180211
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Originally written in 529 AD, the Codex Justinianus was a compliation of all extant Roman imperial law that had been written prior to the rule of the Emperor Justinian. Compiled at a time when the rift between Rome and Byzantium had become virtually complete, this collection contained much of the civic law that had been written under Hadrian and Theodosian centuries earlier. Considered a monumental work even into the early Renaissance, this page is from a reprint of the Codex printed in Lyon, Fr ...click for details

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