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Leaf from Chonicarum Supplementum, 1486

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5, Object: 1
Identifier: Item 5
Scope and Contents

A leaf from the "Chonicarum Supplementum" of Jacobus Philippus Bergomensis (Foresti), an Augustinian friar; printed by Bernadinus de Benaliis in 1486 in Venice. This is a rare example of incunabula. The work includes descriptions of major cities and major historical events.

Dates: 1486

Leaf from A Digest of Civil Law, 1491

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 8, Object: 1
Identifier: Item 8
Scope and Contents

A leaf from "A Digest of Civil Law" by Andrea Torresano of Asolo. The work demonstrates the gothic type in its most picturesque form. Issued in 1491, it is an incunabula. The recto side of the leaf is marked LXII.

Dates: Issued: 1491

Leaf from Propositions of Aristotle, 1493

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9, Object: 1
Identifier: Item 9
Scope and Contents

From the "Propositions of Aristotle", a book of excerpts in Latin. Printed by Joannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis at Venice in 1493. A note on the last page says that the book was brought out at the expense of Alexander Calcedonius of Pisaurum. This work shows one of the first documented instances of publisher's copyright. The Recto side is marked as 198.

Dates: 1493

Leaf from De Imitatione Christi, 1494

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10, Object: 1
Identifier: Item 10
Scope and Contents

This leaf is from "De Imitatione Christi" of Thomas A Kempis (The Imitation of Christ), printed by Casper Hochfeder at Nüremburg in 1494. This leaf is marked as Fo. CXLVII on the recto side.

Dates: 1494

Leaf from Infortiatum de Toris, 1495

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 11, Object: 1
Identifier: Item 11
Scope and Contents

From "Infortiatum de Toris"; a law book printed in 1495 by Baptista de Tortis in Venice. The paper probably came from the mills of the nearby cities of Padua or Treviso. The recto side of the leaflet is marked as 158.

Dates: 1495

Leaf from Gemma Vocabulorum, 1495

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 12, Object: 1
Identifier: Item 12
Scope and Contents

From "Gemma Vocabulorum", a composition of the Latin-Dutch vocabulary with explinations following the words. It was printed by R. Pafraet in Deventer, 1495. This volume was later bound to a 1488 dictionary.

Dates: 1495