Manuscript Leaf-(Rouen) c. 1470
Book of Hours
(Use of Rome or Paris), in Latin, calendar and prayers in French. Illustrated
Manuscript on vellum. Written in a gothic textura in dark brown ink. Botanical
border in blue, orange, yellow, red, and green.
(5.5" x 7.5")
Leaf from a Latin Bible, probably ancillary material from back of Bible. Note each entry is a single line and start with the same letter. Possibly a concordance or lexicon. Brown text with alternating blue and red initial letters. (7.75" x 11.5")
First half of the 15th century
Book of Hours (Use of Soisson) Illuminated Manuscript on vellum. Written in a gothic textura, in dark brown ink with gold, red, and blue initials. (4.5" x 6")
Printed leaf from the Greek opera Aristotelis (Editio Princeps). Printed in Venice by the great early printer Aldus Manutius. The term incunabula describes items printed within the first 50 years of Gutenberg's "invention" of printing with movable type.
Other Sites Of Related Interest
Manuscripts,
Books, and Maps: The Printing Press and a Changing World
an exceptional overview of these topics prepared by Bruce Jones of the University
of California, San Diego.
Library of Congress
Online Exhibits
* Rome
Reborn: The Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture
* 1492: An Ongoing
Voyage
* Scrolls
from the Dead Sea
Aldus Manutius Exhibit at the Brigham Young University Library
