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incunabula; Gutenberg Bible The Gould Hours scripture Franciscan missal Antiphonarium Basiliense, printed by Michael Wenssler in Basel, c. 1488. Marginalia suggests its use as a choir book into the 19th century. Tractatus rationis et conscientiae by Mathaeus de Cracovia, printed in Mainz, c. 1469. A Benedictine monk restoring incunabula at the monastery of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Tuscany, Italy.
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incunabula; Gutenberg Bible
Incunabula; page from the Gutenberg Bible, 1483.
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The Gould Hours
The Gould Hours, book of hours, illuminated by Marc Coussin, c....
The Newberry Library, Joint gift of fourteen donors, 2003 (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
scripture
Le Miroir de humaine saluation (“The Mirror of Human Salvation”) by Ludolf...
The Newberry Library, Louis H. Silver Collection, 1964 (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Franciscan missal
Missale Fratrum Minorum secundum consuetudinem Romane Curie (“Missal of...
The Newberry Library, Henry Probasco Collection, 1890 (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Antiphonarium Basiliense, printed by Michael Wenssler in Basel, c....
The Newberry Library, Gift of Dr. Emil Massa, 1996 (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Tractatus rationis et conscientiae by Mathaeus de Cracovia, printed in Mainz,...
The Newberry Library, Wing Fund, 1953 (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
A Benedictine monk restoring incunabula at the monastery of Monte Oliveto Maggiore,...
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