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Rare Books and Manuscripts 257

Creator

Catholic Church 15
Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229–1298 12
Rolevinck, Werner, 1425–1502 5
Dante Alighieri, 1265–1321 4
Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420 4
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304–1374 4
Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091–1153 3
Berthold, der Deutsche, -approximately 1350 3
Brant, Sebastian, 1458–1521 3
Breydenbach, Bernhard von, approximately 1440–1497 3
Gerson, Jean, 1363–1429 3
Livy 3
Mandeville, John, Sir 3
Rainerius, de Pisis, -approximately 1348 3
Schedel, Hartmann, 1440–1514 3
Torquemada, Juan de, 1388–1468 3
Alexander, of Hales, approximately 1185–1245 2
Aristotle 2
Barbieri, Filippo de', 1426–1487 2
Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century 2
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313–1375 2
Cavalca, Domenico, -1342 2
Colonne, Guido delle, active 13th century 2
Donatus, Aelius 2
Durand, Guillaume, approximately 1230–1296 2
Higden, Ranulf, -1364 2
Hugo, de Prato Florido, -1322 2
Lirer, Thomas, active 12th? century 2
Ludolf, von Sachsen, approximately 1300–1377 or 1378 2
Molitor, Ulrich, active 1470–1501 2

Date

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To

On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 257

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 257

Image Available

unavailable 257

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 14

Classification

Books 257

Collective Title

Period

15th century 251
16th century 7
13th century 1
14th century 1

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

incunabula 257

fragments (object portions) 239
woodcut 184
hand coloring 57
cuttings (partial works) 17
annotations (provenance) 7
blind tooled bindings (binding) 5
pigskin bindings (binding) 5
block book 4
early work 4
missals (service books) 4
annotation 3
binders' stamps (binding) 3
biographie 3
map 3
allegorie 2
armorial bookplates (provenance) 2
chronicle 2
clasps (binding) 2
hand-colored illustration 2
herbal 2
manuscript waste (binding) 2
printed waste 2
satirical literature 2
vellum printings (printing) 2
volvelle 2
allégorie 1
anti-jewish work 1
armorial binding 1
armorial bindings (binding) 1

Genre

Subject Terms

Incunabula in Yale Library. 252
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. 240
World history -- Early works to 1800. 13
Medicine, Medieval. 7
Theology -- Early works to 1800. 6
Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800. 5
Catholic Church -- Prayers and devotions. 5
Incunabula in Yale Library -- Single leaves. 5
Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works. 5
Saints. 5
Sermons, Latin -- Early works to 1800. 5
Botany -- Pre-Linnean works. 4
Catholic Church -- Liturgy -- Early works to 1800. 4
Catholic Church -- Liturgy -- Texts -- Early works to 1800. 4
Catholic Church -- Prayers and devotions -- Early works to 1800. 4
Chronology, Historical -- Early works to 1800. 4
Cushing, Harvey, 1869–1939. -- Ownership. 4
Dante Alighieri, 1265–1321. Divina commedia. 4
Materia medica -- Early works to 1800. 4
Military art and science -- Early works to 1800. 4
Missals -- Texts -- Early works to 1800. 4
Papacy -- Early works to 1800. 4
Theology, Doctrinal -- Early works to 1800. 4
Bible -- History of Biblical events -- Early works to 1800. 3
Bible. Epistles and Gospels, Liturgical -- Commentaries. 3
Catholic Church. 3
Christian life -- Early works to 1800. 3
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Palestine -- Early works to 1800. 3
Christian saints. 3
Church history -- Early works to 1800. 3

Subject Period

15th century 7
16th century 6
To 510 B.C 2
13th century 1
17th century 1
Civil War, 49-45 B.C 1
Early church, ca. 30-600 1
Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 1
To 70 1

Associated Places

Rome 5
Germany 3
Middle East 3
Palestine 3
France 2
Great Britain 2
Hungary 2
Italy 2
Jerusalem 2
Swabia (Germany) 2
Andechs 1
Asia 1
Augsburg 1
Belgium. Bruges. Caxton, William and Colard Mansion. 1473 or 1474 1
Belgium. Louvain. Johann de Paderborn de Westphalia. 1484 1
Cologne (Germany) 1
Czech Republic. Brno. Stahel, Conrad, and Mathias Preunlein. 1488 March 20 1
Delft 1
England. London. Pynson, Richard. 1500 or 1501 1
England. London. Worde, Wynkyn de. 1495 1
England. Oxford. Rood, Theodoric. 1479 1
England. Westminster. Caxton, William. 1482 1
England. Westminster. Caxton, William. 1489 July 14 1
England. Westminster. Caxton, William. Not after 18 Nov. 1477 1
England. Westminster. Worde, Wynkyn de. April 13, 1495 1
Europe 1
France. Paris. Gering, Ulrich; Martin Crantz and Michael Friburger. 1477 1
France. Paris. Le Rouge, Pierre, 1488-89 1
France. Rouen. Guillaume Le Talleur. 1490? 1
France. Strasbourg. Grüninger, Johann (?). 1488 1

Associated People

Jesus Christ 11
Dante Alighieri, 1265–1321 4
Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420 3
Aesop 2
Brendan, Saint, the Voyager, approximately 483–577 2
Breydenbach, Bernhard von, approximately 1440–1497 2
Ernst II, Duke of Swabia, 1007–1030 2
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint 2
Schiltberger, Johannes, 1380 or 1381– 2
Aristotle 1
Arthur, King 1
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354–430 1
Breydenbach, Bernhard von, -1497 1
Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303–1373 1
John XXII, Pope, -1334 1
Mandeville, John, Sir 1
Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1100–1160 1
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304–1374 1
Pius II, Pope, 1405–1464 1
Terence 1
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 1

Exhibition History

Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 1

Credit Line

22605793040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22614736800008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22623381720008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22623769160008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22623792740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22627030290008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22627035420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22627054810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22629418180008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22631189460008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22631189930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22631206630008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22631684190008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22632449760008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22632478380008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22632479470008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22632494190008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22634031490008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22637812630008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22637829910008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22637831820008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22648649630008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22651572100008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22659993030008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22661486500008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22662709460008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22662711940008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22662753180008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22679912470008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22693612350008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1

Language

Latin 134
German 69
Italian 13
English 10
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500) 6
Dutch 4
French 4
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600) 4
Low German 4
English, Middle (1100-1500) 2
Spanish 2
Czech 1
Germanic (Other) 1
Hebrew 1
Romance (Other) 1
Scottish Gaelic 1

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Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420

Opera divi Hieronymi in hoc volumine continenta ... [etc.]

Anno domini .1497. [1497-98]
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Ketham, Joannes de, active 15th century

Fasciculus medicine

[15 Oct. 1495]
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Barbieri, Filippo de', 1426–1487

Discordantiae sanctorum doctorum Hieronymi et Augustini

[1 Dec. 1481]
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Codicis domini Justiniani sa[n]ctissimi principis [per]petui... [Read more]

[24 June 1475]
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Abiosi, Giovanni, active 15th century

Dialogus in Astrologie defensionem cnm[sic] Uaticinio a diluuio... [Read more]

[20 Oct. 1494]
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Molitor, Ulrich, active 1470–1501

De lamiis et phitonicis mulieribus

[approximately 1500]
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Platea, Franciscus de, -1460

Incipit Op[us] restitutionu[m] vtilissimu[m] a reuere[n]do in... [Read more]

anno 1474, die xxv. Martij
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Here endeth the book named the dictes or sayengis of the philosophhres

[not after 18 November 1477]
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Breydenbach, Bernhard von, approximately 1440–1497

Prefatio in opus transmarine peregrinationis ad venerandu[m] et... [Read more]

anno salutis 1486 die xj Februarij
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Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091–1153

In nomine D[omi]ni

anno Domini 1482, die xviii. Dece[m]bris ..
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Gaistliche Vsslegong des Lebe[n]s Jhesu Cristi

[not before 1478]
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Ludolf, von Sachsen, approximately 1300–1377 or 1378

Le grant vita Christi en francoys

lan mil quatrece[n]s quatrevi[n]gtz et treze, et le premier jour de mars [1 March 1493/1494]
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Higden, Ranulf, -1364

Grete thankynges, lawde, & honoure we merytoryously ben bounde to yelde and... [Read more]

[after 2 July, 1482]
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Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229–1298

Passionael VVinter [-Somer] stuck

1 Mar. 1487
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Hie nach volget ein büch der kunnst dardurch der weltlich mensch mag geÿstlich... [Read more]

am freitag in her andern vast wochen [7 Mar.], Anno [et] c[etera] In dem siben vn[d] sibenzigisten iar [1477]
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[Biblia]

[approximately 1478]
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Regiomontanus, Joannes, 1436–1476

Kalender

[1474]
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Nicholas, of Lyra, approximately 1270–1349

Postilla super totam Bibliam

[1472]
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Epistolae et Evangelia

[10 April 1489]
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Catholic Church

[Horae]

[1491?]
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Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420

Liber Epistolarum sancti Hieronymi

[1497]
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Das bůch der Natürlichen weiszheit

[25 May 1490]
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Jacobus, de Gruytrode, active 1440–1475

Lauacrum conscientie

[not after 1498]
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Durand, Guillaume, approximately 1230–1296

Incipit raco[i]nale diuino[rum] offico[rum]

[6 October 1459]
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Plenarium Epistolarum et Evangeliorum

[20 Sept. 1474]
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Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274

Co[m]me[n]taria diui Thome Aquinatis ordinis predicato[rum] i[n]... [Read more]

Anno Domini 1496 die xxviii Septembris
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Nuremberg (Germany). Rat

Disz ist die Reformacion der Statut vnd gesteze, die ein erber Rate... [Read more]

[5 June 1484]
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Methodius, of Olympus, Saint, -311

Methodius primũ olympiade

Anno 1.4.9.8. Nonis Januarijs
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Faiz du tresvailla[n]t et reno[m]me chevalier Trista[n]

le dernier iour de septembre. Lan de grace Mil.cccc.iiii.xx. et .ix. [30 September 1489]
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Speculum humanae salvationis

[1473]
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Niccolò, de' Tudeschi, 1386–1445

[Lectura super quinque libros decretalium]

[1477]
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Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229–1298

Leben der Heiligen

1471-1472
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Collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves

circa 1450-1598
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Catholic Church

Missale Maguntinen̄

1497
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[Canticum canticorum]

[approximately 1465]
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Versehu[n]g leib sel er vnnd gutt

[1489]
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Livy

[Historiae Romanae decades]

[11 Feb. 1493]
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[Biblia Germanica]

[1475 or 1476]
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Vegetius Renatus, Flavius

Des durchleichtigen wolgebornen Grauen Flauii Vegecii Renati kurcze Red von der... [Read more]

[approximately 1475]
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Giovanni, da Capua, active 13th century

Directorium humane vite, alias, Parabole antiquoru[m] sapientu[m]

[approximately 1489]
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Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229–1298

Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia

[not after 1475]
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Seelenwurzgarten

26 July (Samstag nach Jacobi) 1483
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[Biblia latina

[not after 1480]
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Biblia cum tabula nuper impressa et cum summariis nouiter editis

1498 die octauo Maij [i.e. 1498 8 May]
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Das büch sagt vo[n] Herczog Ernsten.

[approximately 1485]
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Richental, Ulrich von, approximately 1365–1437?

Concilium zu Constencz

[1483]
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Die Cronica van der hilliger Stat va[n] Coelle[n]

[23 August 1499]
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[Biblia Germanica]

1483
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[Die Neue Ehe und das Passional von Jesu]

[7 Oct. 1476]
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Berthold, der Deutsche, -approximately 1350

Zeitglöcklein des lebens und leidens Christi

1493

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