Cartographic Details: No scale given (W 72°--W 60°/N 3°--S 3°); Alexander von Humboldt's hand drawn map of the Rio Negro area showing the connection between the Orinoco and Amazon Rivers via the Casiquiare River.
Creator:
von Humboldt, Alexander, 1769-1859
Created:
1800
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
A manuscript map by Alexander Humboldt drawn during the explorer/scientist’s voyage through South America (1799-1804). The map covers an area of 400 miles in length and centers on the Rio Negro. Humboldt’s discovery of the link between the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers is considered one of the top achievements of the entire expedition. The map i...
Creator:
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
Created:
1800
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
Twenty-two separate items pertaining to the French ship Le Comte de Virlade, owned by Guillaume Tennet and captured by English corsaires on January 20, 1744. Documents include insurance policies for cargo, receipts for insurance money paid to policy holders, and official correspondence regarding the capture of the ship.
Creator:
Comte de Virlade (Ship); Tennet, Guillaume
Created:
1744
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
Manuscript, unidentified. 9.5" x 6". Front: 13 lines, handwritten black ink. French manuscript written in Latin: "Decembre 1261". Red/orange underlining. Back: on top, four lines of light brown faded print (see back of card). Two red, waxy stamps with initials "D B P". "14235" Brown waxy numbers.
Created:
1261-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Illuminated letter "O" portraying Christ and St. Peter, painted on vellum in colors on gold ground, a fragment from an antiphoner. German, 15th century.
Created:
1400 - 1499
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Commentary on psalms. Eleventh century (southern Germany). Lower half of a folio leaf, fine Carolingian script, double columns, 17 lines to the column, attractive.
Created:
1000 - 1099
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Manuscript, unidentified. Latin. Black ink with a few letters in red and blue. Front: music score at top. Large blue ‘A’ with red embellishment. Decoration in margin. ‘49’ in upper right corner. Back: lettering in black, blue and red.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
A Brief abstract out of all the accounts of his Lordships expenses, taken for one whole year, March 1605 to February 1606, a large folio sheet. This document gives the total amounts spent for the year of bread, beer, wine, wages, etc.; also stable expense. Among ‘extraordinary payments’ occurs the entry ‘Money lent to Sr Al: Percy’, for building...
Created:
1606?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Bible. Manuscripts, Latin, Old Testament. Ecclesiasticus. Manuscript leaf on vellum. In a book hand closely resembling the type of the Gutenberg Bible. Rubricated initials. Germany, ca. 1450. 48.5 x 35 cm. Chapter 13, verse one to chapter 16, verse 22.
Created:
1425 - 1475
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Psalter (with commentary of Saint Augustine and Cassian). Single leaf, large folio. Double columns, red and blue initials with pen work, two water stains... fine early Gothic script. 13th century.
Created:
1200 - 1299
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Bible. Manuscripts, Latin. Old Testament. Ezekiel. Large folio leaf from ch. 28, superbly illuminated by the celebrated monastery scribes of Winchester. 14th century.
Created:
1300 - 1399
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Bible. Manuscripts, Latin. Old Testament. Daniel. Manuscript leaf on vellum. German. Blue initials. Ca. 1450. 48.5 x.35 cm. Chapter six, verse 21 to chapter eight, verse 14.
Created:
1450?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Italy (Perugia) 1353 AD. Vellum leaf (12.5 x 9 inches) from a Missal of the Dominican order. Written in an excellent round Gothic hand, double columns, 26 lines, with large illuminated initial and other letters in red and blue with pen filigree decorations.
Created:
1353
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Manuscript, unidentified. 6.5 x 12.5 inches. Latin. Front: three columns. Mostly brown faded ink with a few large bright red characters. Only partly legible. Back: two columns surrounded by ‘frame’ of words. Two sizes of print. Mostly brown ink, some red letters.
Created:
1250 - 1299
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
France, 1380 AD. Vellum leaf (11.5 x 8.5 inches) from a missal of the Francesian Order. Written in bold Gothic script, double columns with several illuminated initials on red and blue background.
Created:
1380?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Bible. New Testament, Matthew. Vellum leaf undated, but probably first half of 16th century, Written in old Gothic book hand. Initial letters in blue and red.
Created:
1500 - 1550
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Manuscript. 12th century. 1150 AD. Gospel Lectionary Northern Italy. Vellum leaf (9 x 13 inches) written in an unusually fine Carolingian book hand. Maude Thompson calls this period and type the finest of all European book-hands. 22 lines with ornamented initials.
Created:
1150?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Missal. Missal leaf, vellum. Written in Old Gothic hand with square musical staves. Initial letters in blue and old rose with white line over the decoration.
Created:
1285
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Bible. Latin. Vulgate. Vellum leaf. Italy 1280 AD. Written in typical Italian Gothic script. Small initial letters in red and blue enriched with pen flourishes.
Created:
1280
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Bible. Old Testament. Chronicles. Vellum leaf, written in 12th century book hand. France 1115 AD. Thought to have been written in the Benedictine Abbey of Saint. Oyan.
Created:
1115
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Thomas Aquinas. Leaf from Thomas Aquinas’ commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard. Latin, from Italy, about 1470. Handwriting of the "Humanist" period.
Created:
1470?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Liturgical calendar for March. A proper incipit and explicit are impractical for this MS, because it consists in a graphic table. The first words listed on the recto are "AD Mars." A table with Roman numerals and letters follows, with saints listed to the right. The saints listed on the recto are "Saínt aubín" and "Saínt gr-egoir." The last sain...
Created:
1200 - 1299
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Manuscript. Illuminated initial ‘U’ portraying John the Baptist, painted on vellum in colors on a gold ground (restored), a fragment from an antiphoner. Milanese, late 15th century.
Created:
1450 - 1499
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Book of Prayers. Vellum leaf. Written in characteristic 12th century Gothic book hand. Two large decorative initials in gold outlined in black. France, 1180 AD.
Created:
1180
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Catholic Church. Liturgy and Ritual. Hours. Book of Hours. France, ca. 1500. Large illumination of the Crucifixion. Floral border, red and blue initials, all heightened with gold.
Created:
1500?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Chain of Psalms. A special arrangement of the psalms and prayers made by an unknown church father of the 12th century. Written in typical 12th century book hand on vellum. France, 1190 AD. Erroneously listed as 1190 in the accompanying information, but certainly later, possibly 13th century.
Created:
1200 - 1299
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
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