Incunabula leaves, circa 1400s

Summary

Creator:

Hargrett Library

Date:

circa 1400s

Extent:

5 folder(s)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Incunabula leaves, ms3978, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains five leaves of Dante's "Purgatorio," 1477; a single leaf from Florentius' "Confessionale volgare," circa 1480; a single leaf of Tortellius' "Commentariorum grammaticorum de Orthographia," 1477; a single leaf of Virgil's "L'Eniede in prosa volgare ridotta," 1476; a single leaf from an unknown German chronicle with miniatures of St. Bridget and the convent, and Popes Urban V and Gregory XI, 15th century; a single leaf from Jacobus de Voragine's "The Golden Legend" and a single leaf from "Perush ha-Tora" by Moses ben Nachman.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Illumination of books and manuscripts.
Illumination of books and manuscripts -- 15th century.

Preferred citation:

Incunabula leaves, ms3978, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.