Incunabula leaves

Descriptive Summary
Title: Incunabula leaves
Creator: Hargrett Library
Inclusive Dates: circa 1400s
Language(s): English
Extent: 5 folder(s)
Collection Number: ms3978
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

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.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

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

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Incunabula leaves, circa 1400s

 

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Voragine, Jacobus de : The Golden Legend (Legenda aurea sanctorum) 1 leaf, 1493

Incunabula titled "The Golden Legend" was written by Jacobus de Voragine and published by Wynkyn de Worde in Westminster, London. Incunabula is one leaf written in batarde type with a column-width woodcut of St. Paul. Jacopo De Fazio, most commonly known as Jacobus de Voragine, was the archbishop of Genoa and a chronicler.

 

2	2	Moses ben Nachman : Perush ha-Tora (Commentary on the Pentateuch) 1 leaf, 1489
		Incunabula is one leaf titled "Perush ha-Tora" by Moses ben Nachman and was printed in Hebrew in 1489 in Lisbon, Portugal.