Pages from the past: 1500-1509

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Arbor scientiae : [1 leaf]
Information about this leaf: Printed in double columns in black ink, this leaf has woodcut notes written in brown ink in the margins. It also has a woodcut initial letter., Information about this book: The book bears the colophon of Peter Posa which reads "Barcelona, August 22, 1505 --Information from the label, Information about this digital copy: digitized by University of Missouri—Columbia, MU Libraries on February 2, 2016. Scanning specifications: 600 dpi; scanned on Zeutschel OS 15000; cropped using Photoshop., This leaf was identified from information on the label. WorldCat records were used to glean additional information about the book.
Fasciculus mirre : [1 leaf]
Information about this leaf: This leaf is from a work on the Life of Christ. It is printed in gothic type, intended to emulate religious manuscripts of prior times. It has red and blue rubrication throughout., Information about the book: The book this leaf is from has fully illuminated title-page leaves and colored woodcuts throughout., Information about this digital copy: digitized by University of Missouri—Columbia, MU Libraries on February 2, 2016. Scanning specifications: 600 dpi; scanned on Zeutschel OS 15000; cropped using Photoshop., This leaf was identified from information on the label.
Fasciculus mirre : [1 leaf]
Information about this leaf: This leaf is from a work on the Life of Christ. The manuscript was printed to resemble early handwritten vellum codices and has filigreed initial letters and rubrications in red and blue. It also has a colored woodcut depicting an episode in the Life of Christ., Information about the book: The book this leaf is from has fully illuminated title-page leaves and colored woodcuts throughout., Information about this digital copy: digitized by University of Missouri—Columbia, MU Libraries on February 2, 2016. Scanning specifications: 600 dpi; scanned on Zeutschel OS 15000; cropped using Photoshop., This leaf was identified from information on the label.
Missale ratisponense : [1 leaf]
Information about this leaf: It is printed in gothic type, which is actually "missale type," in red and black ink on vellum, with thirty-one lines per page. The manuscript was printed to resemble earlier manuscripts and though the red initial letters appear to be either hand-done or woodblock prints, they are actually printed using movable type. This particular leaf is also water-stained., Information about this book: The original book this leaf came from was incomplete. It was bound in hand-tooled, original fifteenth century vellum with the portraits of twenty-eight saints engraved in the binding., Information about this digital copy: digitized by University of Missouri—Columbia, MU Libraries on February 2, 2016. Scanning specifications: 600 dpi; scanned on Zeutschel OS 15000; cropped using Photoshop., This leaf was identified from information on the label. WorldCat records were used to glean additional information about the book.
Opus trivium : [1 leaf]
Information about this leaf: This leaf is printed in gothic type with red and blue rubrication and colored initials, which were added by hand to resemble the finer manuscripts of that day., Information about this book: The book shows great care in presswork and page arrangement, and the colophon states that this book was printed "with art and indus[t]ry." --From the label, Information about this digital copy: digitized by University of Missouri—Columbia, MU Libraries on February 3, 2016. Scanning specifications: 600 dpi; scanned on Zeutschel OS 15000; cropped using Photoshop., This leaf was identified from information on the label. WorldCat records were used to glean additional information about the book.