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Total number of records: 231

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canon law6
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Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)231
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton200
Koberger, Anton21
Koberger, Anton (1440-1513)21
Antoninus Saint, Archbishop of Florence (1389-1459)10
Husner, Georg9
Husner, Georg (1505)9
Brant, Sebastian (1458-1521)8
Guilielmus Brito8
Nicholas, of Lyra Commentator (1270-1349)8

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Opuscula beati Anselmi archiepiscopi Ca[n]tuarie[n]sis ordinis Sancti Benedicti

Anselm Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury (1033-1109); Honorius of Autun (1080-1156); Amerbach, Johannes (1430-1513); Martinus, Jacobus; Hoff, Thomas; Hofer, David; Saulnier, Nicolas; Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

[not after 1497]

Signatures: A-B⁸ a-z⁸ [et]⁸. Imprint from ISTC. Included in the text is the medieval geography De imagine mundi. Printed in two columns with 49 or 50 lines to a full column. Initial spac...

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Addiciones super postille biblie magistri Nicolai de Lira
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Addiciones super postille biblie magistri Nicolai de Lira

Paulus a Mercatello; Guilielmus Brito; Moneliensis, Franciscus; Paul of Burgos (1351-1435); Döring, Mathias (1400-1469); Nicholas, of Lyra commentator (1270-1349); Jenson, Nicolas (1420-1480); Johann von Köln (1471-1491); Herbort, Johann (1484); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

[1453-1454]

Continuous contemporary foliation at foot of each recto leaf. Decoration: 2 to 8-line initials in red. Running titles, rubrics, and some underlining, in red. Capitals touched in red. Geometrical dra...

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Utilis et suavis postillae super totum psalterium

Hugh of Saint-Cher, Cardinal (1200-1263); Gregori, Giovanni de'; Gregori, Gregorio de' (1480-1528); Nallis, Stefani de; Nallis, Bernardini de; Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Co[m]pleta vero fuit die.12. Nouembris .1496

Signatures: [AA]⁶ BB-CC⁶ a-z⁸ [et]⁸ [con]⁸ [rum]⁸ A-X⁸ Y⁶ Z⁸. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on Z7r reads: Et sic est finis huius vtilis [et] suavis postille sup[er] totu[m] psa...

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Opuscula beati Anselmi archiepiscopi Ca[n]tuarie[n]sis ordinis Sancti Benedicti

Anselm Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury (1033-1109); Honorius of Autun (1080-1156); Amerbach, Johannes (1430-1513); Oeder, Georg Ludwig (1694-1760); Stemler, David (1594-1659); Seidel, Christian (1660-1721); Seidel, Abraham; Baumöll, Georgius; Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

[not after 1497]

Signatures: A-B⁸ a-z⁸ [et]⁸. Imprint from ISTC. Included in the text is the medieval geography De imagine mundi. Printed in two columns with 49 or 50 lines to a full column. Initial spac...

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Acronis commentatoris egregii in Quinti Horatii Flacci Venusini opera expositio incipit

Pseudo-Acro; Zarotto, Antonio; Firmin-Didot, Ambroise (1790-1876); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

MCCCCLXXIIII. Idibus sextilibus. [13 August 1474]

Imprint from colophon. Colophon on leaf [148r] reads: Acronis Viri q[uam] doctissimi Commentatoria diligenter emendata in Q[uinti] Horatii Flacci Opera per Antonium Zarothum par mensem Mediolani imp...

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Historia Alexandri magni regis macedonie de prelijs

Leo Archipresbyter; Husner, Georg (1505); Chambolle-Duru (Firm); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno domini.M.cccc.lxxxvj. Finita in die sancti Calixti pape et martiris. [14 October 1486]

Signatures: a⁸ b-f⁶. Place and date of publication from colophon, printer from Goff. Colophon on f5v reads: Historia Alexandri magni finit feliciter Impressa Argentine. Anno domini.M.cccc.lxxx...

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[Compendium theologicae veritatis]

Hugo Argentinensis (1210-1270); Albertus Magnus, Saint (1193?-1280); Zainer, Johannes; Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

[about 1478-1480]

Imprint from incipit on leaf [2r] which reads: Theoloyce veritatis co[m]pendium alphabetico ordine registratum ac in regali opido vlma per Joa[n]nem zainer impressum feliciter incipit. Formerly attr...

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[Flores astrologiae]

Abū Maʻshar (886); Johannes, Hispalensis; Ratdolt, Erhard (1447?-1528); Capé, Charles-François (1806-1867); Schedel, Hartmann (1440-1514); Redgrave, G R (1844-1941); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Xiiij. Kal[endas] Dece[m]bris.M.cccc.lxxxviij. [18 November 1488]

Signatures: a-b⁸ c⁴. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on c3v reads:Opus floru[m] Albumasaris explicit feliciter Erhardi Ratdolt Augustensis viri solertis eximia industria : & mira imprimendi ar...

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[Fortalitium fidei]

Alphonso de Espina; Richel, Bernhard (1482); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

[before 10 May 1475]

Signatures: [a⁸ b-x¹⁰ y-bb⁸]. Imprint from ISTC. Tabula fortalicij fidei (8 leaves) at the beginning. The text begins on leaf [9r]: Incipit prohemiu[m] in quo diuine laudes annotat[orum] ...

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[Hexameron]

Ambrose Saint, Bishop of Milan (397); Guldenschaff, Johann (1477-1490); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

[about 1480-1483]

Imprint from ISTC. Dated about 1480 in GW and Goff. IDL records a copy bought in 1483. Signatures: [*⁴] a-g⁸ h-i⁶. Printed in two columns with 37 lines to a full column. Initial spaces, ...

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[Super arboribus consanguinitatis, affinitatis et cognationis spiritualis]

Giovanni d'Andrea (1270-1348); Creussner, Friedrich (fl. 1472-1499); Huth, Henry (1815-1878); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930); Riviere & Son

Anno domi[ni] Millesimo quadrige[n]te simooctuagesimooctauo. [1488]

Imprint from colophon. Colophon on leaf [10r] reads: Finit tractatus magistri Joha[n]nis Andree super arboribus consanguinitatis, affinitatis necnon Spiritualis cognationis. Anno domi[ni] Millesimo ...

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[Commentaria super opera diversorum auctorum de antiquitatibus loquentium]

Nanni, Giovanni (1432?-1502); Silber, Eucharius (1480-1510); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno d[omi]ni.M.cccc.xcviii. Die.x.mensis Iulii, Anno d[omi]ni.M.cccc.xcviii.Die.iii.me[n]sis Augusti. [10 July 1498, 3 August 1498]

Signatures: a⁸ b⁴ A-D⁶ E⁸ F-G⁶ H-I⁸ K-L⁶ M-N⁸ O-Y⁶ Z⁸ &⁴ c⁸ d-k⁶. Imprint from colophons. The first colophon on &4r reads: Anno d[omi]ni.M.cccc.xcviii. Die.x.mensis Iulii...

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