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THE MORGAN DISPLAYS ITS SIXTEENTH-CENTURY VAN DAMME HOURS MANUSCRIPT ON THE OCCASION OF ITS LONG-AWAITED FACSIMILE PUBLICATION

Press release date

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

On view through October 6, 2013, the tiny (2.2 x 2.9 inch) Book of Hours is the creation of scribe Antonius van Damme and illuminator Simon Bening.

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Pragmatica sanctio et co[n]cor[data] : pragmatica sanctio decretis sanctorum patrum non parum conformis, immensi[que] thesauri iuris prudentie ac canonice discipline legitima conseruatrix, in synodo Basilie[n]si sole[m]niter edita : cum plurimis ite[m] ecclesie gallicane modificationib[us], prout regni ac Delphinatus co[m]moditati co[n]gruere videbatur, inibi salubriter repositis : vna cum felici ac digestissimo materiarum glosemate iuris apprime consulti omnium[que] causidicorum suis presertim temporib[us] facile principis Cosme Guymier : vtpote viri longa temporum causarumq[ue] experientia temperati feliciter incipit : adduntur insuper in calce huiusmodi operis co[n]cordata inter sanctissimum papam Leonem decimum et christianissimum Francie regem Franciscum huius nominis primum inita.

[Lyons] : Lugduni impressa per Joanne[m] crespinum, 1530.

PML 125038

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Book

Department

Printed Books

Lady Susan : autograph manuscript, fair copy.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.

MA 1226

Department

Literary and Historical Manuscripts

A catalogue of the library of an eminent bibliographer : containing a most interesting and curious collection of bibliography and literary history ... : The books are all in fine condition, and principally bound by Lewis ... : They will be sold by auction, by Mr. Evans, at his house, no. 26, Pall-Mall, on Thursday, June 26, and two following days.

Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776-1847.

[London : Evans], 1817.

PML 79591

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Book

Department

Printed Books

Ovidius de arte amandi et de remedio amoris cum comento.

Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.

PML 614

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Incunable Collection

Department

Printed Books

To men paron biblion, Souida. : Oi de syntaxa menoi touto, andres sophoi...

PML 394

Classification

Incunable Collection

Department

Printed Books

Herendi porcelán / Dr. Sikota Győző.

Sikota, Győző.

Budapest : Műszaki Könyvkiadó, 1976.

PML 251224

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Book

Department

Printed Books

Examen de ingenios : The examination of mens wits. In which, by discovering the varietie of natures, is shewed for what profession each one is apt, and how far he shall profit therein / by Iohn Huarte ; translated out of the Spanish tongue by M. Camillo Camilli ; englished out of his Italian, by R.C., esquire [i. e. Richard Carew].

Huarte, Juan, 1529?-1588.

London : Printed by Adam Islip, for Thomas Adams, 1616.

PML 6219

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Book

Department

Printed Books

A discourse concerning Lent : in two parts : the first an historical account of its observation, the second an essay concern[ing] its original : this subdivided into two repartitions whereof the first is preparatory and shews that most of our Christian ordinances are deriv'd from the Jews, and the second conjectures that Lent is of the same original / [by George Hooper].

Hooper, George, 1640-1727.

London : Printed by Tho. Warren for Walter Kettilby, 1695.

PML 127537

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Book

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Printed Books

A plan of the west line or parallel of latitude, which is the boundary between the provinces of Maryland and Pensylvania [map] : a plan of the boundary lines between the province of Maryland and the Three Lower Counties on Delaware with part of the parallel of latitude which is the boundary between the provinces of Maryland and Pennsylvania / J. Smither sculpsit.

Mason, Charles, 1728-1786.

[Philadelphia : Robert Kennedy, Aug. 16, 1768]

PML 77700

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Map

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Printed Books