Leaf from Homiliae in Hiezechihelem prophetam. Gregory I, Pope. In Latin. On vellum. Probably a Franciscan manuscript. Initials tipped in red. Italy. Circa 1275.
Leaf from a breviary. Palm Sunday through Holy Tuesday. In Latin. On vellum. Text includes chants beginning with Palm Sunday up to Holy Tuesday. Decorated with multi-line initials in alternating blue and red. Text in black and red. Italy. Circa 1375.
Fragment from a Hebrew Bible. Book of Exodus 17:14-19; 13. In Hebrew. On vellum. Edges are folded over; probably used as a book cover at some time. Italy. Circa 1400-1500.
Leaf from the 1482 first published dictionary. In Latin. Venice. 1482.
Leaf from the first edition of Homer's Odyssey. Leaf is Book 5, v v. 244-321. In Greek. Italy. 1488.
Opera Philosophica. Epistolae. Lucius Annaeus Seneca. In Latin. Bound in early Italian parchment boards. Printed in black and white. Most guide letters not colored. Venice. 1493. (One of the three complete incunabula in the Rare Book Room.)
Somnivm Scipionis ex Ciceronis libro de repvblica excerptvm. Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius Macrobius. Also known as "Saturnalia." Printed in black, with guide letters hand colored in red and blue. Includes a world map of the 10th century. Venice. 1492. (One of the three complete incunabula in the Rare Book Room.)
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