One of the most influential documents in the history of medieval scientific attitudes toward women
911J Henricus Suso, (1295-1366). ed. Elsbeth Stagel (1300-1360) Horologiu[m] eternae sapientiae. Köln Cornelius von Zierickzee 1503 . Price $7,500 Octavo 14 × 10.5 cm. 128 leaves. Signatures: A-Q8 Date in the colophon: M.ccccc.iij. mensis Septembris ipso die Marcelli. With title‐woodcut with four‐part border and... Continue Reading →
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969J, Fontenelle, Le Bovuer DeBeranard (1657-1757); Aphra Behn (1640-1689), tr. Antonius van Dale (1638-1708) The History of Oracles, and the CHEATS of the pagan priests. In two parts. Made English. London : printed in the year, 1688. and sold by... Continue Reading →
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965J J Bacon, Francis 1561-1626 Resuscitatio, or, bringing into publick light several pieces of the works, civil, historical, philosophical, & theological, hitherto sleeping, of the right honourable Francis Bacon, baron of Verulam, viscount Saint Alban. According to the best corrected... Continue Reading →
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Because of other commitments I will not be showing In New York this year. Here are some of the books I would otherwise have brought . Here are Links to these Wonderfull books, in no order, please click on the... Continue Reading →
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A beautiful hand painted Printed Book of Hours with Twelve full page colored Images.
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46th Annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum The Body in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance 958J Albertus Magnus. https://jamesgray2.me/2026/03/03/an-annotated-1508-de-secretis-mulierum-medieval-version-of-our-bodies-ourselves/ https://jamesgray2.me/2026/03/03/an-annotated-1508-de-secretis-mulierum-medieval-version-of-our-bodies-ourselves/ 284J Aristotle/ Burley. https://jamesgray2.me/2025/01/30/aristotle-and-burley-2/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/01/30/aristotle-and-burley-2/ 601J Augustine. https://jamesgray2.me/2025/01/24/601j-augustinus-pseudo/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/01/24/601j-augustinus-pseudo/ 658J Eusebius (Jerome). https://jamesgray2.me/2025/02/03/eusebius-la-vita-el-transito-1487/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/02/03/eusebius-la-vita-el-transito-1487/ 525J Ficino (see also 935J). https://jamesgray2.me/2025/09/17/annotated-letters-of-marsilio-ficino-1497/ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/09/17/annotated-letters-of-marsilio-ficino-1497/... Continue Reading →
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Nam digiti scripto laetantur, lumina visu Mens volvet sensu mystica verba Dei The fingers rejoice in writing, the eyes in seeing, and the mind at examining the meaning of God’s mystical words.” 351J* . Hrabanus Maurus. 784-856? Magnencij Rabani Mauri De... Continue Reading →
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Merian’s great “Bilderbibel,” reissued in Amsterdam with English text for export—complete, finely bound, and preserving the full narrative richness of the seventeenth century’s most influential engraved Bible cycle. 962J. Merian, Matthäus 1593-1650 Icones Biblicæ, praecipuas sacræ scripturæ historias eleganter et graphicè representantes.=... Continue Reading →
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Eight incunabula all rare in North America
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