Reeves Library: Biblia Latina

Posted by Dennis G. Jerz on August 22, 2008 10:30 PM | | Comments (0) ~
If my old shoebox of Meego Star Trek action figures turns up, I'll consider myself very happy. Seton Hill's librarian, David Stanley, reports an even more significant historical find. From the Reeves Library blog.
Kelly Addleman, our public services librarian, received an email from a researcher in Germany who has been making a survey of the illumination appearing in early bibles published by Anton Koberger. Well, it turns out that we have one in our possession. We own a Biblia Latina which was published in 1478. The illuminations are so beautiful that I thought I would share some with you. I am also including a letter that establishes its provenance.

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I've cropped part of the letter (apparently written about 60 years ago).  Click the image for a slight enlargement, or see the full original.

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