Featured Work This newly discovered copy of the apocalyptic and pseud-epigraphic biblical book of the lost prophet Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah, is arguably the "most important Jewish writing that has survived the Greco-Roman period." Scholars believe that...
Featured Work Third German Edition printed in the same year as the first edition. This is the second of Luther's three crucial reformatory writings of 1520, which the Reformer radically critiques the sacramental system of the church. "It is in the "Babylonian...
Featured Work "(Adapted from Jean Calvin, 1509-1564) French Protestant reformer. Calvin’s theological doctrines had tremendous influence, particularly in the Puritan religion of England, Scotland, and America. Calvin had an early background of humanism; as a student...
Featured Work lluminated and Rubricated Manuscript, in Latin on Parchment. This portable Bible was made in Northern France in the 13th Century. This Bible style was originally copied in Paris around 1230, and this format quickly spread throughout Europe. The Vulgate,...
Featured Work The Koran is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims consider the exact word of God and the Final Testament, following the Old and New Testaments. Its literally meaning is “a recitation.” It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature...
Featured Work First Edition, except were cited. This volume is entitled "Liber trium virorum & trium spiritualium virginum" and includes six texts in one volume with a woodcut title page of full length figures portraying the six authors with their renowned...
Featured Work Manuscript in Latin, on paper. This manuscript of Marcus Tullius Cicero’s “De Officis” was prepared for Nicolai Renciade by an unknown scribe in 1446. Renciade was a student of Giovanni de Juvianello, a professor of grammar, rhetoric, and poetics in...
Featured Work First Edition, “He” Version. The King James Bible, “He” Version published in 1611 by Robert Barker. The volume includes the Old and New Testaments as well as the genealogies of the Holy Scriptures. There were two editions of the King James Bible printed...
Featured Work Rare, Third Edition in German. This “Nuremberg Chronicle” by Hartmann Schedel was published by Hans Schönsperger in Augsburg in 1500. The “Chronicle” was first published in Latin in 1493 by Anton Koberger, and was translated into German by Georg Alt and...
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