Jun 14, 2022 Book of the Week — Memorie di Matilda la Gran Contessa…

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Oct 26, 2021 Book of the Week — The True Story of the Exorcism of Denise de la Caille

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“No man can concentrate his attention upon evil, or even upon the idea of evil, and remain unaffected. To be more against the devil than for God is exceedingly dangerous. Every crusader is apt to go mad. He is haunted by the wickedness which he...

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Jul 26, 2021 Book of the Week — The Tarot Pack: Its Mystery and Fascination

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Le Mat (The Fool) The flesh, the sensitive life, the spirit in search of experience — and atonement. A young man, breathing and savoring the freshness of the morning of life. The "dreamer" that is a part of every creative person. Lithographed on Linweave L'Aiglon. Color: Flame....

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Jul 21, 2020 Rare Books Virtual Lectures

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from Paradise Lost, John Milton, 1688 “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..” We miss our books, we miss holding our books, we miss our classroom, we miss our students, we miss putting our books...

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Feb 22, 2019 Medieval Latin Hymn Fragment: “And whatever with bonds you shall have bound upon earth will be bound strongly in heaven.”

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Quodcumque vinclis super ter- ram strinxeris, erit in astris reli- gatum fortiter. And whatever with bonds you shall have bound upon earth will be bound strongly in heaven. Et quod resolvis in terris arbitrio, e- rit solutum super radium. In fi- ne mundi iudex And what you unbind/loosen on earth will be loosened upon in heaven on your authority....

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Dec 24, 2018 Medieval Latin Hymn Fragment: “…the world was subject to him.”

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(orbis terraru(m) erat subdit(us) illi Ps(alm) Domini est t(erra) Euouae V. Exquirebant pue- rum Maria et Joseph Re. Inter cognotoes et notos exin Pastores in- venerunt Mari- the world/universe was subject to him. The earth is the Lord's...

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Nov 30, 2018 Medieval Latin Hymn Fragment: “…of the Apostle and, embalming it with spices,…”

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(Maximilla Christo amabilis corpus) Apolstoli optimo loco cum aro- matibus sepelivit Ps(alm) Laudate pue(ri) A(ntiphon) (Maximilla, a woman dear to Christ, too the body) of the Apostle and, embalming it with spices, buried it in the most honored place. Psalm. Praise the Lord, O you servants...

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Oct 01, 2018 Book of the Week — The Riding to Lithend

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We have laid low to earth a mighty chief: We have laboured harder than on greater deeds, And maybe won remembrance by the deeds Of Gunnar when no deed of ours should live; For this defence of his shall outlast kingdoms And gather him fame till there are no more...

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Jan 23, 2018 Rare Books Goes to Utah State University!

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Last semester, Rare Books loaned six of its medieval manuscript facsimiles to the Merrill-Cazier Library at Utah State University in collaboration with an art history course taught by Professor Alexa Sand. The upper-level course, “Special Topics Seminar in Medieval and Early Modern Art: Rare Books...

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Oct 06, 2017 Book of the Week — Liber Moamin falconrii de Scientia venandi per aves et quadrupeds

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[caption id="" align="alignright" width="233"] Liber Moamin falconrii de Scientia venandi per aves et quadrupeds[/caption] “In quantum enim sunt reges non habent propriam delectationem nisi venationem” — Moamin “A wise falcon hides his talons.” — Proverb Facsimile. The so-called “Wiener Moamin” was created on the Italian penisula in the...

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