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This leaf is from one of the smallest manuscripts Ege ever owned: a personal prayer book designed to be carried in a dress pocket. Only three other specimens are known to exist, in the collections of Samford University, Dartmouth College, and the…

This leaf comes from the very first medieval manuscript Otto Ege ever owned; he bought it in Philadelphia in 1911 when he was 23 years old. Denison already owns another leaf from the manuscript (shelfmark Z109.O74, leaf 4); others are owned by…

This is one of only two leaves from its source manuscript currently known to exist; the other is in the Rauner Library at Dartmouth. It's of particular interest not only because it's in a vernacular language (i.e, not Latin), but because of the…

Denison owns another leaf from this same source manuscript (shelfmark Z109.O75, leaf 6). Only three other specimens are known to exist, owned by Central Washington University, Smith College, and the Rhode Island School of Design.

Denison already owns one leaf from this same source manuscript (in the Fifty Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts portfolio, item 18). Other leaves are owned by Boston University, Columbia University, and the REading (PA) Public Museum. The defining…

Leaves from this mass-book, while in some ways very ordinary, are easy to spot because of the unusual amount of friction they all show; the manuscript was clearly in regular use for many years before being dismembered. Six other leaves are known to…

This illuminated page was made in Flanders in about 1475. The writing is in a single 14-line column, the border on both sides is a firmly-defined rectangle latticed into triangles filled with cinnamon, deep sky blue, and gold which frame simple…

Antiphonal leaf of vellum from the Monastery of San Bartolomeo, Anghiari, Italy. Other leaves from this same source manuscript are owned by the Cleveland Public Library, Lima Public Library, Toledo Museum of Art, and Baylor University.

Antiphonal from Sienna, Italy. Another leaf from this same source manuscript is owned by Hollins University in Roanoke VA.

From Northern France, circa 1480