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TextPrimative [sic] physic, or, An easy and natural method of curing most diseases
Wesley, John,1703-1791Signatures: A-K⁶ L⁴( -L1)Subject - Time PeriodDate Issued or PublishedCopyrightNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATESSignatures: A-K⁶ L⁴( -L1) -
Still imagePtolemaisch general [catel] - [...] greiffend die halbe fugel der weldt.
A map of the world with latitude and longitude markers as it was known during the Ptolemaic period, including mountain ranges and rivers and spanning from Europe, to central Africa, and over to India. Personifications of the winds are depicted within the clouds surrounding the map.Subject - Time PeriodDate Issued or PublishedCollectionCopyrightNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATESA map of the world with latitude and longitude markers as it was known during the Ptolemaic period, including mountain ranges and rivers and spanning from Europe, to central Africa, and over to India. Personifications of the winds are depicted within the clouds surrounding the map. -
TextQuaedam scripta theologorum VVirtembergicorum & Victorini Strigelij unde liquet, quid illi de ipsius papistica synergia sentiant
Strigel, Victorinus, 1524-1569Summary: Collection of documents issued by theologians in the Duchy of Württemberg and Victorinus Strigel concerning Strigel's Psalms commentary and his position in the synergistic controversy. Strigel supported the Philippist position that human will contributes to salvation, an idea that was rejected by the gnesio-Lutherans and by most of the theologians in Württemberg.Subject - Time PeriodDate Issued or PublishedCollectionCopyrightNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATESSummary: Collection of documents issued by theologians in the Duchy of Württemberg and Victorinus Strigel concerning Strigel's Psalms commentary and his position in the synergistic controversy. Strigel supported the Philippist position that human will contributes to salvation, an idea that was rejected by the gnesio-Lutherans and by most of the theologians in Württemberg. -
TextR P. Ioannis Kreihing Societatis Iesu Emblemata ethico-politica carmine explicata : ad serenissimum principem Leopoldum Wilhelmum Archiducem Austriae &c. ...
Kreihing, Johann, 1595-1660Summary: First edition of this beautifully illustrated Jesuit emblem book. The work is dedicated to Leopold Archduke of Austria with a full-page dedicatory illustration and 162 numbered etched text emblems.Subject - Time PeriodDate Issued or PublishedCopyrightNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATESSummary: First edition of this beautifully illustrated Jesuit emblem book. The work is dedicated to Leopold Archduke of Austria with a full-page dedicatory illustration and 162 numbered etched text emblems. -
TextReflections upon the conduct of human life: with reference to learning and knowledge
Norris, John, 1657-1711Summary: An extract from a work by John Norris on moral conduct and education. This is bound as no. 2 in Wesley Tract, vol. X.Subject - Time PeriodDate CreatedCopyrightNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATESSummary: An extract from a work by John Norris on moral conduct and education. This is bound as no. 2 in Wesley Tract, vol. X. -
TextResolutio Lutheriana super propositione sua tercia decima de potestate papae
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546Summary: This is the fifth printing of Luther's defense of his thirteenth proposition, on the power of the Pope, prepared for the Leipzig Disputation.Subject - Time PeriodDate Issued or PublishedCollectionCopyrightNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATESSummary: This is the fifth printing of Luther's defense of his thirteenth proposition, on the power of the Pope, prepared for the Leipzig Disputation. -
TextResolutiones Lutheriane super propositio[n]ibus suis Lipsie disputatis
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546Summary: An analysis by Luther of the propositions debated by him, his colleague, Andreas Karlstadt, and Johann Eck at the Leipzig Debate of 1519.Subject - Time PeriodDate Issued or PublishedCollectionCopyrightNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATESSummary: An analysis by Luther of the propositions debated by him, his colleague, Andreas Karlstadt, and Johann Eck at the Leipzig Debate of 1519. -
TextSacre theologiemagistri necnon sacri eloquii preconis celeberrimi fratris Roberti de Litio ordinis Minor[um] professoris op[us] quadragesimale putilissimum quod de penitentia dictum est. Feliciter incipit.
Caracciolo, Roberto, 1425-1495Summary: Includes Sermo in festo annuntiationis Virginis Marie, Sermo de predestinato numero damnatorum and Sermo de cathensis.Subject - Time PeriodDate Issued or PublishedCopyrightNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATESSummary: Includes Sermo in festo annuntiationis Virginis Marie, Sermo de predestinato numero damnatorum and Sermo de cathensis. -
TextSaint Louys, ou, La sainte couronne reconquise : poeme heroique
Le Moyne, Pierre, 1602-1671Summary: A largely fictitious epic poem about Saint Louis (King Louis IX) and his crusade against the Saracens in Egypt in search of Christ's Crown of Thorns.Subject - Time PeriodDate Issued or PublishedCopyrightNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATESSummary: A largely fictitious epic poem about Saint Louis (King Louis IX) and his crusade against the Saracens in Egypt in search of Christ's Crown of Thorns. -
TextSeelen Ertzney für die Gesunden vnd Krancken in Tods Nöten : [Vom Glauben vnd guten Wercken]
Rhegius, Urbanus, 1489-1541Summary: Urbanus Rhegius was an early follower of Luther, and active as preacher in both southern and northern Germany. His, "Seelenarznei," or, "Soul Medicine," follows in the wake of the medieval "Art of Dying" genre, but is also very much under the influence of Luther's, "Sermon von der Bereitung zum Sterben," or, "Sermon Concerning Preparation for Dying." The second part (Vom Glauben und guten Wercken) deals with the issue of faith and good works.Subject - Time PeriodDate Issued or PublishedCollectionCopyrightNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATESSummary: Urbanus Rhegius was an early follower of Luther, and active as preacher in both southern and northern Germany. His, "Seelenarznei," or, "Soul Medicine," follows in the wake of the medieval "Art of Dying" genre, but is also very much under the influence of Luther's, "Sermon von der Bereitung zum Sterben," or, "Sermon Concerning Preparation for Dying." The second part (Vom Glauben und guten Wercken) deals with the issue of faith and good works. -
TextSermons by Hugh Latimer
Latimer, Hugh, 1485?-1555Summary:Subject - Time PeriodDate Issued or PublishedCopyrightNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATESSummary: -
TextSolitudo, sive, Vitae patrum eremicolarum : per antiquissimu[m] Patrem D. Hieronimu[m] eorundem primarium olim conscripta
Sadeler, Jan, 1550-1600Summary: Series of copper engraved prints after Maarten de Vos' drawings of hermits.Subject - Time PeriodDate Issued or PublishedCopyrightNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATESSummary: Series of copper engraved prints after Maarten de Vos' drawings of hermits. -
TextStella clericorum cuilib[et] clerico summe necessaria
Summary: "Star of the Clergy" is an anonymous handbook on pastoral care. This manual was widely printed and copied. Lotter, the Leipzig printer who produced this edition, also published Luther's first work.Subject - Time PeriodDate Issued or PublishedCollectionCopyrightNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATESSummary: "Star of the Clergy" is an anonymous handbook on pastoral care. This manual was widely printed and copied. Lotter, the Leipzig printer who produced this edition, also published Luther's first work. -
TextSupplementu[m] celifodine denuo pressum elimatum : atq[ue] vbi truncatum prius habebatur, supplemento acutissime integratum, diligenter[que] ex archetypo emendatum
Paltz, Johann von, -1511Summary: Johannes von Paltz (or Pals) was an Augustinian preacher and seller of indulgences. He was on the teaching faculty at the University of Erfurt at the time Martin Luther was enrolled as a student. He had published a collection of sermons under title Celifodina in 1502. It was so popular that he published the supplement in 1504. This is the second edition.Subject - Time PeriodDate Issued or PublishedCopyrightNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATESSummary: Johannes von Paltz (or Pals) was an Augustinian preacher and seller of indulgences. He was on the teaching faculty at the University of Erfurt at the time Martin Luther was enrolled as a student. He had published a collection of sermons under title Celifodina in 1502. It was so popular that he published the supplement in 1504. This is the second edition. -
Still imageThe Scourging of Christ
Schäufelein, Hans, approximately 1480-approximately 1539A colorized woodcut by Hans Schäufelein taken from a 16th century devotional work, "Speculum passionis Domini Nostri Ihesu Christi," by the Nuremberg doctor and publisher Ulrich Pinder (1507 PIND), which depicts the scourging of Christ.Subject - Time PeriodDate CreatedCopyrightNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATESA colorized woodcut by Hans Schäufelein taken from a 16th century devotional work, "Speculum passionis Domini Nostri Ihesu Christi," by the Nuremberg doctor and publisher Ulrich Pinder (1507 PIND), which depicts the scourging of Christ. -
TextThe best work and true duty of a Christian : in order to the obtaining through faith and repentance the crown of eternal life : in three excellent letters
Van Houten, FridericusSummary:Subject - Time PeriodDate Issued or PublishedCopyrightNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATESSummary: -
TextThe eternity of hell torments : a sermon preached at Savannah in Georgia
Whitefield, George, 1714-1770Summary:Subject - Time PeriodCopyrightNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATESSummary: -
TextThe examinations and writings of John Philpot ...
Philpot, John, 1516-1555Summary: "A defence of the true and old authority of Christ's church. An oration of Cœlius, the second Curio, for the true and ancient authority of Christ his church, against Antony Florebell of Mutiny ... Translated out of Latin into English by Ihon Philpott": p.[319]-432.Subject - Time PeriodDate Issued or PublishedCopyrightNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATESSummary: "A defence of the true and old authority of Christ's church. An oration of Cœlius, the second Curio, for the true and ancient authority of Christ his church, against Antony Florebell of Mutiny ... Translated out of Latin into English by Ihon Philpott": p.[319]-432. -
TextThe knowlege and practice of Christianity made easy to the meanest capacities, or, An essay towards an instruction for the Indians : which will likewise be of use to all such who are called Christians, but have not well considered the meaning of the religion they profess, or, who profess to know God, but in works do deny Him : in twenty dialogues : together with directions and prayers ...
Wilson, Thomas, 1663-1755Summary: An instructional text using an imagined dialogue between a missionary and an "Indian" to illustrate how a missionary in the field might instruct a potential convert in the Christian practices. It is unclear from the text what people or peoples are meant to be represented by the "Indian," or if the author is simply using the term as a broad catchall.Subject - Time PeriodDate Issued or PublishedCopyrightNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATESSummary: An instructional text using an imagined dialogue between a missionary and an "Indian" to illustrate how a missionary in the field might instruct a potential convert in the Christian practices. It is unclear from the text what people or peoples are meant to be represented by the "Indian," or if the author is simply using the term as a broad catchall. -
TextThe remains of Edmund Grindal, D.D. : successively Bishop of London and Archbishop of York and Canterbury
Grindal, Edmund, 1519?-1583Summary:Subject - Time PeriodDate Issued or PublishedCopyrightNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATESSummary: -
TextTheologia naturalis siue liber creaturarum specialiter de homine et de natura eius inquantum homo, et de his que sunt ei necessaria ad cognoscendum seipsum & deum, et omne debitu[m] ad quod homo tenetur et obligat[ur] tam deo q[uam] p[ro]ximo
Raymond, of Sabunde, -1436Summary: This impotant work on natural theology was written by the Catalan scholar Raymond of Sabunde 1434-1436 and was circulated widely in manuscript form before being printed in Deventer 1484-85 and reprinted numerous times. Raymond places great emphasis on reason and argues that science is not antithetical to faith but that the Bible and the book of Nature should both be seen as divine revelation.Subject - Time PeriodDate Issued or PublishedCollectionCopyrightNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATESSummary: This impotant work on natural theology was written by the Catalan scholar Raymond of Sabunde 1434-1436 and was circulated widely in manuscript form before being printed in Deventer 1484-85 and reprinted numerous times. Raymond places great emphasis on reason and argues that science is not antithetical to faith but that the Bible and the book of Nature should both be seen as divine revelation.