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The Art of Ministry: FTE Conference

The Art of Ministry: FTE Conference

A brief history of the Turin United Methodist Church including details of the founding, original members, church buildings, membership, clergy, and notable events. Also included are several pages of collaged photographs, the first page of which includes photographs of church members in the 1930s-1950s, followed by several pages of the church and members in the 1980s-1990s.

A brief history of the Turin United Methodist Church including details of the founding, original members, church buildings, membership, clergy, and notable events. Also included are several pages of collaged photographs, the first page of which includes photographs of church members in the 1930s-1950s, followed by several pages of the church and members in the 1980s-1990s.

Cannon Chapel Service

Cannon Chapel Service

The act of instructing the ignorant, illustrated and accompanied by scriptural references.

The act of instructing the ignorant, illustrated and accompanied by scriptural references.

An engraving depicting the Papal Palace (also known as the Vatican Palace, Apostolic Palace, and Palace of Sixtus V) and gardens located within the Vatican City in Rome.

An engraving depicting the Papal Palace (also known as the Vatican Palace, Apostolic Palace, and Palace of Sixtus V) and gardens located within the Vatican City in Rome.

A woodcut depicting a group of putti (cherubs) displaying the spoils of battle (armor). The woodcut is accompanied by a verse from Isaiah 53 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).

A woodcut depicting a group of putti (cherubs) displaying the spoils of battle (armor). The woodcut is accompanied by a verse from Isaiah 53 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).

A woodcut depicting a putto (cherub) holding a shield and an arrow symbolizing the prohibition given to the Israelites to not go up on the Holy Mountain, or Mount Sinai. The woodcut is accompanied by a verse from Exodus 19 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).

A woodcut depicting a putto (cherub) holding a shield and an arrow symbolizing the prohibition given to the Israelites to not go up on the Holy Mountain, or Mount Sinai. The woodcut is accompanied by a verse from Exodus 19 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).

This large-format broadside was probably issued to commemorate and popularize the canonization of Charles Borromeo (1538-1584) in November of 1610. Borromeo was a crucial interlocutor during the final sessions of the Council of Trent and also undertook many reforming practices while serving as the Archbishop of Milan. Although the engraving was printed in Antwerp, the text including the detailed captions demonstrate that it was intended for an Italian audience.

This large-format broadside was probably issued to commemorate and popularize the canonization of Charles Borromeo (1538-1584) in November of 1610. Borromeo was a crucial interlocutor during the final sessions of the Council of Trent and also undertook many reforming practices while serving as the Archbishop of Milan. Although the engraving was printed in Antwerp, the text including the detailed captions demonstrate that it was intended for an Italian audience.

One bound manuscript of the Four Gospels in Armenian containing the following:

One bound manuscript of the Four Gospels in Armenian containing the following:

An illuminated page from the 1472 printed edition of Honorius of Atun's Cristianus ad solitariu[m] quendam De ymagine mundi. The illumination includes two initial letters "S" accented with floral patterns. The illumination uses blue, green, and red color with gold accents.

An illuminated page from the 1472 printed edition of Honorius of Atun's Cristianus ad solitariu[m] quendam De ymagine mundi. The illumination includes two initial letters "S" accented with floral patterns. The illumination uses blue, green, and red color with gold accents.

An illuminated page from the 1470 printing of De evangelica praeparatione by Eusebius of Caesarea. The illuminations include an initial letter "E", floral boarder decorations, and a coat of arms featuring a hart surrounded by a laurel wreath. The illuminations are done in green, purple, black, blue, and red coloring with additional gold accents.

An illuminated page from the 1470 printing of De evangelica praeparatione by Eusebius of Caesarea. The illuminations include an initial letter "E", floral boarder decorations, and a coat of arms featuring a hart surrounded by a laurel wreath. The illuminations are done in green, purple, black, blue, and red coloring with additional gold accents.

An illuminated page from Franciscus de Platea's Opus restitutionum usurarum et excommunicationum. The illumination includes an initial letter "R" woven into a floral patterned border. The illumination uses red, green, and blue color with gold accents.

An illuminated page from Franciscus de Platea's Opus restitutionum usurarum et excommunicationum. The illumination includes an initial letter "R" woven into a floral patterned border. The illumination uses red, green, and blue color with gold accents.

An illuminated page from the 1487 printing of Sabellico's Decades rerum Venetarum. The illumination includes an initial letter "V" and decorative acorn and oak leaf border. The illumination is done in yellow, brown, green, red, and blue color with gold accents.

An illuminated page from the 1487 printing of Sabellico's Decades rerum Venetarum. The illumination includes an initial letter "V" and decorative acorn and oak leaf border. The illumination is done in yellow, brown, green, red, and blue color with gold accents.

An illuminated page from the 1480 printed edition of the Letters of Saint Jerome. The illumination includes an initial letter "P" surrounded by floral decorations and surrounding an image of Saint Jerome holding a book. At the bottom of the page is an illumination showing a crest, which features a wolf, surrounded by a laurel wreath bound on the top, bottom, left, and right with decorative string. The illumination uses blue, red, green, brown, and black color with gold accents.

An illuminated page from the 1480 printed edition of the Letters of Saint Jerome. The illumination includes an initial letter "P" surrounded by floral decorations and surrounding an image of Saint Jerome holding a book. At the bottom of the page is an illumination showing a crest, which features a wolf, surrounded by a laurel wreath bound on the top, bottom, left, and right with decorative string. The illumination uses blue, red, green, brown, and black color with gold accents.

An illuminated page from the 1487 printing of Sabellico's Decades rerum Venetarum. The illumination includes an initial letter "Q" and decorative border composed of several generic floral patterns, a flowering pear tree branch with a bird perched on it, two different types of flowers, and a coat of arms featuring an eagle, angel, and possibly a swallow. The illumination is done in pink, yellow, black, brown, green, red, and blue color with gold accents.

An illuminated page from the 1487 printing of Sabellico's Decades rerum Venetarum. The illumination includes an initial letter "Q" and decorative border composed of several generic floral patterns, a flowering pear tree branch with a bird perched on it, two different types of flowers, and a coat of arms featuring an eagle, angel, and possibly a swallow. The illumination is done in pink, yellow, black, brown, green, red, and blue color with gold accents.

An illuminated page from a 1497 printed edition of the Pontificale Romanum. The illumination includes an initial letter "P" with a full floral border featuring a coat of arms ringed in a laurel wreath in the bottom margin. The illumination is done in red, blue, green, yellow, and black color.

An illuminated page from a 1497 printed edition of the Pontificale Romanum. The illumination includes an initial letter "P" with a full floral border featuring a coat of arms ringed in a laurel wreath in the bottom margin. The illumination is done in red, blue, green, yellow, and black color.

An illuminated page from the first sermon in the 1472 printing of Roberto Caracciolo's Sermones quadragesimales de poenitentia. The illumination includes an initial letter "M" with accompanying floral imagery. At the bottom of the page is a coat of arms bearing a griffin surrounded by a laurel wreath. The illumination is done in red, green, blue, and black color with gold accents.

An illuminated page from the first sermon in the 1472 printing of Roberto Caracciolo's Sermones quadragesimales de poenitentia. The illumination includes an initial letter "M" with accompanying floral imagery. At the bottom of the page is a coat of arms bearing a griffin surrounded by a laurel wreath. The illumination is done in red, green, blue, and black color with gold accents.