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A globe depicting the various latitudinal and longitudinal divisions of the Earth with rotational components.

An Aristotelean diagram of the solar system featureing the earth at the center surrounded by water, air, and fire. Additional celestial bodies are shown in order moving outward from Earth. In order, they are listed as: Lunae (Moon), Mercurii, Veneris (Venus), Solis (Sun), Martis (Mars), Iovis (Jupiter), Saturni, Aplanes seu firmamentum, crystallinum unum, crystalinum alterum, and Primum mobile.

Summary: An illustrated description of Methodist missions in Jamaica and Honduras.

Summary: Sermon preached June 9, 1522, on John 3:16 (God So Loved The World).

Summary: First published earlier the same year, Luther's pamphlet Defense of the doctrines of men was one of Luther's most widely read writings with approximately twenty editions appearing in the years 1522 and 1523. Written in honor of Hans von Belepsch who had hosted Luther at the Wartburg as the reformer translated the New Testament. Luther argues that church teachings that have no basis in the Bible, in particular fasting and celibacy, are illegitimate and are to be avoided.

Summary: Sermon preached June 9, 1522, on John III, 16, "For God so loved the world ..."

Summary: Unique printing of the original notarial protocol of the Leipzig Disputation between Andreas Karlstadt and Martin Luther on the one hand, and Johann Eck, on the other. Includes fully two thirds of the several day debate, and all of the famous "duel" between Luther and Eck on authority in the church. The debates were copied by two notaries, and, at the end of each day's sessions, were verified by two witnesses.

Summary: A collection of works on astronomy, including works by Pierre Gassendi, Galileo Galilei, and Johannes Kepler.

Summary: A treatise explaining what the process of conversion is, describing its necessity, and how to identify those who may be in need of conversion.

Summary: 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.

Summary: A family Bible which includes the Apocrypha, an introduction, tables, and a list of scubscribers.

A poster reproduction of a painting by David Teniers the Younger depicting the temptation of the desert father St. Anthony by demons.

A leaf featuring liturgical prayers surrounded by a historiated boarder, including the image of a woman and an angel.

A vellum leaf from a Dutch Book of Hours which includes a fully illuminated and historiated border of red and blue inks and an eight-line historiated initial “0”.

A leaf from St. Augustine's In Evangelium Iohannis tractatus, including the text of homilies XXV-XXVI.

An illustration of a figure presented as an archbishop, likely St. Peter, holding a city (possibly Bologna).

A vellum leaf containing the text of Matthew 5-7, written in Gothic script.

A vellum leaf containing the text of Matthew 2:1-11 and featuring decorative initial letters.

A vellum leaf containing the text of Luke 1:46-55 and featuring decorative initial letters.

A leaf from an epistolary featuring musical annotation and the text of Matthew 27:60-64.

A vellum leaf from a Latin Book of Hours. The leaf contains 1/4 panel borders, 1-line and 2-line decoratored initials, and decorated line endings all of liquid gold and tempera.