Medieval Manuscripts and Early Printing

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These resources were curated for Dr. Paul Dover's HIST 4444 course on the European Renaissance and Reformation. Materials include handwritten manuscript leaves from the late medieval era and a variety of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century printed texts.

The digital reproductions on this site are provided for research consultation and scholarly purposes only. To request permission to publish, reproduce, publicly display, broadcast, or distribute this material in any format outside of fair use please contact the Kennesaw State University Archives and/or copyright holder.

Recent Submissions

Reading Dante in the Sixteenth Century: The Bentley Aldine Divine Comedy and Its Marginalia

Dover, Paul (Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History, 2020-06-17)

Dr. Paul Dover, Professor of History at Kennesaw State University, provides an in-depth analysis of marginalia in the Bentley Rare Book Museum's 1502 copy of Dante's "Divine Comedy."
Excerpt from "The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers," King James Bible

Unknown author (Printed by Robert Barker, 2020-03-26)

Excerpt of the Book of Numbers from a 1611 King James Bible. Printed in English.
Le Terze Rime di Dante or Divina Commedia

Alighieri, Dante (Printed by Aldus Manutius, 2020-03-25)

Excerpt of the 1502 edition of Dante's "Divina Commedia" printed by Aldus Manutius. Printed in Italian.
De Philosophico Consolatu. . . [Consolation of Philosophy]

Boethius (Printed by Johann Grüninger, 2020-03-25)

Excerpt of 1501 printing of Boethius's "Consolation of Philosophy."
Leaf from "The Chronicles of England"

Caxton, William (Printed by William Caxton, 2020-03-25)

A printed leaf from "The Chronicles of England." Printed in English by William Caxton.
Excerpt from "The Golden Legend"

de Voragine, Jacobus (Printed by William Caxton, 2020-03-23)

Excerpt of "The Lyfe of Saynt George" from "The Golden Legend." Originally written by Jacobus de Voragine (1229-1298) and translated and printed in English by William Caxton (circa 1422-1492).
Manuscript Bible Leaf from Latin Vulgate

Unknown author (2020-03-23)

Mansucript leaf from a Latin Vulgate Bible. Written in Latin.