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  • Speculum aureum anime peccatricis dicitur

    Alternative Title:
    Speculum aureum anime peccatricis dicitur / [a quodam cartusiense [i.e. Jacobus de Gruitroede] editu]
    Subject:
    Sin, Early works, Salvation, Specimens, Incunabula, and Religion
    Creator:
    Denis, the Carthusian, 1402-1471
    Contributor:
    Publisher:
    [Memmingen] : [J. Kunne], [1485?]
    Location:
    Language:
    lat
    Date Created:
    1485?
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: BR75 J3 and Shelf Mark: Inc.Lat.1
    Extent:
    54 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Germany--Memmingen
    Coordinates:
    47.98372, 10.18527
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Additional item information included on inserts attached to back cover. and Inscription in pencil on inside front cover: "Dionysius Carthusiensis Speculum aureum anime peccatricis [Memmingen, A. Kunne, c. 1490} Hain 14899 BMCat Incun II, 608 From only 15th cent....
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Early Printed Books Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    books, incunabula (books), and specimens
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collections inventory page: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inc-lat-1.php
    Date Digitized:
    2021-10-15
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on Betterlight TTI (600 DPI Tiff; 1/15; 303; bent 5; camera height 500) by PD. Scanned under supported glass to gently hold manuscript open. Metadata by KD.

  • Statii Sylvarum libri quinque : Thebaidos libri duodecim, Achilleidos duo

    Alternative Title:
    Statii opera. Aldus 1502. and Works
    Subject:
    Italic type, Printers' marks, Early printed books, Silvae (Statius, P. Papinius), Rare books, Achilleis (Statius, P. Papinius), Colophons, Works (Statius, P. Papinius), Bookbinding, Epic literature, and Thebais (Statius, P. Papinius)
    Creator:
    Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius)
    Contributor:
    Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515
    Publisher:
    Venetiis : in aedibus Aldi
    Language:
    gre and lat
    Date Created:
    August 1502
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: PA6697 A2 1502
    Extent:
    592 unnumbered pages ; 4 x 6 cm
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Italic type. Printer's device, sig. ep8s (last group of small letters), recto: anchor and dolphin, with name Aldus, and dots. Spaces with guide letters left blank for initials.
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Early Printed Books and Book Arts Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    poetry, books, and epic poetry
    Date Digitized:
    2024-01
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI (1/20; 263; copy 4 stops; camera 800) by LG. Metadata by KD.

  • Ex Plavti Comoediss. XX.

    Alternative Title:
    Works. and Ex Plauti Comoediis. XX. Quarum carmina magna ex parte in mensum suum restituta sunt M.D.XXII. Index uerborum, quib. paulo abstrusiorib. Plautus utitur. Argumenta singularum Comoediarum. Authoris uita. Tralatio dictionum graecarum.
    Subject:
    Colophons, Drama, Printers' marks, Italic type, Latin drama (Comedy), Comedy plays, Latin drama, and Bookbinding
    Creator:
    Plautus, Titus Maccius
    Contributor:
    Aedes Aldi et Andreae Asulani Soceri and Asulanus, Franciscus, -1546
    Publisher:
    Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Asulani soceri
    Language:
    lat
    Date Created:
    July 1522
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: PA6568 A2 1522
    Extent:
    14 unnumbered pages, 284 leaves ; 15 x 21 cm
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Errors in foliation: leaves 39 misnumbered as 32, 104 as 108.
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Book Arts Collection and Early Printed Books
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    books and comedy plays
    Date Digitized:
    2024-01
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI (1/20; 263; copy 4 stops; camera 800) by LG. Metadata by KD.

  • Ad physiologum

    Alternative Title:
    Tou hagiou patros hēmōn Epiphaniou, Episkopou konstanteias Kyprou, Eis ton physiologon; tou autou eis ta Baia logus = Sancti Patris nostri Epiphanii, episcopi Constantiae Cypri, Ad Physiologvm. Eiusdem in die festo palmarum sermo. D. Consali Ponce de Leon Hispalensis,...
    Subject:
    History, Sermons, Physiologus, Bestiaries, Sermons, Greek--Manuscripts, Sermons, Greek, Bible, Palm Sunday, and Early works
    Creator:
    Epiphanius, Saint, Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus, approximately 310-403
    Contributor:
    Ponce de León, Gonzalo, 1530-approximately 1590
    Publisher:
    Antverpiae : Ex officina Christophori Plantini, architypographi Regis, 1588.
    Location:
    Language:
    gre and lat
    Date Created:
    approximately 1588
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: BR65 E653H3 1588
    Extent:
    16 unnumbered pages, 124 pages, 11 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Includes index. Illustrations.
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Early Printed Books Collection
    Provenance:
    Gift of Beryl Rowland estate.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    books
    Is Referenced By:
    Indexed in: Plantin press 1126
    Date Digitized:
    2001-01-22
    Technical Note:
    600 dpi tiff. Metadata by KD.

  • Shakespeare's Second folio, 1632

    Alternative Title:
    Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies. Published according to the try Originall Copies. The Second Impression.
    Subject:
    Tempest (Shakespeare, William), Othello (Shakespeare, William), King Henry IV (Shakespeare, William), Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare, William), Measure for measure (Shakespeare, William), Love's labour's lost (Shakespeare, William), All's well that ends well (Shakespeare, William), Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare, William), Timon of Athens (Shakespeare, William), Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare, William), Coriolanus (Shakespeare, William), King Richard III (Shakespeare, William), Hamlet (Shakespeare, William), King Richard II (Shakespeare, William), King Lear (Shakespeare, William), Two gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare, William), King John (Shakespeare, William), Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare, William), Henry V (Shakespeare, William), Comedy of errors (Shakespeare, William), As you like it (Shakespeare, William), Winter's tale (Shakespeare, William), Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, William), Twelfth night (Shakespeare, William), Merry wives of Windsor (Shakespeare, William), Midsummer night's dream (Shakespeare, William), Cymbeline (Shakespeare, William), Macbeth (Shakespeare, William), Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William), Taming of the shrew (Shakespeare, William), King Henry VIII (Shakespeare, William), and Much ado about nothing (Shakespeare, William)
    Creator:
    Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
    Contributor:
    Droeshout, Martin, 1601-, Milton, John, 1608-1674, and Cotes, Thomas, -1641
    Publisher:
    London, Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yard. 1632.
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1632
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    1 volume (419 pages)
    Edition:
    Second edition and Second impression
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Includes an engraved title page portrait of the author signed: Martin Droeshout, sculpsit, London.Contemporary clippings describing auctions selling the first Shakespeare folio among other details and a card with "Shakespeare The Rare Second Folio, 1632"...
    Physical Repository:
    British Columbia. Legislative Library
    Collection:
    Early Printed Books
    Provenance:
    From the Legislative Library of British Columbia's collection.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    drama (literary genre), plays (performing arts compositions), books, collected works, folio (book format), and fiction (general genre)
    Date Digitized:
    2017-02-27/2017-03-13
    Transcript:
    Contents _archival-image-number/title/(printed page number):_005 title page with portrait_006 dedication_007 To The Great Variety of Readers_014 Contents / Tempest (1)_024 Two Gentlemen of Verona (20)_033 Merry Wives of Windsor (39) _044 Measure for Measure (61)_056...
    Technical Note:
    Received from Legislative Library late February 2017. Scanned from 27 Feb - 13 Mar. 600 dpi TIFFS. Edge of book approx 10 1/4" from front edge of scan deck. 1/20; 263 ISO; Bent 5 tone. Size 10.33 x 12.69 (adjusted to 12.95) @ 450 camera height. Cropped to 12x...

  • The survey of London : contayning the orignall, increase, moderne estate, and government of that city, methodically set downe : with a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publicke and pious uses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and benefactors, as also all the ancient and moderne monuments erected in the churches, not onely of those two famous cities, London and Westminster, but (now newly added) foure miles compasse

    Alternative Title:
    The survey of London : contayning the orignall, increase, moderne estate, and government of that city, methodically set downe : with a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publicke and pious uses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and...
    Subject:
    History, Early works, Social conditions, Cities and towns, Antiquities, Historic buildings, Architecture, Travel, Manners and customs, and Buildings
    Creator:
    Dyson, Humphrey, -1633, Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633, and Stow, John, 1525?-1605
    Contributor:
    Dyson, Humphrey, -1633, Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633, and Bourne, Nicholas, -1660
    Publisher:
    London : Printed by Elizabeth Purslowe, and are to be sold by Nicholas Bourne, at his shop at the south entrance of the Royall Exchange, 1633.
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1633
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: DA680 S87 1633
    Extent:
    8 unnumbered pages, 939 [that is 943], 29 unnumbered pages : coats of arms; 35 cm (folio)
    Edition:
    [Fourth]
    Geographic Coverage:
    England--London
    Coordinates:
    51.50853, -0.12574
    Chronological Coverage:
    16xx/17xx
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    The words "survey" and "London" in the title are xylographic; Leaf A1v bears the arms of London; Paging irregular; no. 527-534 repeated, no. 653-654 and 771-772 omitted; Text and register appear continuous despite pagination; Variant of title page...
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Early Printed Books Collection
    Provenance:
    Gift of Janelle Jenstad (2014).
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    books
    Is Referenced By:
    Indexed in: ESTC, S117597; STC (2nd ed.), 23345
    Date Digitized:
    2013-05-03/2013-05-14
    Technical Note:
    600 dpi TIFF. Scanned on Plustek by SC and KM. Metadata by JTP and KD.

  • Clavis Bibliorum : the key of the Bible, unlocking the richest treasury of the Holy Scriptures ... : wherein the Scripture-songs dispersed here and there in the Old and New Testament, are metrically translated out of the Hebrew ... : whereunto are added the metrical version of the whole book of Hymns or Praises, viz. the Book of Psalmes

    Alternative Title:
    Key of the Bible, Bible. Psalms. English. Roberts. 1675, and Book of hymnes or praises, viz, the Book of Psalms
    Subject:
    Bible, Bible. Psalms, Sacred vocal music--Scores, Psalms (Music), and Sacred vocal music
    Creator:
    Roberts, Francis, 1609-1675
    Publisher:
    Printed by J.R. for Peter Parker
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1675
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Still Image
    Identifier:
    Call Number: BS490 R64 1675
    Extent:
    1 book (631 pages) ; 31 cm
    Edition:
    4th ed.
    Geographic Coverage:
    England--London
    Coordinates:
    51.50853, -0.12574
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Printed Music
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    books, bound sheet music, music books, and scores (documents for music)
    Date Digitized:
    2015-09-30
    Technical Note:
    600 dpi tiffs; TTI Betterlight scanner. Scanning, editing performed by CDeWolfe. No colour correction; Metadata by G. Fowler and MT.

  • Shakespeare's Fourth Folio, 1685 [Copy 01]

    Alternative Title:
    Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, Seven Plays, Never before Printed in Folio: Viz. Peicles Prince of Tyre. The London Prodigal. The History of Thomas Lord Cromwel. Sir...
    Subject:
    Tempest (Shakespeare, William), Othello (Shakespeare, William), King Henry IV (Shakespeare, William), Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare, William), Measure for measure (Shakespeare, William), Love's labour's lost (Shakespeare, William), Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, William), Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare, William), Timon of Athens (Shakespeare, William), Cymbeline (Shakespeare, William), Coriolanus (Shakespeare, William), King Richard III (Shakespeare, William), Hamlet (Shakespeare, William), King Richard II (Shakespeare, William), Yorkshire tragedy, King Lear (Shakespeare, William), Two gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare, William), King Henry VIII (Shakespeare, William), Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare, William), Pericles (Shakespeare, William), Henry V (Shakespeare, William), Comedy of errors (Shakespeare, William), As you like it (Shakespeare, William), Locrine, Winter's tale (Shakespeare, William), All's well that ends well (Shakespeare, William), Twelfth night (Shakespeare, William), Merry wives of Windsor (Shakespeare, William), Midsummer night's dream (Shakespeare, William), London prodigal, Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare, William), Macbeth (Shakespeare, William), Puritan (Middleton, Thomas), Sir John Oldcastle, Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William), Taming of the shrew (Shakespeare, William), King John (Shakespeare, William), Thomas, Lord Cromwell (Drama), and Much ado about nothing (Shakespeare, William)
    Creator:
    Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
    Contributor:
    Milton, John, 1608-1674, Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637, Droeshout, Martin, 1601-, Heminge, John, approximately 1556-1630, and Condell, Henry, -1627
    Publisher:
    London, Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley, at the Anchor in the New Exchange, the Crane in St. Pauls Church-Yard, and in Russel-Street Covent-Garden 1685.
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1685
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    1 volume (303 pages)
    Edition:
    The Fourth Edition
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Contemporary clippings about the Second and Fourth folios attached to the inside front cover.Handwritten note attached to inside cover: Bequeathed to Charles Baron Clarke M.A. of Queen's College Cambridge by His affectionate Uncle Thomas Parker Esq of Sutton Scotney...
    Physical Repository:
    British Columbia. Legislative Library
    Collection:
    Early Printed Books
    Provenance:
    From the Legislative Library of British Columbia's collection.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    drama (literary genre), plays (performing arts compositions), books, collected works, folio (book format), and fiction (general genre)
    Date Digitized:
    2017-03-14/2017-03-27
    Transcript:
    Contents _archival-image-number/title/(printed page number): _007 frontspiece and title page_008 dedication_009 To The Great Variety of Readers_012 Tempest (1)_021 Two Gentlemen of Verona (18)_029 Merry Wives of Windsor (35) _039 Measure for Measure (55)_050 Comedy of...
    Technical Note:
    Received from Legislative Library late February 2017. Scanned from 14 Mar - 27 Mar. 600 dpi TIFF. Edge of book approx 10 1/4" from front edge of scan deck. 1/20; 263 ISO; Bent 5 tone. Size 10.33 x 12.95 @ 500 camera height. Cropped to 12.95 x 9.25" -- built...

  • Shakespeare's Fourth folio, 1685 [Copy 02]

    Subject:
    Tempest (Shakespeare, William), Othello (Shakespeare, William), King Henry IV (Shakespeare, William), Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare, William), Measure for measure (Shakespeare, William), Love's labour's lost (Shakespeare, William), All's well that ends well (Shakespeare, William), Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare, William), Timon of Athens (Shakespeare, William), Cymbeline (Shakespeare, William), Coriolanus (Shakespeare, William), King Richard III (Shakespeare, William), Hamlet (Shakespeare, William), King Richard II (Shakespeare, William), Yorkshire tragedy, King Lear (Shakespeare, William), Two gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare, William), King John (Shakespeare, William), Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare, William), Thomas, Lord Cromwell (Drama), Henry V (Shakespeare, William), Comedy of errors (Shakespeare, William), As you like it (Shakespeare, William), Locrine, Winter's tale (Shakespeare, William), Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, William), Twelfth night (Shakespeare, William), Merry wives of Windsor (Shakespeare, William), Midsummer night's dream (Shakespeare, William), London prodigal, Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare, William), Macbeth (Shakespeare, William), Puritan (Middleton, Thomas), Sir John Oldcastle, Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William), Taming of the shrew (Shakespeare, William), King Henry VIII (Shakespeare, William), Pericles (Shakespeare, William), and Much ado about nothing (Shakespeare, William)
    Creator:
    Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1685
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    1 volume (approximately 288 pages)
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    This copy contains a list of the principal actors in all the plays and a catalogue of all the comedies, histories, and tragedies contained within this folio.
    Physical Repository:
    British Columbia. Legislative Library
    Collection:
    Early Printed Books
    Provenance:
    From the Legislative Library of British Columbia's collection.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    drama (literary genre), plays (performing arts compositions), books, collected works, folio (book format), and fiction (general genre)
    Date Digitized:
    2017-03-28/2017-04-12
    Transcript:
    Contents: [_file page number] _007 Tempest (1) _016 Two Gentlemen of Verona (18) _024 Merry Wives of Windsor (35) _034 Measure for Measure (55) _045 Comedy of Errors (76) _052 Much Ado About Nothing (90) _062 Love's Labour Lost (110) _071 Midsummers Nights Dream...
    Technical Note:
    Received from Legislative Library late February 2017. Scanned from 28 Mar - 12 Apr. Edge of book approx 10 1/4" from front edge of scan deck. 600 dpi TIFF. 1/20; 263 ISO; Bent 5 tone. Size 10.33 x 12.95 @ 500 camera height. Cropped to 12.95 x 9.25" -- built...

  • Orpheus Britannicus : a collection of all the choicest songs for one, two, and three voices

    Alternative Title:
    Vocal music. Selections and Collection of all the choicest songs for one, two, and three voices
    Subject:
    Vocal music--Scores, Scores, and Vocal music
    Creator:
    Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695
    Publisher:
    Printed by W. Pearson for Henry Playford, at his shop in the Temple-Change, Fleet-Street
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1698 to 1702
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Still Image
    Identifier:
    Call Number: M1497 P9 O7 1698
    Extent:
    1 score (2 volumes)
    Geographic Coverage:
    England
    Coordinates:
    54, -2
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Printed Music
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    bound sheet music, music books, scores (documents for music), and books
    Date Digitized:
    2015-09-17
    Technical Note:
    600 dpi tiffs; TTI Betterlight scanner; Metadata by G. Fowler and MT.