"...written in a bold Carolingian minuscule during the second half of the 10th century, probably in Germany. The right margin has been cut away, with a loss of text. This fragment contains quotations from Vergil, Horace, Lucanus, Lucilius, and...
"This fragment contains quotations from Lucilius, Persius, Vergil, Plautus, Naevius, Ennius, Livy, and Ovid…Contain part of Priscian’s Institutes, inscribed about A.D. 1050, in the time of William the Conqueror. The handwriting is a fine...
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 11th. Company A
Letter from Richard C. Bridges to his sister Carrie from the hospital where he was recovering from a wound to his leg; recounts the fortunes of friends in the Crystal Springs Company; vows to fight for revenge after all is lost.
"Written in a small Carolingian script, about the latter half of the 10th century. Contains citations from Livy, Virgil, and Homer, the last being given in Greek uncials."
"The text from the Golden Legend of Jacobus de Voragine tells the story of the Resurrection. The Golden Legend was one of the best sellers of its day. This leaf dates to about 1400 or earlier..."
"Priscian was the great 5th century Roman grammarian, who lived in Constantinople. In his Institutes he preserved many fragments from classical authors which otherwise would have been lost. One leaf on vellum, 4to (195: 170 mM.), 25 lines to the...
"New Testament with glosses. Text in center panel about 18 lines of well written revived Carolingian script, with commentaries and glosses added at a slightly later date. Glosses by Beda, Jerome, and Gregory. Leaves stained, ink brownish tint."
In 1959 and 1960, Alan Lomax revisited the American South to record the still-living stream of traditional music in newly developed stereo sound. The collection features some of the region's most representative musicians and styles: Delta blues...
In 1959 and 1960, Alan Lomax revisited the American South to record the still-living stream of traditional music in newly developed stereo sound. The collection features some of the region's most representative musicians and styles: Delta blues...
These recordings of oral history, play songs, blues, spirituals, and stories were made in 1948 when Alan Lomax invited Vera Hall to come from her home in Livingston, Alabama, to New York City for a concert. Vera Hall's mother had been a slave, and...
These recordings of oral history, play songs, blues, spirituals, and stories were made in 1948 when Alan Lomax invited Vera Hall to come from her home in Livingston, Alabama, to New York City for a concert. Vera Hall's mother had been a slave, and...
These recordings of oral history, play songs, blues, spirituals, and stories were made in 1948 when Alan Lomax invited Vera Hall to come from her home in Livingston, Alabama, to New York City for a concert. Vera Hall's mother had been a slave, and...
These recordings of oral history, play songs, blues, spirituals, and stories were made in 1948 when Alan Lomax invited Vera Hall to come from her home in Livingston, Alabama, to New York City for a concert. Vera Hall's mother had been a slave, and...
These recordings of oral history, play songs, blues, spirituals, and stories were made in 1948 when Alan Lomax invited Vera Hall to come from her home in Livingston, Alabama, to New York City for a concert. Vera Hall's mother had been a slave, and...
Studies by French scholars of ancient Egyptian and Babylonian records purport to describe accounting methods in use over two thousand years ago. The number of documents translated and analyzed is too small to justify such generalizations. The...
