Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
MS 30
Manuscript Leaves and Ephemera
Collection, circa 1470-circa 1901, undated
Descriptive summary
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| title: | Manuscript Leaves and Ephemera Collection |
| dates: | circa 1470-circa 1901, undated |
| extent: | 1.21 linear ft. (1 half-document box, 1 oversized box, and 1 map case folder) |
| collection number: | MS 30 |
| repository: | Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative information
| access: | Open for research |
| publication rights: | Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
| preferred citation: | Manuscript Leaves and Ephemera Collection, MS 30, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Historical note
The collection (circa 1470-circa 1901, undated) consists of individual manuscript leaves and ephemeral items. Included is an assortment of 15th through 17th century manuscript leaves. Ephemera includes items which were found inserted in books in the library's rare book collection. |
Collection description
The collection (ca. 1470-ca. 1901, n.d.) consists of individual manuscript leaves and ephemeral items. Included is an assortment of 15th through 17th century manuscript leaves. Ephemera includes items which were found inserted in books in the library's rare book collection. |
Organization
The collection is organized in two series: |
Description of series
| Series 1 | Manuscript leaves |
circa 1470-1669 |
| extent: | 8 folders and 1 map case folder |
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| description: | This series contains an assortment of 15th through 17th century manuscript leaves. The series is listed alphabetically. |
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Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
4 |
Book of hoursleaf: Hours of the Virgin – Hours of Sext, psalms (1 leaf) |
circa 1470 |
1 |
7 |
Catena Aureau Super Quattor Evangelistas by St. Thomas Aquinas (1 leaf) |
1476 |
1 |
8 |
From the commentaries of Bartolus de Saxoferrato on the first and second parts of the new Digest of Laws with supplemental notes by other authors (1 leaf) |
1521 |
| 1 | 9 | Decretals of Gregory IX, from Part II, IX-X, manuscript bifolium, from Italy (1 bifolium) | Late 13th century |
1 |
1 |
Iconologia di Cesare Ripa (1 leaf, page 305/306) |
1669 |
1 |
2 |
Lexicon and Thesarus in Greek and Latin, published by Henrich Petri (1 leaf) |
1557 |
1 |
5 |
Liber Chronicarum [Nuremburg Chronicle], by Hartmann Schedel: folio CCLIII (1 leaf) |
1493 |
1 |
6 |
Original Bible leaf with commentary by Nicholas of Lyra (1 leaf) |
1498 |
Map case |
C406 D09 |
Psalter leaf |
circa 1575 |
1 |
3 |
Senteniarum Libri Quatuor, by Peter Lombard (1 leaf) |
1481-1492 |
Description of series
| Series 2 | Ephemera |
circa 1901, undated |
| extent: | 2 folders |
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| description: | This series contains ephemera removed from books in the library's rare book collection. |
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Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
2 |
1 |
Paper animal cutouts (3 items - a bird, a dog, and a rooster), possibly by William Savage. The cutouts were found inserted in Poems by John Rannie (call no. PR3658 R165 P6x 1791 pts. 1-2) which also includes a drawing of a rooster on page 53 signed "W.S." (presumably William Savage, a former owner of the book) |
undated |
2 |
2 |
Advertisements: Bon Ami cleaner and Dixon's American Graphite Pencils (found inserted in Frye's Grammar School Geography, Iowa Edition (call no. G127 F929 I5x 1902); advertising card for Bon Ami cleaner has sketches on verso by Byron Bird, former owner of the book) |
circa 1901, undated |