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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.

A vellum leaf featuring a liturgical calendar with decorative text, initial letters, and three-sided border all in red and blue inks.

A vellum leaf from a Latin Book of Hours. The leaf contains 1/4 panel borders of flowers and tree trunks in liquid gold and tempera.

A vellum leaf from a Dutch Book of Hours. The recto and verso have decorated borders, two- and five-line decorated initials, and an angel in the margin of the recto showing wounds on his hands and feet all in red and blue inks.

A vellum leaf from a Dutch Book of Hours. The recto and verso have decorated borders; the recto contains a six-line historiated initial “S” depicting the head of Christ, the symbol of the “agnus dei” (lamb of God) in the margin, and two two-line decorated initials all in red and blue inks.

A vellum leaf containing the partial text of 1 Kings (1 Samuel). The text contains an illuminated zoomorphic initial “F” with a long marginal extender. There is also a decorated letter beginning the first chapter of 1 Kings (1 Samuel).

Summary: A set of questions written by Bennet, here referred to as queries, posed to Count Niclaus Ludwig graf von Zinzendorf, the founder of the Moravian Church.