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The
Newberry's collections
Europe
Starting with medieval manuscripts, European history and literature
are well represented in the Newberry's collections. It is particularly
strong in Renaissance era material.
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(Click
on the pictures to see larger versions.)
Left:
Detail of gold initial from an edition of Virgil.
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Medieval manuscript, with two columns of text and two illuminations.
From Flanders, 1455, formerly in the library of Philip the Good
of Burgundy.
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Left:
Greek text (printed in 1539).
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Right:
A Shakespeare first filio (1623).
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