Identity elements
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Theodore Parker collection
Date(s)
- 1485-1572 (Creation)
Extent
1 Box
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Twelve original leaves of rare books.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
This collection is open for research.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Theodore Parker Collection Finding Aid © 1993 University of Miami. Requests to reproduce or publish materials from this collection should be directed to asc.library@miami.edu.
Languages of the material
- English
- French
- German
- Latin
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Generated finding aid
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Gift of Dr. Theodore Parker.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Jacobus de Voragine: Dat duytsche Passionail (The Golden Legend in Low German). Printed at Cologne, 1485, by Ludwig von Renchen. The first Life of the Saints in low German.
Location: ASC Special Oversize BX4654.J35 1485
Hartman Schedel: Liber Chronicarum commonly called the Nuremberg Chronicle, Printed at Nurember, 1493, by Anton Koberger. There were two editions in the same year that in Latin, the first issued July 12th, and the German edition (translated by George Alt) issued December 23rd.
Location: ASC Special Oversize D17.S3415 1493
Hartman Schedel: Weltchronik. Printed at Augsburg, 1497 by Johann Schonsperger. This is a later German Edition of the above described "Nuremberg Chronicle", in smaller format. The Woodcuts are from new blocks copied from those Koberger and reduced in size.
Location: ASC Special Oversize D17.S32 1497