Registrum brevium : [1 leaf]

Information about this leaf: Written on vellum in Latin script that evokes the feeling of Carolignian miniscule with red and blue painted initial letters.,Information about this book: This is a legal manuscript which records judicial proceedings in the reign of King Edward III including cases tried at the Court of Law at Westminster and elsewhere. It contains evidence of family histories, possessions, and names and actions of important people.,Information about this digital copy: digitized by University of Missouri—Columbia, MU Libraries on January 27, 2016. Scanning specifications: 600 dpi; scanned on Zeutschel OS 15000; cropped using Photoshop.,This leaf was identified from information on the label. WorldCat records were used to glean additional information about the book.

Book of the dead : [1 leaf]

Information about this leaf: This fragment of Egyptian papyrus is dated to approximately 18th to 20th Dynasty.,Information about this digital copy: digitized by University of Missouri—Columbia, MU Libraries on February 3, 2016. Scanning specifications: 600 dpi; scanned on Zeutschel OS 15000; cropped using Photoshop.,This leaf was identified from information in the Pages from the Past inventory list.

Sermones : [1 leaf]

Information about this leaf: This manuscript is written on beautiful linen paper in a quasi-cursive gothic with rubrication.,Information about this book: "From a Latin manuscript dated 1434, containing the 'Sermones' of Simon de Cremona, prepared in the Scriptorium ... of the famous Carthusian monastery at Buxheim. Caspar Misnensis was the scribe ... finished writing out these sermons on the fifth day before the feast of Saint Erasmus the Martyr in 1434 ..."n--WorldCat record for the book (viewed on 02/03/2016),Information about this digital copy: digitized by University of Missouri—Columbia, MU Libraries on January 27, 2016. Scanning specifications: 600 dpi; scanned on Zeutschel OS 15000; cropped using Photoshop.,This leaf was identified from information on the label. WorldCat records were used to glean additional information about the book.

Officium Beate Marie Virginis : [1 leaf]

Information about this leaf: This manuscript is written on vellum in brown and red ink, with blue and red initial letters, by an Italian scribe.,Information about this book: This leaf comes from a book of approximately 300 pages which was part of the collection of the late Lord Berwick of Shrewsbury, England. Portions of the manuscript may be considered 11th century.,Information about this digital copy: digitized by University of Missouri—Columbia, MU Libraries on February 2, 2016. Scanning specifications: 600 dpi; scanned on Zeutschel OS 15000; cropped using Photoshop.,This leaf was identified from information on the label.

Religious Dutch manuscript, circa 1450 : [1 leaf]

Information about this leaf: This manuscript is written on vellum in gothic German with red and blue initial letters.,Information about this digital copy: Information about digital copy: digitized by University of Missouri—Columbia, MU Libraries on January 27, 2016. Scanning specifications: 600 dpi; scanned on Zeutschel OS 15000; cropped using Photoshop.,This leaf was identified from information on the label.

Coptic Bible : [1 leaf]

Information about this digital copy: digitized by University of Missouri—Columbia, MU Libraries on February 3, 2016. Scanning specifications: 600 dpi; scanned on Zeutschel OS 15000; cropped using Photoshop.,This leaf was identified from information in the Pages from the Past inventory list.

German anti-Catholic manuscript: [1 leaf]

Information about the book: This originally untitled manuscript was written by five unnamed Protestant priests during the Reformation.,Title note: This title was created by cataloger.,Information about the page: The page features a messy handwritten calligraphy, with marginal notes. There is a slight yellowing throughout, but the ink is very visible.

Arabic papyrus : [1 leaf]

Information about this leaf: This is a fragment of an early Arabic papyrus which likely deals with religious or literary matters. The calligraphy is probably Cufic or Nashti style.,Information about this digital copy: digitized by University of Missouri—Columbia, MU Libraries on February 2, 2016. Scanning specifications: 600 dpi; scanned on Zeutschel OS 15000; cropped using Photoshop.,This leaf was identified from information on the label.

Persian MS Koran : [1 leaf]

Persian manuscript of the Qu'ran (Koran). The particular verse is unknown. The writing is done in a slanted calligraphic style. According to the author of the label card included in the Pages From the Past folio, the slanted calligraphic style is a later convention and cannot be found in Persian manuscripts earlier than the Seventeenth Century. This has not been confirmed. The page contains blue and gold bordering with gold floral motif illumination. In a zoomed in view, guide marks of a small "swirl" shape can be seen down the center of the folio in red ink. There are small Persian characters that have been cut off at the bottom edges of the folio.,This leaf was identified from information on the label.