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[Map of Europe as queen]

Map shows a stylized Europe in the form of a woman. [Spain] is her head and [Gaul], [Germany], [Denmark], [Poland], [Hungary], [Greece], [Bulgaria], [Macedonia], and Scythia are the remainder of her body. Europe is shown surrounded by Africa, [England], [Scotland], [Scandinavia], and Asia. Includes text in lower margin. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: [1550..1570]
Creator: Mùˆnster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Manuscript Leaf from 13th Century, Germany?] (open access)

[Manuscript Leaf from 13th Century, Germany?]

13th-century German manuscript leaf. Double column, transitional Caroline/gothic hand. Text from a Lectionary(Matthew 13:15 - 13:21, in which Christ explains to his disciples why he speaks in parables). Written by an accomplished scribe, with capitals, ampersands, ligatures, and fishtail-like terminations at the top of ascenders indicate that the script is transitional, from the late Caroline to the early gothic. Recovered from a bound book.
Date: [1201..1300]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Leaf from a Book of Sermons, 15th Century, Germany] (open access)

[Leaf from a Book of Sermons, 15th Century, Germany]

A leaf from a book of sermons, (Germany, 15th century) on paper, with watermark just barely visible (type uncertain: possibly "Etoile" type of Briquet 6067-6071, dated variously from 1422 to 1477 (see: C.M. Briquet, Les Filigranes, 1907, reprinted 1967, vol. 3), or handwritten.
Date: [1422..1477]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Engraving portrait of Johann Von Schonenburgh]

Engraved portrait of German Catholic Archbishop Johann Von Schonenburgh, circa 1500-1600. The plate has the portrait framed by ornate scroll work including the face of a cherub, pears and ribbons. The description directly under the portrait reads "Religion and Wisdom".
Date: [1500..1600]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library