Psalterium, 1499 (o7r)

On the last page of this volume appears the colophon and Erhard Ratdolt's printer's device, here printed in red and black ink.

Psalterium, 1499 (π1r)

This title label uses red ink to call attention to itself, with the second part of the title in a smaller face.

Rinuccio, Aesop, 1521 (sig. c7r)

A unique feature of this text is how the morals are isolated in the margins next to their respective fables. The use of the manicules and banners serves to emphasize the lofty values they impart.

Securis, A newe almanacke, 1571 (A2v-A3r)

Almanacs often included charts of the human body and indications of which astrological signs ruled which parts. This opening also includes information about propitious times of the year for things not only having to do with the body (bathing, stopping colds) but with planting.

Securis, A newe almanacke, 1571 (A4v-A5r)

This almanac prints the months on individual pages rather than a two-page opening, as become more common in later decades, but a lot of information about astrological bodies and calendar dates is still fit in across the columns.

Slovacius, Allmanach, 1580

This almanac was printed as a single sheet; the damaged sections running across the sheet suggest that it was stored folded for a long period of time, probably helping ensure its survival.

Tabulae abcdariae pueriles, 1544 (recto)

Children were often taught to read by printed examples of the alphabet and the Lord's Prayer. This sheet is one of the earliest surviving lessons (probably because, as its appearance suggests, it was never used). Although there is no imprint statement on the sheet, the blocks used in the border were also used by Valentin Bapst in the late 1540s, suggesting that he is this work's printer as well.

Verkündigung der Bulle Pastoris, 1479

This 1479 papal bull from Pope Sixtus IV features two nearly-identical collation notes by papal notaries, identified by their initials in the seals to the left of their notes as Gregorius May and Mathias Horn. The huge and intricate initial I is handwritten and the bull is printed on parchment, both features which hearken back to the established and respected tradition of manuscript bookmaking.