While the Proctor Library's Heritage Collections do not include any medieval manuscripts, we currently have five manuscript leaves in the collection. For access, please contact Miss Owens.
- Pope Gregory IX's Decretals, c.1350, Italy
- Communion Prayers, c.1450, France
- Matthew 2:1-6, Book of Hours, c.1470, France
- Luke 1:46-55, Book of Hours, c.1475, Bruges, Netherlands, possibly by Willem Vrelant
- Hymn for the Common of a Virgin, c.1600, either Italy or Spain [donated]
Also, in the RBFIR department are facsimiles of the only U.S.-produced illuminated manuscript (1990s). This is the St. John's Bible, and we have all seven volumes.
The Proctor Library's Heritage Collections do not have any incunabula, but the following is a list of examples of the 16th to 18th centuries books that are housed in RBFIR. Please note, this is not a complete list:
- Odarum Sive Carminum Libri Quatuor, Paris, France, 1539 [donated]
- Rhetoricorum Ad. C.Herennium, Venice, Italy, 1569 [donated]
- Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, The Netherlands, 1603 [donated]
- The Great Exemplar of Sanctity and Holy Life According to the Christian Institution, London, England, 1653 [donated]
- Verscheyde Scheeps-Togten na Florida, Leyden, The Netherlands, c.1700s [donated]
- Thesaurus Sacrorum Rituum, Cologne, Germany, 1736
