LATIN 231: Latin Prose: Religious Rare Books in Latin

"This classically styled philosophical refutation of early-4th-century anti-Christian tracts by Lactantius was the first systematic Latin account of the Christian attitude toward life. Lactantius was referred to as the “Christian Cicero” by Renaissance humanists." (Encyclopedia Britannica).
Available online in Latin.

A book about the lives of ancient poets and philosophers (including Archimedes, Homer, Hermes, Plotinus, Virgil and Zoroaster) written in Latin. Digital Version and British Library Incunabula Short Title Catalog

An enlargement, completed by Nicholas of Osimo in 1444, of the Summa de casibus conscientiae by Bartholomew of San Concordio. An alphabetical subject-index to the fundamental texts of canon law. Record from British Library Incunabula Short Title Catalog
Download a pdf version of the Latin original text here.

A theological manual edited by a bishop for the priests in his diocese to encourage them to stay true to their catholic faith and remind them of the duties of their ministries. (Read a Review in French.)
Record from British Library Incunabula Short Title Catalog
Download a pdf version of the Latin original text here.

Record from British Library Incunabula Short Title Catalog
Original 1486 book available online here.
Bound together in same volume with Compendium catholicae fidei by Fantin Dandolo.

Printed by Johannes Moratus, 1599 Antwerp. Contains the Decree of the Council of Trent.
Donated in 1875 by Dr. Charles H.Hall, Professor of Pathology and General Practice at Salem Medical School, (Willamette University) 1871-1878.

Available online in Latin.