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Commentaries on the Exhibit’s Works
 

Commentaries on the Exhibit’s Works

At the root of discovery — and indeed of higher education — is a thirst for knowledge, a desire to create … a yearning to understand that which no one has yet proven or explained.

This exhibit’s remarkable works, which University of Dayton faculty selected from hundreds of historically significant volumes to support the undergraduate curriculum, are not merely fruits of that yearning; they are a bedrock of modern inquiry into faith, philosophy, science, literature, art, music, and the social sciences.

Except where noted, the faculty and staff at the University of Dayton prepared the commentaries and multimedia supplements on the works in the exhibit. Shortened versions of the commentaries appeared in an exhibition handlist, also available in this collection.

— Kathleen M. Webb, Dean of University Libraries
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  • Aquinas: 'Summa theologica, pars prima'

    Aquinas: 'Summa theologica, pars prima'

    A brief commentary prepared by Patrick Thomas, PhD, Assistant Professor in the English department, on the following work:

    Thomas Aquinas
    Summa theologica, pars prima
    Venice, 1484; second of the three editions printed by Antonius de Strata

  • Aristotle: ‘Opera omnia (Complete Works)’

    Aristotle: ‘Opera omnia (Complete Works)’

    Excerpted from Jeremy Norman’s HistoryofInformation.com, on the following work:

    Aristotle
    Opera omnia (Complete Works)
    Venice, 1495-1498; first edition; printed by Aldus Manutius

  • ‘Aristotle's Logic: a commentary’

    ‘Aristotle's Logic: a commentary’

    A brief commentary prepared by Bobbi Sutherland, PhD, Professor, History, on the following work:


    Aristotle's Logic: a commentary
    ca. 1644; Latin commentary written in the disputed question style on the logic of Aristotle

  • Austen: ‘Pride and Prejudice’

    Austen: ‘Pride and Prejudice’

    A brief commentary prepared by Laura Vorachek, PhD, Associate Professor, English, on the following work:

    Jane Austen
    Pride and Prejudice
    1813; One of only five copies in the original boards

  • Beethoven: ‘Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Opus 67’

    Beethoven: ‘Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Opus 67’

    A brief commentary prepared by Richard Chenoweth, PhD, Professor, Music, on the following work:

    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Opus 67
    1809; first edition of full score

  • Blake: ‘Illustrations of the Book of Job’

    Blake: ‘Illustrations of the Book of Job’

    A brief commentary prepared by William Marvin, MA, Lecturer, Philosophy, on the following work:

    William Blake
    Illustrations of the Book of Job
    London, 1825; original boards

  • ‘Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth By Day of the priestess Ta-er-pet (the Papyrus MacGregor)’

    ‘Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth By Day of the priestess Ta-er-pet (the Papyrus MacGregor)’

    A brief commentary prepared by Fred W. Jenkins, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Collections and Operations, University Libraries, on the following work:


    Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth By Day of the priestess Ta-er-pet (the Papyrus MacGregor)
    Late 1st century BC; 23 feet, 6 inches long, divided into nine sections; includes a unique chart of images depicting 75 protective amulets

  • Carroll: ‘Alice's Adventures in Wonderland’

    Carroll: ‘Alice's Adventures in Wonderland’

    A brief commentary prepared by Margaret Strain, PhD, Professor, English, on the following work:

    Lewis Carroll
    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
    New York, 1969; portfolio of illustrations by Salvador Dalí; signed by the artist

  • Chaucer: ‘Canterbury Tales’

    Chaucer: ‘Canterbury Tales’

    A brief commentary prepared by Miriamne Ara Krummel, PhD, Associate Professor, English, on the following work:

    Geoffrey Chaucer
    Canterbury Tales
    London , ca. 1492; from the collection of J. Pierpont Morgan

  • Copernicus: ‘De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of Celestial Spheres)’

    Copernicus: ‘De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of Celestial Spheres)’

    A brief commentary prepared by Robert Brecha, PhD, Professor, Physics, on the following work:

    Nicolaus Copernicus
    De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of Celestial Spheres)
    Nuremburg, 1543; first edition

  • Curie: ‘Thèse de Marie Curie’

    Curie: ‘Thèse de Marie Curie’

    A brief commentary prepared by Mark Masthay, PhD, associate professor and chair of chemistry, on the following work:

    Marie Curie
    Thèse de Marie Curie
    1903; presentation copy of thesis, Recherches sur les substances radioactives (Research into the Properties of Radioactive Substances)

  • Dante: ‘La divina commedia (The Divine Comedy)’

    Dante: ‘La divina commedia (The Divine Comedy)’

    Excerpted from auction catalogue, on the following work:

    Dante
    La divina commedia (The Divine Comedy)
    Florence, 1481; first Florentine edition

  • Darwin: ‘On the Origin of Species’

    Darwin: ‘On the Origin of Species’

    A brief commentary prepared by Susan Davis, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychology, on the following work:

    Charles Darwin
    On the Origin of Species
    London, 1859; first edition; presentation copy

  • Descartes: ‘Discourse on the Method’

    Descartes: ‘Discourse on the Method’

    A brief commentary prepared by Margaret Strain, PhD, Professor, English, on the following work:

    René Descartes
    Discours de la méthode pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la verité dans les sciences (Discourse on the Method)
    Leiden, 1637; first edition

  • Dostoevsky: ‘Brothers Karamazov’

    Dostoevsky: ‘Brothers Karamazov’

    A brief commentary prepared by Masha Kisel, PhD, Instructor, English, on the following work:

    Fyodor Dostoevsky
    Bratya Karamazovy (Brothers Karamazov)
    St. Petersburg, 1881; first edition

  • Einstein: ‘The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity’

    Einstein: ‘The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity’

    A brief commentary prepared by Robert Brecha, PhD, Professor, Physics, on the following work:

    Albert Einstein
    Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie (The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity)
    1916; first edition; presentation issue

  • Ellison: ‘Invisible Man’

    Ellison: ‘Invisible Man’

    A brief commentary prepared by John McCombe, PhD, Professor, English, on the following work:

    Ralph Ellison
    Invisible Man
    1952; first edition; presentation copy

  • Euclid: ‘Elementa geometrica’ (‘Elements of Geometry’)

    Euclid: ‘Elementa geometrica’ (‘Elements of Geometry’)

    A brief commentary prepared by Paul Eloe, PhD, Professor, Mathematics, on the following work:

    Euclid
    Elementa geometrica (Elements of Geometry)
    Venice, 1482; first edition printed by Erhard Ratdolt

  • Frank: ‘Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl’

    Frank: ‘Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl’

    A brief commentary prepared by Sandra Yocum, PhD, Associate Professor, Religious Studies, on the following work:

    Anne Frank
    Het Achterhuis (Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl)
    Amsterdam, 1947; New York, 1952; first edition in Dutch; first edition printed in the United States

  • Freud: ‘The Interpretation of Dreams’

    Freud: ‘The Interpretation of Dreams’

    A brief commentary prepared by Andrew Slade, PhD, Associate Professor, English, on the following work:

    Sigmund Freud
    Die Traumdeutung (The Interpretation of Dreams)
    Leipzig, 1900; first edition; presentation copy

  • Galileo: ‘Sidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger)’

    Galileo: ‘Sidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger)’

    A brief commentary prepared by Robert Brecha, PhD, Professor, Physics, and Bill Marvin, MA, Lecturer, Philosophy, on the following work:

    Galileo
    Sidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger)
    1610; one of only two known copies of earliest issue of the first edition

  • Goethe: ‘Faust’

    Goethe: ‘Faust’

    A brief commentary prepared by Margaret Strain, PhD, Professor, English, on the following work:

    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    Faust
    Leipzig, 1790; first edition

  • Hippocrates: ‘Octoginta volumina’ (‘The Hippocratic Corpus’)

    Hippocrates: ‘Octoginta volumina’ (‘The Hippocratic Corpus’)

    A brief commentary prepared by Bobbi Sutherland, PhD, Assistant Professor, History, on the following work:

    Hippocrates
    Octoginta volumina (The Hippocratic Corpus)
    Rome, 1525; first edition of the first complete Latin edition

  • Homer: ‘Works in Greek’

    Homer: ‘Works in Greek’

    A brief commentary prepared by Fred W. Jenkins, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Collections and Operations, University Libraries, on the following work:

    Homer
    Works in Greek
    Florence, 1488; editio princeps; bookplates of Labouchère and Duke of Sussex

  • Kepler: ‘Astronomia Nova’ (‘New Astronomy’)

    Kepler: ‘Astronomia Nova’ (‘New Astronomy’)

    A brief commentary prepared by Robert Brecha, PhD, Professor, Physics, on the following work:

    Johannes Kepler
    Astronomia Nova (New Astronomy)
    Heidelberg or Prague, 1609; first edition

  • La Biblia, que es, Los Sacros Libros del Viejo y Nuevo Testamento (Spanish Bible)

    La Biblia, que es, Los Sacros Libros del Viejo y Nuevo Testamento (Spanish Bible)

    A brief commentary prepared by Neomi DeAnda, PhD, Assisant Professor, Religious Studies, on the following work:


    La Biblia, que es, Los Sacros Libros del Viejo y Nuevo Testamento (Spanish Bible)
    Basle, 1569; first complete Spanish-language translation of the Bible

  • Lincoln: Political Debates of 1858

    Lincoln: Political Debates of 1858

    A brief commentary prepared by Margaret Strain, PhD, Professor, English, on the following work:

    Abraham Lincoln
    Political Debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas in the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois
    Columbus, 1860; first edition; first issue; presentation copy

  • Linnaeus: ‘Systema Naturae’ (‘A General System of Nature’)

    Linnaeus: ‘Systema Naturae’ (‘A General System of Nature’)

    A brief commentary prepared by Ryan McEwan, PhD, Professor, Biology, on the following work:

    Carl Linnaeus
    Systema Naturae (A General System of Nature)
    Leiden, 1735; first edition

  • ‘Mahayana Sutra of the Buddha: Boundless Life’

    ‘Mahayana Sutra of the Buddha: Boundless Life’

    A brief commentary prepared by Fred W. Jenkins, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Collections and Operations, University Libraries, on the following work:


    Mahayana Sutra of the Buddha: Boundless Life
    China, early 8th century; Scroll from the Dunhuang caves; in Tibetan language

  • Maimonides: ‘The Guide of the Perplexed’

    Maimonides: ‘The Guide of the Perplexed’

    A brief commentary prepared by Patrick Thomas, PhD, Assistant Professor, English, on the following work:

    Moses Maimonides
    Moreh Nebukhim (The Guide of the Perplexed)
    Possibly Rome, ca. 1469; first edition; translated from Judeo-Arabic into Hebrew by Samuel Ibn Tibbon

  • Malcolm X: ‘The Autobiography of Malcolm X’

    Malcolm X: ‘The Autobiography of Malcolm X’

    Excerpted from The New York Times, November 5, 1965, on the following work:

    Malcolm X
    The Autobiography of Malcolm X
    1963; written with Alex Haley; original typed draft

  • Marx: ‘Das Kapital’

    Marx: ‘Das Kapital’

    A brief commentary prepared by Alex Macleod, PhD, Lecturer, English, on the following work:

    Karl Marx
    Das Kapital: Kritik der politischen Oekonomie (Capital: A Critique of Political Economy)
    Hamburg, 1867; volume 1; first edition

  • Montessori: ‘The Montessori Method’

    Montessori: ‘The Montessori Method’

    A brief commentary prepared by Treavor Bogard, PhD, Assistant Professor, Teacher Education, on the following work:

    Maria Montessori
    Il metodo della pedagogia scientifica applicato all'educazione infantile nelle Case dei Bambini (The Montessori Method: Scientific Pedagogy as Applied to Child Education in “the Children's Houses”)
    1909; first edition

  • Newton: ‘Opticks’

    Newton: ‘Opticks’

    Two brief commentaries prepared by Robert Brecha, PhD, Professor, Physics, and H. Angus Macleod, DTech, University of Arizona, on the following work:

    Isaac Newton
    Opticks: Or, a Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light
    London, 1704; first edition

  • O'Connor: ‘A Good Man is Hard to Find’

    O'Connor: ‘A Good Man is Hard to Find’

    A brief commentary prepared by Brother Tom Wendorf, S.M., PhD, national vocation director, Marianist Province of the United States, on the following work:

    Flannery O'Connor
    A Good Man is Hard to Find
    ca. 1955; first edition

  • Pascal: ‘Pensées’

    Pascal: ‘Pensées’

    A brief commentary prepared by Fred W. Jenkins, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Collections and Operations, University Libraries, on the following work:

    Blaise Pascal
    Pensées
    Paris, 1670; first edition

  • Plato: ‘Opera omnia’ (Complete Works)

    Plato: ‘Opera omnia’ (Complete Works)

    excerpted from Printing and the Mind of Man (1983), on the following work:

    Plato
    Opera omnia (Complete Works)
    Venice: Aldus, 1513; second printing

  • Polyglot Bible: Psalter

    Polyglot Bible: Psalter

    A brief commentary prepared by Fred W. Jenkins, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Collections and Operations, University Libraries, on the following work:


    Polyglot Bible: Psalter
    1516; First edition in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Latin, and Arabic

  • Ptolemy: ‘Geographiae universae’

    Ptolemy: ‘Geographiae universae’

    A brief commentary prepared by Robert Brecha, PhD, Professor, Physics, on the following work:

    Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy)
    Geographiae universae (Geography)
    1597; from the library of Robert Burton

  • Qur'an

    Qur'an

    A brief commentary prepared by Jusuf Salih, PhD, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies, on the following work:


    Qur'an
    Kashmir, 1864; an illuminated manuscript, copied by Aziz Khan Kashmiri et al.

  • Remarque: ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’

    Remarque: ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’

    A brief commentary prepared by Patrick Thomas, PhD, Assistant Professor, English, on the following work:

    Erich Maria Remarque
    Im Westen nichts Neues (All Quiet on the Western Front)
    1928 and 1929; Corrected galley proofs in author’s hand (1928); first edition (1929)

  • Shakespeare: ‘Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies’

    Shakespeare: ‘Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies’

    A brief commentary prepared by Elizabeth Mackay, PhD, Lecturer, English, on the following work:

    William Shakespeare
    Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies
    1632; Second Folio

  • Tolkien: ‘The Lord of the Rings’

    Tolkien: ‘The Lord of the Rings’

    A brief commentary prepared by Miriamne Ara Krummel, PhD, Associate Professor, English, on the following work:

    J. R. R. Tolkien
    The Lord of the Rings
    London, ca. 1953-1955; page proofs of the first edition with author’s final revisions; binding by Don Glaister

  • Twain: ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’

    Twain: ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’

    A brief commentary prepared by Kara Getrost, PhD, Lecturer, English, on the following work:

    Mark Twain
    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    1884 and 1885; first British edition (1884) and first American edition (1885)

  • Wheatley: ‘Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral’

    Wheatley: ‘Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral’

    A brief commentary prepared by Sheila Hassell Hughes, PhD, Professor, English, on the following work:

    Phillis Wheatley
    Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
    London, 1773; first book published by an African American; frontispiece illustration of author is by African American slave artist Scipio Moorhead

  • Wollstonecraft: ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects’

    Wollstonecraft: ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects’

    A brief commentary prepared by Mary Sanderson, PhD, Lecturer, History, on the following work:

    Mary Wollstonecraft
    A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects
    1792; first edition; original publisher boards

  • Woolf: ‘A Room of One's Own’

    Woolf: ‘A Room of One's Own’

    A brief commentary prepared by Sheila Hassell Hughes, PhD, Professor, English, on the following work:

    Virginia Woolf
    A Room of One's Own
    1929; first trade edition; presentation copy

  • ‘Zevach Pesach’

    ‘Zevach Pesach’

    A brief commentary prepared by Sandra Yocum, PhD, Associate Professor, Religious Studies, on the following work:


    Zevach Pesach
    Constantinople, 1505; first edition of Abrabanel's commentary; earliest obtainable edition

 
 
 

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