The subjects include rulers, statesmen, authors, scholars and other famous personages from ancient times to the nineteenth century. Most of the prints were produced in the 17th and 18th centuries from paintings by Hans Holbein, Anthony Vandyke, Godfrey Kneller, Peter Lely and other noted artists.

Leaves from different antiphonaries, most unidentified as to place and/or time of creation.

Consists of 7 leaves of medieval calligraphy, 5 of which have pencil written dates & places : ca. 1310 England, ca. 1400 Italy, ca. 1400 France (2), ca. 1480 Italy. 2 larger leaves are undated: one contains music, the other has floral border and illuminated initials. All the texts are religious, some from service books. Also included is an example of German handwriting, Beicht-Gebetter vor der Beicht.

41 framed Italian miniatures, panel paintings, and illuminated pages, as well as two codices.

Primarily fragments, these specimens were acquired to demonstrate the development of writing in the western world. A variety of scripts are represented, from Carolingian minuscule to the humanistic hands and the "cancelleresca."

The leaves come from the following works, listed here in chronological order: Carolingian compilation on the Psalms (France), glossarium (Eastern France), diurnal (Germany), Sacramentary (Germany), Beneventan psalter (Southern Italy), Augustinus (Italy), grammar of the Latin language (England), secular antiphoner (Central Italy), Isaiah (England), secular breviary (France), commentary on Aristotle's Physica (England), interpretations of Hebrew names (France), theological work (Italy), Venetian guild inventory (Italy), about the proper conduct of monks (the Netherlands), elegiac verses about nature and the fates (England), and commentary on First Corinthians (England).

The collection includes 8 aurei (gold), 154 denarii (silver), 4 ancient barbaric counterfeit denarii (silver), 2 tetradrachms (silver), 1 drachm (silver), 2 ancient plated counterfeit denarii (silver-plated copper), 1 modern (circa 1600) Italian counterfeit denarius (silver); and 1 ancient barbaric counterfeit assarius (copper). The coins are Tiberian (155), Augustan (16), and Claudian (2).