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Pommersche chronik, etc
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Title
Pommersche chronik, etc.
Created
Germany, [between 1500 and 1600]
Physical Description
ff. iv + 528 + iii : paper ; 310 x 185 (254 x 132) mm.
Language
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500); Latin
Notes
Watermarks: an unidentified letter Z in two concentric circles.
Script: Written by several scribes in gothic cursive and italic script.
Headings of gothic textura, square capitals, and a large humanistic script, in reddish brown, green, and black.
Binding: Nineteenth century, after 1861. Brown goatskin Jansenist binding by Chambolle-Duru (Paris).
In German and Latin.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Barbara Shailor.
Provenance
Given to Yale in 1896 by Mrs. Henry Farnam.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on paper (sturdy and rough) of 1) Valentin von Eickstedt, Pommersche Chronik, in German. Contains descriptions of some cities of Pomerania, genealogy of the Dukes of Pomerania, and the Chronicle proper. Written by Valentin von Eickstedt (1527-79) in 1574. 2) Funeral orations for the Dukes of Pomerania (in Latin), by Daniel Cramer (1568-1637), Lutheran theologian and archdeacon of Stettin.
Publications
Faye and Bond p. 29, no. 99.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 15, 2011
References
Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 99.
Valentin von Eickstedt, Pommersche Chronik, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Valentin von Eickstedt, Pommersche Chronik, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Renaissance - German - 16th century.
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