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[Correspondence of Wilhelm IV]

Available Online: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3981x
Title: [Correspondence of Wilhelm IV]
Name: Wilhelm IV, Landgrave of Hesse, 1532-1592, Maurice, Elector of Saxony, 1521-1553, Melanchthon, Philip, 1497-1560, Saxony (Electorate). Landschaft
Date: 1552
Item Type: Text
Physical Format: Codices, Hybrid books, Manuscripts, German, Manuscripts, Renaissance, manuscripts (documents)
Description: Collection of documents related to the aftermath of the Schmalkaldic War in Hesse in Saxony. The manuscript contents comprise copies of 2 letters: a letter dated 24 Feb. 1552 from Wilhelm IV to Maurice, Elector of Saxony, requesting a meeting to negotiate the release of Wilhelm's father, Philipp I, who was a leader of the Schmalkaldic League and imprisoned by Charles V as a traitor after the League's defeat; and a response dated 4 Mar. 1552 from the political leaders (Landschaft) of Saxony, asking Wilhelm to be patient.
Extent: 7 leaves : paper ; 187 x 143 (165 x 100) mm bound to 190 x 147 mm
Language: German
Coverage: Early works to 1800, 1423-1815
Note: Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloger., Table of contents: 1. f.1r-3v: Die Einmanüng des Landgraffen zue Hessen den Churff. zue Sachsen belanget Herrzog Moritzen / Wilhelm, Landgraff zue Hessen., Table of contents: 2. f.4r-6v: Den Wilhelm Landgraff zue Hessen / Die vonn der Landschaft zue Torgaw., Manuscript bound with a printed edition of Bedencken auffs Interim des ehrwirdigen und hochgelarten Herrn Philippi Melanthonis (1548), in which Melancthon expresses reservations and objections to the Augsburg Interim of 1548; from prison, Philipp I unsuccessfully urged the clergy of Hesse to accept the Interim; minimal marginal annotations. For a fuller description of this printed work, search the title Bedencken auffs Interim Des Ehrwirdigen vnd Hochgelarten Herrn Philippi Melanthonis., Foliation: Paper, 7; [1-7], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto., Layout: Written in 20-23 long lines., Script: Written in German cursive script., Watermark: Similar to Briquet Couronne 4960 (Siegen, 1515) and 4962 (Waiblingen, 1519), but with a small cross and quartered circle below the circle supporting the crown., Binding: Boards, with manuscript spine label Melanchton (printed work) and inscription on upper cover also concerning printed work., Origin: Written in Germany after 1552 (date of correspondence, f. 3v, 6v)., German.
Relation: Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3981x
Subject: Philipp I, Landgraf von Hessen, 1504-1567, Schmalkaldic War, 1546-1547 -- Early works to 1800
Geographic Subject: Saxony (Germany) -- Politics and government -- 1423-1815
Physical Location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1609
Provenance: Sold by Haus der Bücher (Basel, Switzerland), 1952., Transferred from Culture Class collection, University of Pennsylvania, 2011.
Rights: https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Bibnumber: 9953154013503681

IIIF manifest: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3981x/manifest

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