University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1609

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1427

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 1609

Title:

Correspondence of Wilhelm IV.

Author:

Wilhelm IV, Landgrave of Hesse, 1532-1592

William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel WIKIDATA

Place:

Germany

Germany TGN

Date:

[after 1552]

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

German

German WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 7 leaves : paper ; 187 x 143 (165 x 100) mm bound to 190 x 147 mm

Note:

Script: Written in German cursive script.
Origin: Written in Germany after 1552 (date of correspondence, f. 3v, 6v).
Title supplied by cataloger.
Ms. codex.
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.
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...
Foliation: Paper, 7; [1-7], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.
Layout: Written in 20-23 long lines.
Binding: Boards, with manuscript spine label Melanchton (printed work) and inscription on upper cover also concerning printed work.
Transferred from Culture Class collection, University of Pennsylvania, 2011.
Sold by Haus der Bücher (Basel, Switzerland), 1952.

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Hybrid books

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, German

Schmalkaldic War (1546-1547)

Philipp I, Landgraf von Hessen, 1504-1567

Germany--Saxony

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9953154013503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3981x/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania