Ohio University, pftp-054

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS30461

Shelfmark:

pftp-054

Title:

Anti-Catholic manuscript, Germany, 1551 (PftP leaf: s01, f054)

Place:

Germany

Germany TGN

Date:

1551

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

1551-04

Language:

German

German WIKIDATA

Material:

Paper (fiber product)

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf; Paper (fiber product); 21 cm x 15.9 cm

Note:

Script: Cursive
Decoration: Long-line format
Provenance: This leaf is from a portfolio compiled by The Foliophiles Inc. and issued as a limited edition under the title "Pages from the past: Original leaves from rare books and manuscripts."
Provenance: The set of leaves belonging to Ohio University is number 18 of 20 in "Portfolio set I: History of the written word."
Provenance: The transcribed labels accompanying these leaves were originally written by The Foliophiles, Inc., a now-defunct New York association of rare book dealers that was also known as the Society of Foliophiles.
Provenance: Between 1925 and 1968 The Foliophiles disbound hundreds of historical texts and assembled them into several thematic portfolio sets.
Provenance: These were then issued in “editions” of between 15 and 200 leaves. Universities across America subsequently purchased these portfolios as teaching tools.
Provenance: While a small number of the selected leaves come from other cultures, the vast majority are from European texts. The collecting and marketing practices of The Foliophiles reflect the values of the members of the association and the contemporary American rare book market.
Provenance: Original descriptions, therefore, may contain outdated language, speculation, or inaccurate information.
The following text is based on the original seller's label. FROM A GERMAN MANUSCRIPT - an interesting anti-Catholic theological diatribe signed by five Protestant pastors and dated the third of April, 1551
The German script is clear and legible even though most of the points under discussion, such as the significance of congruent and prevenient grace, are far from possessing a similar crystalline quality
In fact, the crabbed style of this Sixteenth Century holograph shows the characteristic hand of the zealous scholar rather than that of the trained scrivener
We are, of course, in the full tide of the Reformation, and it is but natural that the graces of calligraphy should wilt beneath the glare of theological controversy
© 1926, T.F.I.
Pages from the Past, Set I: History of the written word

Keyword:

religious texts

Manuscripts

Institutional Record:

http://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/p15808coll19/id/446

IIIF Manifest:

https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:446/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Ohio University