Princeton University, 25.3

Metadata

DS ID:

DS3170

Shelfmark:

25.3

Title:

Autograph letter signed; Wittenberg, to John [the Steadfast], Elector of Saxony

Letter

Author:

Luther, Martin, 1483-1546

Martin Luther WIKIDATA

Date:

1525 July 20].

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

German

German WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 310 x 210 mm.

Former Owner(s):

Ellis, John Henry, 1840-1912

John Henry Ellis WIKIDATA

Huth, Henry, 1815-1878

Henry Huth WIKIDATA

Huth, Alfred Henry, 1850-1910

Alfred Henry Huth WIKIDATA

Addington, Samuel

Samuel Addington WIKIDATA

Scheide, John Hinsdale, 1875-1942

John Hinsdale Scheide WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. leaf.
Origin: Written in Wittenberg, Thursday after St. Margaret, 1525: July 20.
John Dillon sale (London, June 10, 1869, no. 646) to Samuel Addington; his sale (London, Apr. 24, 1876, no. 211) to Ellis; sold in 1880 by John Henry Ellis to Henry Huth (Cat., 1880, V, p. 1697); A. H. Huth sale (London, 1911, no. 142) to B. Quaritch, from whom it was obtained (Handlist, N.Y., Feb. 1923, no. 496) by John H. Scheide.

Keyword:

letters (correspondence)

Germany

Sixteenth century

paper (fiber product)

correspondence

Protestants

History

Sources

Reformation

Manuscripts, German

New Jersey--Princeton

Spalatin, Georg, 1484-1545

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9934990333506421

Holding Institution:

Princeton University