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[Autograph letter signed : Wittenberg, to John [the Steadfast], Elector of Saxony, 1525 July 27].
Author
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
German
Description
1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 310 x 210 mm.
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Status
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Notes
Special Collections - William H. Scheide Library
25.3
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Subject(s)
Spalatin, Georg 1484-1545
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Reformation
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Germany
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History
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Protestants
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Germany
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History
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Sources
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Manuscripts, German
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New Jersey
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Princeton
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Former owner
Ellis, John Henry, 1840-1912
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Huth, Henry, 1815-1878
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Huth, Alfred Henry, 1850-1910
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Addington, Samuel
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Scheide, John Hinsdale, 1875-1942
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Bookseller
Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
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Related name
Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Scheide 61.
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Getty AAT genre
Letters
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Germany
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16th century
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Correspondence
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Germany
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16th century
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Paper
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Compiled/Created
1525 July 27].
Medium/Support
in brown morocco folder by Grabau, 1924.
Summary note
Concerns the appointment of Georgius Spalatinus to the pastoral office at Altenburg (Saxe-Altenburg).
Notes
Ms. leaf.
Origin: Written in Wittenberg, Thursday after St. Margaret, 1525.
Language note
German.
Provenance
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.
References
De Ricci, p. 2130, no. 61
Cite as
Scheide Library, Princeton University. MA 61.
Place name(s)
Germany Wittenberg.
OCLC
54750040
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