Pommersche chronik, etc

Description

Title: Pommersche chronik, etc
Creator: Eickstedt, Valentin von
Published / Created: [between 1500 and 1600]
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript on paper (sturdy and rough) of 1) Valentin von Eickstedt, Pommersche Chronik, in German. Contains descriptions of some cities of Pomerania, genealogy of the Dukes of Pomerania, and the Chronicle proper. Written by Valentin von Eickstedt (1527-79) in 1574. 2) Funeral orations for the Dukes of Pomerania (in Latin), by Daniel Cramer (1568-1637), Lutheran theologian and archdeacon of Stettin
Description: In German and Latin.
Watermarks: an unidentified letter Z in two concentric circles.
Script: Written by several scribes in gothic cursive and italic script.
Headings of gothic textura, square capitals, and a large humanistic script, in reddish brown, green, and black.
Binding: Nineteenth century, after 1861. Brown goatskin Jansenist binding by Chambolle-Duru (Paris).
Provenance: Given to Yale in 1896 by Mrs. Henry Farnam.
Extent: ff. iv + 528 + iii : 310 x 185 (254 x 132) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Renaissance German 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Germany
Pomerania (Poland and Germany)
Subject (Name): Cramer, Daniel.
Eickstedt, Valtentin von.
Subject (Topic): German literature
Manuscripts, Medieval
History
Description and travel
Subjects: Cramer, Daniel
Eickstedt, Valtentin von
German literature > Early modern, 1500-1700
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Germany > History
Pomerania (Poland and Germany) > Description and travel
Pomerania (Poland and Germany) > History
German > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Valentin von Eickstedt, Pommersche Chronik, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.