Manuscript on paper of Johannes Baers, Lamentationes Ieremiae carmine elegiaco redditae. With a Dedicatory epistle to Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (c. 1563-1612), secretary of state of Queen Elizabeth
Description:
Iohannes Baers (Baersius), born in Ghent 1580, d. 1653, studied theology in Leiden, was minister in various places in the Northern Netherlands, was 1629 in Pernambuco (Brasil) and in 1632 back in the Netherlands minister in Soest. He is the author of two books in Dutch, published in 1648 and 1653 respectively, but his poetic paraphrase of Lamentations seems to be unrecorded. Whether this work was finished in 1601 or 1605 is not clear. This Carmelite monk in Ghent, named Paschasius Baers, became after his conversion minister in Zele (East Flanders) and from 1580 onwards in various places in the Netherlands; from 1590 to 1603 he was active in Leeuwarden., In Latin., Script: Written by a single scribe in careful Humanistica Cursiva. Titles and running titles are in a larger size of the same script., and Binding: Original limp vellum, both covers decorated with a simple blind-tooled frame and four small gilt fleurons in the corners. Remains of two green silk ties. Gold-tooled inscriptions in capitals, on front cover: ".SERO.SED.SERIO."; on rear cover "ANNO.1601." Inscription in ink on the spine: "Lamentationes ***********". Edges gilt.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Baers, Johannes, d. 1653. and Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Earl of, 1563-1612.
Subject (Topic):
Latin poetry, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Religious poetry, Latin
Busch, Georg Paul, d. 1756, engraver Cóvens et Mortier, printer Gundling, Jacob Paul, Freiherr von, 1673-1731 L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726. Atlas nouveau
Published / Created:
[1742]
Call Number:
1977 Folio 177
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Alternative Title:
Nova Electoratus Brandenburgici tabula edita per I.P. Fr. von Gundling
Description:
"G.P. Busch sculpsit"., From Guillaume de L'Isle's Atlas nouveau., Includes illustrated cartouches., Prime meridian: Ferro., Relief shown pictorially., Shows settlements, universities, roads, forests, rivers, etc., and Title in ms. on verso. Stamp on verso: 305. Sheet measures 54.2 x 67.5 cm. No. 28 of 34 maps bound together.
Publisher:
Bey Johannes Covens und Cornelius Mortier,
Subject (Geographic):
Brandenburg (Germany)--Maps--Early works to 1800 and Poland--Maps--Early works to 1800
Backed with paper. Ms. no. "53" in upper-right corner. Sheet measures 53.7 x 62.8 cm. No. 48 of 87 maps bound together., Bar scale given in "milliaria Gallica"., Prime meridian: Ferro., Relief shown pictorially., and Watermark.
Bar scale given in "milliaria Gallica"., Imperfect: sheet torn on left side, with no loss of text. Sheet measures 50.5 x, In Latin on verso, with caption title "Languedocia, vulgo Languedoc" and signature H., Prime meridian: Ferro., and Relief shown pictorially.
