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Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to John Lungio (?), bishop of Erfurt, [1538] July 14.

BIB_ID
132254
Accession number
MA 376.30
Creator
Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560.
Display Date
[1538] July 14.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 33.5 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters of the promoters and opponents of the Reformation in England and Germany; see main record for MA 376 for more information.
With seal and address.
Provenance
Purchased from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1907.
Summary
Agreeing with the recipient's views on clandestine marriages, and reporting that Martin Luther will answer him on the topic as well. Noting that he has received news that the sultan of Turkey will not invade Hungary this year, and discussing peace negotiations.