BIB_ID
80123
Accession number
MA 626
Creator
Musculus, Wolfgang, 1497-1563.
Display Date
[1547 or earlier].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Description
1 item (ca. 405 p.), bound ; 16.2 cm
Notes
An inscription on the title page states that Musculus gave the manuscript to Johannes Parsimonius [Georg Karg] on Aug. 2, 1547. Karg was the Abbot of Hirsau from 1569 to 1598.
Formerly misidentified as a manuscript by Martin Luther.
This appears to be the second volume of a larger work (page numbers start at 202).
Formerly misidentified as a manuscript by Martin Luther.
This appears to be the second volume of a larger work (page numbers start at 202).
Provenance
Georg Karg; stamp (perhaps 17th cent.) reading "M. Wilhelmus Gmelin Gerring"; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Princess Lwolff, 1911.
Summary
Notes in Latin and German. Possibly a draft or preparatory notes for Musculus's Loci Communes of 1544.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (18.9 cm).
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