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Letters relating chiefly to the Reformation in Germany

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.712

Scope and Contents

Includes 81 letters from the archives of the Baumgärtner family of Nuremburg, the majority to Hieronymus Baumgärtner the elder (d. 1564). With one exception the letters are from those with surnames beginning M to W. Also including 28 letters of a miscellaneous character, about half being addressed to secular rulers or authorities, including members of the Lichtenberg family, and members of the ruling house of Saxony. Collection includes one printed item: Des XX Psalm Auslegung inn Reim ... durch D. J. Jonam, Wittenberg, 1546, unbound (with cancelled stamp of the Royal Library, Berlin).

Dates

  • Creation: 1516-1746

Conditions Governing Access

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

1 bundle(s) (1 bundle paper) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Other Finding Aids

A full list is available on request.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased of T. and W. Boone of London, booksellers, 5 May 1870.

Bibliography

Many items have been published.
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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