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Title

Furoris Anabaptistici Monasterium inclytam Westphaliae metropolim evertentis historica narratio

Authors

• Kerssenbroch, Hermann von, ca. 1520-1585

Other related names

• Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909, former owner

Call number

Ms. Codex 1208
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4322632
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4322632

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Latin, with a few technical terms in Greek

Origin

Date

ca. 1700?

Place

Germany

Summary

A history of the Anabaptist presence in Münster during the early 16th century, especially focusing on the 1534 rebellion. Kerssenbroch focuses primarily on the military and political developments rather than merely on religious aspects of the Anabaptists. In the process, he gives a brief history of Munster, and also describes the city, its people, and its customs. Although Kerssenbroch attempts to appear impartial and unbiased, his pro-Catholic biases are made very clear through scathing remarks towards the Anabaptists, as well as towards Lutherans. Kerssenbroch's narrative consists predominately of his own experiences, the published accounts of others, and some oral accounts from loyal acquaintances (f. 1r). Includes portions of documents translated by Kerssenbroch related to the rebellion, such as the prince-bishop's correspondence. Includes two notes - one with some figures, and the other with the remnant of a wax seal.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (f. i recto).
   
• Incipit: Quamvis viri doctissimi tam ligata quam soluta oratione latine germanice de furore anabaptistici, qui monasterium inclitam totious Saxoniae... (f. 1r). Explicit: Faxit deus optimus maximus ut ad gloriam nominis sui et reipublicae tranquillitatem quam diutissime utantur. (f. 369v).
   

Watermark

Initials I D M (f. i); initials I V A S (f. 1). A third watermark too faint to decipher appears in a majority of the book (example on f. 3).

Extent

370 leaves : 330 x 210 mm. +

Foliation

Paper, 370 leaves; [i], 1-78, 80-176, 178-222, [xlvii], 280-294, [i], 296-297, [i], 299, [i], 301, [8], 310-311, [ii], 314-316, [i], 318-320, [i], 322, [i], 324-325, [i], 327, [i], 329, [iii], 333, [ii], 335-336, [iii], 340, [ii], 343, [i], 345, [i], 347-349, [i], 352-353, [iv], 358, [xxi], 369, [i] on upper right recto. Contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto. Modern foliation (1-369) in pencil, lower right recto. References in record are to modern foliation.

Support

Paper

Binding

Leather and paper (rebound).

Script

Written in an italic cursive script.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Henry Charles Lea (bookplate, inside upper cover; inscription dated 1886, f. i recto).
   

Subjects topical

• Anabaptists--Germany--Münster in Westfalen--History

Genres

• Codices
• Histories
• Polemics
• Manuscripts, Latin--17th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

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Decorations

• Inside front cover — Bookplate, Inside front cover
• fol. 1r — Owner signature, f. i recto