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Aldham, Margret Askew; Fox, Aldham

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 324

Correspondence, from Aldham, to Margret Askew; Fox

Ambrose Rigge, Ambrose Rigge

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 324

Correspondence, from Ambrose Rigge

Aldham, Thomas Rookby, Aldham

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 324

Correspondence, from Aldham, to Thomas Rookby

August Hermann Francke, Unknown

Francke Nachlass Correspondence

Correspondence, from anonymous, to August Hermann Francke

August Hermann Francke, Unknown

Francke Nachlass Correspondence

Correspondence, from anonymous, to August Hermann Francke

Johannes Tribbeko, August Hermann Francke, Johann Tribbechow

Francke Nachlass Correspondence

Correspondence, from Johannes Tribbeko, to August Hermann Francke

Frederick Slare, August Hermann Francke, Frederick Slare

Francke Nachlass Correspondence

Correspondence, from Frederick Slare, to August Hermann Francke

Frederick Slare, August Hermann Francke, Frederick Slare

Francke Nachlass Correspondence

Correspondence, from Frederick Slare, to August Hermann Francke

John Trevese, August Hermann Francke, John Trevese

Francke Nachlass Correspondence

Correspondence, from John Trevese, to August Hermann Francke

Tabvla Asiae Vii, Giovanni Antonion Magini, Ptolemy

Documents and Reports

Publication: [Agrippinensium Colonia?] : [Excudebat Petrus Keschedt?], [1597?]

Physical Description: 1 map ; 14 x 18 cm, on sheet 17 x 23 cm

Language: Latin

Cartographic Mathematical Data: Scale not given, (E 49°35ʹ--E 82°05ʹ/N 43°33ʹ--N 26°01ʹ).

Notes: Ptolemaic map covering central Asia, including the Persian Gulf, Caspian Sea, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.

Relief shown pictorially.

Uncolored.

Copper-plate map.

Verso is page 22 of an unidentified text in Latin, with heading: Asiae Tabvla VI.

Taken from an early edition of Giovanni Antonio Magini's Ptolemy's Geographia, tentatively identified as: Ptolemy. Geographiae vniuersae tum veteris, tum nouae abolutissimum opus, duobus voluminibus districtum. …

A.Z.S.Z., Klara Pommern Zu Herzogin

Poetry

No abstract provided.

Phantastes Chapter 23: Astrophel: An Elegy, Or Friend’S Passion, For His Astrophill, Matthew Roydon

German Romantic and Other Influences

Matthew Roydon (1580-1622), Elizabethan poet and friend of Sidney’s. In 1593, Roydon published his elegy for Sidney: “Astrophel: An Elegy, or Friend’s Passion, for His Astrophill.” MacDonald quotes lines 103-106. “The lineaments of Gospell bookes,” suggests that Sidney’s face exhibited a spirituality of a kind found in the four gospels of the New Testament

Ornatvs Ecclsiasticvs : Hoc Est Compendivm Praecipvarvm Rervm, Qvibvs Qvaevis Rite Decenterqve Compositae Ecclesiae Exornari, Ac Redimiri Debent: Omnibus Ecclesiarum Praelatis & Rectoribus, Pr Totam Ratisbonensem Dioecesin Cum Primus Necessarium, Latinè & Germanic̀, Adiectis Etiam Quarundam Supellectilium Figuris / Conscriptum A Iacobo Myllero ..., Jacob Müller, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Furniture

2 volumes in 1 ([16] pages, 143 pages ; [8] pages, 168 pages : woodcut decorations and illustrations. Second volume has separate paging and signatures, and separate title page with title: Kirchen Geschmuck, das ist, Kurtzer Begriff der fürnembsten Dingen, damit ein jede recht vnd wol zugerichte Kirchen geziert vnd auffgebutzt seyn solle : allen Prelaten vnd Pfarrherren durch das gantze Bistumb Regenspurg sehr notwendig / in Lateinischer vnd Teutscher Sprache, sambt beygesetzten etlichen schönen Figuren, beschrieben durch Herrn Jacob Müllern ... Illustrations (in German text only): 42 prints : woodcut ; image 41 x 30 cm (1), 19 x …

Phantastes Chapter 23: The Countess Of Pembroke’S Arcadia, Philip Sidney

German Romantic and Other Influences

Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1583) was an Elizabethan courtier, soldier, and poet. The quotation derives from The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia (1590), and sets out Sidney’s definition of a gentleman. Late in his writing career, MacDonald published a collection of excerpts from Sidney: A Cabinet of Gems, Cut and Polished by Sir Philip Sidney (1892). MacDonald lectured on Sidney as early as 1854.

Phantastes Chapter 20: The Faerie Queene, Edmund Spenser

German Romantic and Other Influences

Edmund Spenser (1552-1599), most famous for The Faerie Queene (1590; 1596), is a key influence on MacDonald generally and on Phantastes in particular. John Docherty writes that “MacDonald bases his upon the figure Phantastes living the forebrain of the ‘House of Alma' (the human body) in book 2 of Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene” (“Sources of Phantastes,” North Wind: A Journal of George MacDonald Studies, vol. 25, 2005, pages 16-28).

A Brief And True Report Of The New Found Land Of Virginia, Thomas Hariot

Zea E-Books in American Studies

This is an ebook edition of the first book published by an English colonist in America. Its author, Thomas Hariot or Harriot, was a cartographer, mathematician, astronomer, linguist, and philosopher, who was a participant in Sir Walter Ralegh’s first attempt to establish a colony in “Virginia,” on Roanoke Island in modern-day North Carolina, from June 1585 until June 1586. Hariot had learned the rudiments of the Algonkian language from two natives brought back to England from an earlier exploratory voyage, and he served as interpreter and liaison with the native peoples of the surrounding region. His Brief and True Report …

A Brief And True Report Of The New Found Land Of Virginia (1588), Thomas Hariot, Paul Royster , Editor

Electronic Texts in American Studies

This is an online electronic text edition of the first book published by an English colonist in America. Its author, Thomas Hariot or Harriot, was a cartographer, mathematician, astronomer, linguist, and philosopher, who was a participant in Sir Walter Ralegh’s first attempt to establish a colony in “Virginia,” on Roanoke Island in modern-day North Carolina, from June 1585 until June 1586. Hariot had learned the rudiments of the Algonkian language from two natives brought back to England from an earlier exploratory voyage, and he served as interpreter and liaison with the native peoples of the surrounding region. His Brief and …

Phantastes Chapter 15: Campaspe, John Lyly

German Romantic and Other Influences

Campaspe, an Elizabethan play by John Lyly (1584). The lines quoted are from Act 3, Scene 4, and they indicate the notion of a Platonic beauty, an ideal beauty that the artist can never capture perfectly

O Gott, Bewar Mein Herz Vnd Mund, Annelein Von Freiburg

Poetry

This text was graciously donated to Sophie by Dr. Albrecht Classen, University of Arizona.

Concordia (Book Of Concord, 1581), Jakob Andreae, Martin Chemnitz, Martin Luther, Matthes StöCkel, Gimel Bergen

16th Century Reformation Materials

The Book of Concord (Concordia) is the foundational collection of Lutheran confessional teachings. It includes the three ecumenical creeds (Apostles' Creed, Nicene Creed, Athanasian Creed), the Augsburg Confession of 1530, the Apology to the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles of Martin Luther, the Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope, the Small Catechism of Martin Luther, the Large Catechism of Martin Luther, the Epitome of the Formula of Concord, and the Declaration of the Formula of Concord.

The definitive edition of the book was first published in Dresden, Germany, in 1580 by the printers Stöckel and …

Ich Weis Das Mein Erloeser Lebt, Dorothea Susanna Herzogin Von Sachsen-Weimar

Poetry

No abstract provided.

Prieres Ordinaires Des Soldatz De L'Armee Conduite Par Monsieur Le Prince De Condé, Accommodees Selon L'Occurrence Du Temps, Louis Prince De Condé (1530-1569)

Albert A. Howard Book History Collection

Morning and evening prayers for the use of soldiers, according to Calvinist rites.

Full title: Prieres ordinaires des soldatz de l'armee conduite par Monsieur le Prince de Condé, accommodees selon l'occurrence du temps = Zwey schone Gebet welche die Soldaten die unter dem herrn Printzen von Conde ligen beide Abends vnd Morgens wenn sie auf vnd von der Wacht zihen sprechen

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La Relacion Y Comentarios Del Gouernador Álvar Núñez Cabeza De Vaca, De Lo Acaescido En Las / Dos Jornadas Que Hizo A Las Indias., Álvar Núñez Cabeza De Vaca

Yucatan and Honduras Collection

The first part, which narrates the expedition of Narváez to Florida in 1527 and the subsequent wanderings of the survivors, was first published at Zamora in 1542; the second part, here first published, relates to Cabeza de Vaca's experiences in South America.

Ach Gott, An Einem Morgen, Agnes Herzogin Von Sachsen

Poetry

No abstract provided.

Bulla Reductionis Generalis Concilii Ad Civitatem Tridentinam Cum Monitione & Requisitione Prælatorum, Pope Julius Iii

Albert A. Howard Book History Collection

Pope Julius III's bull announcing the re-opening of the Council of Trent in 1551 following the death of Paul III in 1549.

Full title: Bulla reductionis generalis concilii ad civitatem Tridentinam cum monitione & requisitione Prælatorum, ad illius prosecutionem p. S. D. N. D. Iulium III. pont. max

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Historia Vnd Beschreibung Des Magdenburgischen Kriegs, Sebastian Besselmeier

Albert A. Howard Book History Collection

A news pamphlet detailing the various events during the siege of the Protestant city of Magdeburg by imperial forces in 1551.

Full title: Historia vnd beschreibung des Magdenburgischen kriegs, von anfang biss zum end, was sich die zeit der belegerung, innen vnd ausserhalb der Stadt zugetragen vnd verloffen hat, auch von der Schlacht vnnd furnembsten scharmutzlen thaten vnd angriffen zu beyden theilen geschehen im Iar der mindern zal, 50. vnd 51., auffs kurtzest verfasst

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Commentariorum De Bello Germanico, Luis De Avila Y Çuñiga (1500-1564)

Albert A. Howard Book History Collection

A description of Charles V's war war against the Protestant league in 1546-1547, when the League was defeated at the battle of Muhlberg.

Full title: Commentariorum de bello Germanico, à Carolo V. Caesare Maximo gesto, libri duo / à Gulielmo Malinaeo Brugensi latinè redditi, & iconibus ad historiam accommodis illustrati

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Antiphonal [Hu 17]

Medieval Manuscripts

• Country of origin: Italy
• Date: 1550
• Citation: Bond, W. H. Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, no. 8
• Provenance: McVitty

Abtrucke Der Verwarungs Schrifft, Der Chur Vnd Fürsten, Auch Graffen, Herrn, Stette Vnd Stende Der Augspurgischen Confession, Unknown

Albert A. Howard Book History Collection

The Protestant nobles state their grievances against Charles V, pointing out that in arming against them he is in violation of the oath he gave when elected Holy Roman Emperor.

Full title: Abtrucke der verwarungs schrifft, der Chur vnd Fürsten, auch Graffen, Herrn, Stette vnd Stende der Augspurgischen Confession Eynungs verwandten, Jhrer yetzigen hochgenottrangten, vnd verursachten Kriegssrüftung halben, an Keyserliche Mayestat aussgangen, vnd beschehen

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Bestendige Vnd Warhafftige Verantwortung, John Frederich, Elector Of Saxony (1503-1554)

Albert A. Howard Book History Collection

Defense by Elector John Frederick of Saxony and Landgrave Philip of Hesse against the charges of Emperor Charles V that they are rebellious vassals. The princes counter that the real reason for the the Pope's and Emperor's making war against them is their Evangelical faith.

Full title: Der Durchleuchtigst vnd Durchleüchtigen Hochgebornen Fürsten vnd Herren, Herrn Johans Friderichen, Hertzogen zu Sachssen ... Und herrn Philipsen, Landgrauen zü Hessen ... Bestendige vnd warhafftige verantwortung, auch im Rechten gegründete widderlegung : Warumb die vormeinte vrsachen ... zuvorleumen vnterstanden, Inn facto vnd inn der that nicht war ... Das auch derselbe genante Kayser …