Etlich Cristlich lider Lobgesang, vn[d] Psalm : dem reinen wort Gottes gemess, auss der heylige[n] schrifft, durch mancherley hochgelerter gemacht, in der Kirchen zu sigen, wie es dann zum tayl berayt zuo Wittenberg in übung ist
Achtliederbuch
Summary: This is the first volume of printed hymns for church use ever compiled. Jobst Gutknecht, the Nuremberg printer, gathered eight broadside hymns into one collection, thus making the world's first church hymnal. Four hymns are by Luther, three are by Paul Speratus, and one is anonymous.
Signatures: A-C4; [A] unsigned, C4b blank; internal leaves not signed.
Illustrative and Decorative Content: Title within engraved woodcut border by Erhard Schön, (Luther, Titeleinfassungen, Tafel 124 and 120); 5 pages with music.
Binding: Green morocco leather binding stamped with gold, with silver clasp and 8 cornernails.
Additional Details: This volume was a gift of Richard and Martha Kessler, 1987.
Gutknecht, Jobst, -1542
Nuremberg (Germany)
German
Hymns
Hymns, German
Lutheran Church
Sixteenth century
23 unnumbered pages
21 cm
Text
pamphlets
Quarto
This work is part of the Richard C. Kessler Collection.
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Etlich Cristlich lider Lobgesang, vn[d] Psalm : dem reinen wort Gottes gemess, auss der heylige[n] schrifft, durch mancherley hochgelerter gemacht, in der Kirchen zu sigen, wie es dann zum tayl berayt zuo Wittenberg in übung ist (HathiTrust)
Historiated title page of Etlich Cristlich lider Lobgesang, vn[d] Psalm : dem reinen wort Gottes gemess, auss der heylige[n] schrifft, durch mancherley hochgelerter gemacht, in der Kirchen zu sigen, wie es dann zum tayl berayt zuo Wittenberg in übung ist
Benzing, Luther, 3571, 3572 (this copy fits between these two)
WA, 35, 336, Ala 1/2; RISM, I, 5, 1524/12 (uncertain)
1524 ETLI
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