Dis schön Buch gena[n]t der Seelen Paradiss : von waren und volkumen Tugenden sagend
Seelen Paradiss
Summary: Collection of sermons by the Alsatian preacher Geiler von Kaysersberg, delivered between 1503 and 1505 at the convent of the sisters of the order of St. Mary Magdalene. Geiler was one of the most popular preachers of his day and was sometimes called the German Savonarola. He was a close friend of the Strasbourg humanist Jakob von Wimpheling and was greatly respected by Sebastian Brant, Johann Reuchlin and Philipp Melanchthon.
Signatures: pi⁶ A-B⁶ C⁸ D-H⁶ J⁸ K-M⁶ N⁸ O⁶ P⁸ Q-U⁶ X⁸ Y-Z⁶ 2A⁸ 2B-2C⁶ 2D⁸ 2E-2J⁶ 2K⁸ 2L-2N⁶.
Imprint: (from colophon) Gedruckt in der keyserlichen frey Stat Strassburg von dem wolgeleerten magistro Mathie Schürer, im Jar als man zalt fünfzehe[n] fhundert vn[d] zehe[n] Jar nach Christus Geburt, and zwen vn[d] zweintzigsten Tag des Brachmonat.
Illustrative and Decorative Content: Title page woodcut by Hans Baldung Grien depicting the temptation in the Garden of Eden.
Binding: Bound in blind-tooled, panelled calf over bevelled wooden board with two leather straps and brass catches.
Additional Details: Bookplate of Bob Luza, a Dutch book collector.
Geiler von Kaysersberg, Johann, 1445-1510
Schürer, Matthias, -1519
Strasbourg (France)
Baldung, Hans, -1545
German
Sermons, German
Sixteenth century
[6], ccxxxj, [1] leaves
29 cm
Text
books
Folio
This work is a part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.
Adam and Eve after eating from the Tree of Knowledge
1510 GEIL
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