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Ownership inscription of humanist Franciscus Mymerus (ca. 1500-1592); inscription recording the gift of this volume from Caspar Elcner to Melchior Poppe (fl. 1570-1597); ownership inscription of Antonius Mitteiss

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Sum Fran. Mymeri

Thorunien[sis]. 1558.

 

[Dated 16th-century ms. ownership inscription of humanist Franciscus Mymerus (ca. 1500-1592) of Toruń, Poland, who published a Dictionarium trium linguarum (Latin, German and Polish) in 1528.

 

Established heading: Mymerus, Franciscus]

 

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Casparus Elcner Martisburg[ensis]: pastor Neostadiens[is]:

dono dedit Magistro Melchiori Poppio pastori Holens[i]:

necessitudinis ergo

Anno 1596.

 

[Dated late 16th-century ms. inscription recording the gift of this volume from Caspar Elcner, a native of Merseburg, Germany, and pastor at Neustadtl (now Jezvé, Czech Republic) to Melchior Poppe (fl. 1570-1597), pastor at Hohlen (now Holany, Czech Republic) near Böhmisch-Leipa (now Česká Lípa). Poppe was a Catholic priest and a member of the Cistercian order who later converted to Lutheranism, under which confession he served at Hohlen. Poppe published Latin verses on the occasion of two weddings, one each in 1570 and 1571 (cf. VD 16 P 4255, ZV 12671), and a pair of funerary sermons in 1597 (cf. VD 16 ZV 12672).

 

DNB heading: Poppe, Melchior]

 

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Ex libris Antonij Mitteiss

 

[Ownership inscription of Antonius Mitteiss.]

 

 

Penn Libraries call number: Inc G-36 Folio

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