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15th-century ownership inscription of Leonhardus Meyr (d. 1502)

Lib[rum] M[agistri] Leonardi Meyr ad S[anctam] Clara[m] Nuremberge

 

[15th-century ownership inscription (struck through) of Leonhardus Meyr (d. 1502). Born in Vilseck, he took his M.A. at Leipzig in 1445 and served in Nuremberg at the Sebalduskirche and as chaplain to the nuns of Klarissenkloster St. Klara (founded 1279; dissolved 1596). He also served in Velden (1452) and Frensdorf and as a canon of the Stephanskirche in Bamberg (1477).

 

IPI entry: Meyr, Leonhardus]

 

Penn Libraries call number: Inc R-215 Folio

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