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[Oertl, Hieronymus]., Der christlich Glaube mit Gottseligen christlichen und hoch tröstlichen Gebeten wie ein jeder Christ Täglich vor den Augen des Herrn seines Gottes erscheinen mag., [ca. 1600]. [Nuremberg].
[Oertl, Hieronymus]., Der christlich Glaube mit Gottseligen christlichen und hoch tröstlichen Gebeten wie ein jeder Christ Täglich vor den Augen des Herrn seines Gottes erscheinen mag., [ca. 1600]. [Nuremberg].
[Oertl, Hieronymus]., Der christlich Glaube mit Gottseligen christlichen und hoch tröstlichen Gebeten wie ein jeder Christ Täglich vor den Augen des Herrn seines Gottes erscheinen mag., [ca. 1600]. [Nuremberg].
[Oertl, Hieronymus]., Der christlich Glaube mit Gottseligen christlichen und hoch tröstlichen Gebeten wie ein jeder Christ Täglich vor den Augen des Herrn seines Gottes erscheinen mag., [ca. 1600]. [Nuremberg].
[Oertl, Hieronymus]., Der christlich Glaube mit Gottseligen christlichen und hoch tröstlichen Gebeten wie ein jeder Christ Täglich vor den Augen des Herrn seines Gottes erscheinen mag., [ca. 1600]. [Nuremberg].

[Oertl, Hieronymus].

Der christlich Glaube mit Gottseligen christlichen und hoch tröstlichen Gebeten wie ein jeder Christ Täglich vor den Augen des Herrn seines Gottes erscheinen mag., [ca. 1600]. [Nuremberg].
A book for eternity

Unique prayer book manuscript on vellum, containing sixteen full-page illuminated engravings after Marten de Vos: a highly expressive devotional work of the waning 16th century. One of only eight known manuscripts by Hieronymus Oertl, it provides a “unique example of the art of book arts around 1600” (Baeyer, p. 6), highlighting the transitory period between the Middle Ages and the Baroque, between manuscript and printed book.
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4to, (ca. 212 × 156 mm). German manuscript on vellum. 37 ff.; 1 separate leaf. With 16 mounted full-page engravings, illuminated in gilt and colours, 12 bearing single-line captions in Latin. Modern purple silk binding with floral ornamentation, over wooden boards, on four raised bands. Vellum endpapers. All edges gilt. Stored in felt-lined black half-morocco case with gilt spine title, signed “J. & S. Brockman”.
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