Item Info

Scripts/Text: Cursive
Language: German
Physical Description: 272 leaves
Material: laid paper; ink
Category: Prayer book (Gebetsbüchlein)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Manuscript codex.

Binding: Leather over boards: blind stamped, raised bands. 

Written in pencil on rear paste-down: A Schwenkfelder prayer book written in Pennsylvania in 1735, the year after every last Schwenkfelder on earth moved here. Includes:

A Fine Christian Spritually Rich Prayer Book Consisting of Twenty Classes or Parts. Containing together the Three Spiritually Rich Prayer Books. First. The German Passion of Our Lord Jesus Chris (Schwenkfeld's most important work). Second, The Psalter Arranged Prayers. These two were prepared by the Sainted Kaspar Schwenkfeld. The Third, prayers on the Gospels which are read on the Sunday and Festival Days throughout the year. (By Michael Hiller and Goerg Frels)...Copied in the Year of Christ 1735.

Creation Place State/Province: State/Province:Pennsylvania

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1735
Image Dimensions Width: 20.7 cm
ShelfMark: FLP Borneman Ms. 111
Creator Name: Schwenckfeld, Caspar von Ossig (1489 or 1490-1561) - Author