1596 HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION SHORT CHRONICLE of DOMINICAN ORDER antique VELLUM

SITTARD, Konrad

Kurtze Chronica.
Das ist, historische beschreibung (neben andern mercklichen Puncten) der General Maister Prediger Ordens, und was zu eines jeden zeit fur Furnehme, Hochgelehrte auch Heylige Bruder und Schwestern im Prediger Orden gelebt haben.


(Short chronicle. This is a historical description (among other notable points) of the General Master Preachers' Order, and which distinguished, highly educated and holy brothers and sisters lived in the Preachers' Order at any given time.)

Dillingen, Johannes Mayer; 1596

 [3] pages, 175 pages, [1] page

Original vellum binding (warped) with fragments of leather ties , manuscript title to the spine

Lacks front endpaper, some marginal wormholes at last few leaves. Occasional toning

- VD16 S 6603.

Rare chronicle of the Dominican Order in the late 16th century.
The author Konrad Sittard (d. 1606) was a Dominican provincial in Upper Germany and Austria. 

With stamp of a dissolved monastery library.

Size 6 by 7 3/4"

Text in German
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