1604 HISTORY of FRANCISCAN ORDER in GERMAN by Mark of Lisbon antique PIGSKIN

Marcos de Lisboa (Markus v. Lissabon)

Der Cronicken der Eingesetzten Orden des Heyligen Vatters Francisci...
Und an ietzo in unser Teutsche Sprach gebracht durch Herrn Carl Kurtzen von Senfftenaw.

(The Chronicle of the Established Orders of the Holy Father Francis...
And now translated into our German language by Carl Kurtzen von Senfftenaw)

 2 parts in 1 volume.

Constance, Kalt; 1604

 25 leaves, 672 pp., 1 leaf; 1 leaf, 520 pp., 1 leaf.

With engraved title page, 1 woodcut and 1 full-page coat of arms woodcut printer's mark.


Original blind-tooled pigskin binding over wooden boards with 1 (of 2) brass clasps.
Spine with raised bands

- VD17 3:301440R. LThK VI, 959. Streit I, 274.-


First and only German edition, rare.


Engraved title page with lower edge cutout and repaired tear, somewhat browned and foxed, minor occasional dampstain in the 2nd part, binding rubbed, rear cover with burn mark.


Size: 6 1/4 by 8 1/4 inches

Text in German
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Mark of Lisbon, in Portuguese Marcos de Lisboa, in Latin Marcus Ulyssiponensis, (1511-1591), was a Portuguese Franciscan, historian, and the Bishop of Porto.

While visiting the main convents of the Franciscan Order in Spain, Italy, and France, Mark collected a number of original documents about the order's history at the instance of the minister general, Andre Alvarez.
Earlier, in 1532, the minister general, Paul Pisotti, had instructed all the provincials of the order to collect all documents they could find pertaining to the fifteenth century, to continue the Conformities of Bartholomew of Pisa.
When these documents were gathered together, it was given to Mark, who compiled them together with information he himself had gathered, as well as that from the Chronicle of Marianus of Florence, into his Portuguese Language work Chronicle of the Friars Minor. This was published in Lisbon from 1557 to 1568.

The work is made up almost entirely of biographies of illustrious men of the order, which makes the title somewhat misleading. It is of great historical value, especially since the original sources to which the author had access, have entirely disappeared.
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