La reunion des protestans de Strasbourg a l'eglise romaine egalement necessaire pour leur salut et facile selon leurs principes.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Luther, Martin, 1483-1546--Criticism and interpretation.

Luther, Martin.

Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.

Catholic Church--Doctrines--Early works to 1800.

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church--Relations--Lutheran Church--Early works to 1800.

Augsburg Confession--Early works to 1800.

Augsburg Confession.

Lutheran Church--Controversial literature--Early works to 1800.

Lutheran Church.

Lutheran Church--Doctrines--Early works to 1800.

Lutheran Church--Doctrines.

Lutheran Church--Controversial literature.

Relations.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

treatises

Manuscripts, French.

Manuscripts, European.

Penn Provenance:

On upper cover: No. 275, Luber [?]; inside upper cover, Boucher.

Appears in Pierre Berès' Bulletin no. 89 (1965).

Purchased, 1967.

Physical Description:

94 leaves : paper ; 195 x 142 mm bound to 200 x 158 mm

Place of Publication:

[France], [between 1651 and 1699?]

Language Note:

French.

Summary:

Treatise on points of Christian doctrine with a concern for reincorporating Alsatian Lutherans into the Catholic Church. Written by a member of the Catholic clergy of Strasbourg, but the chapters follow the articles of the Augsburg Confession, with frequent reference to the Bible, works of Martin Luther, and the Augsburg Confession. The "Table des articles contenus dans ce projet de reunion" (f. 8v-9v) lists 33 chapters, but only 23 are present in this volume.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title from caption title (f. 1r and f. 9v).

Foliation: Paper, 94; no foliation or pagination, but every tenth leaf numbered in pencil.

Layout: Written in single columns, except for references in double columns.

Binding: Contemporary boards (Hirsch).

Origin: Written in Strasbourg in the second half of the 17th century (Hirsch).

Cited in:

Described in Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800: Supplement A(1). The Library Chronicle, 1969, p. 26 (Ms. French 123).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 997

OCLC:

155927459