Bericht von der hoch-löblichen Erz-Bruderschafft des schmerz-vollen Geheimnuss der Geislung Christi Jesu : welche ihro päbstl. Heiligkeit Benedictus der Vierzehende, einer dem hoch-löbl. Exempten Stifft und Closter Steingaden Ord. Præmonstr. einverleibten Kirchen auf der sogenannten Wis Oberlands Bayern für alle Christ-Glaubige beyderley Geschlechts den 6. August-Monat Anno 1755. verlihen, und von ihro Hochfürstl. Durchläucht Josepho Bischoffen zu Augspurg bestättiget, dann mit gewöhnlicher Feyerlichkeit de 12. October Anno 1755. alldorten eingesetzt worden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Erzbruderschaft des schmerzvollen Geheimnis der Geisselung Christi, issuing body.

Contributor:

Neth, Johann Baptist, Witwe, printer.

Henry Charles Lea Fund.

Language:

German

Subjects (All):

Scourging of Christ, Devotion to--Early works to 1800.

Scourging of Christ, Devotion to.

Confraternities--Germany--Bavaria--18th century--Early works to 1800.

Confraternities.

Wieskirche (Steingaden, Germany)--Early works to 1800.

Wieskirche (Steingaden, Germany).

Genre:

Forms (documents)

Church certificates.

Membership certificates.

Blank forms.

Broadsides.

Certificates.

Penn Provenance:

Justin, Maria Agnes(?) (inscription) (Kislak Center copy)

Physical Description:

1 sheet ([1] page) : 1 illustration ; 43 x 35 cm

Place of Publication:

Kaufbeyren : Gedruckt bey Johann Bapt. Neth, seel. hinterlassnen Wittib., [1764]

Summary:

Eighteenth-century membership certificate of the Erz-Bruderschafft des schmerz-vollen Geheimnuss der Geislung Christi Jesu, a Bavarian, Roman Catholic archconfraternity for men and women dedicated to fostering devotion to the scourging of Jesus Christ (an episode of the Passion), with blank spaces for the day, month, and specific eighteenth-century year of enrollment and the name of the enrollee. Includes plenary and partial indulgences.

Contents:

Von dem Ursprung dieser hoch-löblichen Bruderschafft

Von Zihl und End diser hoch-löblichen Bruderschafft

Reglen und Satzungen diser hoch-löblichen Bruderschafft

Ist in dise verdienst- und gnadenreiche Erz-Bruderschafft eingeschriben worden den [blank] Tag des Monats [blank] Anno 17[blank] [blank]

Ablass-Gebett

Ablass, welche ihro päbstliche Heiligkeit Benedictus XIV. auf ewig verlihen. Vollkommene Ablass ; Unvollkommne Ablass.

Notes:

Text dated at end: Den 17. Tag des Augustmonats Anno 1764.

Broadside (horizontal chain lines), printed in three columns. The columns are separated from each other and the caption title by type ornament borders; imprint information appears beneath a ruled border at the foot of each column. The whole is enclosed within a border of floriate type-ornaments; another floriate type-ornament border appears beneath the engraved illustration.

Engraved rococo illustration at head of middle column depicting the statue of Christ housed in the Wieskirche (Steingaden, Germany), on a platform beneath which is depicted the church itself. "The Wieskirche ... was built to commemorate a wooden statue of the flagellated Christ first used in local religious processions. This marionette-like effigy was cared for by a pious woman named Maria Lory ... who claimed one day to experience a miracle: while praying before the statue, she looked up to see it crying real tears ... A small, simply decorated chapel was erected near Steingaden in the early 1740s ... [but] growing throngs of pilgrims quickly exceeded its capacity, for which reason the local ecclesiastics commenced with plans to erect a more commodious new church."-M. Yonan, "The Wieskirche," Studies in eighteenth-century culture 41 (2012), pages 6-8.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2023 from Leo Cadogan Rare Books.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Henry Charles Lea Fund.

Kislak Center copy: text of enrollment completed in manuscript: Ist in dise verdienst- und gnadenreiche Erz-Bruderschafft eingeschriben worden den 30 Tag des Monats Julj Anno 1768 Maria Ag[ne]s[?] Justin.

Kislak Center copy: sheet dampstained; a few holes in sheet with minor damage to and loss of text, particularly in last line of caption title and manuscript name of enrollee.

OCLC:

1419002566