Luther Psalter

Sign. 71.4 Theol. 4° Herzog August Bibliothek (Wolfenbüttel, Germany)

Martin Luther: Wolfenbütteler Psalter 1513–1515 Copyright Photos: Ziereis Facsimiles

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Alternative Titles: Wolfenbütteler Psalter
Sepher Thehillim
Hoc est Liber Laudum sive Hymnorum qui Psalterium David dicitur
Type: Printed book on paper
Size / Format: 220 pages / 22.0 × 16.0 cm
Origin: Germany
Date: 1513–1515
Epochs: Late Middle Ages Onwards
Style: Renaissance
Genre: Psalters
Language: Latin
Illustrations: 6 portraits subsequently pasted in: copperplate engraving of a medallion portrait of Luther, copperplate engraving of Melanchthon, woodcut of Luther as a monk and a pen-and-ink drawing of this portrait, colored bust portrait of a theologian, probably Tilemannus Heshusius
Content: Printed book of psalms with extensive interlinear and marginal glosses by Martin Luther in preparation for his lecture on the psalms
Previous Owners: Martin Luther (1483–1546)
Jakob Probst (1486–1562)
Tilemann Heshusen (1527–1588)
Hans von Hildesheim
Eilhard Segebade (gest. 1602)
Duke Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1579–1666)

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#1 Martin Luther: Wolfenbütteler Psalter 1513–1515

Insel Verlag – Frankfurt, 1983

Publisher: Insel Verlag – Frankfurt, 1983

Limited Edition: 100 copies

Commentary: 1 volume (558 pp.) by Eleanor Roach, Reinhard Schwarz, Siegfried Raeder, Paul Raabe, and Gerhard Ebeling
Language: German

1 volume: Exact reproduction of the original document (extent, color and size) Reproduction of the entire original document as detailed as possible (scope, format, colors). The binding may not correspond to the original or current document binding.

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