The last wil and last confession of martyn luthers faith co[n]cerming [sic] the principal articles of religion which are in controuersy, which he wil defend & mai[n]teine vntil his death, agaynst the pope and the gates of hell drawe[n] furth by him at the request of the princes of germany which haue reformed theier [sic] churches after the gospel, to be offred vp at the next general councel in all their names & now published before that all the world may haue an euydent testimony of his faith if it shal fortune him to dye before there be any such cou[n]cel, tra[n]slated out of latyn[.] Beware of the pope & of his false prophetes and bissopes for thei wil come in shepys clothing and in angels facys but yet inwardly thei are ravening wolnys [sic].
Martin Luther (1483-1546)
Category
Books
Date
1543 - 1546
Materials
Place of origin
Wesel
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3024228
Summary
Bibliographic description
[64] p. ; 8vo. Running number: 7023. Manuscript foliation added on recto of each leaf following the title page and leaf numbers added in a sixteenth-century hand to contents list on title page verso. Sixteenth-century scribbles and pen practice on leaves a3r, a6r, a8v, b1v, b3r, c5r and d8v. Provenance: manuscript inscriptions on front free endpaper: [1] "Suum cuiq[ue] Tho: Hearne Maii 4. 1728" [i.e. Thomas Hearne (1678-1735), antiquary and diarist whose library was sold in 1736, which is undoubtedly when Sir Richard Ellys purchased it]; [2] pressmark codes in Thomas Hearne's hand "2735 [Beta] / [Beta] 62"; [3] initial "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]; [4] inscription in pencil, probably a price, scribbled over in ink. Binding: eighteenth-century quarter-bound parchment with blue paper over boards; sewn on two supports; vague remnants of manuscript title on spine.
Makers and roles
Martin Luther (1483-1546), author Derick van der Straten (d. 1555), printer