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The travels of the Jan Hus tract 'Epistolae quaedam piissi', superimposed over Ortelius' map of 'Europae'

Shane Mawe and Greg Sheaf2017

The Library of Trinity College Dublin

The Library of Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland

The travels of the Jan Hus tract, superimposed over Ortelius' map of 'Europae'. This shows the movement of the tract from its composition in Prague and printing in Wittenberg (1537) to enhancing the library of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556), the Archbishop of Canterbury. After the confiscation of Cranmer's books following his martyrdom in Oxford, it belonged to Samuel Burton (1568/9-1634) of Christ Church Oxford. Sometime later in 1694, in his work 'Memorials of Cranmer', John Strype records its location as that of Canterbury. Today it resides in the beautiful Old Library, Trinity College Dublin. The map itself is from a French text edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. This is the first plate of Europe, with the Roman text naming 'AFRICAE PARS', possibly issued in 1581.

Details

  • Title: The travels of the Jan Hus tract 'Epistolae quaedam piissi', superimposed over Ortelius' map of 'Europae'
  • Creator: Shane Mawe, Greg Sheaf
  • Date Published: 2017
  • Collection: Power and Belief: The Reformation at 502

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