Item 30 - Account of the imprisonment of Philipp Camerarius and Peter Rieterus, with copies of related papers

Identity area

Reference code

Crewe MS/30

Title

Account of the imprisonment of Philipp Camerarius and Peter Rieterus, with copies of related papers

Date(s)

  • c. 1740 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 volume (33 x 22 cm), containing 60 leaves. Half-bound.

Context area

Archival history

This book contains transcripts of various documents published in J. G. Schelhorn’s biography of Philipp Camerarius in 1740. The first item (Relatio vera et solida) contains a number of emendations incorporated in the printed text, which suggests that theread more

Content and structure area

Scope and content

See the table of contents below. On the spine is stamped ‘Relatio de Captivitate Camerarii MS.’

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Contents

ff. 1r–29v: Account of the imprisonment of Philipp Camerarius and Peter Rieter.
(Printed in Shelhorn, pp. 1–76 (second sequence).)

ff. 29v–40v:read more

System of arrangement

Foliated 1–58, with an unnumbered flyleaf at the front and another at the back.

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Language of material

  • German
  • Italian
  • Latin

Allied materials area

Publication note

Printed in J. G. Schelhorn, De vita, fatis, ac meritis Philippi Camerarii, 1740 (paginated in two sequences). See 'Scope and content' for details.

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