Rerum in Ecclesia gestarum, quae postremis & periculosis his temporibus euenerunt : maximarumq[ue] per Europam persecutionum, ac sanctorum Dei martyrum, caeterarumq[ue] rerum si quae insignioris exemplisint, digesti per regna & nationes commentarii : pars prima in qua primùm de rebus per Anliam & Scotiam gestis ..

Name:

Foxe, John, 1516-1587; Foxe, John, 1516-1587

Timespan:

16th century

Date:

1559

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Ross, T. Edward (bookplate) (donor)

Publisher:

Per Nicolaum Brylingerum, et Ioannem Oporinum

Subject:

Christian martyrs; Christian martyrs -- Great Britain; Persecution -- Great Britain; Reformation; Persecution; Church history

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Biographies

Physical Description:

14 unnumbered pages, 732, that is, 736 pages, 2 unnumbered pages (last 2 blank) : illustrations; 33 cm (folio)

Geographic Subject:

Great Britain -- Church history -- 16th century; Great Britain

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

An early Latin version of what Foxe expanded in English as his Actes and monuments.; Foxe never wrote the intended 2nd part, which was to cover continental martyrs of recent times; done finally by Heinrich Pantaleon and published in 1563 (Mozley, J.F. John Foxe and his book, 1940?); Signatures, pt. 1: [superscript pi]A a-z A-Z aa-qq rr ss-zz Aa-Ff Gg Hh-Ii Kk Ll-Yy (Yy4 blank).; Numerous errors in pagination, including the repetition of 501- 502 twice.; Errata: [superscript pi]A4r.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, Folio BR1600 .F65 1559

Collection:

Ross Bible Collection (University of Pennsylvania)