Pasquillus in aulicos

Name:

Schnauss, Cyriakus, 1512-1571

Date:

1563

Description:

Poem, usually in rhymed couplets, apparently commemorating the occasion of Friedrich IV von Wied becoming the archbishop of Cologne. The poem traces and comments upon the history of the archbishopric beginning with the earlier tenure of Friedrich's uncle, Hermann V von Wied, who had been forced to resign after being in the post for 32 years.

Language:

German

Provenance:

Sold by Leuffer, 1952.

Subject:

Catholic Church. -- Archdiocese of Cologne (Germany) -- History; Catholic Church. -- Archdiocese of Cologne (Germany); History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); satires (literary genre); poems; Manuscripts, German; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

4 leaves : paper; 320 x 217 (250 x 160) mm bound to 333 x 225 mm

Geographic Subject:

Cologne (Germany) -- Church history

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. gathering.; Pharmacist, printer, poet, and supporter of the Reformation, who is known to have written under the pseudonym Pasquillus or Pasquino, a pseudonym used by multiple authors of political lampoons in the 16th century.; Title from caption title (f. 1r) as well as a handwritten label (f. 4v).; Layout: Written in 25-27 long lines.; Script: Written in a German cursive hand.; Binding: Modern boards.; Origin: Written in Cologne in 1563.; German.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1082