Mausolei Mauritiani Pars Altera, Qua Illustrissimi & Potentissimi Principis ac Domini, Dn. Mauritii, Hassiæ Landgravii, Comitis In Cattimeliboco, Decio, Ziegenhayna Et Nidda, &c. Ecclesiæ, Dum Spiraret vigeretq;, nutritii bengni, Orthodoxæ religionis confessoris sinceri, vigilantis Instauratoris, defensoris constantis, Justitiæ præsidis immobilis, Literatorum Patroni munifici, boni Philosophi, Insignis Poëtæ, Oratoris facundi ... Vitam, Virtutes, Obitum, Novæ Hassorum Academiæ Cassellanæ Professores Orationibus funebribus Ab oblivione gratâ mente vindicant ... posteritate Sacrum esse jubent.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
07/4412
Variant Title
Viginti Academiarum ... Epicedia
Epicedia Exterarum Nationum
Sequuntur Orationes Et Carmina
Imprint
Cassellis,: Apud Johannem Saurium, Academiæ Typographum, -, Anno M.DC.XXXV.
Physical Description
134, [2], 262, [2], 90, [8] p.; 305 mm. (Quarto.)
Contents
[T.p.] - [Text] - [Blank leaf] - [T.p., 'Viginti Academiarum ...'] - [Verse] - Typus Epicediorum ... - [Text] - [T.p., 'Epicedia Exterarum Nationum ...'] - [Text] - [Blank leaf] - [T.p., Sequuntur Orationes Et Carmina ...'] - [Text] - Index. Mausolei Mauritiani Pars Prima. (Secunda.) (Tertia.).
References
The background is outlined in G. Schweikhart, 'Kunst und Kultur in Kassel unter Landgraf Moritz dem Gelehrten', in Heinrich Schütz (1985), p.13-34.
Summary Note
This work is in four parts, each with its own title-page and imprint, but some parts sharing continuous pagination and signatures:
[1] 'Mausolei Mauritani Pars Altera ... (imprint as above)' (pp. 1-134, [2]; signatures AA-RR4);
[2] 'Viginti Academiarum ... Epicedia ... (same imprint)' (pp. 1-90; signatures AAa-LLl4, MMm[1]);
[3] 'Epicedia Exterarum Nationum ... (same imprint)' (pp.91-262, [2]; signatures MMm2-ZZz4, AAaa-KKkk4);
[4] 'Sequuntur Orationes Et Carmina ... (same imprint)'; 'Index' (pp.1-90, [8]; signatures a-l4, m[5]).
The index includes a 'Pars Prima', but the text begins only with 'Pars Altera'.
The texts are tributes to Landgraf Moritz of Hesse-Kassel (who abdicated in 1627 and died in 1632), by J. Crocius, J. Combach, J.P. Dauber and others.
Reproductions
An electronic edition was published in 2005 (Wolfenbüttel: Herzog August Bibliothek).
Provenance
The front pastedown of the volume is inscribed in pencil, 'S.A.H.', i.e. S.A. Hart, librarian of the Royal Academy 1864-81.
Binding Note
17th-century white vellum; spine inscribed in ink, '[Illegible] Maurice Landgrave of Hesse Cassellis. 1638'. Bound with one other.
Name as Subject
Subject
Rulers - Monarchs - Publicizing - Germany - Hesse - History - 17th century
Funerals - Germany - 17th century
Eulogies - Funeral books - Poetry - Speeches - Germany - 17th century
Contributors