
Description
Operum latinorum pars prima,
continens formam explicationis examinis ordinandorum, olim scripti a D. Ph. Melanthone...
Leipzig; 1593
With 1 full-page woodcut portrait. 4 leaves, 236 pp.
Original limp vellum binding (loose, part of the spine is missing, lacks ties)
- VD 16, p. 5616. -
The author remains a prominent figure in Protestant hymn writing to this day (including "Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ").
Ex-Library
Heavily browned throughout.
Size: 6 by 7 1/4 inches
Text in Latin
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Nikolaus Selnecker (or Selneccer) ( 1530 – 1592) was a German musician, theologian and Protestant reformer. He is now known mainly as a hymn writer.
He is also known as one of the principal authors of the Formula of Concord along with Jakob Andrea and Martin Chemnitz.
Nikolaus Selnecker was born in Hersbruck in Bavaria, Germany.
His father moved him and his family to Nuremberg while he was still a child. At a young age he was an organist at the chapel in the Kaiserburg. He studied under Melanchthon at the University of Wittenberg.
Later he was a chaplain and musician at the court of Augustus, Elector of Saxony in Dresden.
Additionally he served as a court tutor and supervised education in the court chapel.
He was later appointed professor of theology at Leipzig University, and pastor of St. Thomas's Church.
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1593 THEOLOGY by Nikolaus Selnecker antique VELLUM BINDING 16th CENTURY
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