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A WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY LIBRARY CATALOGUE OF 1536.
Kusukawa, Sachiko.(editor)

- New York : Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies 1995 - tall 8vo. - cloth. - xli, 258 pages. - ISBN 0951881124 / Order Nr. 56618 - Price: $ 30.00

In 1547, a year after Martin Luther's death, the University Library of Wittenberg collected his books and manuscripts and sent them to Weimar. In 1549 John Frederick moved the books from Weimar to Jena, where the majority of the books and manuscripts, as well as the catalogues of Wittenberg University Library, have survived to this day.

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