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doi:10.48781/ntnu.306783

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Description

Front cover: Stamp features the coat of arms of King Frederik II, King of Denmark and Norway (1534-1588). Back cover: Stamp features the coat of arms of Anna Catharine av Brandenburg (1575-1612). Below the coat of arms on the front cover: 'Insignia Friderici Zdanorvm Regis'.

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Keyword

Blind tooled bindings
16th century
Armorial
Panel design
Provenance evidence

Note

Royal arms of King Frederik II (1559-1588) : the three lions and nine hearts of Denmark, the lion of Norway, the three crowns of Sweden, also symbolizing the Kalmar Union, and the lion and nine hearts of the Goths, quartered by the cross of the Dannebrog. In the base the wyvern of the Wends. On the inescutcheon the two lions of Schleswig, the nettle leaf of Holstein, the swan of Stormarn, and the horseman of the Ditmarshes. On top of that, an inescutcheon with the bars of Oldenburg and the cross of Delmenhorst. (Reference: Danish national coats of arms, Royal Danish Library)
Content: 4 books. Enchiridion controversiarum religionis ..., Tubingae, 1602; Enchiridion controversiarum, quas Augustanae confessionis theologi habent cum Calvinianis ..., Tubingae, 1604; Dogmata & argumenta suitarum praecipua de Papa ..., Witebergae, 1604; Controversiae inter Theologos Witebergenses ..., Witebergae, 1599
Same binding can also be found on Gunnerus HA Fol. 36. 42 x 27 cm, in worse condition.

Subject (Person)

Frederik II, king of Denmark and Norway, 1534-1588
Anna Kathrine, queen-consort of Denmark and Norway, first spouse of King Christian IV of Denmark, 1575-1612

Dimensions

18, 12, cm

Provenance

Hammer, Christopher

Acquisition Method

Gave

Year of Admission

1804

Owner

NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket