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SCHWENKFELDER HYMNOLOGY

number in the series consists of 50 leaves in folio printed from engraved copper-plates. The arrangement in the case of each plate is as follows: First, a heading; under it a symbolic illustration, in form rectangular; under this, a poem. Beside and below the poem are passages of Scripture or excerpts from the mystics. Illustration and poem interpret these passages. At the bottom of the plate are the initials "D. S." and the engraver's mark. A few copies of these rare imprints have been preserved by the Schwenkfelders in America. Of the first number there is a copy in the Royal Library, Berlin, and one in the Herzogliche Bibliothek at Wolfenbüttel. It was printed at Strassburg, 1620.

XVI. 1620.

Schöne auszelesne Sinreiche Figuren, | auch Gleichmussen, Erklarungen Gebettlein Mid hohe | lehr. | Durch D. S. | Gedruckt bey Jacob von der Ileyden Kupferstecher.

The second collection in the series under discussion. Will hereafter be designated as Svnb. Printed at Strassburg, 1620. (Royal Library, Berlin, and Herzogliche Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel.)

XVII. 1622.

{{sc|Ein schöne Lehr, von den sieben Graden, | oder Staffeln der volkommenen Liebe, in denen die Gesponsz | Christi wandeln soil, Anno 1489. beschrieben, vnd jetzt | von Wort zu Wort in Druck gegeben, durch D. S. | M. DC. XXII.

Folio. 12 pages. This is a treatise on perfect love. It contains (1) an essay written 1489 by Heinrich Vigilis von Weissenburg and found in manuscript form by Sudermann; (2) an enumeration of 24 "marks" of divine love, culled from the writings of Eckhard and Tauler; (3) the following hymn by Sudermann:

Ein Mensch auffs new geboren schon,

in 12 strophes of 4 lines. Will hereafter be designated as Svii. (Royal Library, Berlin.)

XVIII. 1622.

Twelve Leaves in Folio with Religious Poems by Daniel Sudermann.

The second page of each leaf is blank. The arrangement of the