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PROTESTANT CHURCH IN HUNGARY

Catalogue reference: Sion L40.2/L16

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This record is a file about the PROTESTANT CHURCH IN HUNGARY dating from late 17th century.

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Reference

Sion L40.2/L16

Title

PROTESTANT CHURCH IN HUNGARY

Date

late 17th century

Description

Narratio brevis de oppressa libertate Hungaricarum ecclesiarum' [by Kocsi Csergo Balint (1647-1698)]. An account of the persecution of the Reformed Church in Hungary during the reign of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I (1640-1705). Written by Balint in 1676, after his release from the galleys. See f. 299r: 'Scribebam anno reperatae salutis 1676 die 25 Novembris'.

Note

Another copy is included in Sion L40.2/L17.

Held by
Lambeth Palace Library
Language

Latin

Creator(s)
Sion College
Physical description

300 ff.

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

Amongst books and manuscripts received by Sion College as a bequest from Thomas Bray (1656-1730) on 20 Feb. 1729/30 (See Sion L40.2/E96, f. 210r). A list of the manuscripts and printed books bequeathed to Sion College by Bray is also included in [Samuel Smith], 'Publick spirit illustrated in the life and designs of the Reverend Thomas Bray', 2nd edition (London, 1808), pp. 100-120. Transferred from Sion College to Lambeth Palace Library, 1996.

Physical condition

Bound in plain card covers, 224 x 178 mm. Paper leaves.

Record URL
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This record is held at Lambeth Palace Library

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SION COLLEGE: LATIN MANUSCRIPTS

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PROTESTANT CHURCH IN HUNGARY