Der blutige Schau-Platz, oder Martyrer Spiegel der Tauffs-Gesinnten, oder wehrlosen Christen, : die um des Zeugnisses Jesu, ihres Seligmachers, willen, gelitten haben, und getodtet worden sind, von Christi Zeit an, bis auf das Jahr 1660
Vormals aus unterschiedlichen glaubwurdigen Chroniken, Nachrichten und Zeugnissen gesammelt, und in hollandischer Sprache herausgegeben von T.J.V. Braght. ; Nun aber sorgfaltigst ins Hochdeutsche ubersetzt, und zum zweytenmal and Licht gebracht.
The first edition was translated by Johann Peter Miller and published by the Ephrata Community at the request of the Mennonites. Cf. Pennypacker, S.W. "A noteworthy book." Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography 5 (1881): 276-289.
Martyrs Mirror.
Title vignette has caption: Arbeite und hoffe.
Printed in two columns.
Error in paging: p. 306, 2nd numbered count, misnumbered 206.
Copy 3: Genealogy of John Herr and Betsy Groff, 1807-1883
Copy 3: 2 sheets of genealogy of the Herr, Daniel, and Musser families removed to MG-399 Herr family Martyrs' Mirror, also placed in Herr family file.
"Des blutigan Schau-Platzes, oder Martyrer-Spiegels der Tauffs Gesinnten oder wehrlosen Christen, zweyter Theil. Vormals in hollandischer Sprache herausgegeben, und mit vielen glaubwurdigen Urkunden vermehret, nun aber aus dem Hollandischen in das Hochdeutsch getreulich ubersezt. Zweyte Amerikanische Auflage."--[10], 608, [8] p., with separate title page.
With an index to each part.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Botte & Tannhof. German printing,
Copy 1: Full leather binding over thick wooden boards; bottom of two clasps missing.
Copy 2: Full leather binding over thick wooden boards; both clasps missing.
Copy 3: Full leather binding over think wooden boards; both clasps missing.
Summary
This book includes accounts of the martyrdom of the apostles and the stories of martyrs from previous centuries. Next to the Bible, the Martyrs' Mirror has historically held the most significant and prominent place in Amish and Mennonite homes. The Martyrs Mirror is still a beloved book among Amish and Mennonites. While less common now in the 20th century, Martyrs' Mirror is a common wedding gift for Amish and Mennonite families. In 1745, Jacob Gottschalk arranged with the Ephrata Cloister to have them translate the Martyrs Mirror from Dutch into German and to print it. The work took 15 men three years to finish and in 1749, at 1,512 pages, it was the largest book printed in America before the Revolutionary War. [wikipedia]
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Book number 27 as assigned by Yeates.
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Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
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Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.
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Signature of Yeates at top of title page.
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