Beinecke MS 99                                                        Germany, s. XVI/XVII
Valentin von Eickstedt, Pommersche Chronik, etc.

     1. ff. 1r-458r    Von etlichen vornemen Steten in Pommern Vineta. Vor
     alters dein etliche grosse kund...Vnnd also ist hie mit de kurstliche
     [for kurfuerstliche?] leich Procession geschlossen werden. f. 458v
     blank, except for later notes.

          The order of the contents is as follows: descriptions of some
     cities of Pomerania, genealogy of the Dukes of Pomerania, the Chronicle
     proper. Written by Valentin von Eickstedt in 1574; contents correspond
     closely to those listed in W. Lubuik (Baltische Studien v. 3, part 1
     [Stettin, 1835] pp. 80-81), but the Beinecke codex has fewer articles.
     Von Eickstedt (1527-79) usually worked from the same sources as Thomas
     Kantzow (d. 1542?), author of a chronicle on Pomeranian church history
     (G. Gaebel, ed., Pomerania, Eine pommersche Chronik aus dem sechzehnten
     Jahrhundert [Stettin, 1908] 2 vols.). The arrangement of the material
     in the two chronicles is similar, and there is some paraphrasing, but
     the Beinecke manuscript contains no dedicatory epistle and uses some
     different material at the beginning.

     2. f. 459r blank; ff. 459r-524v    [Colorful and elaborate title page
     occupies ff. 459v-460r, written sidewise:] Ex mandato illustrissimi
     principis ac domini domini casimiri ducis...parentalia
     posthuma...celebrabit Daniel Cramerus, D. Pastor...[text:] Si quas mihi
     hoc ipso die dicendi partes necessitas imperauit...notisque nostris
     [crossed out: annis (?)] annuit Christus Jesus benedictus in aeternum.
     Dixi.

          Funeral orations for the Dukes of Pomerania, by Daniel Cramer
     (1568-1637), Lutheran theologian and archdeacon of Stettin (cf.
     Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie v. 4, pp. 546-47, and H. Heyden,
     Pommersche Geistliche vom Mittelalter bis zum 19. Jahrhundert, in
     Veroeffentlichungen der historischen Kommision fuer Pommern, 11
     [Cologne, 1965], pp. 173-79).

          Paper (sturdy and rough; watermarks an unidentified letter Z in
     two concentric circles), ff. iv (paper) + 528 + iii (paper), 310 x 185
     (254 x 132) mm. Ca. 25-27 long lines; ruling in red ink, only 2
     vertical bounding lines.
          Too tightly bound for accurate collation.
          Written by several scribes in gothic cursive and italic script.
          Headings of gothic textura, square capitals, and a large
     humanistic script, in reddish brown, green, and black.
          Binding: s. xix, after 1861. Brown goatskin Jansenist binding by
     Chambolle-Duru (Paris).

          Written in Germany in the late 16th or early 17th century;
     inscription at top of f. 1r: "Ex b. viri Andr. Schotti Scabini
     Gedanensis bibliotheca publica auctionis lege [...] dita hic codex
     supperlectili librariae adjectus est Joachimi Guilielmi Weickhmann Ged.
     1764." On the third flyleaf at the front, "Chronique de Pomeranie
     ecrite en 1570 par Valentin de Eickstetten, Chancellier des Princes de
     Pomeranie. Un abrege en a ete fait en 1728 et imprime par Balthazar a
     Gryphiswold in 8^^o." Belonged to Comte Paul Riant (bookplate inside
     front cover; apparently not listed in L. Germon and L. Polain,
     Catalogue de la Bibliotheque de feu M. le comte Riant [Paris, 1896] p.
     361-62, no. 2486). Given to Yale in 1896 by Mrs. Henry Farnam.

     Bibliography: Faye and Bond p. 29, no. 99.

     Barbara A. Shailor