Difference between revisions of "Fonteyne des Levens, De"

From GAMEO
Jump to navigation Jump to search
[unchecked revision][checked revision]
(CSV import - 20130816)
 
(CSV import - 20130820)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
<em>De Fonteyne des Levens</em> is a Dutch devotional book, containing a large number of Scriptural passages, which according to Karel Vos (<em>Mennonitisches Lexikon</em> I, 662) is of [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] origin. There are known three editions of it, printed at [[Delft (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Delft]], 1533; [[Steenwijk (Overijssel, Netherlands)|Steenwijk]], 1580; and at Rotterdam, 1619. The third edition, which is found in the [[Amsterdam Mennonite Library (Bibliotheek en Archief van de Vereenigde
 
<em>De Fonteyne des Levens</em> is a Dutch devotional book, containing a large number of Scriptural passages, which according to Karel Vos (<em>Mennonitisches Lexikon</em> I, 662) is of [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] origin. There are known three editions of it, printed at [[Delft (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Delft]], 1533; [[Steenwijk (Overijssel, Netherlands)|Steenwijk]], 1580; and at Rotterdam, 1619. The third edition, which is found in the [[Amsterdam Mennonite Library (Bibliotheek en Archief van de Vereenigde
 
Doopsgezinde Gemeente te Amsterdam)|Amsterdam Mennonite Library]], contains two engravings (<em>Catalogus Amst</em>., 97). It was much used among the Mennonites. Adriaen Carbout and Adriaen Piersen are said (1547) to have traveled on the island of South Beveland, Dutch province of Zeeland, with rucksacks, containing a few tools for the repair of old shoes, but in which were also hidden Bibles, <em>Fonteynkens des Levens</em>, and similar books.
 
Doopsgezinde Gemeente te Amsterdam)|Amsterdam Mennonite Library]], contains two engravings (<em>Catalogus Amst</em>., 97). It was much used among the Mennonites. Adriaen Carbout and Adriaen Piersen are said (1547) to have traveled on the island of South Beveland, Dutch province of Zeeland, with rucksacks, containing a few tools for the repair of old shoes, but in which were also hidden Bibles, <em>Fonteynkens des Levens</em>, and similar books.
 
 
 
= Bibliography =
 
= Bibliography =
 
<em>Archief Zeeutvsch Gennotschap. </em>6 (1886): 38.
 
<em>Archief Zeeutvsch Gennotschap. </em>6 (1886): 38.
 
 
 
{{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 2, p. 347|date=1956|a1_last=van der Zijpp|a1_first=Nanne|a2_last=|a2_first=}}
 
{{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 2, p. 347|date=1956|a1_last=van der Zijpp|a1_first=Nanne|a2_last=|a2_first=}}

Revision as of 19:13, 20 August 2013

De Fonteyne des Levens is a Dutch devotional book, containing a large number of Scriptural passages, which according to Karel Vos (Mennonitisches Lexikon I, 662) is of Anabaptist origin. There are known three editions of it, printed at Delft, 1533; Steenwijk, 1580; and at Rotterdam, 1619. The third edition, which is found in the [[Amsterdam Mennonite Library (Bibliotheek en Archief van de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente te Amsterdam)|Amsterdam Mennonite Library]], contains two engravings (Catalogus Amst., 97). It was much used among the Mennonites. Adriaen Carbout and Adriaen Piersen are said (1547) to have traveled on the island of South Beveland, Dutch province of Zeeland, with rucksacks, containing a few tools for the repair of old shoes, but in which were also hidden Bibles, Fonteynkens des Levens, and similar books.

Bibliography

Archief Zeeutvsch Gennotschap. 6 (1886): 38.


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1956

Cite This Article

MLA style

van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Fonteyne des Levens, De." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Fonteyne_des_Levens,_De&oldid=80884.

APA style

van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1956). Fonteyne des Levens, De. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Fonteyne_des_Levens,_De&oldid=80884.




Hpbuttns.png

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 347. All rights reserved.


©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.