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Ulrich von Hutten

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Ulrich von Hutten

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Auction Date:2015 Jan 14 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:236 Commercial St., Suite 100, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
German scholar, poet, and reformer (1488–1523) who was an outspoken critic of the Roman Catholic Church and a bridge between the Renaissance humanists and the Lutheran Reformation. Exceedingly rare AQS in Latin, unsigned, one page on a 6.25 x 7.75 sheet. Pair of quotes from the Dicta Catonis and from the satires of Lucilius penned by Ulrich von Hutten beneath a longer quotation from Boethius's De Consolatione Philosophiae in another hand. Ulrich von Hutten's juxtaposed contributions defend two central virtues of humanism—the pursuit of good scholarship and the courage to speak one's mind (translated): "Should you know much already, learn more; and cherish the desire of improvement" and "I must speak out; for well I know that Amiclae was destroyed for its silence." In very good condition, with scattered foxing and soiling. Hutten’s early literary life was dedicated to neo-Latin poetry; a master of the Latin language, he excelled in satirical and passionate invective. He is regarded as more open in the expression of his opinions than almost any other man of his age, and did much to prepare the way for the Reformation and to promote it. Examples of Ulrich von Hutten’s handwriting are tremendously rare, particularly with such exquisite content.