1676 AD GERMANY ABRAHAM VON FRANCKENBERG

A likeness of Abraham von Franckenberg, the Silesian nobleman who met Jacob Boehme in 1623, revered him for the rest of his life, and became his first biographer, writing and reworking a hagiographic life of the mystic across eight versions between 1631 and 1651. Franckenberg himself died in 1652; this card's 1676 date falls within the wider wave of posthumous Boehme and Franckenberg reprints that circulated through the later 17th century.

The card

• Date — 1,676 AD
• Where — Silesia (Franckenberg's home region); no specific object findspot recorded. No coordinates are given on the map for this reason.
• Evidence grade — WEB-PHOTO

Sources

• en.wikipedia.org

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