Presentation of the exhibits from the German State Library, Berlin - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1990 - 20 Pfennig

Treasures in libraries of the GDR The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the GDR publishes four multicolored special postal stamps with the illustrations of treasures in libraries of the GDR. Special cancellations from 19 June to 18 August 1990 Treasures in libraries in the GDR The four examples selected for this series of stamps are from the holdings of the Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, Berlin. 20 Pfennig value: Order rules of the Knights of the Hospital Sanct Marien of the German House in Jerusalem. Parchment manuscript, Germany (Koblenz?), 1264 This Codex is the only dated manuscript with religious orders and extremely careful equipment. The headlines are in red, initials in red and blue with fleuronnée in the opposite color. The Central German text is interspersed with Lower Rhine forms. In 16./17. Century was the manuscript in the possession of the Koblenzer Landkomturs Adolf of the Baumgarten.