Mentelin bible, 1st pre-lutheran bible in german, printed by johannes mentelin in strasbourg, 1466, württemberg state library, signature: bb german 146601. - jörg von sachsenheim acquired the bible from the dominican convent of st. Margaretha and st. Agnes in strasbourg. The heavily trimmed leaf inserted into the bible after leaf 406 contains a poem with which he gave the bible to his sister margarethe von sachsenheim and her convent in lauffen am neckar in 1489: ". Jörg von sachsenheim gave a book called the bible and. Sent to lauffen am neckar. To a thousand four hundred and in the 1300s. To his sister margarethe von sachsenheim and to the whole convent. . ". Date: 1489.
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