It was rare that anabaptists would systematically produce or carry incriminating documents describing their faith or their communities because of the intense persecution they lived under.

Ludwig Hätzer : Ein urteil gottes unsers eegemahels / wie man sich mit allen götzen und bildnussen halten sol, Zürich (Chr. Froschauer) 1523

Any documents of this kind which are found must be considered and handled as the rare and extremely valuable articles which they are.