Original leaf from Schatzbehalter der wahren Reichtümer des Heils

Fridolin, Stephan

Verlag: Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, Germany, 1491

Beschreibung

An original leaf from Schatzbehalter der wahren Reichtümer des Heils [Treasure Chest of the True Riches of Salvation] by Stephan Fridolin, a late medieval work popularizing Scripture in text and image. Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger on 8 November 1491, thus a true incunabulum. One of 354 leaves. Leaf size: 29.25 x 21 cm. Each leaf side contains, underneath a heading, 41 printed lines in 2 columns. Col. width: 7.3 cm. The recto heading is, cristi uber sich genummenhaben, likely a continuation of the heading of the previous page. The verso heading is, wie alle wirdigkeit cristi beschemetist worden, [How Christ's dignity was humiliated]. Both headings in lower case. Printed at the foot of the second column recto is signature "a c"; without foliation or catchword. As to the recto page, in the margin at the base of the first column is a handwritten notation in light black ink. In the upper right margin is a notation that appears to read 1Ag. As to the verso page, in the left margin is a handwritten notation in black ink. Also with a light crescent-shaped stain along the top half of the inner margin as to both sides and a much smaller light stain below that, else clean. No worm holes or wrinkling observed. Rated a Good Plus to Very Good Minus leaf. Although most incunabula were printed in Latin, best estimates are that 10.8 percent were printed in German, using the Latin alphabet. Northern Bavarian (Nordbairisch) was a dialect spoken in the Nuremberg area in the Middle High German era, 1050-1350, but overlapped with East Franconian (Ostfränkisch). These were regional forms of German gradually losing status during 1350-1650, the Early New High German (Frühneuhochdeutsch) era. Since the ENHG printers had a commercial interest in making their texts acceptable to a wide readership, they often strove to avoid purely local forms of language. This gave rise to so-called Druckersprachen ("printers' languages"), which are not necessarily identical to the spoken dialect of the town where the press was located. Most MHG and ENHG words survive into modern German in some form or other: this leaf contains one word (jehen 'say') which has since disappeared from the language. But many words have changed their meaning substantially. Typeface closely resembles that used by Anton Koberger of Nuremberg in his 1483 German Bible and 1488 German translation of the Golden Legend, but not that of his 1484 Reformation der Stadt Nurnberg. Cf. the facsimile ed. published as Schatzbehalter, v. 28 in the series The Printed Sources of Western Art, ed. T. Besterman (Portland, Or.: Collegium Graphicum, 1972). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 008037

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Original leaf from Schatzbehalter der wahren...

Verlag: Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, Germany

Erscheinungsdatum: 1491

Einband: No Binding

Zustand: Good