Book/Printed Material Chronicle of all the Emperors and Kings since Christ's Birth.
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Title
- Chronicle of all the Emperors and Kings since Christ's Birth.
Summary
- From 1472 Johann Bämler (circa 1435--1504) ran a printing shop in Augsburg. As he offered his printed books in various stages of completion, his products display a variety of finishes and bindings. A considerable number of books from Bämler's press were supplied with painted initials, miniatures, and acanthus-leaf and filigree decorations done at his own workshop. Such is the case in this copy of Jakob Twinger's Chronicle, which was originally owned by Konrad Bollstatter, a professional scribe active in Augsburg from 1466, who used-among other sources-Bämler's expanded edition of the chronicle printed in 1476 to make additions to his own copy. On folio 2 recto, this copy contains a finely ornamented initial painted in tempera on a gold ground and decorated with acanthus leaves as well as several other initials ornamented with filigree. On other leaves, Twinger's introduction has been supplemented by hand together with a colored pen drawing portraying the author and a miniature depicting the creation of the world. The latter integrates elements of two woodcuts illustrating the book of Genesis published in Gunther Zainer's edition of the Bible of circa 1475-76 and in the Bible of Jodokus Pflanzmann, which was copied in the Bible published by Anton Sorg in 1477, or their model. The same illuminator painted a picture of an enthroned pope covering a passage of text on folio 167 recto, while the deleted text was copied by hand, starting on folio 149 recto and expanded with historical accounts from King Ruprecht (reigned 1400--1410) onward to emperor Frederick III (1452--93), ending in the year 1473. As a result, the illustration of the pope now precedes the printed biographies of the popes, which from folio 184 recto onwards have been supplemented with papal vitae, beginning with Gregory XII (1406--15) and ending in 1477 in the pontificate of Sixtus IV (1471--84). One may therefore conclude that the drawings were added to the book in Augsburg in or around 1477. The coats of arms provided on folio 2 recto remained blank. The incunable came to the Bavarian State Library from the Benedictine monastery of Saint Ulrich and Saint Afra in Augsburg in 1803.
Names
- Bämler, Johann, approximately 1430-1503 Printer.
- Twinger, Jakob, von Königshofen, 1346-1420 Author.
Created / Published
- Augsburg, Germany : Johann Bämler, [1472 to 1499]
Headings
- - France--Alsace--Strasbourg
- - 1472 to 1499
- - Chronicles
- - History
- - Illuminations
- - Incunabula
- - Miniatures (Illuminations)
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "This description of the work was written by Karl-Georg Pfändtner.|BSB Shelfmark: Cgm 7366"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 208 folios, parchment : illustrations.
- - Original resource at: Bavarian State Library.
- - Content in German.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021667086
Online Format
- compressed data
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