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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

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  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Bämler, Johann, Approximately Printer, and Jakob Twinger. Chronicle of all the Emperors and Kings since Christ's Birth. [Augsburg, Germany: Johann Bämler, to 1499, 1472] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667086/.

APA citation style:

Bämler, J. & Twinger, J. (1472) Chronicle of all the Emperors and Kings since Christ's Birth. [Augsburg, Germany: Johann Bämler, to 1499] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667086/.

MLA citation style:

Bämler, Johann, Approximately Printer, and Jakob Twinger. Chronicle of all the Emperors and Kings since Christ's Birth. [Augsburg, Germany: Johann Bämler, to 1499, 1472] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667086/>.