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FRIDOLIN, Stephan (d.1498). Schatzbehalter der wahren Reichtümer des Heils. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 8 November 1491.
First edition of one of the most celebrated illustrated books of the 15th century. The powerful woodcuts are considered to have made a significant impact on Albrecht Dürer and influenced directly his own monumental work in the medium. He had been apprenticed to the Wolgemut-Pleydenwurff workshop from 1486-89, and returned to Nuremberg from Basel soon after publication of the Schatzbehalter.
The Schatzbehalter was written by Stephan Fridolin, spiritual guide and confessor to the Poor Clares at Nuremberg, almost certainly at the behest of the nuns and their abbess, Caritas Pirckheimer, sister to Willibald. The text is based on Scripture and tells the story of the life and passion of Christ in 100 events; the accompanying illustrations were intended to impress the story more firmly on the minds of the audience, specifically those unable to read, as Fridolin states in the preface. It thus joins other late medieval works popularizing Scripture in text and image, such as the blockbook Biblia Pauperum. In his discussion of each woodcut, Fridolin explains the literal and metaphysical meaning of the image, thus giving the modern reader an invaluable insight into medieval interpretation of imagery. HC *14507 = H 6236; GW 10329; BMC II, 434 (IB. 7413-7414); BSB-Ink. F-263; Bod-Inc. F-107; ISTC is00306000; Goff S-306.
Median folio (310 x 215mm). 352 leaves (of 354, without the blanks). 11-line South-German, probably Augsburg, illuminated initial opening text on a4r, floral and foliate extensions with gold balls, other initials in red, partly rubricated, 96 full-page woodcuts from 91 blocks by Michael Wolgemut, Michael Pleydenwurff and their workshop, in 16th/17th-century hand-colour, woodcut Hebrew letters on d4r (minor marginal repairs in 8 leaves, a4 supplied from another copy, occasional faint thumb-soiling, spots or stains, waterstain in outer top corner in final third). 16th/17th-century vellum stamped with black central lozenge and borders, all edges gilt (slightly darkened and rubbed in a few places). Provenance: ‘Poloque Soloque Favente’ (17th-century bookplate, possibly belonging to Joseph Durr (b.1643), Abbot at Ursberg Abbey, Bavaria 1681-1708) – some early marginal annotations.
First edition of one of the most celebrated illustrated books of the 15th century. The powerful woodcuts are considered to have made a significant impact on Albrecht Dürer and influenced directly his own monumental work in the medium. He had been apprenticed to the Wolgemut-Pleydenwurff workshop from 1486-89, and returned to Nuremberg from Basel soon after publication of the Schatzbehalter.
The Schatzbehalter was written by Stephan Fridolin, spiritual guide and confessor to the Poor Clares at Nuremberg, almost certainly at the behest of the nuns and their abbess, Caritas Pirckheimer, sister to Willibald. The text is based on Scripture and tells the story of the life and passion of Christ in 100 events; the accompanying illustrations were intended to impress the story more firmly on the minds of the audience, specifically those unable to read, as Fridolin states in the preface. It thus joins other late medieval works popularizing Scripture in text and image, such as the blockbook Biblia Pauperum. In his discussion of each woodcut, Fridolin explains the literal and metaphysical meaning of the image, thus giving the modern reader an invaluable insight into medieval interpretation of imagery. HC *14507 = H 6236; GW 10329; BMC II, 434 (IB. 7413-7414); BSB-Ink. F-263; Bod-Inc. F-107; ISTC is00306000; Goff S-306.
Median folio (310 x 215mm). 352 leaves (of 354, without the blanks). 11-line South-German, probably Augsburg, illuminated initial opening text on a4r, floral and foliate extensions with gold balls, other initials in red, partly rubricated, 96 full-page woodcuts from 91 blocks by Michael Wolgemut, Michael Pleydenwurff and their workshop, in 16th/17th-century hand-colour, woodcut Hebrew letters on d4r (minor marginal repairs in 8 leaves, a4 supplied from another copy, occasional faint thumb-soiling, spots or stains, waterstain in outer top corner in final third). 16th/17th-century vellum stamped with black central lozenge and borders, all edges gilt (slightly darkened and rubbed in a few places). Provenance: ‘Poloque Soloque Favente’ (17th-century bookplate, possibly belonging to Joseph Durr (b.1643), Abbot at Ursberg Abbey, Bavaria 1681-1708) – some early marginal annotations.
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