Lirer, Thomas, active 12th? century, [I]n Gottes Namen Amen , [17 August 1486]
- Title(s):
- [I]n Gottes Namen Amen : Jn diser Cronick würdet durch verdriesslich vermeiden langer ge=schrifft zelesen.
- Additional Title(s):
In Gottes namen amen : in diser Cronick würdet durch verdriesslich vermeiden langer geschrifft zelesen
Schwäbische Chronik- Published/Created:
- [Ulm] : [Conrad Dinckmut], [17 August 1486].
- Physical Description:
- 68 unnumbered leaves : illustrations, inits (woodcuts) ; 258 mm (fol.)
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsLeaf Collection no. 0436bYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/17224530
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Title from incipit on leaf a2 recto.
Imprints from the colophon on leaf k9 recto, which reads in full: Getruckt und volendet zů Ulm von Cůnrad Dinck=můt. am dornstag nach unser frawen himelfart. Soman zalt nach unser herren gebůrt .M. CCCC. un[d] in dem lxxxvj+iar.
Author's name on leaf i1 recto: ... Unnd ich Thomam Lirer gesessen zů Ranckweil das do geho̊rt zů dem sch=olss vn[d] herrschafft Feltkirch hab dise ding den merern tail gesehen / ...
23 full-page woodcut illustrations from the so-called Master of Ulm Terence, named from his work in Dinckmut's 1486 edition of Terentius, Eunuchus, in German, translated by Hans Heithart [or Nythart] (ISTC it00108000): see BSB-Ink, L-182.
Woodcut initials on leaves a4 recto and i2 recto.
Spaces left blank for initials.
Signatures: a-b⁸ c-i⁶ k¹⁰. First leaf a1 blank and unsigned, last leaf k10 blank.
BSB-Ink, L-182 (with digital facsimile)
Oates, 1167
Albert Schramm, Der Bilderschmuck der Frühdrucke, Bd. 1-23, Leipzig 1920-1943, VI, 128-149
Incunabula short title catalogue, il00227000
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, L227
Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 10118*
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M18414
Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, 4509
BAC Leaf Collection no. 0436b: Imperfect: 4 leaves only: c2, d5, e3, and f1. The woodcuts are hand-colored. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink. - Subject Terms:
- Incunabula in Yale Library.Swabia (Germany) -- History -- Sources -- Early works to 1800.Swabia (Germany) -- History -- To 1500.Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership.
- Form/Genre:
- Incunabula.
Woodcuts.
Fragments (object portions)
Hand coloring. - Export:
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- Thomas Lirer. Schwäbische Chronik, in German, a2r-i2r; Gmünder Chronik bis 1462, in German, Chronik von allen Königen und Kaisern, i2r-k9r; colophon, k9r.
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