Nuremberg · 1517 · Hans Schönsperger the Elder

Theuerdank

Maximilian I

Theuerdank
Theuerdank as armored knight on horseback
Hand-coloured Burgkmair-circle woodcut of Theuerdank (Maximilian) as a mounted knight in full armour, lance and quartered shield, riding before a town and lake (leaf 00561).
Hand-coloured woodcut of a mountain-pass episode
One of the 118 woodcuts: an Alpine peril scene with figures and a pack-horse on a rocky mountain path, above Rockner's calligraphic fraktur with sweeping flourishes (leaf 00221).
Colophon naming Nuremberg
The colophon "Gedruckt in der Kayserlichen Stat Nürnberg durch den Eltern Hannsen Schönsperger Burger zü Augspurg" — naming Nuremberg though the book was actually printed at Augsburg (leaf 00586).
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Maximilian I's allegorical chivalric poem (versified by Melchior Pfintzing), illustrated with 118 woodcuts by Hans Burgkmair, Hans Schäufelein and Leonhard Beck, and printed in a calligraphic fraktur cut by Vincenz Rockner. The colophon names Nuremberg (to honour Pfintzing) though it was printed at Augsburg. VD16 M 1649.

Details

Title
Theuerdank
Author
Maximilian I
Printer
Hans Schönsperger the Elder
Place
Nuremberg
Year
1517
Format
f°
Language
German
Theme
illustration

Facsimiles

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Images

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München, Rar. 325 a — Public Domain Mark 1.0