Printers, Colourists, Illuminators, and the Standardisation of Book Decoration in Nuremberg, 1470-1530 /

Printers, Colourists, Illuminators, and the Standardisation of Book Decoration in Nuremberg, 1470-1530 /

The advent and rapid proliferation of printing created a new challenge for colourists and illuminators: how could they meet this sudden, increased demand for book decoration in the most efficient way possible? This publication, based on a study of hundreds of illustrated books and broadsides, explor...

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Main Author: Smith, Julia R. (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2026.

Series: Library of the Written Word ; 141.
Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books online, Collection 2026.

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Book History and Cartography.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Book Decoration in a Precarious Market
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Scope of the Book
  • 3 The Appearance of the Book during the Transition from Manuscript to Print
  • 4 Structure
  • 1 Early Printing in Nuremberg and Batch Illumination
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Gutenberg Bible
  • 3 Illumination in Manuscripts
  • 4 Batch Illumination in Early Printed Books
  • 5 Nuremberg Printing and Early Batch Illumination
  • 6 Nuremberg Printing, Standardised Batch Illumination of the 148s
  • 7 Nuremberg Printing, 149s
  • 8 Conclusion
  • 2 Illustrated Printed Books and the Appeal of Colour in the Fifteenth Century
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Early Batch Colouring
  • 3 Batch Colouring in Nuremberg in the 148s
  • 4 Batch Colouring in Nuremberg in the 149s
  • 5 Koberger's Colouring Workshop
  • 6 Cost of Batch Colouring
  • 7 Batch Colouring from Other Nuremberg Printers
  • 8 Standardised Colouring in Other Books
  • 9 Batch-Coloured Books and Their Readers
  • 1 Conclusion
  • 3 The Single-Leaf Print in Colour: Illustrated Broadsides of the Sixteenth Century
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Broadsides with Book-Style Batch Colouring
  • 3 Broadsides of the Sixteenth Century
  • 4 Portrait Broadsides
  • 5 Broadsides of the 153s: Turks and Landsknechte
  • 6 Other Broadsides from the 153s
  • 7 Monumental Woodcuts
  • 8 Conclusion: the Absence of Colour in Single-Leaf Prints
  • 4 Print for Princes: Deluxe Batch Colouring
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Salus Anime
  • 3 Eichstätt Missal
  • 4 Deluxe Colouring of Single-Leaf Prints
  • 5 Secular Batch Colouring
  • 6 Batch-Coloured Luther Bibles
  • 7 Conclusion
  • 5 The Printer-Colourists of Nuremberg
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Specialisation in Artistic Practice
  • 3 Specialisation in Nuremberg
  • 4 Nomenclature
  • 5 The Glockendon Family
  • 6 Hans Guldenmund
  • 7 Conclusion
  • 6 Conclusion: the Proto-Industry of Batch Decoration
  • 1 Summary
  • 2 Identifying Batch Decoration
  • 3 Implications
  • Appendix A: Printed Books with Standardised Illumination
  • Appendix B: Illustrated Books with Standardised Colouring
  • Appendix C: Hand-Coloured Illustrated Broadsides, 147-153
  • Appendix D: Nuremberg's Printer-Colourists
  • Appendix E: Availability of Pigments in Nuremberg
  • Appendix F: Broadside Colophons
  • Bibliography
  • Index.