The Industry of Evangelism

Printing for the Reformation in Martin Luther's Wittenberg
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-46240-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 96, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 722 g

Reihe: Library of the Written Word / Library of the Written Word - The Handpress World

Of the leading print centres in early modern Europe, Wittenberg was the only one that was not a major centre of trade, politics, or culture. This monograph examines the rise of the Wittenberg printing industry and analyses how it overtook the Empire’s leading print centres. It investigates the workshops of the four leading printers in Wittenberg during Luther’s lifetime: Nickel Schirlentz, Josef Klug, Hans Lufft, and Georg Rhau. Together, these printers conquered the German print world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thomas, Drew B

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Organisation & Institutionen von Kirchen und Gemeinden
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Verlagswesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

Introduction

1 Print and the Reformation

2 Wittenberg

3 Project Parameters

4 Sources & Methodology

1 The Beginnings of the Reformation Print Industry

1 Rhau-Grunenberg’s Monopoly

2 Major Players Emerge

3 Improving the Quality of Wittenberg Print

4 Printing the September Testament

2 The Title Page Borders of Lucas Cranach

1 The First Reformation Title Page Borders

2 Decorating Luther’s Message

3 Border Usage among Wittenberg’s Printers

4 Copying Cranach’s Borders

5 Developing a Brand

3 Fraud in the Reformation Book Trade

1 A History of False Publication Information

2 Identifying Counterfeits

3 Types of Counterfeits

4 Imitating Typefaces

5 The Prevalence of Counterfeits and Wittenberg’s Response

6 Wittenberg’s Response

7 Conclusion

4 The Second Generation of Reformation Printers

1 Wittenberg’s Leading Printers

2 Local Competition among Wittenberg’s Printers

3 Analysing Volumes of Production Based on Sheets

4 Conclusion

6 Bibles and Broadsheets

1 Hans Lufft, der Bibeldrucker

2 Publishers and Privileges

3 Official Print: Reconstructing Wittenberg’s Lost History

Conclusion

Appendix 1: A Catalogue of Wittenberg Counterfeits

Appendix 2: USTC – VD16 Concordance

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Drew B. Thomas, Ph.D. (2018, University of St. Andrews) is a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University College Dublin.