Albert Schramm

Albert Schramm (1908)

Albert Schramm (born August 5, 1880 in Sindelfingen , † October 25, 1937 in Tübingen ) was a German book scholar . He dealt with numerous aspects of the book industry and took part in the young Esperanto movement in Saxony.

Schramm studied Protestant theology at the University of Tübingen from 1899 to 1903 and was awarded a doctorate on February 12, 1904. theol. PhD . In his doctoral thesis he dealt with the Palestinian place names in the Old Testament . Schramm developed an interest in the history of shorthand during his studies . After receiving his doctorate, he worked at the Saxon Stenographic Office in Dresden . During this time he came into contact in 1907 with Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof , the inventor of the planned language Esperanto. Together with Marie Hankel , Schramm organized the 4th International Esperanto Congress, which took place in 1908 under the patronage of the King of Saxony Friedrich August III. took place in Dresden. In the course of the congress, the Saxon Esperanto Institute, which was subordinated to the Saxon State Ministry on November 12, 1908, was also established. Schramm was the first director of this institute from 1908 to 1914.

He developed a shorthand system suitable for Esperanto, which already anticipated some aspects of the later German unified shorthand.

In 1913 Schramm moved to Leipzig, where he was appointed director of the German Museum of Books and Writing . From this time on he concentrated mainly on his professional and scientific activities. As director of the international exhibition for book trade and graphics ( Bugra 1914), he became known to larger professional circles.

On January 1, 1929, Schramm retired as museum director and became honorary director of the Leipzig librarianship school, the establishment of which he had suggested. Since 1930 he suffered from diabetes mellitus . He spent his old age with his family in Tübingen, where he died on October 25, 1937 at the age of 57.

Schramm's main work was the collection Der Bilderschmuck der early imprints , in which the illustrations of all known incunabula were to be put together. After Schramm's death, at the urging of the publisher , the company was continued by the commission for the complete catalog of incandescent prints . After Volume 20, which was still published by Schramm, a conclusion should be reached in around five more volumes for the German-speaking part of the Holy Roman Empire .

Fonts (selection)

• The Palestinian place names in the Old Testament . Tübingen 1904 (dissertation)
• Heinrich Knoblochtzers Todten-Dantz. Heidelberg undated; Reprint Leipzig 1921.
• Spiritual exposition of the life of Jesus Christ. A series of woodcuts from the 15th century. Leipzig 1922 ( online  - Internet Archive )
• The picture decorations of the early prints . 23 volumes, Leipzig 1920–1943 (continued by the commission for the complete catalog of incandescent prints); Reprinted by Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1981.
  • Volume 1 (1922) Albrecht Pfister's prints in Bamberg
  • Volume 2 (1920) Günther Zainer's prints in Augsburg
  • Volume 3 (1921) The prints of Johann Baemler in Augsburg
  • Volume 4 (1921) The prints by Anton Sorg in Augsburg
  • Volume 5 (1923) The prints from Johann Zainer in Ulm
  • Volume 6 (1923) The prints of Konrad Dinckmut in Ulm
  • Volume 7 (1923) Lienhart Holle, Johannes Reger, Johann Schaeffler and Hans Hauser in Ulm
  • Volume 8 (1924) The Cologne prints
  • Volume 9 (1926) The printers in Esslingen, Urach, Stuttgart, Reutlingen, Tübingen, Blaubeuren
  • Volume 10 (1927) The printers in Lübeck: 1. The two Brandis brothers
  • Volume 11 (1928) The printers in Lübeck: 2. Steffen Arndes
  • Volume 12 (1929) The printers in Lübeck: 3. Ghotan, 4. Mohnkopfdrucke
  • Volume 13 (1930) The printers in Leipzig and Erfurt
  • Volume 14 (1931) The printers in Mainz: 1. Fust and Schöffer, 2. Johann Numeister, 3. Peter Schöffer
  • Volume 15 (1932) The printers in Mainz: 4. Erhard Reuwich, 5. Jakob Meydenbach, 6. Peter Friedberg
  • Volume 16 (1933) The printers in Speyer, Würzburg, Eichstätt, Passau, Munich, Ingolstadt, Zweibrücken, Freising, Memmingen
  • Volume 17 (1934) The printers in Nuremberg: 1. Anton Koberger
  • Volume 18 (1935) The Nuremberg printers except Koberger
  • Volume 19 (1936) The Strasbourg printers: Johann Mentelin, Heinrich Eggestein, Georg Husner, Heinrich Knoblochtzer (in Strasbourg and Heidelberg), Martin Schott, Jacob Eber
  • Volume 20 (1937) The Strasbourg printers: Johann Grüninger, Johann Prüss, Martin Flach, Peter Attendorn, Thomas Anshelm, Bartholomäus Kistler, Friedrich Ruch von Dumbach, Mathis Hupfuff, Wilhelm Schaffener, Johann Schott, Matthias Brant
  • Volume 21 (1938) The printers in Basel: Michael Wenssler, Bernhard Richel, Martin Flach, Johann Amerbach, Peter Kollicker, Nikolaus Kessler, Jakob Wolff, Adam von Speier . Edited by Wieland Schmidt with the assistance of Maria Möller
  • Volume 22 (1940) The printers in Basel: Ludwig Hohenwang, Lienhart Ysenhut, Michael Furter, Johann Froben, Johann Bergmann, printer of copies; Supplements . Edited by Maria Möller and Wieland Schmidt
  • Volume 23 (1943) The printers in Augsburg: Erhard Ratdolt, Johann Wiener, Jodokus Pflanzmann, Ludwig Hohenwang, Johann Blaubirer . Published by Maria Möller
• Germany's publishing book trade . Leipzig 1925
• The German Book Museum in Leipzig 1885-1925. Leipzig 1925
• Imperial shorthand. Complete representation of the Reich shorthand for school and self-teaching . Leipzig 1925

Posthumously

• Fonts for foreign languages. Attempt to compile the most important type foundries of our time. Wolfenbüttel 1938 ( online  - Internet Archive )

literature

• Hans Albert Schramm: The books and writings of Albert Schramm. A bibliographical compilation . In: Archives for writing and books . Volume 3 (1930), pp. 116-120 (list of publications)
• Rudolf Stöwesand: The creator of book studies. An obituary for Albert Schramm . In: Börsenblatt for the German book trade . Volume 104 (1937), pp. 629-630
• Reinhard Hauptenthal : Albert Schramm (1880–1937) kaj lia korespondo kun Lazaro L. Zamenhof (1859–1917) . Saarbrücken 1985
• Reinhard Hauptenthal: Albert Schramm (1880–1937). A forgotten Esperanto pioneer . In: Serta gratulatoria in honorem Juan Régulo. II. Esperantismo . La Laguna 1987, pp. 259-273

Web links

Commons : Albert Schramm  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Albert Schramm in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by Albert Schramm in the Gutenberg-DE project
• The picture decorations of the early prints - digitized volumes 1–20 of the Heidelberg University Library

Remarks

1. ^ Dro Albert Schramm: Esperanta Stenografio [1]
2. ↑ Erich von Rath in: Der Bilderschmuck der Frühdrucke Volume 21, Leipzig 1938, p. 3, cf. also Albert Schramm: Foreword . In: The picture decoration of the early prints Volume 1, Leipzig 1922.