Berthold Ruppel

Berthold Ruppel († before March 12, 1495 in Basel ) was a German-Swiss printer .

Life

Johannes Gutenberg's journeyman named Bechtold von Hanauwe, mentioned in 1455, and Berthold Ruppel were probably the same person. Since Berthold was already printing a Latin Bible ( GW 4207) in Basel around 1468 , it is assumed that he introduced printing there. It could also have been he who brought from Mainz the types of the Mainz Psalter from 1457, which were used in Basel after 1473 for printing the Missale speciale (formerly Constantiense) . A total of 21 mostly theological and canonical prints by him are known. Five more were created in cooperation with Michael Wenssler and Bernhard Richel . Berthold Ruppel had been married to a Magdalena since at least 1475, and he had a daughter with her. In 1477, Berthold acquired Basel citizenship. Ruppel was last mentioned as alive on March 4, 1494. On March 12, 1495, his wife Magdalena was called a widow.

literature

Ferdinand Geldner: The German incunabula printer, a manual of the German book printer of the 15th century according to places of printing ; Verlag Anton Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1968–1970, 2 volumes, ISBN 3-7772-6825-9 , volume 1, pp. 111–112.
Frank Hieronymus: Ruppel, Berthold. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Christoph Reske: Ruppel, Berthold. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , p. 280 f. ( Digitized version ).
Pierre Louis Van der Haegen, Basler Wiegendrucke , Schwabe, Basel 1998, (Writings of the University Library, Vol. 1), ISBN 3-7965-1086-8 , pp. 8, 10.
Ernst Voulliéme: The German printers of the 15th century , 2nd edition, Verlag der Reichsdruckerei, Berlin 1922, pp. 18-19.

Remarks

↑ It is mentioned in Helmasperger's notarial instrument : The Helmasperger's notarial instrument . gutenbergdigital.de. Retrieved on June 7, 2012. Cf. Ferdinand Geldner: The Helmaspergersche Notariatsinstrument in its meaning for the history of the oldest Mainz book printing ; in: The current state of Gutenberg research , ed. by Hans Widmann; Verlag Anton Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1972 ( Bibliothek des Buchwesens , 1), ISBN 3-7772-7225-6 , pp. 91–121, esp. P. 96, line 55 the mention of “Bechtolff, diener des Johann Guttenbergk”.

Web links

St.Alban-Tal paper mills in “The First Basler Buchdrucker” on www.altbasel.ch, accessed April 24, 2015
Prints by Berthold Ruppel in the complete catalog of incandescent prints

personal data
SURNAME	Ruppel, Berthold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German book printer
DATE OF BIRTH	15th century
DATE OF DEATH	uncertain: 1495
Place of death	Basel

[1] It is mentioned in Helmasperger's notarial instrument : The Helmasperger's notarial instrument . gutenbergdigital.de. Retrieved on June 7, 2012. Cf. Ferdinand Geldner: The Helmaspergersche Notariatsinstrument in its meaning for the history of the oldest Mainz book printing ; in: The current state of Gutenberg research , ed. by Hans Widmann; Verlag Anton Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1972 ( Bibliothek des Buchwesens , 1), ISBN 3-7772-7225-6 , pp. 91–121, esp. P. 96, line 55 the mention of “Bechtolff, diener des Johann Guttenbergk”.