Dresden Reformers' Bible
The Dresden Reformers' Bible is a hand-colored copy of the Biblia Deudsch printed by Hans Lufft in Wittenberg in 1545 . A special feature of the Bible are the bound flyers containing portraits and handwriting samples of Wittenberg reformers. The copy is kept in the Saxon State Library - State and University Library Dresden (SLUB) with the signature Mscr.Dresd.A.51.a, misc.1.
history
The owner of the Bible was (according to the dedication of the son of Justus Jonas ) a citizen of Wittenberg "Master Hans", whose identity was unclear for a long time. It is about the ore smith Hans Reichknecht. He was recorded in Wittenberg as a house owner at Scharrenstrasse 3 from 1550 to 1589.
In 1945 the Bible was badly damaged by water penetrating into the supposedly safe deep cellar of the Japanese Palace . The restoration on the occasion of the Reformation anniversary in 2017 could only partially remedy this.
The portraits and autographs
The Reformers' Bible has always been of interest because of the portraits and autographs it contains . It has recently become apparent that the private piety of a Wittenberg craftsman of the 16th century is documented here. Reichknecht is not an isolated case, his Bible is representative of a text genre:
“The custom, which arose in Wittenberg in the 16th century, of collecting book entries by the reformers in Luther Bibles, developed a very special genre of text, which was also perceived as such. Georg Rörer , a student of Luther, collected these testimonies and in 1547 left them with the title 'Many beautiful sayings from divine scripture interpretation, to take lessons and consolation from them, which the venerable Doctor Martinus Luther blessedly wrote in their bibliography' in Wittenberg Hans Lufft print. The book entries mostly showed the same pattern: A quotation from the Bible - Latin or German - was followed by a brief interpretation, authorized by date and signature. "
list
- Sheet 8 v - Martin Luther . Luther's sons cut out a sheet for Reichknecht from the printed manuscript of Luther's Lenten Postille (1525).
- Bl. 11 r - Philipp Melanchthon . Melanchthon was no longer alive, so that he could not write a dedication himself, as he had done in many Bibles. Reichknecht obtained the rarity with Melanchthon's signature, which was cut out of an older Bible. Text: “God's church and apartment the reyne teachings of Euangelij… 1552. Philippi Melant. manu scriptum. "
- Bl. 11v - Justus Jonas . Text of the fragment: “Exemplumque dei quisque est, in imagine parua. This written word ... sehliger Dear Father Doctor Justus Jonas with his own hands wrote ... I wrote those of my father, The Ersamen Meister Hansen ... Burger zu Wittenberg communicated a. s. w. "
- Bl. 13r - Caspar Cruciger the Elder . His son cut out a six-line fragment for Reichknecht from his father's handwriting, about which nothing else is known, and certified its authenticity. Text of the fragment: “ Doctor Caspar Creutziger blessed handwriting. First of all, we should know that God is, an eternal ... Declaration of the saying of S. Pauli to Colossians on the 3rd chapter, by Philippum Melanchton. This saying is a clear testimony that God's will is ... "
- Bl. 14v - Johannes Förster . Text of the fragment: “Deutero. XVIII. And God spoke to Moses ... Here God clearly testifies to Judaism ... "
- Bl. 16r - Georg Maior . Text of the fragment: "1 Pet: 2. We should know that there is no prophecy in the scriptures ... There are a lot of raw and godless people who write ... scribebat Georgius Maior D. manu sua February 15th Anno 1552."
- Bl. 16v - Paul Eber . Text of the fragment: “Psalmo CXIX… Your word is shine on my feet. … Paulus Eberus… scribebat .. Junij Anno MD LXII. "
- Bl. 19r - Sebastian Fröschel . His book entry is known because of the damage to the Bible in 1945 fragment, but from an edition from 1876. It is a sermon by Melanchthon that Fröschel delivered in the Wittenberg town church; a division of labor that was common at the time.
- Bl. 20v - (portrait without name) Johannes Bugenhagen . Text of the fragment: “ Luce vlt. says Christ after his resurrection ... Johannes Bugenhagen Pomer. d. MDlii 12. Octobris. "
- Bl. CCCLr - Copy of an otherwise undocumented poem written by Luther by Johannes Agricola .
Web links
literature
- Hildegard Zimmermann : The image equipment of the so-called. Reformers' Bible in the Dresden State Library. In: Lutherjahrbuch 11 (1929), pp. 134–148.
- Insa Christiane Hennen: Reformation and urban development - residents and neighborhoods. In: The Ernestine Wittenberg: City and residents. Text tape. Edited by Heiner Lück, Enno Bünz, Leonhard Helten, Armin Kohnle, Dorothée Sack and Hans-Georg Stephan, Petersberg 2013 (Wittenberg research; vol. 2.1 [volume], pp. 33–76; here: p. 64 (MV 45).) ISBN 978-3-86568-917-7 .
- Hans-Peter Hasse, Jana Kocourek, Katrin Nitzschke: Manu propria - With your own hand - 95 autographs from the Reformation period. Dresden 2017, ISBN 978-3-86729-207-8 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Peter Hasse: Book entry by Johannes Reichknecht in the "Dresdner Reformatorenbibel". Retrieved December 10, 2017 .
- ↑ All scriptures given by God. Retrieved December 10, 2017 .
- ↑ Hans-Peter Hasse: A fragment from Luther's printed manuscript of the “Fastenpostille” (1525) in the “Dresdner Reformatorenbibel” with confirmation of authenticity by Luther's sons (1564). Retrieved December 10, 2017 .
- ↑ Hans-Peter Hasse: Book entry by Philipp Melanchthon in the "Dresdner Reformatorenbibel", 1552. Retrieved on December 10, 2017 .
- ^ Hans-Peter Hasse: Autograph Caspar Crucigers d. Ä. with entry in his son's book, May 17, 1562. Retrieved December 10, 2017 .
- ↑ Hans-Peter Hasse: Book entry by Sebastian Fröschel in the "Dresdner Reformatorenbibel", 1562. Retrieved on December 10, 2017 .
- ^ Hans-Peter Hasse: Book entry by Johannes Agricola [Sprembergensis] in the "Dresdner Reformatorenbibel" with a poem by Martin Luther, May 1, 1562. In: 95 autographs of the reform period. Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library, accessed on December 10, 2017 .