Funeral print
Funeral print is the general name for a wide variety of printed matter and commemorative publications that were created on the occasion of the death of higher-ranking personalities from the bourgeoisie and, above all, the nobility. These include Parentationen , state speeches , eulogies (funeral orations), obituaries , obituaries , memory sermons (funeral sermons), mourning poetry ( epicedium , Epitaph ).
distribution
The funeral prints were part of the self-portrayal of the surviving relatives, they mainly served to represent and remember the deceased, but also to safeguard any dynastic claims. In the 16th century there were still small print items in about octave format with 16 to 24 pages, in the Baroque period also folios were created , true splendid volumes of up to 200 pages, some up to large folio format. The great time of funeral printing was the 17th century.
task
Apart from the actual funeral feast , the grave or tomb , the grave stone or grave stone , ceremonial coffin , sarcophagus and memorial the Funeraldrucke particular were a constant reminder multiplied. They were sent to the relatives and friends of the deceased and family. Today this memorial literature is a valuable source for historians , genealogists and name researchers .
literature
- Jakob Käpplinger : The coffins of the Franconian Hohenzollern in Ansbach and Bayreuth (1603 - 1791). Studies on ceremonial coffin of the Baroque . Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg, 2015, ISBN 978-3-7954-2948-5 (dissertation University of Würzburg 2011, 384 pages).
- Ursula Koslowsky : Nürnberger Funeraldrucke des Barock Erlangen-Nürnberg 1988, OCLC 634748038 (Master's thesis Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg 1988, 100 pages).