Greiner market book
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The Greiner Market Book is a book made by Ulrich Schreier in Salzburg in 1489/90 with the collective privileges of the citizens of Grein . The Greiner market book is one of the most important monuments of late medieval book illumination in Upper Austria .
history
On the occasion of the handover of the prince's market in Grein to the brothers Heinrich and Siegmund Prüschenk in 1489, the citizens of Grein commissioned Ulrich Schreier to create an artistically excellent market book . Since the city survey of 1491 is no longer registered, the market register can be dated to 1489/1490.
description
The first part of the market book contains copies of the privileges granted to Grein by the Austrian sovereigns between 1379 and 1485. The second part is a detailed record of the rights and obligations of the Greiner citizens.
The 107-sheet parchment manuscript is adorned with 17 miniatures, mostly coats of arms, which are at the beginning or end of the documentary texts. The names of the certificate issuers and the year of issue are added.
Portrait of Friedrich III.
Among the miniatures in Greiner's manuscript is the portrait of Emperor Friedrich III. emerged. It depicts the emperor in a round picture with a size of 17.7 cm. Plant ornaments surround the picture, the portrait itself is framed by seventeen coats of arms of Habsburg possessions. In the background of the portrait, the medieval Linz Castle is depicted on the left and the Graz Castle on the right. Linz owes the oldest known view of the city of Linz and Graz a well-preserved, complete view of its medieval castle, which is close to the oldest, but severely damaged, thanks to the artist's intention to emphasize his close relationships to his later main residences in Linz and Graz A view of Graz from around 1480 approaches.
Web links
- Digitized version of the Greiner market book on landesbibliothek.at
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portrait of Emperor Friedrich III. on landesbibliothek.at
- ↑ Franz Pfeffer : A view of the Graz Castle in the Greiner market book. In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets. Vol. 8 (1954), pp. 79-81, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at