Johann Koelhoff the Younger
Johann Koelhoff , called the Younger to distinguish himself from his father of the same name (* perhaps in Cologne ; † after January 17, 1502 ), was a printer and publisher of the late incunable period .
Life
Koelhoff had been enrolled as a law student in Cologne since October 1487 (for this he had to have completed a degree in Artes liberales ). In 1491 he worked in the grocery trade. In 1493 he took over the printing and publishing business of his late father of the same name and continued it until 1502, albeit with reduced activity (around 30 titles in total). The focus of his business remained on the food trade.
Prints
His first work was probably “Haringi expositiones titolorum utriusque iuris” from 1494. In 1497 he printed the history of the city of Neuss , in 1498 he published “Ey mirror of the christians mynschen von Dietrich von Osnabrück”. In 1496 he worked as an ox trader and bought the house "Ryle in der Hellen" in the Alban parish with his wife Wendelgyn, but on March 22, 1499 they sold it to Jacob Pastoir.
The most important work was the Cologne Chronicle published on August 23, 1499 ("Cronica van der hilliger Stat van Coellen"), which is also known as Koelhoff's Chronicle . Like Hartmann Schedel's world chronicle, the annalistically organized work is illustrated with numerous woodcuts . The contained news about the city of Cologne from the middle of the 15th century, which are partly based on Gottfried Hagen's rhyming chronicle of the city of Cologne , are considered to be halfway reliable. A passage about the invention of the printing press was much discussed in the research, which puts Johannes Gutenberg's merit into perspective and refers to the Cologne first printer Ulrich Zell . In 1501 he printed the invitation to the Cologne shooting festival. The last work was the "Medulla aurea" published on January 17, 1502 by Alexander from Villedieu. In 1502 or 1508 his shop was transferred to Heinrich von Neuss ; this only used Koelhoff's type material in 1508.
literature
- Severin Corsten , in: Lexikon des Gesamt Buchwesens , Vol. 4 (1995), pp. 263–264.
- Hans Lülfing : Koelhoff, Johann d. J .. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 319 ( digitized version ).
- Georg Mölich (ed.): Late medieval urban historiography in Cologne and in the empire. The "Koelhoffsche" chronicle and its historical context . SH-Verlag, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-89498-098-2 (publications of the Cologne History Association, 43)
- Wolfgang Schmitz: The transmission of German texts in Cologne book printing of the 15th and 16th centuries . Habilitation thesis Cologne 1990 ( online ).
Web links
- Prints by Johann Koelhoff the Younger in the complete catalog of cradle prints
- Digitized edition of the Koelhoff Chronicle on the pages of the Herzog August Library
- Cologne Chronicle . Johann Koelhoff the Elder J., Cologne 23. VIII. 1499 ( digitized version )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koelhoff, Johann the Younger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German printer and publisher of the incunable period |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | uncertain: Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | after January 17, 1502 |