Konrad Dinckmut
Konrad Dinckmut (* 15th century) was one of the first book printers in Ulm in the late Middle Ages . In the early days of book printing with movable type, he was the fourth person in the city to pursue this craft. The period immediately after the invention of the printing press is sometimes referred to as the early printing period and Konrad Dinckmut is therefore sometimes called an “early printer”. Dinckmut printed his incunabula in appearance based on medieval manuscripts.
Life
Little is known about Konrad Dinckmut's life. He is listed in the tax books of the city of Ulm in 1476 as a book printer, and perhaps worked first as a bookbinder and assistant for other printers such as Johann Zainer and then apparently in his own workshop from 1482. However, one can read in the city's debt registers from 1488 onwards that his work could more poorly than properly support him and that he therefore repeatedly got into debt. He left Ulm in 1499 and his trail is lost.
According to experts, Konrad Dinckmut printed “unforgettable” works that were important for the development and spread of letterpress printing, including the first book he printed in his own workshop from 1482, a pharmacopoeia and, in particular, the Ulmer Terenz and the Schwaebische published in 1486 Chronicle , both illustrated with important woodcuts by the master of Ulmer Terence and examples of illustrations in early printed works.
Printing units
Konrad Dinckmut printed the following books in Ulm:
- Sermones dominicales, auctore Johanne de Franckfordia 1475
- Johannes Stoeffler, Almanach 1478 (Latin), (German)
- Johannes Stoeffler, Almanac 1479 (Latin)
- Pharmacopoeia 1482
- Lot Book Sister Humility 1482 and 1490
- Michael Schrick: From the burnt-out waters in 1482
- Heinrich Steinhöwel: Book of the order of the pestilence around 1482
- The Souls Wurzgarten 1483
- Alanus de Rupe: Our Lady Psalter 1483
- A delicious spiritual mirror of the poor sinful soul 1484 and 1487
- Chronicle of the princes from Bavaria 1485
- Declaration of the twelve articles of the Christian faith 1485
- The new love book [around 1486]
- "Ulmer Terenz" - Terentius Afer, Publius. Eunuchus 1486
- Thomas Lirer: Swabian Chronicle 1486
- Interpretation of the whole order of preachers 1488
- Statuta Constantiensia - Constitutiones synodales ecclesiae Constantiensis after 1492
- Praise of the members Mariae 1493
- Schwäbisch Hall. Answer of the council to the complaint about 1493 brought to the Swabian League by Count Kraft von Hohenlohe against the city of Schwäbisch-Hall on April 29, 1493
- Marcus Scribanarius :. Judicium anni - A Roman Practica of the year 1494–95
- How the appointment should be made in Styria in 1495
- Hieronymus Savonarola. Compendium revelationum 1496
- Heinrich Steinhöwel: Apollonius 1495
literature
- Konrad Dieterich Hassler: The book printer history of Ulm . Ulm 1840
- Ernst Kelchner: Dinkmuth, Konrad . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 241.
- Paul Kristeller: Copper engraving and woodcut over four centuries . Berlin 1911
- Albert Schramm : The picture decorations of the early printing. Volume 6: Konrad Dinckmut's prints in Ulm . Leipzig 1923 (edition reprint Stuttgart 1983)
- Ferdinand Geldner: Dinckmut, Konrad. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 726 ( digitized version ).
- Gerhard Betz: The master of Ulmer Terence: a contribution to the history of book illustration in the early printing period in Ulm . Cologne 1958
- Eunuchus. The Ulmer Terenz edition . Facsimile of the original edition 1486. Dietikon 1970
- Peter Amelung: Konrad Dinckmut, the printer of Ulmer Terenz. Commentary on the facsimile print 1970 Dietikon-Zurich 1972
- Peter Amelung: Humanists as employees of the printer (using the example of early printing in Ulm) . In: Fritz Krafft, Dieter Wuttke (Hrsg.): The relationship of the humanists to the book. Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Boppard u. a. 1977, pp. 129-144
- Jörn Günther Rare Books (Ed.): Catalog No. 7. A Choice of Early Printed Books (1454–1577) . Stalden 2002
- Thomas Lirer: Swabian Chronicle. Facsimile of the original edition. Commented by Peter Amelung. Leipzig 2005
- Marion Janzin, Joachim Güntner: The book from the book. 5000 years of book history . Hanover 2007
- Jacob Klingner : Minnereden in print. Studies on the history of the genre in the age of media change , Berlin 2010, pp. 120–138
Web links
- Prints by Konrad Dinckmut in the complete catalog of incidental prints
- Dinkmuth, Konrad in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
Individual evidence
- ^ B. Gerhard Betz: The master of Ulmer Terence. A contribution to the history of book illustration in the early printing period in Ulm . Cologne 1958
- ^ Claire Bolton: Links between a Fifteenth-Century Printer and a Binder . In: Bettina Wagner (Ed.): Early Printed Books as Material Objects. Berlin, New York 2010, pp. 177–190
- ↑ Marion Janzin, Joachim Güntner: The Book of the book: 5000 yearbook story . Hanover 2007
- ^ British Library Board: Incunabula Short Title Catalog. International database of 15th-century European printing , accessed September 2011
- ↑ Konrad Dieterich Hassler: The book printer history of Ulm . Ulm 1840
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dinckmut, Konrad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dinckmut, Conrad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Book printer in Ulm |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th century or 16th century |