Teaching master

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Teaching bookmaster: Portrait of Maximilian next to his first teacher Jakob von Fladnitz. ABC textbook of Kaiser Maximilians, Vienna, around 1465

As textbooks master one is Vienna illuminator of the second half of the 15th century called. He worked mainly for the court of Emperor Friedrich III . It got its name after the three textbooks he created for the future Emperor Maximilian I. About sixty manuscripts are ascribed to him.

Works

ABC textbook for Emperor Maximilian I.

The ABC textbook of the future Emperor Maximilian is now in the Austrian National Library .

Origin and foundation

Maximilian was born on March 22nd, 1459 in Wiener Neustadt , the teaching book master's ABC textbook was written around 1465 for the then six-year-old boy. The splendid textbook was given to him by the wealthy Viennese citizen Stephan Heuner. In a book production typical of the late Middle Ages, the text was probably created by a few selected scribes in offices and monasteries in the vicinity of Vienna and then handed over to the master teaching book for coloring. The founder then commissioned the master to paint the two other manuscripts for the training of the future emperor. The donor's coat of arms is depicted in the books and should therefore discreetly remind the child of the donor's help.

content

The ABC textbook comprises 54 small-format pages. It teaches the alphabet , basic Latin prayers (such as the pater noster and Ave Maria ) and other Christian prayers, as well as memorabilia. It contains 14 miniatures depicting scenes painted in initial letters . At the beginning, a portrait of the boy Maximilian next to his teacher is painted to accompany the text of the Our Father. Furthermore, the work is almost entirely painted on the edge with secondary book decorations such as leaves and tendrils, in which numerous animals and mythical creatures cavort. The large letters for learning the ABC are also beautifully designed and gold-plated.

The late Gothic work is regarded as one of the historically representative manuscripts for the last blossoming of book illumination before the complete triumph of the art of printing.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Austrian National Library, Vienna Codex 2368.

literature

  • Heinrich Fichtenau : The textbooks of Maximilian I and the beginnings of the Gothic script . Maximilian Society. Hamburg 1961.
  • The ABC textbook for Emperor Maximilian I. Complete facsimile edition of Codex 2368 from the possession of the Austrian National Library, Vienna . (= Codices Selecti Vol. CIX). Academic Printing and Publishing Company, Graz 2004
  • Karl-Georg Pfändtner, Alois Haidinger: Ain pergamene written table that starts with the abc etc. and pater noster in red pounded with praiten donat pleben. The ABC textbook for Emperor Maximilian I. Facsimile commentary Codex 2368 of the Austrian National Library Vienna . Graz 2004
  • Karl-Georg Pfändtner: The Influence and Spread of the Bohemian Decoration System to Fifteenth-Century Manuscript Production in Vienna and Nuremberg . In: Manuscripta 50/2, 2006, pp. 301-316
  • Karl-Georg Pfändtner: The Last Knight's search for his schoolbooks: Emperor Maximilian I and early book conservation strategies . In: Julian M. Luxford u. a. (Ed.): Tributes to Nigel Morgan. Contexts of Medieval Art . Brepols 2010, pp. 151-162
  • Karl-Georg Pfändtner: The handwriting of the teaching book master . (= Codices Manuscripti Supplementum 4). Purkersdorf 2011.

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personal data
SURNAME Teaching master
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Viennese illuminator
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 15th century