Ottheinrich binding

Ottheinrich binding of the Heidelberg song manuscript (1558)

As Ottheinricheinband be book covers called up specifically for the Count Palatine and Elector Ottheinrich were made of the Palatinate (1502-1559) in the years 1546-1559.

history

The first Ottheinrich bindings are dated to the time of the Count Palatine and Duke in Weinheim (since 1546). Previously, the passionate book collector's bindings were only subsequently marked as his personal property. A field book of the Wundarzney shows the coat of arms of Ottheinrich, the abbreviated motto “MDZ” ( With the time ), his monogram “OHP” ( Ottheinrich Duke Palatine ) and the year of entry (1540) into his library. In contrast, the decoration of the leather binding was designed according to the bookbinder's ideas .

After 1546, in the second reign of Neuburg (from 1552) and when the actual Bibliotheca Palatina was built (1556–1559), the prince's book covers were uniformly designed. In 1550 the guidelines for the cover design were laid down in his certificate of appointment for the bookbinder Jörg Bernhard, who came from Görlitz . Another possible bookbinder is Petrus Betz from Heidelberg (since 1546).

description

The Ottheinrich cover has two sturdy wooden covers that are covered with brown, and more rarely with red or black calfskin. Supralibros on the front is a gold-plated chest piece of the prince in a gold-plated frame with the monogram "OH PC" ( Ott Heinrich Palatinus Comes ) the head of a putto and the year of binding are also gold-plated. The back cover shows the gilded (electoral) princely coat of arms (with the imperial orb as a sign of electoral dignity). The leather of the binding was soaked and decorated with lines and negative reliefs using a doctor blade and roller stamp. A wider stamp of the binding is called a Salvator roll because it can a. shows a resurrection scene. Book clasps and metal corner fittings , known at the time as Spenglin and Bucklen , harmoniously round off the cover.

Metzger compares the importance of the Ottheinrich binding in binding research with that of the Ottheinrich building for German Renaissance architecture .

literature

Wolfgang Metzger: Science and Bibliophile. The Bibliotheca Palatina from Ludwig V to Johann Casimir. In: Armin Schlechter (ed.): Precious items of collected history. Heidelberg and the Palatinate in certificates from the university library. Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0862-6 (= publications of the Heidelberg University Library , Volume 1). P. 159 ff., P. 293.
Manfred Hein: The old bookbinder - Jörg Bernhardt - Petrus Betz. An excursus on the masters of the Ottheinrich volumes in the service of Ottheinrich and Friedrich III. In: Elmar Mittler (Ed.): Bibliotheca Palatina. Catalog for the exhibition from July 8 to November 2, 1986 in the Heiliggeistkirche Heidelberg. 2 volumes. Heidelberg 1986 ( Heidelberger Bibliotheksschriften. 24). ISBN 3-921524-88-1 . Text volume, p. 514ff.

Web links

Commons : Ottheinrich book covers - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wolfgang Metzger: The book covers for Elector Ottheinrich von der Pfalz (1502-1559) , lecture on the Middle Ages Day by the Facsimile Verlag Lucerne, 24. – 25. February 2001.

Individual evidence

↑ B 2 binding for Count Palatine Ottheinrich from 1540. In: Wolfgang Metzger: Wissenschaft und Bibliophile. P. 159f.
^ Wolfgang Metzger (2001): The book covers for Elector Ottheinrich of the Palatinate (1502-1559) ; accessed March 11, 2020.
↑ B 3 Ottheinrich binding. In: Wolfgang Metzger: Science and Bibliophile. P. 160f.

[1] B 2 binding for Count Palatine Ottheinrich from 1540. In: Wolfgang Metzger: Wissenschaft und Bibliophile. P. 159f.

[2] Wolfgang Metzger (2001): The book covers for Elector Ottheinrich of the Palatinate (1502-1559) ; accessed March 11, 2020.

[3] B 3 Ottheinrich binding. In: Wolfgang Metzger: Science and Bibliophile. P. 160f.