Stephan Schriber

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Stephan Schriber: Figure initial "A" in the Golden Hall, based on a model by Master ES, probably 1474

Stephan Schriber (born before 1440; † after 1495) was a calligraphy writer and illuminator who was active in Urach from 1463 at the latest, and who is best known for a sample book that he began around 1470.

Life

Palm tree and Attempto ornamental motto in the arched gate of Urach Castle (1474)
The ornamental letters of the currency around the palm trees were painted by Stephan Schriber in 1474 for the wedding of Count Eberhard. Palm Hall in Urach Castle.

Stephan Schriber worked in the Württemberg residence city of Urach from 1463 at the latest, where he almost exclusively carried out work for Count Eberhard im Bart von Württemberg. For the wedding celebrations in Urach in 1474, he carried out various calligraphic decorations that were still preserved, for example in the Golden Room.

plant

  • Otto von Passau: Die 24 Alten Heidelberg, UB, Cpg 433 (around 1460) (first documented work by Schriber) digitized
  • History Bible (Urach 1463), today: Vienna, Austrian National Library, Cod. 2823 (here Schriber is assigned the rubricator work and he is also named Steffan Stuhlschriber in an invoice overview contained there)
  • Writing calendar of Count Eberhard im Bart (from 1468/69)
  • Late Gothic pattern book by Stephan Schriber - BSB Cod.icon. 420, Urach, laid out between 1470 and 1480, continued digitalization until 1494
  • So-called. Mömpelgarter genealogy (1473), paperwork and figure decorations (based on master ES )
  • Decoration work (decorative fonts, perhaps also the palm emblems) for the wedding in 1474 in Urach Castle
  • Collective manuscript as parchment Codex Heidelberg, UB, Cpg 205, the equipment by Stephan Schriber
  • Illuminations in a missal in the Württemberg State Library, Cod. HB XVII 21, signed on fol. 29v "S [TE] F [A] NS [C] H [R] IB [E] R"

literature

  • Marie and Heinz Roosen-Runge: The late Gothic pattern book of Stephan Schriber in the Bavarian State Library in Munich, Cod. Icon. 420 , Vol. 1: The handwriting, Vol. 2: Commentary, Vol. 3: Documentation, Wiesbaden 1981.
  • Regina Cermann: Stephan Schriber and the Uracher Hof including a new interpretation of Count Eberhard's palm in the beard . In: New Research. City, castle and residence of Urach. Edited by State Palaces and Gardens of Baden-Württemberg and Klaus Gereon Beuckers (Institute of Art History at the University of Kiel), Regensburg 2014, pp. 53–83, here p. 53 (with notes 1, 2), 58f. (Note 19, 20), 61, 64 (with note 53, 54).
  • Marie Roosen-Runge-Mollwo: Schriber, Stephan , in: 2VL 8 (1992), Sp. 854-856 + 2VL 11 (2004), Sp. 1389, here Vol. 8, Sp. 854. Cod. icon. 420 of the Bavarian State Library in Munich

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cermann 2014, p. 61.
  2. ^ Marie and Heinz Roosen-Runge: The late Gothic pattern book of Stephan Schriber.

Web links

Klaus Graf: An overlooked Parisian manuscript from the possession of Graf Eberhard in the beard of Württemberg

personal data
SURNAME Schriber, Stephan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Steffan Stuhlschriber
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Calligrapher
DATE OF BIRTH before 1440
DATE OF DEATH after 1495