1480 Beautiful INCUNABLE Woodcut Leaf Peter Schoeffer Saxon Chronicle Henry V

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1480 Beautiful INCUNABLE Woodcut Leaf Peter Schoeffer Saxon Chronicle Henry V:
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1480 Beautiful INCUNABLE WoodcutLeaf Peter Schoeffer Saxon Chronicle Henry V

Apprentice to Johannes Gutenberg! &Joined with Fust

Peter Schöffer or Petrus Schoeffer (c. 1425,Gernsheim – c. 1503, Mainz) was an early German printer, who studied in Paris andworked as a manuscript copyist in 1451 before apprenticing with JohannesGutenberg and joining Johann Fust, a goldsmith, lawyer, and money lender.

An exquisiteincunable leaf from Chroniken der Sassen (The Chronicles of Saxony) printed bythe famous Peter Schoeffer.

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Main author: PeterSchoeffer

Title: Chronikender Sassen

Dating: [ca. 1480]

Language: Latin

Notes & contents:

·Verso: afine woodcut depicting the men and women of Saxony kneeling around a statue ofa soldier at arms – appearing to commemorate a victory – with five lines oftext following

·Thebottom woodcut is of the Arms of the German states with a broken staff – thedefeat of Henry V

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Dating:[ca. 1480]

Size: ~ 19in X 15in (48cm x 38cm)

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Peter Schöffer or PetrusSchoeffer (c. 1425, Gernsheim – c. 1503, Mainz) was an early German printer,who studied in Paris and worked as a manuscript copyist in 1451 beforeapprenticing with Johannes Gutenberg and joining Johann Fust, a goldsmith,lawyer, and money lender.[1]

Contents [hide]

1 Life and works

2 Legacy

3 See also

4 References

5 Further reading

6 External links

Life and works[edit]

Working for Fust, Schöfferwas the principal workman of Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of modern typography,whose 42-Line Bible was completed in 1455. In 1455 he testified for Johann Fustagainst Gutenberg. By 1457 he and Fust had formed the firm Fust and Schöffer,after the foreclosure of the mortgage on Gutenberg\'s printing workshop.[2]

Famous works include thePsalter of 1457, the 1462 Bible (the fourth printed Bible, also known as theBiblia pulcra [beautiful Bible])[3] Cicero\'s De officiis (1465), and Herbarius- Rogatu plurimorum... (1484), usually referred to as the \"Herbariuslatinus\". The Herbarius was compiled from older sources and was popularenough to go through ten reprints before 1499. It illustrates and describes 150plants and 96 medicines commonly found in apothecaries. There is reason tobelieve that Schöffer himself commissioned the compilation, although the nameof the compiler is not recorded. Schöffer is considered the author of manyinnovations such as dating books, introducing the printer\'s device and Greekcharacters in print, developing the basics of punchcutting and type-founding,and using colored inks in print. After going into business on his own, Schöfferconfined his publishing to works on theology, and civil and ecclesiastical law.

Schöffer married Fust\'s onlydaughter, Christina, and his sons also entered the printer\'s trade. His sonJohn carried on as printer between 1503 and 1531, was competent, but did notrank with the top printers of that time. Another son, Peter the younger, was anable die-cutter and printer, and conducted business in Mainz (1509–23), Worms(1512–29), Strasbourg (1530–39) and Venice (1541–42). In 1526, Peter Schöfferthe younger published the first English New Testament in Worms, translated by WilliamTyndale.[4] Peter the younger\'s son Ivo, continued the printing business atMainz (1531–55).[5]

Legacy[edit]

Schöfferhofer Hefeweizen

Schöfferhofer is a brand ofGerman wheat beer named for the former house of Peter Schöffer (the house wascalled the Mainzer Schöfferhof) in which a brewery was founded. This brand ofbeer sports a portrait of Peter Schöfferhofer as its trademark. TheSchöfferhofer brand originates from this brewery in Mainz, which is also knownas the Brauerei Dreikönigshof.

According to the New YorkTimes, in her 2014 novel Gutenberg\'s Apprentice, Alix Christie addresses theissues of \"intellectual property theft\" in the invention of printing.