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Printersâ Devices in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Iconographic Sources and Ideological Content
Series: - Library of the Written Word, Volume: 117
- Library of the Written Word - The Handpress World, Volume: 117
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This book discusses the printersâ devices used in Poland-Lithuania in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The compositions that served to identify the products of individual printers are explored here as previously unacknowledged research material for cultural studies: they allow for the reconstruction of the mentality of contemporary printers as well as their co-workers and reading public.
The book investigates relationships within early modern intellectual communities and shows that the textual and visual discourses of the printersâ devices were pan-European, reflecting the networked communities of European centres of learning and commerce. It documents the broad range of the output of Polish-Lithuanian presses as well and is therefore also a study of book culture in a multinational and multilingual state, whose inheritance is poorly recognised internationally.
The book investigates relationships within early modern intellectual communities and shows that the textual and visual discourses of the printersâ devices were pan-European, reflecting the networked communities of European centres of learning and commerce. It documents the broad range of the output of Polish-Lithuanian presses as well and is therefore also a study of book culture in a multinational and multilingual state, whose inheritance is poorly recognised internationally.
Justyna KiliaÅczyk-ZiÄba, Ph.D (2005, the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland), is professor at that university. She has published on the history of literature, book history, emblematics, and the history of ideas, and has edited various sixteenth-century texts.
Preface
Illustrations
Abbreviations
âBooks Cited
âLibraries and Museums
Introduction: Existing Research
â1âSource Base
â2âTypology, Terminology, and Functions of Woodcuts
â3âResearch Subject, Objectives, and Methodology
â4âGeographic Scope
â5âChronological Scope
â6âStructure of the Work
âAcknowledgementsl
1 Heraldic Traditions
â1âThe First Polish Device: a Model of Heraldic Exposition
â2âThe Municipal Coat of Arms and the Merchantâs Mark as Used by Printers
â3âMunicipal Heraldry and State Symbols
â4âDevices Featuring Merchantsâ Marks
â5âCoats of Arms in the Function of Printersâ Devices
â6âAleksander Aujezdecki (Augezdecky)
2 Sources from Antiquity and the Emblematic Filter
â1âTerminus
â2âAlciato and the Emblematic Taste of the Age
â3âIn Praise of Silence
â4âConcord
â5âThe Device of the Zamojski Academy Printing House
â6âAncient Tale and Emblematic Structure
â7âPrinterâs Device or Not?
3 Within the Christian Community
â1âLutheran Printers in Königsberg: Hans Weinreich, Hans Lufft, Hans Daubmann, and Georg Osterberger
â2âMaciej WirzbiÄta
â3âStanisÅaw Murmelius
â4âThe Polish Brethren: Aleksy Rodecki and Sebastian Sternacki
â5âThe Sign of the Pelican
â6âIHS in Vilnius: Jesuit Symbol or Printerâs Device?
4 Devices Used by the Drukarnia Åazarzowa
â1âÅazarz Andrysowic â Wietorâs Successor
â2âJan Januszowski (Åazarzowic)
â3âThe Devices: the Obelisk (Astronomy, Prisca Theologia, and the Recycling of an Erudite Tradition)
5 Books in Jewish Languages
â1âThe Halicz Brothers and the Prostic family
â2âLublin
6 Where, When, How Often: the Printerâs Device within the Structure of the Book
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
Illustrations
Abbreviations
âBooks Cited
âLibraries and Museums
Introduction: Existing Research
â1âSource Base
â2âTypology, Terminology, and Functions of Woodcuts
â3âResearch Subject, Objectives, and Methodology
â4âGeographic Scope
â5âChronological Scope
â6âStructure of the Work
âAcknowledgementsl
1 Heraldic Traditions
â1âThe First Polish Device: a Model of Heraldic Exposition
â2âThe Municipal Coat of Arms and the Merchantâs Mark as Used by Printers
â3âMunicipal Heraldry and State Symbols
â4âDevices Featuring Merchantsâ Marks
â5âCoats of Arms in the Function of Printersâ Devices
â6âAleksander Aujezdecki (Augezdecky)
2 Sources from Antiquity and the Emblematic Filter
â1âTerminus
â2âAlciato and the Emblematic Taste of the Age
â3âIn Praise of Silence
â4âConcord
â5âThe Device of the Zamojski Academy Printing House
â6âAncient Tale and Emblematic Structure
â7âPrinterâs Device or Not?
3 Within the Christian Community
â1âLutheran Printers in Königsberg: Hans Weinreich, Hans Lufft, Hans Daubmann, and Georg Osterberger
â2âMaciej WirzbiÄta
â3âStanisÅaw Murmelius
â4âThe Polish Brethren: Aleksy Rodecki and Sebastian Sternacki
â5âThe Sign of the Pelican
â6âIHS in Vilnius: Jesuit Symbol or Printerâs Device?
4 Devices Used by the Drukarnia Åazarzowa
â1âÅazarz Andrysowic â Wietorâs Successor
â2âJan Januszowski (Åazarzowic)
â3âThe Devices: the Obelisk (Astronomy, Prisca Theologia, and the Recycling of an Erudite Tradition)
5 Books in Jewish Languages
â1âThe Halicz Brothers and the Prostic family
â2âLublin
6 Where, When, How Often: the Printerâs Device within the Structure of the Book
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
Specialists of book history, art history and literary studies, scholars in the fields of literature, musicology, theology, and history of religion. Librarians, academics, and booksellers of early printed books. Keywords: printerâs device, Poland, Lithuania, iconography, iconology, sign of recognition, sign of ownership, visual communication, Krakow, early modern, book culture.