Methodological approaches to 15th-century blockbooks
Speaker(s): Bettina Wagner
Related events: New sources for book history – International Conference
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Collection: CERl conferences
Recorded: November 28, 2017
Abstract:
Bettina Wagner (Staatsbibliothek, Bamberg), Methodological approaches to 15th-century blockbooks In 2016, a project to digitize and analyse all 15th-century blockbooks which are preserved in 14 different Bavarian collections came to an end with the publication of a detailed descriptive catalogue. In order to gain new insights into where and when the xylographic prints were produced, various methods were applied to the material. All copy-specific aspects were documented and examined in a wider context: the state of the printing blocks, ink and colouring; the watermarks in the paper; the binding techniques and decoration; manuscripts notes and other evidence for the use and history of the blockbooks. The paper will demonstrate the methodological background and discuss the example of the blockbooks produced by Hans Sporer from Nuremberg to evaluate the results.
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