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Division A.—School of Nuremberg.—Springmidee.
373
3. [BIBLE.] Biblia cum concordantiis. Printed for A. Koberger
bj J. Sacon, Lyons, 17 Nov. 1522; fol. (Muther, i, 180, note 1.)
Purchased from Mr. Caspari, 1877.
The following large woodcuts (repr. Muther, Taf. 208-210) are by Springinklee :—
(1) Sig. bb vi v (facing Gren. i). St. Jerome in his study, writing(B. 57) [234 x 183].
Under the woodcut six elegiac verses : “ Fontibus ex grecis . . . bene pressa manet.”
(2) Fol. i r. The Creation of Eve. Monogram on tree r. (P. 62) [138 x 178],
Previouslv used in the edition of 24 July, 1521 (Sacon).
(3) Fol. ccxliiii v. The jSTativity (B. 51) [205 X 175]. Below, in 4 11, “ 0 immensum
chaos et incli j te celsitudinis fili mi quis di | gne valebit tuam radiosam [ speciem
contemplai i.” Previously used in the editions of 19 Oct. 1519 (Sacon), 19 Aug. 1520
(Marion), 12 Dec. 1520 (Marion), and 24 July, 1521 (Sacon). The same inscription,
differently set up, is found under the cut in every case.
Of the small illustrations in the text [59 X 87], so far as they are German at all, the
majority are by Erhard Schdn. The following may be attributed to Springinklee with
some degree of certainty:—
(4) Fol. liii r. (Judg. i) Judah and Simeon fight against the Canaanites.
(5) ,, cxxi r. (Tob. i) Tobit, blinded, bears patiently the reproaches of his wife
and neiglibours.
(6) Fol. cxxin v. (Jud. i) Nebuckadnezzar and his envoys.
(7) ,, cxxv v. (Jud. x) Judith praying and setting forth with her maid.
(8) ,, cxxvi r. (Jud. xiii) Judith and hermaid placing the head of' Holofernes
in a bag.
(9) Fol. cxxx v. (Job i) Job and his wife.
(10) ,, cxxxii v. (Job xv) Job and two of his friends, who are blowing trumpets.
(11) „ cxxxiiii r. (Job xxvi) Job praying to the Almighty for his friends (Job
xlii, 8-10). ;
Repeated, fol. cxxvi (sic for cxxxvi) r.
(12) Fol. clxxiiii v. (Isa. vi) Tlie Vision of Isaiah.
(13) „ cxcix r. (Lam. i) The Lamentations of Jeremiah.
(14) „ ccn r. (Ezek. i) The Vision of Ezekiel.
(15) ,, ccxv r. (Dan. iii) Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the furnace.
(16) „ ccxvii r. (Dan. vii) Daniel’s vision of four beasts.
(17) „ ccxyii r. (Dan. viii) Gabriel interprets Daniel’s vision of the ram and
he-goat.
(18) Fol. ccxvm v. (Dan. xiii) Daniel judges the two elders.
(19) „ ccxix r. (Dan. xiv) Habakkuk, carried by anangel, brings food to Daniel
in the den of 1 ions.
'(20) Fol. ccxl v. (2 Macc. v) Portents seen in the heavens.
The 86 illustrations to tke Vulgate (O.T.), of which these woodcuts form a part,
follow a fixed order of subjects which prevailed in the majority of Lyons Vulgates
printed from 1512 to 1542, and in some later editions. This cycle of subjects was
derived from Venice, where it first appeared, according toVogelin,1 in a quarto Vulgate
printed by Lucantonio di Giunta, 28 May, 1511, containing 86 woodcuts of uniform
size.2 The fir&t set of copies of these 86 cuts appeared at Lvons on 31 July, 1512,
and was reprinted in subsequent editions, e.g. 1513, 1515, 1516. In 1518 an eighty-
seventli subject was introduced, and a large number of the illustrations were replaced
by superior and larger cuts by two German artists, Springinklee and Schdn, who
worked for the publisher, Koberger. In 1520 all but eight of the old set of 1512 were
replaced by new cuts. The editions of 1521 and 1522 repeat the cuts of 1518-20, with
slight variations in the number and order. The blocks w’ere then transferred to
JSTuremberg, where the woodcuts appeared, with six additional subjects by Schon, in
the Bible printed by Peypus in 1524. Part of them were used in the Vulgate prinled
by Peypus in 1530. After the dissolution of the firm of Ivoberger the blocks returned
to Lyons, and the woodcufs reappeared in the octavo Bibles printed by G. Boulle, 1542,
and J. de Millis, 1551, 1561. These editions contain certain subjects, belonging,
apparently, to the original set by Springinklee, which had appeared in tlie Vulgate
of 1530, but in no earlier edition. Otlier editions printed at Lyons up to 1561 contain
1 Repert.f. Kunstio. ii, 313 ff.
2 Vogelin seems not to have observed that these are only a seleetion of the much
larger number of cuts (many signed b) first publisked in 1490 in the Maleimi Bible.
The original blocks of tliat date were used in 1511.
373
3. [BIBLE.] Biblia cum concordantiis. Printed for A. Koberger
bj J. Sacon, Lyons, 17 Nov. 1522; fol. (Muther, i, 180, note 1.)
Purchased from Mr. Caspari, 1877.
The following large woodcuts (repr. Muther, Taf. 208-210) are by Springinklee :—
(1) Sig. bb vi v (facing Gren. i). St. Jerome in his study, writing(B. 57) [234 x 183].
Under the woodcut six elegiac verses : “ Fontibus ex grecis . . . bene pressa manet.”
(2) Fol. i r. The Creation of Eve. Monogram on tree r. (P. 62) [138 x 178],
Previouslv used in the edition of 24 July, 1521 (Sacon).
(3) Fol. ccxliiii v. The jSTativity (B. 51) [205 X 175]. Below, in 4 11, “ 0 immensum
chaos et incli j te celsitudinis fili mi quis di | gne valebit tuam radiosam [ speciem
contemplai i.” Previously used in the editions of 19 Oct. 1519 (Sacon), 19 Aug. 1520
(Marion), 12 Dec. 1520 (Marion), and 24 July, 1521 (Sacon). The same inscription,
differently set up, is found under the cut in every case.
Of the small illustrations in the text [59 X 87], so far as they are German at all, the
majority are by Erhard Schdn. The following may be attributed to Springinklee with
some degree of certainty:—
(4) Fol. liii r. (Judg. i) Judah and Simeon fight against the Canaanites.
(5) ,, cxxi r. (Tob. i) Tobit, blinded, bears patiently the reproaches of his wife
and neiglibours.
(6) Fol. cxxin v. (Jud. i) Nebuckadnezzar and his envoys.
(7) ,, cxxv v. (Jud. x) Judith praying and setting forth with her maid.
(8) ,, cxxvi r. (Jud. xiii) Judith and hermaid placing the head of' Holofernes
in a bag.
(9) Fol. cxxx v. (Job i) Job and his wife.
(10) ,, cxxxii v. (Job xv) Job and two of his friends, who are blowing trumpets.
(11) „ cxxxiiii r. (Job xxvi) Job praying to the Almighty for his friends (Job
xlii, 8-10). ;
Repeated, fol. cxxvi (sic for cxxxvi) r.
(12) Fol. clxxiiii v. (Isa. vi) Tlie Vision of Isaiah.
(13) „ cxcix r. (Lam. i) The Lamentations of Jeremiah.
(14) „ ccn r. (Ezek. i) The Vision of Ezekiel.
(15) ,, ccxv r. (Dan. iii) Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the furnace.
(16) „ ccxvii r. (Dan. vii) Daniel’s vision of four beasts.
(17) „ ccxyii r. (Dan. viii) Gabriel interprets Daniel’s vision of the ram and
he-goat.
(18) Fol. ccxvm v. (Dan. xiii) Daniel judges the two elders.
(19) „ ccxix r. (Dan. xiv) Habakkuk, carried by anangel, brings food to Daniel
in the den of 1 ions.
'(20) Fol. ccxl v. (2 Macc. v) Portents seen in the heavens.
The 86 illustrations to tke Vulgate (O.T.), of which these woodcuts form a part,
follow a fixed order of subjects which prevailed in the majority of Lyons Vulgates
printed from 1512 to 1542, and in some later editions. This cycle of subjects was
derived from Venice, where it first appeared, according toVogelin,1 in a quarto Vulgate
printed by Lucantonio di Giunta, 28 May, 1511, containing 86 woodcuts of uniform
size.2 The fir&t set of copies of these 86 cuts appeared at Lvons on 31 July, 1512,
and was reprinted in subsequent editions, e.g. 1513, 1515, 1516. In 1518 an eighty-
seventli subject was introduced, and a large number of the illustrations were replaced
by superior and larger cuts by two German artists, Springinklee and Schdn, who
worked for the publisher, Koberger. In 1520 all but eight of the old set of 1512 were
replaced by new cuts. The editions of 1521 and 1522 repeat the cuts of 1518-20, with
slight variations in the number and order. The blocks w’ere then transferred to
JSTuremberg, where the woodcuts appeared, with six additional subjects by Schon, in
the Bible printed by Peypus in 1524. Part of them were used in the Vulgate prinled
by Peypus in 1530. After the dissolution of the firm of Ivoberger the blocks returned
to Lyons, and the woodcufs reappeared in the octavo Bibles printed by G. Boulle, 1542,
and J. de Millis, 1551, 1561. These editions contain certain subjects, belonging,
apparently, to the original set by Springinklee, which had appeared in tlie Vulgate
of 1530, but in no earlier edition. Otlier editions printed at Lyons up to 1561 contain
1 Repert.f. Kunstio. ii, 313 ff.
2 Vogelin seems not to have observed that these are only a seleetion of the much
larger number of cuts (many signed b) first publisked in 1490 in the Maleimi Bible.
The original blocks of tliat date were used in 1511.