Tisk Pavla Sessia z roku 1623 s kopiemi grafik od Albrechta Dürera

• Authors: Mach, David

Title variants

EN

The Book Printed by Pavel Sessius in 1623 Containing Copies of Art Prints by Albrecht Dürer

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The article provides information on the finding of a previously unknown Czech-language printed book from 1623, the work of the Prague typographer Pavel Sessius and an unknown Czech translator, who used the initials M.W.S. The unique printed book was discovered in the collections of the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek in Vienna. Besides the textual part, comprising quotations from the Bible and short prayers, it includes a title border with the motif of Calvary, inspired by earlier domestic sources, and above all sixteen woodcut copies of selected scenes from the graphic cycle The Small Passion by the German painter and graphic artist Albrecht Dürer. The article describes the typography and illustration aspects of the printed book in detail. The author also tries to identify any foreign models for it.

Keywords

CS

historické knihovní fondy

EN

historical book collections; early printed books; book printing (17th century); book illustrations; book decoration; Sessius, Pavel (probably active in 1604-1631); Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528); Jan Sixt of Lerchenfels (probably 1550/60-1629); The Small Passion (a graphic cycle)

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Library of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
• Journal: Knihy a dějiny (Books and history)
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 6-28
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Mach, David

• Knihovna AV ČR, v.v.i., Národní 1009/3, 115 22 Praha 1, Czech Republic