De praestantia artis impressoriae elogium

Description

Title: De praestantia artis impressoriae elogium
Creator: Brant, Sebastian, 1458-1521
Published / Created: [ca. 1500]
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of Sebastian Brant (1457-1521), De praestantia artis impressoriae elogium, a 52-verse poem in praise of the art of printing, addressed to the German priest, humanist, printer and publisher Johann Bergmann von Olpe (ca. 1460-1532).
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in a small vertical Humanistica Cursiva.
Undecorated.
Provenance: Collection of Bernard M. Rosenthal, Booksellers, Berkeley CA (MS 205).
Extent: f. 1 : 210 x 150 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Renaissance Germany 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Bergmann, Johann, fl. 1494-1499.
Brant, Sebastian, 1458-1521.
Subject (Topic): Laudatory poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Manuscripts, Medieval
Printing
Subjects: Bergmann, Johann, fl. 1494-1499
Brant, Sebastian, 1458-1521
Laudatory poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Printing
Germany > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Sebastian Brant, De Praestantia Artis Impressoriae Elogium. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.