Print culture at the crossroads : the book and Central Europe

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    • Dillenburg, Elizabeth
    • Louthan, Howard
    • Thomas, Drew B.

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Print culture at the crossroads : the book and Central Europe

edited by Elizabeth Dillenburg, Howard Paul Louthan, Drew B. Thomas

（Library of the written word. ISSN:1874-4834, volume 94）（The handpress world, volume 75）

Brill, [2021]

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Content Type: text (rdacontent), Media Type: unmediated (rdamedia), Carrier Type: volume (rdacarrier)

Includes bibliographical references and index

Summary: "Print Culture at the Crossroads investigates how the spread of printing shaped a distinctive literary culture in Central Europe during the early modern period. Moving beyond the boundaries of the nation state, twenty-five scholars from over a dozen countries examine the role of the press in a region characterised by its many cultures, languages, religions, and alphabets. Antitrinitarians, Roman and Greek Catholics, Calvinists, Jews, Lutherans, and Orthodox Christians used the press to preserve and support their communities. By examining printing and patronage networks, catalogues, inventories, woodblocks, bindings, and ownership marks, this volume reveals a complicated web of connections linking printers and scholars, Jews and Christians, across Central Europe and beyond"-- Provided by publisher

Contents of Works

  • Introduction: Towards a Literary Culture of Central Europe / Howard Louthan
  • Part 1. Confessional Diversity and the Book: A Hungarian and Transylvanian Case Study
  • Hearing the Word of God : The Aural and Symbolic Presence of Bibles in Early Hungarian-Speaking Calvinism / Graeme Murdock
  • The Minister's Reading List : Religious Books in the Libraries of Transylvanian Lutheran Clergy / Maria Crăciun
  • The Posthumous Reception of an Antitrinitarian Bishop at Home and Abroad : The Afterlife of György Enyedi's Explicationes / Borbála Lovas
  • Books for Transylvanian Greek Catholics : Confessional Printing with Cross-Confessional Sourcing / Radu Nedici
  • Liturgical Books after the Council of Trent : Implementation, Innovation and the Formation of Local Tradition in the Habsburg Lands / Marie-Elizabeth Ducreux
  • Part 2. The Renaissance World of Central Europe
  • Making Erasmus Speak Czech : Female Patronage and Production of the 1533 Czech Translation of the New Testament / Jan Volek
  • Praise of Bohemian Folly : Context and Consequences of the Histories of Brother Jan Paleček / Martina Pranic
  • Cum imaginibus, cum iconibus : Cataloguing Printed Images in Early Modern Libraries / Magdalena Herman
  • Early Modern Polish Travellers Purchasing Books in Italy : Ownership Evidence as a Source of Information / Marianna Czapnik
  • Facing the 'Turk' in the Book Culture of Central Europe / Zsuzsa Barbarics-Hermanik
  • Part 3. Martin Luther and the Book
  • Reused Matrices, Adopted Iconographies and Misleading Images : Woodcuts on the Title Pages of Luther's Early Sermons on the Sacraments / Grażyna Jurkowlaniec
  • The Lotter Printing Dynasty : Michael Lotter and Reformation Printing in Magdeburg / Drew B. Thomas
  • Mistaken Authorship : A Study of the First Edition and Reprints of the Pamphlet Ein Mandat Jesu Christi / Jiří Černý
  • The Dream of a Border-Crossing Bible : A Study of Ungnad, Trubar, Vergerio, Konzul and Their Co-Workers / Luka Ilić and Marija Wakounig
  • The Reformation, the Book, and the Clergy : The Place of Holy Scripture in the Churches of the Duchy of Pomerania and Clerical Identity in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries / Maciej Ptaszyński
  • Part 4. Local Communities and the Book
  • Printing and Post-Tridentine Catholicism in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth / Magdalena Komorowska
  • Buying Bound Books in Sixteenth-Century Cracow : Using Inventories and Bindings to Uncover a Thriving Retail Market / Katarzyna Płaszczyńska-Herman
  • Publishing Books in Early Modern Jewish Prague / Olga Sixtová
  • Printing of Learned Literature in Hebrew, 1510-1630 : Toward a New Understanding of Early Modern Jewish Practices of Reading / Pavel Sládek
  • The Standard and the Exceptional in a Provincial Print Shop : The Case of Early Modern Oels / Maria Piasecka
  • Part 5. Print Culture in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Europe
  • Trusting Facts, Trusting People : Approbata, Endorsements and Authoritative Knowledge in the Early Modern Jewish Book Trade / Joshua Teplitsky
  • The (Swéerts-)Sporcks and Their Subjects : Local and Transcultural Printing and Distribution of Heterodox Books in Eighteenth-Century Bohemia / Veronika Čapská
  • The Circulation of Jewish Esoteric Knowledge in Manuscript and Print : The Case of Early Modern East-Central Europe / Agata Paluch
  • "That Little Golden Book" : Eastern Slavic Translations of the Imitation of Christ, 1628-1799 / Liudmyla Sharipova
  • Epilogue: The Hand Press and Political Dissent : Forbidden Print in Central Europe, 1800-1848 / James M. Brophy

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Description

Print Culture at the Crossroads investigates how the spread of printing shaped a distinctive literary culture in Central Europe during the early modern period. Moving beyond the boundaries of the nation state, twenty-five scholars from over a dozen countries examine the role of the press in a region characterised by its many cultures, languages, religions, and alphabets. Antitrinitarians, Roman and Greek Catholics, Calvinists, Jews, Lutherans, and Orthodox Christians used the press to preserve and support their communities. By examining printing and patronage networks, catalogues, inventories, woodblocks, bindings, and ownership marks, this volume reveals a complicated web of connections linking printers and scholars, Jews and Christians, across Central Europe and beyond.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables Introduction: Towards a Literary Culture of Central Europe Howard Louthan Part 1: Confessional Diversity and the Book: A Hungarian and Transylvanian Case Study 1 Hearing the Word of God The Aural and Symbolic Presence of Bibles in Early Hungarian-Speaking Calvinism Graeme Murdock 2 The Minister's Reading List Religious Books in the Libraries of Transylvanian Lutheran Clergy Maria Craciun 3 The Posthumous Reception of an Antitrinitarian Bishop at Home and Abroad The Afterlife of Gyoergy Enyedi's Explicationes Borbala Lovas 4 Books for Transylvanian Greek Catholics Confessional Printing with Cross-Confessional Sourcing Radu Nedici 5 Liturgical Books after the Council of Trent Implementation, Innovation and the Formation of Local Tradition in the Habsburg Lands Marie-Elizabeth Ducreux Part 2: The Renaissance World of Central Europe 6 Making Erasmus Speak Czech Female Patronage and Production of the 1533 Czech Translation of the New Testament Jan Volek 7 Praise of Bohemian Folly Context and Consequences of the Histories of Brother Jan Palecek Martina Pranic 8 Cum imaginibus, cum iconibus Cataloguing Printed Images in Early Modern Libraries Magdalena Herman 9 Early Modern Polish Travellers Purchasing Books in Italy Ownership Evidence as a Source of Information Marianna Czapnik 10 Facing the 'Turk' in the Book Culture of Central Europe Zsuzsa Barbarics-Hermanik Part 3: Martin Luther and the Book 11 Reused Matrices, Adopted Iconographies and Misleading Images Woodcuts on the Title Pages of Luther's Early Sermons on the Sacraments Grazyna Jurkowlaniec 12 The Lotter Printing Dynasty Michael Lotter and Reformation Printing in Magdeburg Drew B. Thomas 13 Mistaken Authorship A Study of the First Edition and Reprints of the Pamphlet Ein Mandat Jesu Christi Jiri Cerny 14 The Dream of a Border-Crossing Bible A Study of Ungnad, Trubar, Vergerio, Konzul and Their Co-Workers Luka Ilic and Marija Wakounig 15 The Reformation, the Book, and the Clergy The Place of Holy Scripture in the Churches of the Duchy of Pomerania and Clerical Identity in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Maciej Ptaszynski Part 4: Local Communities and the Book 16 Printing and Post-Tridentine Catholicism in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Magdalena Komorowska 17 Buying Bound Books in Sixteenth-Century Cracow Using Inventories and Bindings to Uncover a Thriving Retail Market Katarzyna Plaszczynska-Herman 18 Publishing Books in Early Modern Jewish Prague Olga Sixtova 19 Printing of Learned Literature in Hebrew, 1510-1630 Toward a New Understanding of Early Modern Jewish Practices of Reading Pavel Sladek 20 The Standard and the Exceptional in a Provincial Print Shop The Case of Early Modern Oels Maria Piasecka Part 5: Print Culture in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Europe 21 Trusting Facts, Trusting People Approbata, Endorsements and Authoritative Knowledge in the Early Modern Jewish Book Trade Joshua Teplitsky 22 The (Sweerts-)Sporcks and Their Subjects Local and Transcultural Printing and Distribution of Heterodox Books in Eighteenth-Century Bohemia Veronika Capska 23 The Circulation of Jewish Esoteric Knowledge in Manuscript and Print The Case of Early Modern East-Central Europe Agata Paluch 24 "That Little Golden Book" Eastern Slavic Translations of the Imitation of Christ, 1628-1799 Liudmyla Sharipova Epilogue: The Hand Press and Political Dissent Forbidden Print in Central Europe, 1800-1848 James M. Brophy Index

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