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    Core documents by: Date Place Core documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States All documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States Original language: English French German Italian Latin Browse documents by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse commentaries by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse database by: Key words Editors' login:  | | Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg, Würzburg (1479) Source: Universitätsbibliothek Würzburg, Inc. f. 43, fol 38. Citation: Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg (1479), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: d_1479 Full title Privilege granted by Rudolf of Scherenberg, Prince-Bishop of Würzburg for the Printers Reyser, Dold and Beckenhub in a Breviary for the Würzburg Diocese Full title original language Breviarium Herbipolense Abstract In the foreword, Prince-Bishop Rudolf (c.1400-1495), together with two ministers and the whole diocesan chapter of Würzburg Cathedral, explains why they had commissioned a new edition of the breviary. Reference is made to three printers commissioned to edit and print this book for its use within the diocese. The three printers, who were recruited from Strasbourg, are granted protection of their property, and it is specified that they alone have been commissioned to do this work. Thus, the foreword contains the first exclusive right bestowed on a printer in the German Empire with regard to a specific book. Furthermore, it is the oldest episcopal privilege, as well as appearing to be the first one to have been embellished with, and authorised through, a sovereign prince's emblem. In this commentary it will be argued that the integrity and uniformity of the print edition were the prince-bishop's two main concerns, and it will be shown why Rudolf of Scherenberg is regarded to be one of the first sovereign rulers to make tactical use of the new art of printing, in order to achieve clerical and political goals. This foreword of 1479 illustrates the common roots of copyright, trademark practice, and censorship. Bibliography Eisermann, Falk. "Buchdruck und Herrschaftspraxis im 15. Jahrhundert. Der Würzburger Fürstbischof Rudolf von Scherenberg und sein Drucker Georg Reyser", in Horst Brunner (ed.) Würzburg, der Große Löwenhof und die deutsche Literatur des Spätmittelalters (= Imagines Medii Aevi 17) (Wiesbaden 2004): 495-513 Engelhart, Helmut. "Die frühesten Druckausgaben des Missale Herbipolense (1481-1503)", Würzburger Diozesangeschichtsblätter, 62/63 (2001): 69-174 Ohly, Kurt. "Georg Reysers Wirken in Straßburg und Würzburg", in Gutenberg-Jahrbuch, 31 (1956): 121-140 Related documents in this database Author Rudolf of Scherenberg (c.1401-1495) Publisher Dold, Reyser, Beckenhub Location Würzburg Year 1479 Language Latin Source Universitätsbibliothek Würzburg, Inc. f. 43, fol 38. Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Beckenhub, Johannes (c.1479) Cilian of Bibra (d.1494) Dold, Stephan (c.1479) Reyser, Georg (d.c.1504) Rudolf of Scherenberg (c.1401-1495) Wilhelm of Limburg (c.1479) Persons referred to in commentary Albert III (1414-1486) Beckenhub, Johannes (c.1479) Berthold of Henneberg (1441-1504) Böhm, Hans (d.1476) Celtis, Conrad (1459-1508) Cilian of Bibra (d.1494) Dold, Stephan (c.1479) Drach, Peter, the Elder (d.1480) Frederick III of Habsburg (1415-1493) Gutenberg, Johannes (c.1400-1468) Hrotsvit of Gandersheim (d.c.973) Huss, Jan (c.1369-1415) Johann of Grumbach (d.1466) Koberger, Anton (c.1445-1513) Lichtenstein, Petrus (d.1547) Lorenz of Bibra (1459-1519) Maximilian I (1459-1519) Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464) Reyser, Georg (d.c.1504) Rudolf of Scherenberg (c.1401-1495) Schongauer, Martin (c.1450-1491) Werner, Wilhelm, Duke of Zimmern (1485-1575) Wilhelm of Limburg (c.1479) Places referred to Würzburg Places referred to in commentary Ansbach Bamberg Bohemia Cologne Freising Graz Heidelberg Leipzig Mainz Meiningen Nuremberg Regensburg Speyer Strasbourg Trier Würzburg Venice Legislation referred to N/A Legislation referred to in commentary N/A Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Würzburg Cathedral Chapter Institutions referred to in commentary Imperial Senate Würzburg Cathedral Chapter Key words books, protected subject matter censorship contract licensing patronage printing, history of privileges privileges, German Imperial privileges, printing public good religious works renewal Responsible editor Friedemann Kawohl Copyright status Photographic images and scans of public domain documents may be protected under some copyright laws and/or contractual restrictions apply. 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