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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:  | | Imperial Privilege for Johannes Eck, Augsburg / Ingolstadt (1516) Source: Universitätsbibliothek, Freie Universität Berlin, 34/74/7764(0) Citation: Imperial Privilege for Johannes Eck (1516), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: d_1516a Full title Imperial privilege granted to Johannes Eck for his edition of Joannes Argyropoulus's translation of Aristotle's works into Latin Full title original language Aristotelis Stragyrite Diale||ctica: c qui#[que] vocibus Porphyrii Phe||nicis: Argyropilo traductore: a Joanne Eckio || Theologo facili explanatione declarata: adnotatio||nibus compendiarijs illustrata: ac scholastico exer||citio explicata: ... || Abstract This document is associated with the core document: d_1513. This is an example of a privilege granted to a distinguished scholar for an edition which was to be used and bought mainly by university students. As outlined in the commentary to d_1513, the Ingolstadt professor Johannes Eck applied for both Imperial and Bavarian privileges. Ingolstadt was a Bavarian university town, but it seems that there was no printing shop there which could satisfy Eck's expectations. So after editing the various volumes of the translation, he ordered several copies to be printed by Johann Miller in Augsburg, at that time a Free Imperial town and thus not subject to Bavarian ducal jurisdiction. Eck bought the greater part, if not the whole of this Augsburg-printed edition. With regard to his edition of Petrus Hispanus, Eck expressed the hope that he would recoup his investments eight times over ("speroque eos finem habituros in octavo") in a letter of 17 April 1516 to Nikolaus Ellenbog (cf. Johannes Eck, "Briefwechsel", an online resource edited by Vinzenz Pfnür at: http://ivv7srv15.uni-muenster.de/mnkg/pfnuer/Eck-Briefe.html). As one can read on the last page, the Aristotle edition "was produced in Miller's Augsburg printing shop" ("Excusa in officina Millerana Augustae Vindelicorum"). The reference to Miller as just the producer confirms Eck's role as the publisher. The left side of the coat-of-arms on the title-page refers to the foundation of Ingolstadt University in 1473 ("Ingolstadium 1473"). The price of the volumes was fixed by the University to 20 kreuzer (cf. the online commentary to Eck's letter of 17 April 1516). The privilege also grants protection for an edition of works by Petrus Hispanus and the "explanations or commentaries [on Aristotle's "Logic" and "Physics"] for a period of ten years after the day of printing" ("explanatione sive commentarios in decennio subsequenti ab ea die qua ipsi commentarii impressi fuerint"), and was issued by the Imperial Councillor Cyprian of Serentein (Northeim) on 22 January 1516 in Augsburg on behalf of Emperor Maximilian I. Bibliography N/A Related documents in this database Author Johannes Eck / Aristotle / Joannes Argyropoulos Publisher Johannes Miller /Johannes Eck Location Augsburg / Ingolstadt Year 1516 Language Latin Source Universitätsbibliothek, Freie Universität Berlin, 34/74/7764(0) Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Eck, Johannes (1486-1543) Miller, Johann (c.1516) Petrus Hispanus (1226-1277) Serntein, Zyprian von (c.1457-1524) Persons referred to in commentary Eck, Johannes (1486-1543) Ellenbog, Nikolaus (d.1543) Maximilian I (1459-1519) Miller, Johann (c.1516) Petrus Hispanus (1226-1277) Serntein, Zyprian von (c.1457-1524) Places referred to Augsburg Places referred to in commentary Augsburg Ingolstadt 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 N/A Institutions referred to in commentary Ingolstadt University Key words books, protected subject matter duration price regulation privileges privileges, Bavarian privileges, German Imperial scholarly writing universities 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. If you wish to use images of this document in other contexts, please contact the relevant archive (see source). Translation and commentary fall under the project licence (see home page). Photographic images and scans of public domain documents may be protected under some copyright laws and/or contractual restrictions apply. If you wish to use images of this document in other contexts, please contact the relevant archive (see source). Translation and commentary fall under the project licence (see home page). | |||||
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