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Privilege of the Elector of Saxony, Wittenberg (1534)

Source:
Würtembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart Bb deutsch 154503 (p. 1) and the original handwritten privilege from the Stadtarchiv Wittenberg, scanned from a reprint in Hans Volz, Martin Luthers deutsche Bibeln (Berlin and Altenburg 1981) p. 157

Citation:
Privilege of the Elector of Saxony (1534), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Record-ID:
d_1534

Full title
Privilege granted in 1534 by John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, to the Wittenberg-based printers of several works by Martin Luther (as printed in the 1545 edition of Luther's German translation of the Bible)

Full title original language
Biblia: das ist:|| die gantze Heili=||ge Schrifft:|| Deudsch/ Auffs new || zugericht.|| D. Mart. Luth.||

Abstract
This document is associated with the core document: d_1541

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Author
John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony / Martin Luther

Publisher
Hans Lufft

Location
Wittenberg

Year
1534

Language
German

Source
Würtembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart Bb deutsch 154503 (p. 1) and the original handwritten privilege from the Stadtarchiv Wittenberg, scanned from a reprint in Hans Volz, Martin Luthers deutsche Bibeln (Berlin and Altenburg 1981) p. 157

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Persons referred to
Goltz, Moritz (d.1548)
John Frederick I (1503-1554)
Luther, Martin (1483-1546)
Schramm, Christoph (d.1549)
Vogel, Bartholomäus (d.1569)

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Places referred to
Saxony
Torgau
Wittenberg

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Key words
Bible, the
patronage
penalties, paid to fiscal authorities
penalties, paid to publisher(s)
privileges
privileges, Saxon
religious works

Responsible editor
Friedemann Kawohl




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