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Privilege of the Imperial Senate for Works of Conrad Celtis, Nuremberg (1502)

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Privilege of the Imperial Senate for Works of Conrad Celtis, Nuremberg (1502), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Chapter 1 Page 1

CONRADI CELTIS PROTVCII
PRIMI INTER GERMANIS IM=
PERATORIIS MANIBUS POE=
TE LAVREATI QUATU=
OR LIBRI AMORUM
SECUNDUM QUA=
TUOR LATERA
GERMANIE FELICI=
TER INCIPI=
VNT

Quatuor vrbes tetragonales Germaniae ad quatur latera
eius: eiusdem ferme Longitudinis & Latitudinis

RATISPONA
DANVBIS
MERIDIES
IVVENTVS

CROCA
VISTVLA
ORIENS
ADOLESCENCIA

BOEMIA
ALBIS FLU=
uius in
media
Germania

MOGVNCIA
RHENVS
OCCASVS
SENECTUS

LVBECUM
SINVSCODANUS
NOX
MORS

Qum tot iain nutriat tellus Germana Poetas
      Audent qui cunctis spatgere metra plagis
Cur ego ter quintum tacui qui celtis in annum
      Non aus im nostros ecterein orbe libros


Chapter 1 Page 2







[Dedication picture: Conrad Celtis
and Emperor Maximilian I]



Qui maledicit principis vo morte moriatur Ex XXI

Chapter 1 Page 3

[Conrad Celtis's dedicatory preface to Emperor Maximilian page 1/9]

PANEGY.PRIMA PARS AD.M.R

AD DIVUM MAX[I]MYLIANVM IN
uictissimu & sereniss. Rhom. Rege & caesa
re Augustum Can C. inlibros amoru suo
rum praefatio. & Panegyrici prima pars.

[...]

Chapter 1 Page 4

[Conrad Celtis's dedicatory preface to Emperor Maximilian I page 2/9]

Chapter 1 Page 5

[Conrad Celtis's dedicatory preface to Emperor Maximilian I page 3/9]

Chapter 1 Page 6

[Conrad Celtis's dedicatory preface to Emperor Maximilian I page 4/9]

Chapter 1 Page 7

[Conrad Celtis's dedicatory preface to Emperor Maximilian I page 5/9]

Chapter 1 Page 8

[Conrad Celtis's dedicatory preface to Emperor Maximilian I page 6/9]

Chapter 1 Page 9

[Conrad Celtis's dedicatory preface to Emperor Maximilian I page 7/9]

Chapter 1 Page 10

[Conrad Celtis's dedicatory preface to Emperor Maximilian I page 8/9]

Chapter 1 Page 11

[Conrad Celtis's dedicatory preface to Emperor Maximilian I page 9/9]

Chapter 1 Page 12

[Allegory of Philosophia]

Chapter 1 Page 13

[Image of the author, Conrad Celtis, writing]

Chapter 1 Page 14

[Reference to the privilege near the end of the book,
before the errata section]

[...]

Absoluta sunt haec C.C. op[er]a in
Vienna Domicilio Max.
Augusti Caesa. Anno M
D noui seculi II. kale.
Febru. Inpressa autem
Noribergae eiusd[em] anni
Nonis Aprilibus. Sub
priuilegio Sodalitatis
Celticae nup[er] a senatu i[m]p[er]ia
li i[m]petrato ut n[u]llus haec i[n] dece[m]
an[n]nis i[n] Imp[er]ii vrbibus inprimat.



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