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Tuberinus, Johannes Mathias
Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Tuberinus, Johannes Mathias
- Relatio de Simone puero tridentino. [Nuremberg]: Friedrich Creussner, [after 4 April 1475]
- Paper
Chancery folio (280 x 197mm.), 4 leaves, 29 lines, gothic letter, 3-line initial supplied in red, nineteenth-century boards covered in a leaf of blacked-out manuscript, modern brown buckram folding box
Provenance
Law Society, armorial bookplate
Literature
Goff T485; H 15654; BMC ii 447; GW M47700
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
One of many editions of this polemical tract printed in the mid-1470s, relating to the supposed ritual killing of a Christian boy, Simon, by the Jews of Trent at Easter in 1475. Tuberinus was one of the doctors who examined the body and his account was quickly disseminated across Germany and Italy, inflaming anti-Semitic violence and leading to the canonisation of Simon. The entire Jewish community of Trent was arrested and many were tortured and forced to confess before being burnt or executed. This is an early example of the power of the printing press to affect public opinion and behaviour.
The copy is complete in four leaves. From watermark evidence, BMC suggests a printing date of late 1476. Two copies (Munich, Bamberg) are bound with a full sheet woodcut showing the martyred Simon with German text, but this is to be seen as a separate Nuremberg broadside (Schreiber 1967).
The copy is complete in four leaves. From watermark evidence, BMC suggests a printing date of late 1476. Two copies (Munich, Bamberg) are bound with a full sheet woodcut showing the martyred Simon with German text, but this is to be seen as a separate Nuremberg broadside (Schreiber 1967).