Yale Center for British Art

Title:

[Armorial bookplate of Hilprand Brandenburg]

Published / Created:

[Germany], [between 1465 and 1485?]

Physical Description:

1 print : woodcut ; image 6.8 x 6.6 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Leaf Collection no. 0035
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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Classification:

Prints

Notes:

Title devised by cataloger.

Schreiber, W.L. Handbuch der Holz- und Metallschnitte des XV. Jahrhunderts (3. Aufl.), 2038

Catalogue of early German and Flemish woodcuts preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, A138

Warnecke, F. Deutschen Bücherzeichen (Ex-Libris) von ihren Ursprunge bis zur Gegenwart, 245

Needham, P. “The Library of Hilprand Brandenburg.” In: Inkunabel- und Einbandkunde. Bibliothek und Wissenschaft 29. Wiesbaden 1996, pages 95-125

BAC Leaf Collection no. 0035: Hand-colored, in blue, green, and red. Affixed to a leaf inscribed by Brandenburg, describing his gift (sermons on the Song of Solomon by Bernard of Clairvaux or Gilbert of Hoyland). The top of the leaf is also annotated with the title of the work, probably by the monastery's librarian, Jakob Louber. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.

The bookplate depicts an angel bearing a shield with the crest of Hilprand (or Hildebrand) Brandenburg of Biberach. Brandenburg donated his library to the Carthusian monastery at Buxheim circa 1480. The bookplate is usually accompanied by a manuscript annotation by Brandenburg identifying each donation.

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