Re-reading the dossier about the Venetian prototypographers Johann and Wendelin from Spira

Barbieri, Edoardo Re-reading the dossier about the Venetian prototypographers Johann and Wendelin from Spira. JLIS.it, 2021, vol. 12, n. 1, pp. 21-28. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

Il testo offre una rilettura della documentazione esistente sui fratelli Giovanni e Vindelino da Spira. Si tratta di informazioni desunte dalle edizioni stesse, in aggiunta al famoso privilegio per l’esercizio esclusivo della stampa a Venezia. Un’occasione ghiotta per portare alla luce alcune notevoli figure femminili nell’entourage familiare dei da Spira, così’ come la ricca trama di mercanti tedeschi che sottende l’approdo della tipografia nella laguna (Giovanni da Colonia, i Dinslaken, Peter Ugelheimer). É possibile dunque identificare, in aggiunta, le caratteristiche tipiche della produzione di Vindelino, la cui figura un po’ elusiva  è solitamente oscurata dalla preminenza del fratello.

English abstract

The known documentation about the brothers John and Windelin from Spira is reread here. This is above all informations obtained from the editions themselves, in addition to the famous privilege for the exclusive exercise of the printing in Venice. The occasion is gluttonous to highlight some respectable female figures in the family entourage of the from Spira, as well as the rich plot of German merchants underlying the landing of the typography in the lagoon (John from Köln, the Dinslakens, Peter Ugelheimer). In addition, it is thus possible to identify the proprium that characterized the production of Vindelino, whose slightly elusive figure usually seems to disappear in the face of his brother’s pre-eminence.

Item type:	Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords:	Wendelin von Speyer; Johann von Speyer; History of printing; Venice; German printers; Sec. XV; Incunabula
Date deposited:	15 Sep 2026 05:08
Last modified:	15 Sep 2026 05:08
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/48517

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