Research Catalog

Title

Coronae Hungariae emblematica descriptio / authore Christophoro Lackhner, I.U.D. Anno MDCXIII.

Author

Lackner, Kristóf, 1571-1631

Publication

Lavingae Suevorum [Lauingen, Bavaria, Germany] : Typis Palatinis excudebat M. Iacobus Winter, MDCXV [1615]

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Details

Additional Authors

Winter, Jacob, 1576-

Description

207, [1] pages; illustrations ; 19 cm (4to)

Subject

• Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, 1557-1619
• Holy Crown of Hungary > Early works to 1800
• Crowns > Hungary > Early works to 1800
• Crowns in art > Early works to 1800
• Emblems, National > Hungary > Early works to 1800
• Kings and rulers > Duties > Early works to 1800
• Education of princes > Early works to 1800
• Precious stones > Early works to 1800
• Emblem books, Latin

Genre/Form

• Emblem books.
• Engravings – Germany – 17th century.
• Woodcuts – Germany – 17th century.
• Engravings – Germany – Hand-colored – 17th century.
• Woodcuts – Germany – Hand-colored – 17th century.
• Libri amicorum.

Note

• Engraved title page.
• Imprint from colophon.
• Signatures: A-2C⁴. Last page blank.
• Engraved illustrated title page, printed in brown; title within a cartouche in center of heraldic and emblematic design based on the Imperial eagle, with motto "Suum cuique" above, and "Vicisti famam virtutib[us] tuis" in the corners; in the feathers of the eagle are Latin words forming, on the dexter side, an acrostic for "Mathias" (Matthias, then Holy Roman Emperor) and on the sinister side, terminating in shields representing the royal free cities; between the eagle's heads is a shield with the monogram of Matthias. See "'Maiestatis Hungariae aquila': Christoph Lackner and the hieroglyph of the Habsburg eagle," by Agnes Kusler (in Emblems and the natural world / edited by Karl A.E. Enenkel, Paul J. Smith, 2017, pages 419-453), pages 436-437.
• Illustrations (presumably designed and engraved by Lackner; see Kusler, page 419): 2 full-page engravings showing front and rear views of an emblematic crown modeled on the Holy Crown of Hungary, with 32 symbolic motifs in the place of the enamel panels in the actual crown; the name "Matthias II" (Matthias, the emperor, was Matthias II as king of Hungary) appears inside the crown and a coat of arms (in the front view) is displayed beneath it. These motifs are the basis of 32 small round emblematic engravings (plate mark approximately 58 mm in diameter) appearing throughout the text; there is also a series of 8 small woodcuts representing the jewels of the crown. "The thirty-two pictures ... come complete with mottoes and symbolize the virtues of an ideal ruler; their meanings are explained by classical, biblical and humanist quotations as well as by prose subscriptions supplemented by exempla. Lackner also provides a detailed description of the gems decorating the crown"--Emblematics in Hungary / Éva Knapp, Gábor Tüskés, 2003, page 55.
• NYPL copy: Title page and other illustrations are hand-colored.
• Text within double rules. Ornamental initials and tailpieces.
• Laudatory verses by David Kilgerus, Christophorus Hausmannerus, Christophorus Cellarius and Johannes Klockovius: pages 203-207.

Indexed In (note)

• Verzeichnis der Drucke 16. / 17. Jahrhunderts (VD 16 / VD 17)
• Apponyi, S. Hungarica
• Szabó, K. Régi magyar könyvtár
• Szinnyei, J. Magyar írók

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online (Augsburg, Staats- und Stadtbibliothek copy; hand-colored illustrations) via BSB/MDZ and Google Books. Two other copies with uncolored illustrations (Národní knihovna České republiky; Nationalbibliothek (Austria)) available online via Google Books.

Provenance (note)

• NYPL copy: 56 leaves bound in at end, serving as album amicorum. Contains six 17th-century entries in Latin and German, one with hand-painted coat of arms, and numerous sketches and manuscript signatures and inscriptions, mostly in Hungarian, in 19th-century hands; many leaves remain blank. A few manuscript inscriptions in the text.

Binding (note)

• 17th-century brown leather, gilt; worn, corners damaged.

Call Number

MNR 74-2364

OCLC

79205662

Author

Lackner, Kristóf, 1571-1631, author, illustrator.

Title

Coronae Hungariae emblematica descriptio / authore Christophoro Lackhner, I.U.D. Anno MDCXIII.

Publisher

Lavingae Suevorum [Lauingen, Bavaria, Germany] : Typis Palatinis excudebat M. Iacobus Winter, MDCXV [1615]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Verzeichnis der Drucke 16. / 17. Jahrhunderts (VD 16 / VD 17), 12:195003H https://gso.gbv.de/DB=1.28/CMD?ACT=SRCHA&IKT=8002&TRM=%2712:195003H%27

Apponyi, S. Hungarica, v. 2, entry 715

Szabó, K. Régi magyar könyvtár, v. 3, entry 1156

Szinnyei, J. Magyar írók, v. 7, column 611

Additional Formats

Also available online (Augsburg, Staats- und Stadtbibliothek copy; hand-colored illustrations) via BSB/MDZ and Google Books. Two other copies with uncolored illustrations (Národní knihovna České republiky; Nationalbibliothek (Austria)) available online via Google Books.

Provenance

NYPL copy: 56 leaves bound in at end, serving as album amicorum. Contains six 17th-century entries in Latin and German, one with hand-painted coat of arms, and numerous sketches and manuscript signatures and inscriptions, mostly in Hungarian, in 19th-century hands; many leaves remain blank. A few manuscript inscriptions in the text. NN

Binding

17th-century brown leather, gilt; worn, corners damaged. NN

Local Note

NYPL copy imperfect: pages 47-48 and 129-130, with two emblems, wanting; photostat copies are tipped in. Several leaves are damaged and repaired.

Place of Publication

Germany Lauingen (Bavaria).

Added Author

Winter, Jacob, 1576- publisher, printer.

Research Call Number

MNR 74-2364