Brandenburg, Hilprand
Owner Id177
TypePerson
GenderMale
Biographical dates - Period of existence1442-1514
Other InformationHilprand Brandenburg, di Biberach (Germania), era uno dei primi ad avere un' ex libris stampato. Ha lasciato più di 450 libri, manoscritti e stampati, al monastero di Buxheim (ordine certosino), presso Memmingen in Baviera. -- See Paul Needham, "The library of Hilprand Brandenburg", in Bibliothek und Wissenschaft 29 [1996], 95-125. [J. Lancaster]
of Biberach, canon of Stuttgart, donate priest of OCarth Buxheim to which he gave his library (according to Lilian Clark 450 books); woodcut bkpl., hand-colored (IPI; ISTC and BL Clark's slips) BMC V:
p. 155: IB.19574; p. 170: IB.19646. [A. Panzanelli]
Bod-inc: of Biberach, canon of Stuttgart; priest of Buxheim, to which he gave his library; see Victor Scholderer, 'Hilprand Brandenburg and his Books', Library, 5th ser., 4 (1950), 196-201; Paul Needham, 'The Library of Hilprand Brandenburg', Bibliothek und Wissenschaft, 29 (1996), 95-125; idem, 'Thirteen More Books from the Library of Hilprand Brandenburg', Einband Forschung, 4 (1999), 23-5; O. Auge, 'Frömmigkeit, Bildung, Bücherliebe—Konstanten im Leben des Buxheimer Kartäusers Hilprand Brandenburg (1442-1514)', in Bücher, Bibliotheken und Schriftkultur der Kartäuser: Festgabe zum 65. Geburtstag von Edward Potkowski, ed. S. Lorenz, Contubernium, 59 (Stuttgart, 2002), 399-421; Felix Oyens, 'Hilprand Brandenburg and his Books, 2', Library, 6th ser., 1 (1979), 81. https://aeolus.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/collections/incunables/provenances_for_mei.xml#xpointer(//*[@id=
Variant NamesBrandenburg, Hilbrand
Activity
Start (year)1442
End (year)1467
NoteHe was born in Biberach, and aside from a few years as a student in Pavia and student, then professor, in Basel, he spent most of his life there until beginning his novitiate in Buxheim in 1505.
MARC Area Codee-gx
PlaceBiberach (Geonames Id: 2949423)
Activity
Start (year)1467
End (year)1469
NoteStudent in Pavia (overlapping with studies in Basel), possibly beginning earlier than 1467.
MARC Area Codee-it
Profession / Type of InstitutionStudent
CharacterisationNo characterisation/lay
Activity
Start (year)1468
End (year)1473
NoteStudent, then rector in Basel, before taking priestly vows. For dating his acquisition of printed books (from about 1469), see Needham (cited above).
MARC Area Codee-sz
Profession / Type of InstitutionStudent
CharacterisationNo characterisation/lay
Activity
Start (year)1473
End (year)1505
NoteAfter taking vows, he was a parish priest in Biberach (and perhaps for a time elsewhere), until entering Buxheim as a novice.
MARC Area Codee-gx
PlaceBiberach (Geonames Id: 2949423)
Profession / Type of InstitutionClergy
CharacterisationReligious
Activity
Start (year)1505
End (year)1514
MARC Area Codee-gx
PlaceBuxheim (Geonames Id: 6556164)
Profession / Type of InstitutionScholar
CharacterisationReligious
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