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Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place Location in the burial ground

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

Location in the burial ground


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place oblique view from the east

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

oblique view from the east


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place View from above

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

View from above


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place Excerpt from Joh. Martin Trechsels, called Großkopf: "Renewed memory of the Nuremberg Johannis Kirch Hof...", Franckf. & Leipzig 1735

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

Excerpt from Joh. Martin Trechsels, called Großkopf: "Renewed memory of the Nuremberg Johannis Kirch Hof...", Franckf. & Leipzig 1735


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place Angel with the coat of arms of the donors

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

Angel with the coat of arms of the donors


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place "Instead of the frame, this panel is surrounded by dead legs placed together and skulls between them, but the legs are still wrapped with snakes." Angel with the coat of arms of the donors

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

"Instead of the frame, this panel is surrounded by dead legs placed together and skulls between them, but the legs are still wrapped with snakes." Angel with the coat of arms of the donors


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place two workshop rooms: printer and typesetter on the left / type founder on the right

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

two workshop rooms: printer and typesetter on the left / type founder on the right


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place Comparison images of two "professional profiles" from the register of estates (1568) by Jost Amman

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

Comparison images of two "professional profiles" from the register of estates (1568) by Jost Amman


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place Printer's workshop: at the front, behind a shelf with already printed and stocked sheets of paper as well as workshop accessories, two printers inking with leather pads

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

Printer's workshop: at the front, behind a shelf with already printed and stocked sheets of paper as well as workshop accessories, two printers inking with leather pads


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place Printer's workshop: at the back, two typesetters

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

Printer's workshop: at the back, two typesetters


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place Printer's workshop: details

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

Printer's workshop: details


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place Printer's workshop: details

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

Printer's workshop: details


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place Printer's workshop: details

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

Printer's workshop: details


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place Workshop scene with two typecasters and an employee

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

Workshop scene with two typecasters and an employee


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place Workshop scene with two typecasters and an employee

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

Workshop scene with two typecasters and an employee


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place But at the back of the room a boy sitting at the table is picking apart a number of discarded types and letters and putting them back in order.”

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

But at the back of the room a boy sitting at the table is picking apart a number of discarded types and letters and putting them back in order.”


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place Typecaster at a work table with a built-in fire furnace for the type metal

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

Typecaster at a work table with a built-in fire furnace for the type metal


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place Typecasters remove the liquid metal with a casting spoon and pour it into the matrix (mold for casting individual letters)

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

Typecasters remove the liquid metal with a casting spoon and pour it into the matrix (mold for casting individual letters)


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place Donor inscription

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

Donor inscription


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place Donor inscription

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

Donor inscription


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place Donor family

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

Donor family


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place Men's side of the founding family (four of the sons had already died at the time of the foundation)

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

Men's side of the founding family (four of the sons had already died at the time of the foundation)


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place Men's side of the founding family

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

Men's side of the founding family


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place Women's side of the founding family (one daughter had already died at the time of the founding)

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

Women's side of the founding family (one daughter had already died at the time of the founding)


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place Original location of the epitaph (A 25 on the Johannisfriedhof) / Excerpt from Joh. Martin Trechsels, called Großkopf : "Renewed memory of the Nuremberg Johannis Kirch Hof...", Franckf. & Leipzig 1735

Epitaph of the printers, typesetters and type founder's burial place

1651

Original location of the epitaph (A 25 on the Johannisfriedhof) / Excerpt from Joh. Martin Trechsels, called Großkopf : "Renewed memory of the Nuremberg Johannis Kirch Hof...", Franckf. & Leipzig 1735


"The honorable and noble Wolfgang Endtner the / Eltere, and with him Maria, a born Öderin his wife, is organizing this funeral, along with / other items belonging to Christian funerals, both foreign and local printers and typesetters and / Inscriptions in honor / and always present in memory / cken. Anno 1651"

Location: Nuremberg, Johannisfriedhof, grave number N 24 formerly A 25

Depicted: Endter, Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä

photo 2023, Theo Noll

Wolfgang (Wolff) d. Ä
Endter

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