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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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