Nikolausa Mollīna dzimtās pilsētas Antverpenes liecības Rīgas pilsētas tipogrāfijas iespieddarbos 16.-18. gadsimtā

• Autorzy: Orlova-Rotgalve Beāte

Warianty tytułu

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Traces of Antwerp, the Native City of Niclaes Mollijns, in the Book Production of the Riga City Printers' Office, 16th-18th Century

• Języki publikacji: LV

Abstrakty

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In 2023, the National Library of Latvia presented a guest exhibition about Riga’s first printer, Niclaes Mollijns (c. 1550–1625), at the Museum Plantin-Moretus in his native city of Antwerp. For the first time, the works of Mollijns created during periods of his work in Antwerp and Riga were exhibited together as a whole, allowing a close analysis of similarities between practices of book production and design undertaken in the print shops run by Niclaes Mollijns in both cities. Based on the research in preparation for the exhibition, the article examines the use of printers’ ornaments, vignettes and decorative initials in Mollijns’ print shops in Antwerp and Riga, revealing the transfer of skills and material culture between both cities in the late 16th century through the activities of an individual working in both regions. During his time in Antwerp, Mollijns learned the craft of printing from his father, printer and woodcutter Jan Mollijns I (? – c. 1575/1576), and by working at the esteemed print shop of Christophe Plantin (c. 1520–1589). Niclaes inherited his father’s print shop in 1576, which he continued to operate for the following decade. During this time, he developed a distinctive signature style and a core set of decorative elements which he used for the design of his books. This would later form the basis of the inventory of the Riga printers’ office established by Mollijns in 1588. Mollijns left Antwerp around 1586, presumably along with thousands of other Protestant emigrants who left the city after its fall to Spanish Catholic forces in 1585. Soon after, he set up shop in Riga, becoming the first printer in the entire region of Livonia.

Słowa kluczowe

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Niclaes Mollijns; National Library of Latvia; book production; Antwerp; printers' ornaments; book design; print shops

• Wydawca: Institute of Art History of the Latvian Academy of Art and Art History Research Support Foundation
• Czasopismo: Makslas Vesture un Teorija
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: 28
• Strony: 34-44

Twórcy

autor

Orlova-Rotgalve Beāte

• National Library of Latvia, Mūkusalas iela 3, Riga LV-1423, Latvia