Hieronymus Andreae, or Andreä, or Hieronymus Formschneider,[2] (died 7 May 1556) was a German woodblock cutter ("formschneider"), printer, publisher and typographer closely associated with Albrecht Dürer. Andreae's best known achievements include the enormous, 192-block Triumphal Arch woodcut, designed by Dürer for Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor,[3] and his design of the characteristic German "blackletter" Fraktur typeface ("Gothic" to most English-speakers), on which German typefaces were based for several centuries.[4] He was also significant as a printer of music.
In the opinion of Adam von Bartsch, although Andreae never designed woodcuts (as opposed to designing typefaces), the quality of his work was such that he, along with Hans Lützelburger and Jost de Negker, should be considered an artist.[5]
- ^ British Museum - Albrecht Dürer and others, The Triumphal Arch, woodcut. Images and description from the British Museum.
- ^ "Formschneider" is German for block-cutter, and Andreae often signed himself as "Hieronymus Formschneider" or "Hieronymus Andreae Formschneider". He used these styles on the title pages of his books. "Jerome of Nuremberg" may be found pre-1940. In even older sources he may be called Resch or Rösch. His surname is also spelled Andre, Andreae, Enderlin, Enndres; or Grapheus. Gustavson, Royston (2001). "Formschneider, Hieronymus". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5.
- ^ Landau and Parshall, 207-209
- ^ David C. Greetham, Textual Scholarship: An Introduction, p.234, (reprint) Routledge, 1994, ISBN 0-8153-1791-3, ISBN 978-0-8153-1791-3
- ^ Triumph of the Emperor Maximilian I, Adam von Bartsch, reprint by BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2008 (online), ISBN 0-554-43458-X, ISBN 978-0-554-43458-2