An Unknown Thesis Print by the Rugendas Family of Engravers in the Collections of the National Library, Prague Cover Image

Neznámá univerzitní teze rytecké rodiny Rugendasů ve sbírce Národní knihovny
An Unknown Thesis Print by the Rugendas Family of Engravers in the Collections of the National Library, Prague

Author(s): Ivan Boháč, Adéla Boháčová
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, History of Education
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: University theses; thesis print; Thesenblatt; Holy Family; National Library of the Czech Republic; Rugendas; Haidt; Haid; Marchesini; Charles-Ferdinand University of Prague; Augsburg; Prague

Summary/Abstract: This article presents a previously unknown thesis print which includes a depiction of the Holy Family. This thesis was produced by the Rugendases, a famous Augsburg family of engravers: in particular, we know it had been engraved by Georg Philipp Rugendas the Elder and Christian Rugendas. The article describes the Rugendas family and university theses as graphic images. The core of the contribution, however, focuses on the previously unknown thesis print no. 527 and its comparison with the Dresden thesis no. 1215, which was produced by the same engravers and likewise depicts the Holy Family. In 2022, this thesis had been added to the collection of university theses of the National Library of the Czech Republic, which is the largest compact collection of its kind in the world and as such is on the World Heritage List of the UNESCO. In the past 250 years, only eight new theses have been added to it.

  • Issue Year: 63/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 11-32
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Czech
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