The fool card has emerged in recent decades as a pivotal figure of the tarot. The book writing was inspired by a motive in medieval art and literature and in a. It is the most famous treatment of the ship of fools trope and circulated in. Sebastian brant also brandt 1458 10 may 1521 was a german humanist and satirist. Sebastian brant wikipedia, the free encyclopedia sebastian brant also brandt 1457 10 may 1521 was a german humanist and satirist. Based on the art of sebastian brants narrenschiff williams, brian on. Following the first edition, which was printed in 1494 by brant s old university friend johann bergmann, brant s satire on human foolishness became a european bestseller. Narrenschyff ad narragoniam is a satirical allegory in german verse published in 1494 in basel, switzerland, by the humanist and theologian sebastian brant. Mit allen 114 holzschnitten des drucks basel 1494 reclams universalbibliothek knape, joachim, brant, sebastian isbn. They appear in the text like this, and the explanation will appear when the mouse pointer is moved over the marked passage.
Remarkable for the range and quantity of his literary production, it is nonetheless a single satirical work for which he remains known to this day. Brant, a humanist and lawyer, was one of the most famous germanspeaking writers of the early modern period. The ship of fools, by sebastian brandt project gutenberg. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Sep 08, 2002 it is the fools journey spelled out in images that are fun and funny, strange and elegant. A few typographical errors in the 1874 introduction have been corrected. Volume 1, by sebastian brandt this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere. It is the most famous treatment of the ship of fools trope and circulated in numerous translations. In the spirit of the 1874 edition, the text of the ship of fools itself has been retained exactly as it stands, even to the punctuation. Ship of fools woodcuts university of houston digital library. Ship of fools is a satirical allegory in german verse published in 1494 in basel, switzerland, by the humanist and theologian sebastian brant. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Sebastian brant studierte recht ohne es irgendwo zu finden.
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