Das Jrrig Schafe Sagt Vo(n) Cleinmütikeit un(d) Böser Anfechtung
One of the very first known representations of Cinderella.
Extremely rare, it appears here in 1514 in this original edition published by Grüninger in Strasbourg.
Two works in 1 small folio volume of 92 and 60 leaves, ivory vellum.
278 x 192 mm.
Geiler von Kaysersberg, Johannes (1445-1510). Das Jrrig Schafe Sagt vo(n) humility an(d) evil temptation.
Strasbourg, Johann Grüninger, 1514.
First edition published by Grüninger, of great rarity, of theDas Jrrig Schaf, a work by the philosopher and theologian from Freiburg, friend of Sebastian Brant, author of bold sermons against the secularization and demoralization of the clergy.
The seven sermons are each illustrated with a woodcut, including the famous “eschengrudel”, which is the earliest known depiction of Cinderella.
Compilation of two editions remarkably illustrated by artists working for Johann Grüninger, the most important printer in Strasbourg until 1520. Paul Kristeller, Die Strassburger Bücher-Illustration im XV. und im Anfange des XVI Jahrhundert, Nieuwkoop, 1966 (facsimile of the 1881 edition), 146, 179 and 183; Richard Muther, German book illustration of the Gothic period and the early Renaissance, 1460-1530, trans. Ralph R. Shaw, Metuchen, 1972, 1434, 1454 and p. 199-200.
The West mainly knows the story of Cinderella through the versions established by Giambattista Basile in La gatta Cenerentola, Charles Perrault in Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper and by the Brothers Grimm in Aschenputtel.
Mathilde de Morimont, who lived between the 11th and 12th centuries (died March 12, 1152), is the person who is said to have inspired the “legend of little Mathilda.” The legend, some 500 years older than the famous tale by Charles Perrault, is strikingly similar.
One of the earliest known depictions of Cinderella.
