{"product_id":"bezzelius-spicilegium-1782","title":"Spicilegium de Butigulariis Norimbergensibus","description":"\u003cp\u003eAd Commentationem Viri Immortalis Christiani Gottlibii Schwarzii. A Gleaning on the Nuremberg Butler, supplementing the commentary of the immortal Christian Gottlieb Schwarz. 1782 First Edition Pp. 16 Altorfii (Altdorf)  Unbound, quires loosely sawn together. paper toned but clean; edges slightly worn. Ex libris Dr. Bassermann Jordan. Woodcut borders and tailpieces. Alean, well-preserved copy. A learned contribution to legal history and to the institutional study of the free imperial city of Nuremberg, this work stands in continuity with the 1724 Exercitatio of Christian Gottlieb Schwarzii, presenting itself as a spicilegium (a gleaning) that gathers and extends the earlier inquiry into the office of the Butigularius, the official responsible for wine within civic and courtly structures. The term, variously attested as buticularius or botellarius, is situated within its Latin and Romance tradition, while the office itself is restored to its proper administrative and juridical context. Bezzelius reexamines both etymology and function, rejecting Gundling’s Old Franconian derivation and preserving the interpretation of cup-bearer or butler. He compiles a chronological survey of named Butigularii Norimbergenses from charters, monastic records, and civic chronicles, thereby extending Schwarzii’s work through a disciplined accumulation of sources. The text reflects the methods of late eighteenth-century German scholarship: incremental, source-driven, and closely tied to diplomatics and the constitutional past. The treatise opens with a philological discussion of the term Butigularius, its variants, and its semantic range, engaging directly with Schwarzii while correcting earlier conjectures. Particular attention is given to competing etymologies and to the practical functions of the office within medieval urban and courtly administration. The core of the work consists of a documented series of Butigularii Norimbergenses, arranged in approximate chronology and supported by references to archival and historiographical sources. Issued as a Latin occasional publication dated 9 October 1782, and dedicated to Ioannes Nicolaus Weiss on the fiftieth anniversary of his doctorate at Altdorf, it presents itself as a learned homage while functioning as a precise antiquarian supplement, shaped by the scholarly and familial networks of its time. A curious pamphlet on the office of the butler or keeper of wine in Nuremberg’s civic and courtly life. When the most unassuming ephemera reveals something delightful!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"La Fenice Antiquaria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48097364771051,"sku":"113-1782--120-50-46104.8305555556","price":203000.0,"currency_code":"KRW","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0766\/2000\/5611\/files\/00113_IMG_7444copy.jpg?v=1776194306","url":"https:\/\/fenicebooks.com\/en-kr\/products\/bezzelius-spicilegium-1782","provider":"La Fenice Antiquaria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}