Pankratien facsimile
Pankratien's version of the Lembke title pageThis fascimile version is a manuscript copy of the entire book Compendium Physicae Theoretico Experimentalis in Usum Auditorium Concinnatum by Johann Lembke, 1740 made by Nicodemus Pankratien in 1773.
Johann Lembke (1686-1746) was a German professor of medicine and author.
As well as making an exact reproduction of the text, Pankratien also duplicated the illustrations, including this meticulous version of the engraved author portrait from the front page.
It is unknown who commissioned this fascimile and to what purpose, but it remains a showcase for the skill and patience of the copyist.
In this exhibition
- Skill and dexterity
- 'In the Library'
- Pankratien facsimile
- Goethe pencil protrait
- Calligraphic writing and drawings
- Science and medicine
- Information
- Print and publication
- Capturing and recording
- Passing the time