Modeled after Gutenberg’s types. Issued by Theinhardt as Altdeutsch or
Alt-Deutsch in c. 1887 [Reichardt 2011] or even in 1851 [Helzel].
Cast by Berthold as Mainzer Gothisch and marketed
together with Mainzer Fraktur as Mainzer
Serie. [1908
specimen]
Not to be confused with Bauer &
Co’s (and later Berthold’s)
Altdeutsch, which is a version of Caxton
Black.
Genzsch
& Heyse acquired matrices, cut larger sizes and sold their
version as Psalterium (1896). [Wetzig 1926–40] [Bauer/Reichardt] [Reichardt 2011] Helzel mentions
Psalterion as another alias. Psalterium
is shown in Horodisch (1931) with descending ‘f' and ‘ſ’ and
round-bottom ‘C’ and ‘T’ (the latter as alternate). These details
are different in the unidentified showing in Biedermann
(1903, used for sample).
Digitizations by Gerhard Helzel as Psalter-Gotisch
(2005, not to be confused with Krebs’ version of Tudor More…
Modeled after Gutenberg’s types. Issued by Theinhardt as Altdeutsch or Alt-Deutsch in c. 1887 [Reichardt 2011] or even in 1851 [Helzel]. Cast by Berthold as Mainzer Gothisch and marketed together with Mainzer Fraktur as Mainzer Serie. [1908 specimen]
Not to be confused with Bauer & Co’s (and later Berthold’s) Altdeutsch, which is a version of Caxton Black.
Genzsch & Heyse acquired matrices, cut larger sizes and sold their version as Psalterium (1896). [Wetzig 1926–40] [Bauer/Reichardt] [Reichardt 2011] Helzel mentions Psalterion as another alias. Psalterium is shown in Horodisch (1931) with descending ‘f' and ‘ſ’ and round-bottom ‘C’ and ‘T’ (the latter as alternate). These details are different in the unidentified showing in Biedermann (1903, used for sample).
Digitizations by Gerhard Helzel as Psalter-Gotisch (2005, not to be confused with Krebs’ version of Tudor Black) and by Iza W as AltDeutsch (2007, poorly drawn and spaced, with Outline and Shadow variants). See also José A. Mauricio’s Psalterium (Alter Littera, 2012) which is based on the same 15th century sources.
