Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Philipps-Universität Marburg, 2007, under the title: Die Freidankausgabe Sebastian Brants und ihre Folgedrucke : Untersuchungen zum Medienwechsel einer spätmittelalterlichen Spruchsammlung an der Schwelle zur frühen Neuzeit.
Text consists mainly of a facsimile reprint of the original work in Old German script with transcription into modern script on facing pages.
Der Freidanck was originally published: Strassburg : Johannes Grüninger, 1508.
Text in Middle High German with Latin marginalia.