[1268] This account may be found vol. i. p. 197 of the Urbis Norimbergæ Descriptio, Hagenoæ, 1518, fol. cap. 5.
[1269] Nachricht von Nürnbergischen Künstlern, p. 281.
[1270] In the Journal des Freyherrn von Bibra.
[1271] Journal von und für Teutschland, 1788, achtes Stück, p. 102.
[1272] Piece-workers were such masters as were obliged to work privately by the piece; because, according to the imperial patent, no one except Held or those whom he permitted durst carry on this business. For this permission it was necessary to pay a certain sum of money.
[1273] The family at this period consisted of Frederick Held and his three sons Bartholomew, Frederick, and Paul.
[1274] Von Breslau, Documentirte Geschichte, ii. 2, p. 409.
[1275] Chronica Cygnæa, durch Tob. Schmidten, Zwickau, 1656, ii. p. 254.
[1276] Anderson’s Hist. Commerce, iv. p. 101.
[1277] Husbandry and Trade improved, by J. Houghton, 1727, 8vo, ii. p. 188.