Samuel Apiarium appears in surviving bibliographic records as the printer and publisher connected to Basel's 1566 celestial broadsheet tradition, making the print record itself the earliest preserved source of the attribution chain.123
Source origin and imprint attribution
The primary source record for the broadsheet identifies the object as a printed Basel sheet from 1566 and links the imprint context to Apiarium through the printer-publisher field in the catalog text.124 The record also carries stable metadata identifiers and IIIF delivery endpoints that anchor the item in archival infrastructure rather than a derivative narrative summary.24
Evidence in Basel institutional catalogs
UB Basel title records for related late-16th-century imprints repeatedly show formulas such as "Getruckt zuo Basel : durch Samuel Apiarium," including a 1569 theological title with an explicit shelfmark and DOI, which supports his practical role in Basel print circulation for religious literature before and after the celestial event.567
UB Basel also lists Basel materials with Samuel Apiarius attributions for 1566-1569 printing activity, a finding later used to reconcile chronological details in the library record when printer placement was clarified.789
Basel 1566 print role in interpretation
The 1566 broadsheet's historical interpretation depends heavily on its print channel: cataloged format, imprint, and preservation paths shape how later interpretation is framed, while the document’s own attributions do not present a direct eyewitness account from Apiarium.1109 Modern commentary often reads the sheet as part of early warning-culture pamphleteering and later atmospheric re-assessment, but archival metadata consistently preserves Apiarium’s production role as part of the document’s evidentiary chain.18