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Andreas Cratander (born Andreas Hartmann in
Strasbourg, ca. 1490; died 1540)
was a
Swiss printer
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Technology
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* Optical printer for motion picture films
People
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* James ...
,
publisher
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, and book seller. Based in
Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
, his workshop is estimated to have published at least 150 individual works between 1518 and 1535, predominantly
Latin
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and
Greek
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classics in their original languages.
He studied at the
Heidelberg University
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from where he graduated with a
baccalaureates. After he learned the ropes in the workshop of the printer
Matthias Schürcher in Strasbourg.
From 1515 he worked for
Adam Petri
Adam Petri (1454 in Langendorf (now part of Elfershausen) in Franconia – 15 November 1527 in Basel) was a printer, publisher and bookseller.
Early life
Petri was born ca. 1454 in Langendorf near Hammelburg. Like his uncle Johannes Pet ...
in Basel.
In 1518, he opened his own print and from 1522 employed the later
reformator of
Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
Johannes Oecolampad.
Oecolampadius would also lodge in his house.
He published a reprint of the commentaries to the
Evangeliums of
Jaque Lefèrvre d'Étaples in 1523 which cover was adorned with a
metalcut
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of
Hans Holbein the Younger, signed by
Jacob Faber
Jacob Faber or Jakob Faber, also known as the "Master IF" from the monogram on his prints, was a formschneider ("block-cutter") of woodcut
Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking. An artist carves an image into the surface of a ...
.
d'Étaples was such impressed, he gave Cratander his commentaries to the letters of the
New Testament
The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Chri ...
to print.
References
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1540 deaths
Swiss printers
Businesspeople from Basel-Stadt
1490 births