Coresi (also known as diaconul coresi)d. 1583,
Brașov
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According to the latest Romanian census (2011), Brașov has a pop ...
) was a
Romanian
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printer of the sixteenth century. He was the editor of some of the earliest printed books in the
Romanian language
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.
Biography
Coresi first became active at
Târgoviște
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Târgoviște was one of the ...
, but then moved to
Brașov
Brașov (, , ; german: Kronstadt; hu, Brassó; la, Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County.
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, where he started printing books not only in
Church Slavonic, but also in Romanian. He first learned the art of printing from
Dimitrije Ljubavić Dimitrije Ljubavić ( sr, Димитрије Љубавић, Dimitrije Ljubavić - Venice, January 1519 – Brașov, 1564) was a Serbian Orthodox deacon, humanist, writer and printer who together with German reformer Philip Melanchthon initiated th ...
, who was himself working for the Metropolitanate of
Wallachia
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.
List of books printed by Coresi
*''Tetraevanghelul'' (1561)
*''Întrebare creștinească'' (''Catehismul'') (1561–1562)
*''Liturghierul'' (1570)
*''Psaltirea'' (1570)
See also
*
First Romanian School
The First Romanian School ( ro, Prima școală românească) is located on the grounds of the 16th-century St. Nicholas Church, itself located in the historic district of Șcheii Brașovului, in what is now Brașov, Romania. This is the first s ...
References
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Petre P. Panaitescu, ''Începuturile și biruința scrisului în limba română'', Bucharest,
Editura Academiei, 1965, pp. 133–163.
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* ''Istoria limbii române literare. Epoca veche (1532–1780)'' (coordonator Ion Gheție), Bucharest, Editura Academiei Române, 1997.
* Ion Gheție, Al. Mareș, ''De când se scrie românește?'', Bucharest, Editura Univers Enciclopedic, 2001.
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1583 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Romanian printers
Romanian typographers and type designers