Coresi (also known as diaconul coresi)d. 1583,

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) was a

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printer of the sixteenth century. He was the editor of some of the earliest printed books in the

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Biography

Coresi first became active at

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, but then moved to

, where he started printing books not only in

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, 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 the ...

, who was himself working for the Metropolitanate of

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List of books printed by Coresi

*''Tetraevanghelul'' (1561) *''Întrebare creștinească'' (''Catehismul'') (1561–1562) *''Liturghierul'' (1570) *''Psaltirea'' (1570)

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Petre P. Panaitescu Petre P. Panaitescu (March 11, 1900 – November 14, 1967) was a Romanian literary historian. A native of Iași, he spent most of his adult life in the national capital Bucharest, where he rose to become a professor at its main university. A ...

, ''Începuturile și biruința scrisului în limba română'', Bucharest,

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, 1965, pp. 133–163. * * * ''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. {{Authority control 1583 deaths Year of birth unknown Romanian printers Romanian typographers and type designers

Biography

List of books printed by Coresi

See also

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