Giovanni () and Gregorio ()''Contemporaries of Erasmus'' p. 126 /ref> De' Gregori ( la, Johannes & ') were two Italian brothers from
Forlì
Forlì ( , ; rgn, Furlè ; la, Forum Livii) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and city in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, and is the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. It is the central city of Romagna.
The city is situated along the Via E ...
who worked as printers in
Renaissance
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Venice
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. They are generally credited with the first attractive type in nonpareil size for a 1498 or 1501''The Practice of Typography'' p. 67 edition of the divine offices.
Gregorio di Gregorii is considered to have published the first book printed in
Arabic
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Kitab salat al-sawai
''Kitābu ṣalāti s-sawā'ī'' () is a book of hours printed in Arabic in 1514. It is the first known book printed in Arabic with movable type.
History
It was almost certainly printed by Gregorio di Gregorii. Miroslav Krek determined it wa ...
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book of hours
The book of hours is a Christian devotional book used to pray the canonical hours. The use of a book of hours was especially popular in the Middle Ages and as a result, they are the most common type of surviving medieval illuminated manuscrip ...