Jakob Karweyse (also Karweysse; fl. 1492) was a
goldsmith in
Marienburg (Malbork) in the
Kingdom of Poland. He is considered to have been the first
Prussian printer
Printer may refer to:
Technology
* Printer (publishing), a person or a company
* Printer (computing), a hardware device
* Optical printer for motion picture films
People
* Nariman Printer ( fl. c. 1940), Indian journalist and activist
* Jame ...
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Karweyse, who was probably a native, became in 1476 citizen of Marienburg. In 1492 he printed
Johannes of Marienwerder
Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, ''Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Yeh ...
's book ''Leben der zeligen vrouwen Dorothea'', which described the life of Saint
Dorothea von Montau
Dorothea (or Dorothy) of Montau (german: Dorothea von Montau; pl, Dorota z Mątowów) (6 February 1347 – 25 June 1394) was an anchoress and visionary of 14th century Prussia. After centuries of veneration in Central Europe, she was canonized i ...
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Works
* Johannes von Marienwerder: ''Leben der seligen Dorothea.'' Marienburg: Jakob Karweysse, 1492. 8° IBP 3173. Borm: IG 1781. (M14326)
* Johannes von Marienwerder: ''Leben der seligen Dorothea.''
arienburg: Jakob Karweysse, um 1492 4° (GW M14327)
* Ein Passienbüchlein von den vier Hauptjungfrauen.
arienburg: Jakob Karweysse 8°, IBP 4167. (GW M29578)
GW. Willkommen
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See also
* Incunabula
In the history of printing, an incunable or incunabulum (plural incunables or incunabula, respectively), is a book, pamphlet, or broadside that was printed in the earliest stages of printing in Europe, up to the year 1500. Incunabula were pro ...
* Johannes Gutenberg
Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (; – 3 February 1468) was a German inventor and Artisan, craftsman who introduced letterpress printing to Europe with his movable type, movable-type printing press. Though not the first of its ki ...
* Movable type
Movable type (US English; moveable type in British English) is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document (usually individual alphanumeric characters or punctuatio ...
* Printing
Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include cylinder seals and objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus. The ea ...
* Spread of the printing press
The global spread of the printing press began with the invention of the printing press with movable type by Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz, Germany . Western printing technology was adopted in all world regions by the end of the 19th century, dis ...
References
15th-century German businesspeople
German printers
Printers of incunabula
People from Malbork
People from Royal Prussia
German goldsmiths
Year of death unknown
Year of birth unknown
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