Ulrich Han (1425–1479) was a

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. Ulrich was born in or about 1425 in

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. He had a brother named Wolfgang (Lupus). They sometimes Latinized their surname to Gallus. Ulrich also went by Udalricus Barbatus and Ulricus Nicolai de Wienna.. He became a citizen of

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.Martin Davies
"Han, Ulrich"
in Michael F. Suarez and H. R. Woudhuysen (eds.), ''The Oxford Companion to the Book'' (Oxford University Press, 2010). Ulrich settled in

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and set up what was probably that city's first

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. His edition of Juan de Torquemada's ''Meditationes'', printed on 31 December 1466 or 1467, was the first Italian printing with

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s. The ''

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'' he printed in 1476 was the first in Italy with printed music. Although his initial interest was the

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, after partnering with the merchant Simone Cardella he focused on legal, liturgical and theological works. Ulrich died in Rome in 1479.

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