
Georgius Nigrinus ( or ''Nygryn'' or ''Černý'',
or ''Schwarz''
), since about 1590 titled à Nigro Ponte ( or ''z Černého Mostu''), ( 1571/72–1606)
was an important
printer
Printer may refer to:
Technology
* Printer (publishing), a person
* Printer (computing), a hardware device
* Optical printer for motion picture films
People
* Nariman Printer (fl. c. 1940), Indian journalist and activist
* James Printer (1640 ...
in
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...
between 1571/72 and 1606. Among other works, Nigrin published many of the compositions of the Renaissance composer
Jacobus Gallus
Jacobus Gallus (a.k.a. Jacob(us) Handl, Jacob(us) Händl; between 15 April and 31 July 155018 July 1591) was a late-Renaissance composer of presumed Slovene ethnicity.Skei/Pokorn, Grove online Born in Carniola, which at the time was one of the ...
.
References
Further reading
* Kašparová, Jaroslava: Španělské tisky 16. století z dílny pražského tiskaře Jiřího Nigrina
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20061009202642/http://www.pribramska.cz/knih/semprace/utrhacu.html
1606 deaths
Businesspeople from Prague
16th-century printers
17th-century printers
Year of birth unknown
Date of death unknown
17th-century people from Bohemia
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