Pyotr Timofeyevich Mstislavets (Timofeyev) ( be, Пётр Цімафеевіч Мсціславец; russian: link=no, Пётр Тимофеевич Мстиславец (Тимофеев)) was a Belarusian printer and Ivan Fedorov's associate in Moscow. Historians believe that Pyotr Mstislavets was born in a

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ian town of

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. Together with Ivan Fedorov, he printed the first Russian dated printed book ''Apostole'' (Апостолъ) on March 1, 1564 in Moscow. In 1565 Pyotr Mstislavets printed two editions of the ''Breviary'' (Часовникъ). Soon he and Ivan Fedorov had to leave Moscow. They opened a new print shop in

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(Zabludiv or Zabludaŭ,

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, now in

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) on the premises of the estate of

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Jeremi Chodkiewicz. Here Mstislavets and Fedorov printed ''The Gospel'' (Учительное евангелие) in 1568–1569. In the summer of 1569 Mstislavets left for

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and soon opened a print shop, equipped and financed by

merchant A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Historically, a merchant is anyone who is involved in business or trade. Merchants have operated for as long as indust ...

s Mamonichs. Here he printed '' The Four Gospels'' (Четвероевангеліе) in 1574–1575, which contained four full-page

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s with

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s. In January 1576 Mstislavets finished printing the ''Psalter'' (Псалтырь) with a

woodcut Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking. An artist carves an image into the surface of a block of wood—typically with gouges—leaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts. Areas tha ...

frontispiece, (Tsar David, or Царь Давид), multiple illuminations and decorated capital letters. In 1576 Mstislavets severed his relations with the Mamonichs. The

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mandated him to return all of his printed books to the merchants and allowed him to keep his

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equipment. Historians believe that after this incident Mstislavets continued his printing activities in

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, Ukraine.

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Петр Тимофеев Мстиславец
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mstislavets, Pyotr People from Mstsislaw 16th-century printers Belarusian printers

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