Jakob Karweyse (also Karweysse; fl. 1492) was a
goldsmith
A goldsmith is a Metalworking, metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals. Modern goldsmiths mainly specialize in jewelry-making but historically, they have also made cutlery, silverware, platter (dishware), plat ...
in
Marienburg (Malbork) in the
Kingdom of Poland
The Kingdom of Poland (; Latin: ''Regnum Poloniae'') was a monarchy in Central Europe during the Middle Ages, medieval period from 1025 until 1385.
Background
The West Slavs, West Slavic tribe of Polans (western), Polans who lived in what i ...
. He is considered to have been the first
Prussian
Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, the House of Hohenzoll ...
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 ...
.
Karweyse, who was probably a native, became in 1476 citizen of Marienburg. In 1492 he printed
Johannes of Marienwerder's book ''Leben der zeligen vrouwen Dorothea'', which described the life of Saint
Dorothea von Montau.
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
An incunable or incunabulum (: incunables or incunabula, respectively) is a book, pamphlet, or broadside (printing), broadside that was printed in the earliest stages of printing in Europe, up to the year 1500. The specific date is essentiall ...
* Johannes Gutenberg
Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg ( – 3 February 1468) was a German inventor and Artisan, craftsman who invented the movable type, movable-type printing press. Though movable type was already in use in East Asia, Gutenberg's inven ...
* Movable type
Movable type (US English; moveable type in British English) is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movable Sort (typesetting), components to reproduce the elements of a document (usually individual alphanumeric charac ...
* 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 ...
* Spread of the printing press
Following the invention of the printing press in the German city of Mainz by Johannes Gutenberg , Western printing technology spread across the world, and was adopted worldwide by the end of the 19th century. The technology, which mechanized ...
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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