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Coresi

Statue of Coresi, next to St. Nicholas Church, Brașov

Coresi (also known as Deacon Coresi) d. 1583, Brașov was a Romanian printer of the sixteenth century. He was the editor of some of the earliest printed books in the Romanian language.

Biography

Coresi first became active at Târgoviște, but then moved to Brașov, where he started printing books not only in Church Slavonic, but also in Romanian. He first learned the art of printing from Dimitrije Ljubavić, who was himself working for the Metropolis of Ungro-Wallachia.[1]

List of books printed by Coresi

"Apostol" (in Romanian) by Coresi, 1563

See also

References

  1. ^ Mârza, Eva (2004). "Preliminarii la un repertoriu al tipografilor români 1508-1830" (PDF). uab.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 25 August 2023.