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'''John Lettou''' or '''John of Lithuania'''<ref>{{cite book|last=McMurtrie|first=Douglas Crawford |title=The Golden Book: the Story of Fine Books and Bookmaking, Past & Present|year=1934|publisher=Covici-Friede|page=150}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Duff|first=E. Gordon|authorlink=Edward Gordon Duff|title=The Printers, Stationers and Bookbinders of Westminster and London, from 1476 to 1535|year=1977|publisher=Arno Press|location=New York|isbn=0405091354|page=130|edition=Reprint}} (orig. ed. ''The Printers, Stationers and Bookbinders of Westminster and London from 1476 to 1535''. Cambridge: University Press, 1906.)</ref> ({{lang-lt|Jonas Lietuvis}}, [[floruit|fl.]] 1475–1483) was an English bookbinder and printer. He was probably of Baltic origin, since his last name was the [[Middle English]] form for Lithuania,<ref name="Oxford Dictionary of National Biography">''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''</ref> at that time the state [[Great Duchy of Lithuania]] covering the territory of modern [[Belarus]], [[Ukraine]] and [[Lithuania]].<ref name="R. Bideleux. A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change. Routledge, 1998">R. Bideleux. ''A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change''. Routledge, 1998</ref> |
'''John Lettou''' or '''John of Lithuania'''<ref>{{cite book|last=McMurtrie|first=Douglas Crawford |title=The Golden Book: the Story of Fine Books and Bookmaking, Past & Present|url=https://archive.org/details/goldenbookstoryo00mcmu|url-access=registration|year=1934|publisher=Covici-Friede|page=[https://archive.org/details/goldenbookstoryo00mcmu/page/150 150]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Duff|first=E. Gordon|authorlink=Edward Gordon Duff|title=The Printers, Stationers and Bookbinders of Westminster and London, from 1476 to 1535|url=https://archive.org/details/printersstatione0000duff|url-access=registration|year=1977|publisher=Arno Press|location=New York|isbn=0405091354|page=[https://archive.org/details/printersstatione0000duff/page/130 130]|edition=Reprint}} (orig. ed. ''The Printers, Stationers and Bookbinders of Westminster and London from 1476 to 1535''. Cambridge: University Press, 1906.)</ref> ({{lang-lt|Jonas Lietuvis}}, [[floruit|fl.]] 1475–1483) was an English bookbinder and printer. He was probably of Baltic origin, since his last name was the [[Middle English]] form for Lithuania,<ref name="Oxford Dictionary of National Biography">''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''</ref> at that time the state [[Great Duchy of Lithuania]] covering the territory of modern [[Belarus]], [[Ukraine]] and [[Lithuania]].<ref name="R. Bideleux. A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change. Routledge, 1998">R. Bideleux. ''A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change''. Routledge, 1998</ref> |
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Seventeen books printed between 1475 and 1480 are attributed to the workshop of the ‘Indulgence Binder’ now identified as Lettou. The identification depends upon the use of waste strips cut from an [[indulgence]] of 1480 used in the binding of a Bible, printed by Gotz in 1480, which now belongs to [[Jesus College, Cambridge]]. Since this waste would have been found only in the workshop of the printer, and the indulgence was printed by Lettou, he must have been both the printer and the binder.<ref name="Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"/> John Lettou also published in partnership with [[William de Machlinia]] and they published mostly law books.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bartleby.com/212/1310.html |title=§10. William de Machlinia. XIII. The Introduction of Printing into England and the Early Work of the Press. Vol. 2. The End of the Middle Ages. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21 |publisher=Bartleby.com |date= |accessdate=2015-11-21}}</ref> |
Seventeen books printed between 1475 and 1480 are attributed to the workshop of the ‘Indulgence Binder’ now identified as Lettou. The identification depends upon the use of waste strips cut from an [[indulgence]] of 1480 used in the binding of a Bible, printed by Gotz in 1480, which now belongs to [[Jesus College, Cambridge]]. Since this waste would have been found only in the workshop of the printer, and the indulgence was printed by Lettou, he must have been both the printer and the binder.<ref name="Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"/> John Lettou also published in partnership with [[William de Machlinia]] and they published mostly law books.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bartleby.com/212/1310.html |title=§10. William de Machlinia. XIII. The Introduction of Printing into England and the Early Work of the Press. Vol. 2. The End of the Middle Ages. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21 |publisher=Bartleby.com |date= |accessdate=2015-11-21}}</ref> |
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John Lettou or John of Lithuania[1][2] (Template:Lang-lt, fl. 1475–1483) was an English bookbinder and printer. He was probably of Baltic origin, since his last name was the Middle English form for Lithuania,[3] at that time the state Great Duchy of Lithuania covering the territory of modern Belarus, Ukraine and Lithuania.[4]
Seventeen books printed between 1475 and 1480 are attributed to the workshop of the ‘Indulgence Binder’ now identified as Lettou. The identification depends upon the use of waste strips cut from an indulgence of 1480 used in the binding of a Bible, printed by Gotz in 1480, which now belongs to Jesus College, Cambridge. Since this waste would have been found only in the workshop of the printer, and the indulgence was printed by Lettou, he must have been both the printer and the binder.[3] John Lettou also published in partnership with William de Machlinia and they published mostly law books.[5]
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Notes and references
- ^ McMurtrie, Douglas Crawford (1934). The Golden Book: the Story of Fine Books and Bookmaking, Past & Present. Covici-Friede. p. 150.
- ^ Duff, E. Gordon (1977). The Printers, Stationers and Bookbinders of Westminster and London, from 1476 to 1535 (Reprint ed.). New York: Arno Press. p. 130. ISBN 0405091354. (orig. ed. The Printers, Stationers and Bookbinders of Westminster and London from 1476 to 1535. Cambridge: University Press, 1906.)
- ^ a b Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ R. Bideleux. A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change. Routledge, 1998
- ^ "§10. William de Machlinia. XIII. The Introduction of Printing into England and the Early Work of the Press. Vol. 2. The End of the Middle Ages. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21". Bartleby.com. Retrieved 2015-11-21.