Creator

Simon de Colines

Creation-date

ca. 1520

Technique

Engraving

Material

Paper

Inventory number

NUMM-131180

Subject-1

Simon de Colines

Object-Current-Location

Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Digital resource author

GrECI Project

Digital-resource-rights holder

University of Franche Comté (for GrECI project)

Image-number

050_RP_5

License

CC BY

Description

Sensitive both to the principles of humanism and to the demand for classical texts, printers participated in the reproduction and distribution of Greek works. They printed both Greek texts, which required special techniques to compile and produce, and vernacular translations. Simon de Colines, the printer of Lefèvre d'Etaples, Greek authors and reformers, is an example of a printer who helped to spread Greek and humanist ideas. The typographical mark seen here is the emblem of this printer.