Andreas Cratander

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Andreas Cratander , actually Andreas Hartmann , (* around 1485 in Strasbourg , † around 1540 in Basel ) was a Swiss printer , publisher and bookseller .

Life

Occasio : Printer's mark Cratanders by Hans Holbein 1522

Andreas Cratander was born as Andreas Hartmann in Strasbourg around 1485; he later translated his name into the ancient languages ​​in the humanist style. After basic studies in Heidelberg, which he completed in 1503 with a Baccalaureus, he worked as a printer's journeyman in Basel from 1505 and as a typesetter with Matthias Schürer in Strasbourg from 1513 . Around 1515 he finally settled in Basel. He initially worked as a proofreader and editor at Adam Petri . From 1518 he drew as a freelance printer, initially in collaboration with Servas Kruffter from Cologne, with Valentin Curio and Johann Bebel. One of his first works was a Greek grammar in September 1518, which was supplemented six months later by a Greek dictionary with a specially created, elaborate title frame. In 1519 he was granted citizenship in Basel and became a member of the Safran Guild , and in 1530 he switched to the more elegant key guild dominated by merchants .

Cratander published humanistic teaching works and new editions of classics such as Aristophanes , Cicero and Horace . So he was in direct competition with Johann Froben . Unlike him and Erasmus, however, Cratander represented the new faith, and in addition to classical literature, he also published titles with Reformation content, such as writings by Martin Luther , Wolfgang Capito , Guillaume Farel and others. Above all, he printed most of the works of the Basel reformer Johannes Oekolampad, with whom he may have been friends since studying together in Heidelberg. He maintained contacts with the reformers Joachim Vadian , Kaspar Hedio and Huldrych Zwingli , and later Anabaptists such as Konrad Grebel and Hans Denck also frequented him. [Bietenholz 357]. He was also on friendly terms with Bonifacius Amerbach .

Cratander printed mostly in Latin and Greek, only a little in German. He published around 220 prints, most of them in the 1520s. In 1536 he sold parts of his Offizin to the printer community winter Oporinus - Platter -Lasius and worked subsequently with his son Polycarp as accountants .

Andreas Cratander died in Basel around 1540. After his death, a few prints appeared under the Cratander's Erben company until 1549 .

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John Oecolampadius: Dragmata Graecae literaturae . Frank Hieronymus: Greek spirit from Basel presses . University Library, Basel 1993, ISBN 3-85953-024-0 , p. 40 No. 21.
  2. ^ Dictionarium Graecum. Frank Hieronymus: Greek spirit from Basel presses . University Library, Basel 1993, ISBN 3-85953-024-0 , p 40 no. 22 digitized .
  3. ^ Peter G. Bietenholz: Andreas Cratander . In: Peter G. Bietenholz, Thomas B. Deutscher (Ed.): Contemporaries of Erasmus . University of Toronto Press, Toronto / Buffalo / London 2003, ISBN 0-8020-8577-6 , Part 1, p. 357.
  4. ↑ Jerome in HLS .
personal data
SURNAME Cratander, Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hartmann, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Basel printer and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH around 1485
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH 1540
Place of death Basel