Andreas Kunadis
Andreas Kunadis (Ανδρέας Κουνάδης, Andreas Kounadis , Italian Andrea Cunadis ; * around 1480; † 1522 in Venice ) was a Greek merchant and promoter of Greek prints in Venice.
He came to Venice from Patras . There he was supported by Angela Santa Maria, the daughter of the merchant Damiano Santa Maria. Since 1521, the first prints of liturgical books in Greek in Venice appeared in the printing works of Giovanni Antonio Nicolini da Sabbio with his financial support . Andreas Kunadis died in late 1522.
Prints
- Psalterion . Venetiis: per Io. Antonium & fratres de Sabio: sumptu & requisitione d. Andreae Cunadi, 1521 mense Iunio
- Paraclete . Venetiis: in aedibus Ioannis Antonij et fratrum de Sabio: impensis ac cura domini Andreae Cunadi, 1522 mense Martio
- Triodion . Venetiis: in aedibus Ioannis Antonii, et fratrum de Sabio: impensis & cura domini Andreae Cunadi, 1522 mense Martio
- Typikon kai ta aporrēta . Andreou Kounadou. Enetiēsin: en oikiāi iōannou antōniou kai petrou tōn sabieōn kai autadelphōn, 1545. iannouariōi, 1.
Web links
- Andrea Cunadis (Italian)
- Alessandro Marzo Magno: Bound in Venice. The Serene Repuic and the Dawn of the Book . 2013 online
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kunadis, Andreas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kounadis, Andreas; Cunadis, Andrea |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek merchant and promoter of Greek prints in Venice |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1480 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1522 |
| Place of death | Venice |