Gall Hoffman

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Gall Hoffman also Havemann (* approx. 1565; † 1629 in Lübeck ) was a German printer and writer of the early modern period .

Life

The circumstances of the origin and the early life of Hoffman are not known. He married in Lübeck in 1597. There is evidence of prints from 1594 and 1595 in Magdeburg and from 1600 in Lübeck . Hoffman printed in (high) German and Latin. In a hymn book from 1600 that he printed , he translated some of the songs from Low German and wrote others himself. The Passional (1600) had previously only been printed in Low German in Lübeck . Hoffman's prints are therefore important sources for research into changing writing languages in Lübeck. In November 1600, Elsabe Kröger, the widow of the printer Asswerus Kröger , complained that Hoffman was printing without a license. According to his son Steffen's report, he had to give up the printing trade around 1606. He then worked as a paper and card maker.

literature

  • Christoph Reske: The book printers of the 16th and 17th centuries in the German-speaking area: Based on the work of the same name by Josef Benzing . ( Contributions to the book and library system , 51) Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2007, ISBN 978-3-447-05450-8 , p. 566
  • Jürgen Beyer: Two little-known Lübeck book printers from around 1600: Hermann Wegener and Gall Hoffman . In: Zeitschrift für Lübeckische Geschichte , 91, 2011, pp. 161–172.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Protocol / or Acta / des Colloquij zu Hertz- / berg. . . / From the Concordi book and subscription of the same, .. / With a preface by Johannis Olearij, / der H. Schrifft D. / Printed in Magdeburgk, by Gall Hoffman / Published by Johan Francken./ Anno 1594. 4 °.
  2. ↑ Christian Newe || Songs. || Dariñ the || Catechism sampt || the kingdom of grace birth / lei = || den / Aufferstehung vnnd Himelfarth || our Lord JESUS ​​CHRisti / || briefly understood. || Next to other beautiful = || singing and prayers / al = || len sad hearts to consolation / through || a lover of Divine Word / || worn together with diligence / vnd || put in print. || To Lübeck through Gall || Hoffman / In the year / || 1600. || (In relocation by Hanß Renners… ||) ( VD16 ZV 28369 )
  3. ↑ UB Uppsala, exact title from Beyer (lit.)
  4. ^ Reske (Lit.), p. 565
personal data
SURNAME Hoffman, Gall
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hoffmann, Gall; Galle Havemann; Auleandrus, Gallus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German printer and writer of the early modern period
DATE OF BIRTH around 1565
DATE OF DEATH 1629
Place of death Lübeck