Jacob Lucius the Elder
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Jacob Lucius the Elder , also Jacobus Lucius the Elder Ä. (* around 1530 in Kronstadt (Transylvania) ; † October 1597 in Helmstedt ) was a German draftsman , printer and newspaper publisher.
Life
Lucius was a Transylvanian Saxon by birth, as evidenced by his signature ILCT (Iacobus Lucius Coronensis Transsylvanus).
From 1556 he worked in Wittenberg as a draftsman for woodcuts . Towards the end of his time in Wittenberg, he switched to book printing . From 1564 he worked as an academic publisher in Rostock , also under the significant name Jacobus Siebenbürger . In October 1566 he was together with his colleagues Nicolaus Wegener and Theodorus Glestein (aka Dietrich Gloichstein) under the name " typogaphi " in the matrikel the University of Rostock one.
On November 21, 1578 Lucius was appointed by the Brunswick Duke Julius as the first university printer at the University of Helmstedt . In 1597 he died of the plague raging in the city .
His son Jacob Lucius the Younger continued his father's book printing trade.
literature
- Hans Lülfing : Lucius, Jakob. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , p. 279 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Jakob Franck : Lucius, Jakob . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, pp. 352-354. (with correction from vol. 21, p. 796)
- Heinrich Röttinger: Jakob Lucius from Kronstadt. In: Contributions to the history of Saxon woodcuts (= Studies on German Art History 213) , Strasbourg 1921, pp. 80–100.
- Karl Löffler and Joachim Kirchner: Lexicon of the entire book industry . Verlag KW Hiersemann, 1935, p. 374
- Norbert Buske : Jakob Lucius d.Ä. and its connections to Barther Druckerei. Form cutter, draftsman for the woodcut & printer . Thomas Helms Verlag Schwerin 2001, ISBN 3-931185-97-4
- Joachim Lehrmann : Helmstedter and Räbker book and paper history . Lehrmann, Lehrte 1994, ISBN 978-3-9803642-0-1
Web links
- Works by Jacob Lucius the Elder at Zeno.org .
- Works by Jacob Lucius the Elder on the website of the Virtual Kupferstichkabinett of the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum Braunschweig and the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel , accessed on May 16, 2010
- Detailed biography of Jacobus Lucius d. Ä. (with further references) ( Memento from March 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Bibliography by the printer Petrus Lucius d. Ä. and his heirs ( Memento from January 10, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ See the entry of Jacob Lucius' matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lucius, Jacob the Elder |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Transylvanian, Jacob; Transylvanus, Jacobus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German draftsman, printer, typographer and newspaper publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1530 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kronstadt (Transylvania) |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1597 |
| Place of death | Helmstedt |