Johann Borchard

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Johann Borchard (worked: 1490 to 1510) was a German printer and publisher .

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The exact life dates of Johann Borchard are not documented. He has been registered as a Hamburg citizen since 1490. He lived in a house on the corner of Pelzerstrasse and Hundestrasse. In 1491 he opened a printing house together with his brother Thomas, about whom little is known either. It was the first and only printing house in Hamburg in the 15th century. On November 14, 1491, the brothers created a single book together: Laudes beatae Mariae virginis was the oldest work printed in Hamburg and contained several sermons by Jacobus de Voragine about Mary, the Mother of God. Presumably the brothers had handwritten sermons, which were otherwise rarely published; if necessary, they were supported by a consultant.

From 1492 Johann Borchard worked full-time as a bookseller (bookkeeper) and businessman. He had business contacts in Denmark . He continued to run the printing house on his own and only occasionally produced additional works, the last time in 1509/10. On the basis of the letters he used , four other typefaces from the complete catalog of incandescent prints can be assigned to him: Ars minor by Aelius Donatus was created around 1490/91, a confessional mirror by Johannes Hane around 1491 and the volume of sermones Dormi secure by Johannes de Verdena in 1490 or 1492 These works are written in Latin. In 1492 Borchard printed a Low German Prognosticon Johannes Virdungs .

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SURNAME Borchard, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German printer and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH before 1490
DATE OF DEATH after 1510