Johann Otmar

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Johann Otmar (* in Reutlingen ; † 1514 or 1517 in Augsburg ) was a German printer .

Career

Otmar initially worked in Reutlingen from 1482 to 1496 and in Tübingen from 1497 to 1501 . From 1502 to 1514 (other information: 1517) he worked as a printer in Augsburg. His first print in Augsburg is dated October 30, 1502. In 1505 he worked with Erhard Öglin , and in 1507 he printed the 13th pre-Lutheran German Bible. He also worked with Hans Burgkmair and Hans Schäufelein to illustrate his prints .

After his death, the printing company was taken over by his son Silvan, who had been an independent printer since 1513.

literature

  • Amelung, Peter:  Otmar. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 647 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Günther Grünsteudel et al. (Ed.): Augsburger Stadtlexikon . 2nd Edition. Perlach-Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3-922769-28-4 , p. 698 .
  • Reske, Christoph: 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. Wiesbaden 2007.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Amelung (1999), pp. 647-648; Reske (2007), p. 30.
personal data
SURNAME Otmar, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German book printer
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Reutlingen
DATE OF DEATH 1514 or 1517
Place of death augsburg