Peter Drach
Peter Drach the Middle (* 1455 in Speyer ; † 1504 ) was a printer .
Life
His father of the same name († around 1481) founded the first printing company in his hometown in 1471, was a council member in 1477/78 and had a publishing house in Worms .
Peter took over the printing company after the death of his father.
Since 1481 he was a council member. According to the council book, he was also: 1491 as arithmetic master and master builder, 1492 as master builder and rent lord, 1493 as arithmetic master, master builder and one of the four judges, 1495 again as master builder and also in 1498 as rent master and 1501 as arithmetic master and keeper of the keys to the council's boxes .
Success may have made him haughty. As a result of a process over a debt from 1496, he was no longer elected to the council in 1504. After he died shortly afterwards, the printing company was passed on to his eldest son, the court schoolmaster Peter Drach (1500–1530). This barely issued any prints. His second son, Johann, became a licentiate and in 1518 a councilor and the third, Thomas, devoted himself to the clergy.
In Speyer, Peter-Drach-Straße is named after him; because of the similar names of father and son, both also printer, he is sometimes also called Peter Drach the Middle .
See also
Prints
Prints by Peter Drach in the complete catalog of incandescent prints
- Sermones de laudibus sanctorum . Peter Drach, Speyer 1490 ( digitized version )
- Biblia: With Capitulare lectionum et evangeliorum . Peter Drach, Speyer 1486 ( digitized version )
- Concordantiae bibliorum . Peter Drach, Speyer not before August 1, 1485 ( digitized version )
- Summa casuum conscientiae . Peter Drach, d. M., Speyer after April 14, 1488 ( digitized version )
- Arra aeternae salutis , by Johannes von Lambsheim , Speyer 1495; Digital scan of the work
literature
- Hendrik Mäkeler : The account book of the Speyer printer Peter Drach d. M. Scripta Mercaturae Verlag, St. Katharinen, 2005, ISBN 978-3-89590-163-8 ( review )
- Ferdinand Geldner : Drach, Peter the Middle. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 94 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Prints by Peter Drach in the complete catalog of incandescent prints
- Peter Drach's account book (Dillingen XV 488 study library) - high-resolution digitized version in the bavarikon culture portal
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jakob Franck: Drach, Peter . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, pp. 367-370.
Remarks
- ↑ According to the DNB, 1458 also possible
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Drach, Peter |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Drach, Peter the Middle; Drach, Peter junior (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Book printer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1455 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Speyer |
DATE OF DEATH | 1504 |