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Johannes Mentelin, sometimes also spelled Mentlin, (born around 1410 in Schlettstadt, today Sélestat; died December 12, 1478 in Strasbourg) was a pioneering German book printer and bookseller active during the period during which incunabula were printed. In 1466, he published the first printed Bible in the German language, the Mentelin Bible .
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Click to enlarge. Mentelin (MENTEL), JOHANNES, B. C. 1410; d. December 12, 1478; an eminent German typographer of the fifteenth century, and the first printer and bookseller at Strasburg (Alsace). He belonged to a respected family at Schlettstadt.
Johannes Mentelin. (MENTEL) Born c. 1410; died 12 Dec., 1478; an eminent German typographer of the fifteenth century, and the first printer and bookseller at Strasburg (Alsace). He belonged to a respected family at Schlettstadt.
Although Mentelin cannot be reckoned the inventor the art of printing books, as his grandson Johan Schott claimed in 1521, he was nevertheless one of the most skilful of the early typographers. Sources
His Postilla super totam Bibliam was published by Johannes Mentelin of Strasbourg in 1472. Nicolas of Lyra's approach to explicating Scripture was firmly based on the literal sense, which for him is the foundation of all mystical or allegorical or anagogical expositions.
Johannes Mentelin (c. 1410–1478), the first printer outside of Gutenberg’s Mainz to use moveable type, produced a Latin Bible in Strasbourg in 1460. His third book, the German Bible exhibited here, was the first edition of the Bible printed in any language other than Latin.
