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Procopius Waldvogel (alternate spellings: Prokop Waldvogel, Procopius Waldfogel) was a medieval printer from Avignon. It is believed that he might have invented printing before Johannes Gutenberg. He flourished in the fifteenth century. == Life == He was a German living in Avignon. He was a silversmith by trade.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The mystery of Procopius Waldvogel. )〕 He fled from Prague during the Hussite troubles and arrived in Avignon in 1444. At Avignon he had two students: Manaud Vitalis and Arnaud de Coselhac.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Page:Popular Science Monthly Volume 38.djvu/880 - Wikisource, the free online library )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=p.182-3. The American Journal of Archælogy: And of the History of the Fine Arts; 1891 )〕 His name appears in several contracts of that time, most notably the one in which he agrees to provide Davin de Caderousse with movable metal type of Hebrew letters. He disappeared from the historical record after 1446. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Procopius Waldvogel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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