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L. AND R. FUKS Hebrew typography in Leiden, 1585-1759* The history of Hebrew printing in Leiden is inextricably bound up with that of the university in that town. Not only did the Leiden profes- sors of the holy language have most of their literary products printed there: the major part of the teaching material for the students was also printed by Leiden printers. A knowledge of Hebrew was considered to be of great value to students of theology, and theology naturally occupied a prominent place in the first Protestant university in the Low Counties. 1 Almost from the foundation of the university, it was chiefly the printers to the university2 who occupied themselves with the printing of oriental languages, of which Hebrew is one. The founder of the Hebrew typo- graphic tradition in Leiden was the Antwerp printer Christopher Plantin, who settled in the town in r 583 and was appointed printer to the university in May of that year.3 Plantin brought his printing ma- terial with him from Antwerp, including eight different Hebrew founts (see Pl. I) which, with their names, have been preserved in a type- specimen of 1579 .4 In 1583 the business in Leiden
Quaerendo – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1979
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