Year
Event Keyword

1425
Mansion, Colard, d.1484, one of the leading calligraphers in Bruges, MANSION

Belgium

1425
Marmion, Simon, d.1489. Flemish miniature painter, amongst others MARMION

Grandes Chroniques de France for Philip the Good

1430
Weyden, Rogier van der, d.1464, illustration in Chronique du Hainaut. HAINAUT, CHRONIQUE

1430
Weyden, Rogier van der, d.1464, illustration in Chronique du Hainaut. WEYDEN

1430
Xylographic. First xylographic books, or block books produced in XYLOGRAPHIC BOOKS

Germany and Holland

1434
Wolgemut, Michael, d.1519, Nuremberg painter famous for his WOHLGEMUT

designs for woodcuts.

1435
Hours of Catherine of Cleves made in Utrecht, Holland CLEVES

1436
Regiomontanus, Johanes, d. 1476, printer at Königsberg, Germany, REGIOMONTANUS

publisher of astronomical works

1440
Koberger, Anton, d.1513. Printer in Neuremberg since 1470. First KOBERGER

dated book Disciplinarum Platonis Epitome, 1472

1440
Koberger, Anton, d.1513. Printer in Neuremberg since 1470. First DISCIPLINARIUM PLATONIS

dated book Disciplinarum Platonis Epitome, 1472

1441
Marciana. Bibliotheca Marciana founded by Cosimo de Medici MARCIANA

1448
Chronique du Hainaut, illustration by Rogier van der Weyden BRUSSELS LIBRARY

(manuscript is in Royal Library of Brussels)

1450
Manutius. year of birth Aldus Manutius (Teobaldo Manucci), d.1515 MANUTIUS

1453
Constantine library. Many books were burnt in this year CONSTANTINE

(Constantinople captured by the Turks) or carried away and sold

1454
Gutenberg. publication of Turkenkalender (Fust, Schöffer, GUTENBERG

Gutenberg (??)

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