Davin de Caderousse
Davin de Caderousse · Printing Pioneers
Jewish dyer of Avignon whose 1446 notarial contract with goldsmith Procopius Waldfogel commissioned 27 Hebrew iron letters for the art of 'artificial writing' — a documented printing experiment contemporaneous with Gutenberg.
1446
Avignon, France
Davin de Caderousse is recognized among Jewish contributors to Printing Pioneers — Jewish dyer of Avignon whose 1446 notarial contract with goldsmith Procopius Waldfogel commissioned 27 Hebrew iron letters for the art of 'artificial writing' — a documented printing experiment contemporaneous with Gutenberg.
Jewish dyer of Avignon whose 1446 notarial contract with the goldsmith Procopius Waldfogel commissioned 27 Hebrew iron letters for the 'art of artificial writing.' The document is a rare, dated record of a printing experiment in Provence contemporaneous with Gutenberg, and evidence of Jewish involvement in the earliest history of typography. He is identified in the record as a Jew of Avignon; his birth and death dates are not documented.
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Source: Encyclopaedia Judaica; Abbe Requin (1891); Cecil Roth, The Jews in the Renaissance
Jewish dyer of Avignon whose 1446 notarial contract with goldsmith Procopius Waldfogel commissioned 27 Hebrew iron letters for the art of 'artificial writing' — a documented printing experiment contemporaneous with Gutenberg.
Source: Encyclopaedia Judaica; Abbe Requin (1891); Cecil Roth, The Jews in the Renaissance
