Amerbacher, J.

...Early printers were characterized by the fact that many of them were involved in publishing and sales as well as printing, and it was not uncommon for them to be craftsmen who carved beautiful type, or humanists who were also versed in Greek and Hebrew. Amelbach of Basel and Etienne and his son in Paris were also famous scholars, and their workshops became meeting places for humanists and the bases of new intellectual circles. In this era filled with the momentum of Renaissance innovation, the princes of various countries were proud to have excellent printing workshops and protected printers by granting them privileges such as tax exemptions and permission to carry swords. ...

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…初期の印刷工に特徴的なことは，印刷と並んで出版や販売にたずさわっている例が多いことであり，また，自ら美しい活字を彫る工芸家であったり，ギリシア語やヘブライ語にも通じる人文学者であったりすることもまれではない。バーゼルのアーメルバハやパリのエティエンヌ父子は，学者としても名高く，彼らの工房はユマニストたちの集会場所となり，新しい知的サークルの拠点ともなった。　ルネサンスの革新の気運に満ちたこの時代にあって，諸国の君侯は，すぐれた印刷工房を擁することを誇りとし，租税免除や帯剣許可などの特権を与えて印刷工を保護した。…

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