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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: KHA-KRI |
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KOSTER (or COSTER), LAURENS (c. 13701440) , Dutch printer, whose claims to be considered at least one of the inventors of the art (see TYPOGRAPHY) have been recognized by many investigators. His real name was Laurens Janssoen- Koster (i.e. sacristan) being merely the title which he bore as an official of the great
church
great
council , as an assessor (scabinus), and as the city treasurer. He probably perished in the plague that visited Haarlem in 14391440; his widow is mentioned in the latter year. His descendants, through his daughter Lucia, can be traced down to 1724.See Peter
Koster (Haarlem, 1834) ; Van der Linde, De Haarlemsche Costerlegende (Hague, 1870).End of Article: KOSTER (or COSTER), LAURENS (c. 13701440) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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