Hakob Meghapart
Hakob Meghapart | |
|---|---|
 Hakob Meghapart | |
| Born | XV century |
| Died | XVI century |
| Occupation | printing |
| Notable works | Urbatagirk |
Hakob Meghapart(Armenian: Հակոբ Մեղապարտ, date of birth and death are unknown, was the first Armenian printer, the founder of the Armenian printing. His activities were developed in Venice in the beginning of the 15th century.[1] In 1512-1513 his publishing house gave birth to Urbatagirk, “Pataragatetr”, “Aghtark”, “Parzatumar” and “Tagharan”.
The first book that he printed was called "Urbatagirk", which had 124 paper pages, also 24 are colored and the pages are printed in red and black. The books, printed by him have a special ISBN.
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References
- ^ Agop Jack Hacikyan, Gabriel Basmajian, Edward S. Franchuk. The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the eighteenth century to modern times Volume 3. Wayne State University Press, 2005. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
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- G.Levonyan, "Armenian book and Art of the printing"[«Հայ գիրքը և տպագրության արվեստը»], Yerevan, 1958