10 Facts About Johannes Mentelin

Mentelin came from Selestadt and in 1447, Johannes Mentelin gained the rights of a Strasbourg citizen.

Johannes Mentelin was first a Goldschreiber by profession and worked in addition as an episcopal notary.

Johannes Mentelin did not set up his own Offizin until the middle of the 1460s.

However, it is assumed that Johannes Mentelin had already begun to print significantly earlier, probably even already in 1458.

Johannes Mentelin's oldest known printed work is a Latin Bible printed with 49 lines per page, whose first volume is dated 1460.

Johannes Mentelin quickly achieved business success, which made him a prosperous man.

Johannes Mentelin was buried in the cemetery of the St-Michael's-Chapel.

Johannes Mentelin's grave was later removed and is inside Strasbourg Cathedral.

Johannes Mentelin's printing and publishing list contained predominantly theological and philosophical works in Latin, whose purity of text was ensured by scholarly proofreaders.

Johannes Mentelin published texts of classical antiquity.