Jean Brito
Jean Brito or Jan Brulelou (active 1455–1483) was a Breton printer in the Burgundian Netherlands. He was born in Pipriac, a village approximately halfway between Rennes and Nantes. He moved to Tournai where he worked as a calligrapher. Then he moved to Bruges, where he became a printer in the course of the 1470s.[1] In a short verse he refers to himself as a citizen of Bruges.[2]
Jean Brito | |
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The statue of Jean Brito at Pipriac | |
Native name | Jan Brulelou |
Born | Pipriac |
Occupation | calligrapher, printer |
Citizenship | Bruges |
Period | 15th-century |
Years active | 1455–1483 |
References
- Walsby, Malcolm. The Printed Book in Brittany, 1484-1600.
- F. Van de Putte, "Briton (Jean)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 3 (Brussels, 1872), 71–72.
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