Moretus family
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The Moretus family were prominent successors to printer Christophe Plantin in Antwerp, renowned for running one of Europe’s most important early modern printing and publishing houses.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family
ⓘ
printing dynasty ⓘ |
| activeFrom | late 16th century ⓘ |
| activeUntil | 19th century ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Officina Plantiniana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Plantin-Moretus printing house NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| businessModel | family-owned printing house ⓘ |
| city | Antwerp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Peter Paul Rubens
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
humanist scholars in Antwerp ⓘ |
| country |
Belgium
ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Early Modern period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
book design
ⓘ
engraving ⓘ typography ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Balthasar Moretus I
NERFINISHED
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Balthasar Moretus II NERFINISHED ⓘ Balthasar Moretus III NERFINISHED ⓘ Jan Moretus NERFINISHED ⓘ Jan Moretus I NERFINISHED ⓘ Jan Moretus II NERFINISHED ⓘ Martinus Moretus NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodorus Moretus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageSiteAssociated |
Museum Plantin-Moretus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site Museum Plantin-Moretus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
printing industry
ⓘ
publishing industry ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
Dutch
ⓘ
French ⓘ Latin ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early modern book printing
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high-quality typefaces and ornaments ⓘ humanist and scholarly editions ⓘ international book trade in Europe ⓘ management of the Plantin Press ⓘ preservation of original 16th- and 17th-century printing equipment ⓘ printing of liturgical books ⓘ printing of scholarly reference works ⓘ religious printing for the Counter-Reformation ⓘ successors of Christophe Plantin ⓘ |
| occupation |
printers
ⓘ
publishers ⓘ |
| operatedUnderName | Officina Plantiniana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Christophe Plantin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
|
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