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Died
  
16th century

Name
  
Hakob Meghapart

Notable works
  
Urbatagirk


Ethnicity
  
Armenian

Occupation
  
printing

Books
  
Urbatagirk, Parzatumar

Hakob Meghapart

Ռաֆայել Իշխանյան. Հակոբ Մեղապարտ


Hakob Meghapart (Armenian: Հակոբ Մեղապարտ, Jacob the Sinner) (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 16th century. In 1512-1513 his publishing house gave birth to the following publications:

  • Urbatagirk (Armenian: Ուրբաթագիրք)
  • Pataragatetr (Armenian: Պատարագատետր)
  • Aghtark (Armenian: Աղթարք)
  • Parzatumar (Armenian: Պարզատումար)
  • Tagharan (Armenian: Տաղարան)
  • 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 printer's mark.

    References

    Hakob Meghapart Wikipedia