Person
Melchior Lotter
Printer in Leipzig and Wittenberg who printed Luther's authorized Explanations of the theses and the German New Testament.
- Also known as
- Melchior Lotther, Melchior Lotter the Younger
- Wikidata
- Q1919152
Melchior Lotter printed for Martin Luther at Leipzig and Wittenberg.
Connections 2
intervened in
- The spread of Luther's writings 1518 printed Luther's Explanations of the theses at Leipzig Scholarship & press 1
produced
-
Luther's German New Testament (1522)
Dec 1522
Scholarship & press
2
He printed the December Testament of 1522 at Wittenberg.
Timeline 2 dates
- 1518 Melchior Lotter intervened in The spread of Luther's writings
- Dec 1522 Melchior Lotter produced Luther's German New Testament (1522)
Proof 2 sources
-
Printing the Reformation (Reformation Counterfeits), Pitts Theology Library, Emory University.
Scholarship & press
The edition published by Rhau-Grunemberg had been so full of errors, that Luther gave the printing of this edition to Melchior Lotter in Leipzig.
-
Luther's Bible Translations - 1522: the September Testament and the December Testament (Gruber Rare Books Collection), Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, JKM Library.
Scholarship & press
Wittenberg: Melchior Lotther, 1522 (December Testament).
Page history 1 change
- Add the story Ninety-Five Theses, with its people, places, works and sources, and a relation for where a work was writtenf0e490a
Something wrong or missing? Tell us, with a source, or edit this page.