Filip Moldoveanul

Filip Moldoveanul (Philip the Moldavian) printed in the Transylvanian city of Sibiu the so-called Catehismul Lutheran (the Lutheran Catechism) in 1544, the first book printed in the Romanian language.[1]

Reformation-era literature
Overview
British
Continental

Dutch Renaissance and Golden Age

Folklore of the Low Countries
Scandinavian
Monogram of Filip Moldoveanul from 1546

In 1550, he also printed the first Slavonic-Romanian Tetravanghel (The Four Gospels), also in Sibiu.[2]

Career

Filip Moldoveanul was also known as Philip the Painter and was mentioned in 1521 as having been a liaison from the Sibiu Chancellery to the Romanian Countries. He was also noted as an envoy on missions sent to Radu Paisie, prince of Wallachia, from 1537 to 1539.[3]

References
  1. Rumanian Review. University of Virginia: Europolis Pub. 1987. p. 96.
  2. Petroaia, Lucian (28 December 2022). Hieratikon, a Treasure of Orthodox Culture and Spirituality: Study on Romanian Editions. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 356. ISBN 978-3-643-91502-3.
  3. Terezia, Erich Agnes (2017). "FILIP MOLDOVEANUL – THE FIRST ROMANIAN-LANGUAGE TYPOGRAPHER IN SIBIU". Journal of Romanian Literary Studies (12): 28–31.


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