- Schweipolt Fiol
Schweipolt Fiol (also Sebald Vehl or Veyl) from
Neustadt an der Aisch inFranconia was a German 15th century pioneer of printing in Eastern Europe.The very first book printed in
Cyrillic script, "Oktoikh ", was published by Fiol in1491 inCracow . [ [http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/libraries/Libraries.php?launch=1&language=en&page=Treasures&country=Russia-Moscow Treasures of the National Library - Moscow] , retrieved onNovember 3 2007 .]References
* Szwejkowska H., Książka drukowana XV - XVIII wieku. Zarys historyczny, Wyd. 3 popr., PWN Wrocław ; Warszawa 1980.
*Norman Davies ,God's Playground : A History of Poland : in Two Volumes, S. 118 [http://books.google.com/books?id=b912JnKpYTkC&pg=PA118&dq=author:%22Norman+Davies%22+%22Jan+Haller%22&sig=S0kmJEBWyWAXLdK7gGMzmSaZw-M]See also
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Incunabula
*Johannes Gutenberg
*Movable type
*Printing
*Spread of the printing press
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