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Giovanni di Gara (active 1564-1610) was known in Venice as the “heir of Bomberg” not only because Bomberg instructed him in Hebrew printing, but also because Di Gara acquired most of Bomberg’s Hebrew types. He was born in Riva del Garda to…

Daniel Bomberg was a Christian printer active in Venice from approximately 1517 to 1549. It is believed he was born sometime in the 1480s in Antwerp to Cornelius van Bomberghen , who taught him how to print and make types. There is debate as to when…

Henry Hampton, filmmaker and producer, editing film on a Steenbeck 16mm editing table.

Policeman with rifle in riot vehicle in Jackson, MS.

Giovanni Griffio the Elder was likely born in Lyon in 1518 and was a descendant of the Gryphe publishing family, one of the best known dynasties of printers and publishers in Europe in the 16th century. The Gryphe publishing house was originally…

Nativity. Here the infant Christ holds the egg, foreshadowing later events.

for Mary's production of One World at a Time