O îndreptare la Bibliografia Românească Veche cu privire la tipograful Slujbei Sfântului Visarion (București, 1759)
A Correction to the Old Romanian Bibliography Regarding the Typographer of Service of Saint Vissarion (Bucharest, 1759)

Summary/Abstract: In 1759, a Greek-language edition of the Service of St. Vissarion, Archbishop of Larissa (1527-1540), was published in Bucharest. The book was printed at the expense of the Filaret I Mihalitzis Metropolitan of Ungro-Wallachia (1753-1760), during the reign of the Phanariot prince Scarlat Ghica (1758-1761). According to the title page, reproduced in both Greek and Romanian translation in Old Romanian Bibliography, the name of the typographer who printed the book is Gheorghe Stoianovici. Researching several copies of Service of St.Vissarion, we discovered that the name of typographer on the title page is actually Gheorghe Stoicovici, not Gheorghe Stoianovici. The aim of our paper is to point out and correct this transcription error found in Old Romanian Bibliography. By corroborating documentary sources, we argue that Gheorghe Stoicovici is in fact Iordache Stoicovici. We believe that the Service of St. Vissarion is the first book printed and illustrated by Iordache Stoicovici, who was a typographer and engraver at the Metropolitan printing press from Bucharest in the years1759-1767.

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