Nicolaus Germanus, active 15th century

LC control no.	n 92083800
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Nicolaus Germanus, active 15th century *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Donis Nicolaus Germanus, active 15th century Donnus Nicolaus Germanus, active 15th century Nicholas, the German, active 15th century Nicholaus Germanus, active 15th century Nicolaus Germanus, 15th cent.
Beginning date	14
Found in	Ptolemy. The Geography, 1991: Pref., p. xv (Donnus Nicolaus Germanus; geographical editor and copyist); Intro., p. 10 (Donnus Nicolaus erroneously called Donis Nicolaus in the Ulm ed. of Ptolemy of 1482); Dedication, p. 19 (Donnus Nicholaus Germanus) LC manual cat., 08-20-92 (hdg.: Nicolaus Germanus, 15th cent.) The earliest printed maps 1472-1500, 1987: p. 123 ("Some scholars have supposed that Nicolaus Germanus should be identified with Nicolaus Laurentii (Niccolò Tedesco), the Florentine printer of Berlinghieri's Geographia. This 'Nicholas the German" worked as a stationer and miniaturist in Ferrara in the 1450s ... Others ... deny the connection between the cartographaer and printer ...")