Spiridon Sobol (Belarusian: Спірыдо́н Міро́навіч Со́баль, Russian language: Спиридо́н Миро́нович Со́боль) (1580—1590, Mogilev − 1645, Muntenia) was a Belarusians printer and educator. Sobol was the first East Slavic printer to use copper etching (for the title page of Octoechos, 1628). His name is associated with the printing house in Kuciejna, near Orsha, which he founded in 1630.
Biography
Spiridon Sobol was born in the city of
Mogilyov (now
Belarus). He knew Greek and Latin languages and taught in a brotherhood school in Kiev. Sobol printed books in
Mogilyov,
Kiev (where he was supported by metropolitan
Job Boretsky), Kutejno, Bujnichi, and in present day
Romania. He published more than 20 editions, including an early «bukvar» (
alphabet book). Late in life he became a monk in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.
See also
Sources
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Зернова А. С. Белорус, печатник С. Соболь // Книга: Исслед.и материалы. 1965. Сб.10;
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Исаевич Я. Д. Преемники первопечатника. М., 1981.
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