Template:Did you know nominations/Peter Schöffer the Younger
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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 08:25, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
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Peter Schöffer the Younger
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- ... that the first New Testament in English (page pictured) was printed by Peter Schöffer the Younger in Worms? Source: Diekamp, [1] or Oxford DNB article on Tyndale [2] (use TWL)
- ALT1: ... that copies of the English New Testament (page pictured) printed by Peter Schöffer the Younger in Worms were hidden in bales of cloth and smuggled to England? Source: Oxford DNB, see also Library of Congress
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... that the first complete German Protestant Bible was printed by Peter Schöffer the Younger in 1529?Source: Diekamp, as above, or Roth 1892 [3] - Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Southwestern North American megadrought
- Comment: ALT2 could also have an image, but I'm not certain about the available ones. Other hook suggestions welcome.
Moved to mainspace by Kusma (talk). Self-nominated at 10:12, 9 March 2022 (UTC).
Interesting bio, on good sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. I like the first hook best but think it needs "page pictured" (not the Testament). I'd like to somehow point out how unusual that is but we can't say "Germany" as that didn't yet exist. Perhaps ALT1 does that? ALT2 is less good for the English Wikipedia. The image is licensed and gives an idea of the time. - In the article: it should be "the Elder" to be consistent, or "his father". Please have an infobox or it looks like about a book. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:27, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
- I've changed to "page pictured" per your recommendation. I don't think adding "Germany" would be a problem: back in the day, Worms was in the German-speaking part of the Holy Roman Empire and has been a part of "Germany", understood broadly, for all of its history except a few Napoleonic years. I've changed the Elder to "his father" so PS the Elder has no disambiguator, while PS the Younger does. There are some fascinating stories to be told about the Tyndale Bible (I only hint at the re-discovery of the Stuttgart copy) but I think they belong in an article about the book, not about the printer. With my settings (I use larger images; it is slightly better with standard settings) I don't think there is space for an infobox, and I wouldn't know what to put in one anyway. The colophon shows the printer's mark, which is the most identifying thing I have, so I use that as top image. —Kusma (talk) 10:02, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
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