Estellina Conat
Estellina Conat (fl. 1474–1477) was an Italian-Jewish printer. She was the first woman active as a printer.[1]
She was married to the Jewish physician Abraham Conat of Mantua and Ferrara, who founded the first Jewish printing press in 1475. She was active in the family printing press business independently of her spouse.
See also[]
- Anna Rugerin
- Anna Fabri
References[]
- ^ Estellina Conat. Oxford Reference. Retrieved 15 Mar. 2021, from https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095630272.
Sources[]
- The JPS Guide to Jewish Women: 600 B.C.E.to 1900 C.E.
- Anna Bellavitis: Women’s Work and Rights in Early Modern Urban Europe
- https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/printers
Categories:
- Italian printers
- Italian typographers and type designers
- Women in publishing
- 15th-century Italian women
- Women printers
- 15th-century printers
- Medieval businesswomen
- 15th-century Italian businesspeople
- 15th-century Italian Jews
- Medieval Jewish women
- Italian people stubs