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	Laurens Janszoon Coster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Statue of Laurens Janszoon Coster on the Grote Markt in Haarlem, where he was born.
		There are no works certainly printed by Laurens, however there is a tradition that he was carving letters from bark for the amusement of his grandchildren, and observed that the letters left impressions on the sand.
		This is said to have occurred in the 1420s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Laurens_Janszoon_Coster (320 words)

	Search Results for "Laurens"
		Laurens, Henry, (lor´nz, lar´-) (KEY), 1724-92, political leader in the American Revolution, b.
		...Koster, Laurens Janszoon, (lou´rns yan´son kos´tr) (KEY), c.1370-c.1440, Dutch sexton of a church in Haarlem, one of the men to whom has been ascribed the invention...
		A copy of it, seized by the British when they captured Henry Laurens, was used as a cause for warfare between Great Britain and the Netherlands....
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col65&query=Laurens (247 words)

	Printing press - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The use of movable type to mass produce printed works was popularized by a German goldsmith and eventual printer, Johannes Gutenberg, in the 1450s.
		While there are several local claims for the invention of the printing press in other parts of Europe, including Laurens Janszoon Coster in the Netherlands and Panfilo Castaldi in Italy, Gutenberg is credited by most scholars with its initial invention.
		One other candidate advanced is the Dutchman Laurens Janszoon Coster.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Printing_press (2186 words)

	Koster or Coster, Laurens Janszoon articles on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Coster, Laurens Janszoon COSTER, LAURENS JANSZOON [Coster, Laurens Janszoon] see Koster, Laurens Janszoon.
		Koster, Laurens Janszoon KOSTER, LAURENS JANSZOON [Koster, Laurens Janszoon], c.1370-c.1440, Dutch sexton of a church in Haarlem, one of the men to whom has been ascribed the invention of printing with movable types.
		His name was Laurens Janszoon, but he is known by his office, as Koster or Coster [sexton].
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/26140.html (144 words)

	The Legend Of Koster
		The Great Market of Haarlem in 1740 where Koster is said to have lived and worked in the 15th century (at "No. 2"), and where his image continued to be displayed in the façade of that house for posterity and "for eternity" — although the house suddenly collapsed and was destroyed in 1818.
		As a magnate of that fine city, in or around the year 1423 (by some accounts as late as 1428 or 1430) he found himself walking in the nearby woods one day with his grandchildren, and for their amusement he began to idly cut letters from the bark of a beech tree.
		Whether flimsy myth or genuine fact, however, surely the story of Laurens Janszoon Koster is indeed the stuff of legend, and certainly one well worth the telling...
	www.psymon.com /koster (382 words)

	Classic Book Library - Hans Brinker Or The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge : Chapter 17 : Page 1 of 7 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		After leaving the church, the boys stopped nearby in the open marketplace, to look at the bronze statue of Laurens Janszoon Coster, who is believed by the Dutch to have been the inventor of printing.
		This is disputed by those who award the same honor to Johannes Gutenberg of Mayence; while many maintain that Faustus, a servant of Coster, stole his master's wooden types on a Christmas eve, when the latter was at church, and fled with his booty and his secret, to Mayence.
		Coster was a native of Haarlem, and the Hollanders are naturally anxious to secure the credit of the invention for their illustrious townsman.
	classicbook.info /books/hans-brinker-or-the-silver-skates/chapter-17-page-01.html (233 words)

	Wikipedia: Printing press
		The Diamond Sutra of AD 868, a Buddhist scripture, was the first dated example of block printing.
		Apart from Gutenberg, the Dutch Laurens Janszoon Coster has also been credited with this invention.
		In the Far East, movable type and printing presses were known but did not replace printing from individually carved wooden blocks[1], from movable clay type and from movable metal type[1], processes much more efficient than hand copying.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/p/pr/printing_press.html (495 words)

	Asherbooks Rare Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Fine and nearly untrimmed copy of a classic contribution to the doomed efforts to promote Laurens Janszoon Coster as the inventor of printing from movable type and as Europe’s first printer.
		Although Koning deliberately concealed some results from his archival research (the only Laurens Janszoon Coster traced would have been about ten years old when he supposedly wandered through the woods with his grandchildren!) his ideas about the scholarly study of early book printing were far ahead of his time.
		Though his results were far from the mark -- partly because the Academy offered their prize for a proof (rather than a proof or disproof!) of Haarlem’s claim to priority in the printing art -- his techniques were to become the basis of much of today’s research in the field.
	www.asherbooks.com /2404_v.html (481 words)

	On the Laurens Jz. Coster Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		In the 19th century some Dutch scholars believed that Laurens Janszoon Coster was the real inventor of book printing and that Johannes Gutenberg had stolen the idea from him.
		Coster's home town, Haarlem, still has his statue standing on the central square.
		In spite of this we thought naming our project after Coster was the right thing to do, when one of our main examples if the American Project Gutenberg.
	cf.hum.uva.nl /dsphome/ljc/overe.html (139 words)

	laurens janszoon coster - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		laurens janszoon coster - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		Some claim he was the first European to invent movable type, although the little evidence there is about this matter seems to show that Johann Gutenberg preceded him.
		The middle name, meaning 'son of Jan', is sometimes abbreviated to 'Jansz.' Coster, Laurens Janszoon Coster, Laurens Janszoon
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/laurens-janszoon-coster (72 words)

	China History Forum, online chinese history forum > Gutenburg V China's Printing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		It is not clear whether Gutenberg knew of these existing techniques or invented them independently, though the former is considered unlikely because of the substantial differences in technique.
		Some also claim the Dutchman Laurens Coster as the first European to invent movable type.
		Laurens Janszoon Coster of Haarlem might also be before Gutenburg.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /lofiversion/index.php/t9467.html (2929 words)

	Coster, Laurens Janszoon on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		COSTER, LAURENS JANSZOON [Coster, Laurens Janszoon] see Koster, Laurens Janszoon.
		Magazines and Newspapers for: Coster, Laurens Janszoon or search in Pictures and Maps for Coster, Laurens Janszoon
		The quest for Australia's oldest surviving printed document.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-Coster-L.asp (59 words)

	Printing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		It is possible that he heard about them due to trade with the Far East (see Silk road).
		Chinese scholars Lio Guojun and Zhen Rusi hold that "it appears that Gutenberg simply applied the Chinese principles to the German alphabet and introduced a few technical improvements." Some even credit another man, Laurens Janszoon Coster, with the introduction of the printing press in Europe.
		However, Gutenberg's achievement should be measured not in the development of printing, but in the economic establishment of printing with moveable type.
	www.gogoglo.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/p/pr/printing.html (388 words)

	Laurens Janszoon Coster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The above picture, and the following two, may be down-loaded in full scale (about 250k each) from the following link: Down-load Coster pictures.
		But according to the Dutch, Laurens Janszoon Coster was first to print whole pages.
		The kinshop bewtween the Cöster family and Laurens Janszoon Coster has never peen proven, but it is a tradition in the family to think of him as an early family member.
	web.telia.com /~u42300055/COS/Laurens.htm (186 words)

	The Cöster Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		His grandfather was Johann Coster, also a hatter.
		Johan started off as a merchant, and had the good luck to marry Margaretha Pihl, who's family was probably the most prominent one in Helsingborg at the time.
		In the Dutch town Haarlem there is a statue of Laurens Janszoon Coster (200k), whom the Dutch consider to be the inventor of the book printing art.
	web.telia.com /~u42300055/COS/Family.htm (558 words)

	History of the Printing Press - Invention of the Printing Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Although Laurence Koster (Coster) of Haarlem, Netherlands also laid claim to the invention, scholars have generally accepted Gutenberg as the father of modern printing.
		He seems to have perfected at enormous expense his invention shortly afterwards, as is shown by the oldest specimens of printing that have come down to us, the "Poem of the Last Judgment", and the "Calendar for 1448").
		The invention in Europe circa 1440 of the wondrous art of printing with moveable type by Laurens Janszoon Koster, an innovation which came a dozen-odd years before Gutenberg printed his acclaimed 42-line Bible.
	www.ideafinder.com /history/inventions/story039.htm (4980 words)

	ChessBase.com - Chess News - Nona Gaprindashvili wins BDO Chess Tournament Haarlem
		Haarlem citizen Coster (1370-1440) and the German Johannes Gutenberg are both seen as the inventors of the art of printing.
		In the centre of the photo one sees the statue of Laurens Janszoon Coster again.
		Here again is a photo of the statue of Laurens Janszoon Coster against the background of the Hoofdwacht (Main Guardhouse), which is one of the oldest monuments of Haarlem.
	www.chessbase.com /newsdetail.asp?newsid=2621 (1847 words)

	TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home » Dutch public domain ebooks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Project Coster, started by Marc van Oostendorp on Usenet a decade ago, but seemingly not very alive (hundreds of texts);
		To keep tabs on more sources, I found it can be handy to monitor certain e-book publishers and stores; for instance, Ebook.nl has an interesting collection of gratis Dutch ebooks, from a wide range of sources.
		Project Coster, by the way, was named after Laurens Janszoon Coster, an early printer who claimed to have invented moveable type before Gutenberg.
	www.teleread.org /blog?p=3651 (685 words)

	printing presses 02
		Mercury and Minerva symbolize the printing press, bringing forth news and wisdom, while making money.
		The man on the right is Laurens Janszoon Coster in what was imagined to be the costume of a fifteenth century man of learning.
		He is holding a piece of movable type.
	www.xs4all.nl /~bipet/slideshow/uit_druk_geluk_02.html (203 words)

	Tygo Search - Laurens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Laurens Electric provides educational resources to local schools Laurens Electric Cooper
		Musée des Augustins - Exhibitions - Jean-Paul Laurens
		Born in Fourquevaux (near Toulouse) in 1838, Jean-Paul Laurens always cherished his country ties and remained particularly influenced by his southern origins.
	www.tygo.com /search?s=Laurens (246 words)

	zephyrfalcon.org :: Efectos Especiales
		In the Netherlands, some people claim that a certain Laurens Janszoon Coster was the real inventor.
		Certainly it seems odd that a man who had for the first forty years of his life been an obscure stonemason and mirror polisher should suddenly have taken some blocks of wood and a wine press and made them into an invention that would transform the world.
		So maybe Project Gutenberg should really have been named Project Coster.
	zephyrfalcon.org /weblog2/arch_e10_00550.html#e559 (2151 words)

	Laurens Janszoon Coster
		Welcome to the homepage of the Project Laurens Jansz.
		We are currently trying to set up a comprehensive collection of Dutch literary masterpieces on the World Wide Web.
		Our home is located in the Digital City of Amsterdam, a virtual town with hundreds of things to do, also for the visitor from abroad.
	cf.hum.uva.nl /dsp/ljc/inde.html (630 words)

	A Little Tour of Haarlem, the Flower City of Holland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Well known are the ateliers of Van Vulpen (Utrecht) and Flentrop (Zaandam) among many others.
		n front of the church stands a statue of Laurens Janszoon Coster, to whom the Dutch ascribe the invention of printing (The Germans stay with Gutemberg).
		Holland was and is one of the important publishers countries (and I know some in the family...)
	krevelen.homeip.net /haarl03.htm (589 words)

	Image:Grote-Kerk-Haarlem.jpg - TheBestLinks.com - Laurens Janszoon Coster, TheBestLinks.com:Text of the GNU Free ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Grote Markt in Haarlem, with the Sint-Bavoker, the statue of Laurens Janszoon Coster and the Vleeshall.
		Click on date to see image uploaded on that date.
		Guusbosman (212610 bytes) (Grote Markt in Haarlem, with the Sint-Bavoker, the statue of Laurens Janszoon Coster and the Vleeshall.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Image__3A__Grote__MM__Kerk__MM__Haarlem.jpg.html (189 words)

	Web sites con textos digitales
		HUSSERL: Husserl Database, Shizuoka University, J. Laurens Janszoon Coster: Nederlandstalige klassieke literatuur in elektronische edities
		and the Dutch have their own Laurens Jansz.
		Coster, whom they once believed to be the inventor of the printing press
	www.um.es /ead/recursos/textos.htm (759 words)

	coster-l Info Page
		De Coster-lijst is een onderdeel van het Project Laurens Janszoon Coster, een vrijwilligersproject met de bedoeling zoveel mogelijk Nederlandstalige literatuur gratis via Internet ter beschikking te stellen.
		Abonnees op de Coster-lijst krijgen elke werkdag een klassiek Nederlands gedicht in hun elektronische postbus: Van Vondel tot Van Ostaijen.
		If you leave the field blank, you will be prompted for your email address
	www.engage.nu /mailman/listinfo/coster-l (288 words)

	TrekEarth \| Grote Markt Photo
		If you want some information about the Grote Kerk, please look at my other pictures.
		On this picture you can see the statue of Laurens Janszoon Coster on the left, I told you about him.
		Next to the church, the red building is the Vleeshal.
	www.trekearth.com /gallery/Europe/Netherlands/South/photo129478.htm (495 words)

	EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site - Question (Perhaps Meta, not sure)... Dutch Trolls?
		But, a German invented the printing press, without which there would be no DandD books published
		While it's simple to see that 1430 (the year that Laurens Janszoon Coster used a printing press) is earlier than 1456 (the year that Güttenburg printed the bible).
		As for an American DM speaking Dutch, maybe he's got Dutch ancestors, or is an immigrant himself.
	www.enworld.org /printthread.php?t=33772 (580 words)

	Haarlem - May 20th, 2000
		It is situated in the south of the province, about 15 miles west of Amsterdam.
		The statue is of Laurens Janszoon Coster (1370-1440) of whom it is said that he invented the art of printing, in 1423, which was sixteen years before Gutttenberg.
		Click on the links or thumbnails for enlargements:
	home.wanadoo.nl /rchr/r/haarlem/haarlem.html (97 words)

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