Germanus, Nicolaus (usually called `Donnus Nicolaus’, fl. 1451-1482) ; from Germany, OSB; illustrator of maps and illuminator of manuscripts; E. Lynam, `The First Engraved Atlas of the World’ (Jenkintown, Pa., 1941), 7; I. Babicz, `Nicolaus Germanus: Probleme seiner Biographie und sein Platz in der Rezeption der ptolomäischen Geographie’, Wolfenbüttler Forschungen, 7 (1980), 9-42; Firenze e la scoperta dell’America: Umanesimo e geografia nel ’400 Fiorentino, ed. Sebastiano Gentile (Florence, 1992), 208-12. ♦ Categorisation: Gender: Unknown. Century: unknown century.

— author (3 entries)

• P‑527 Ptolemaeus Alexandrinus, Claudius — Geographia (trans. Jacobus Angeli, ed. Domitius Calderinus). — Rome: Arnoldus Buckinck, 10 Oct. 1478. Folio.
• P‑528 Ptolemaeus Alexandrinus, Claudius — Geographia (trans. Jacobus Angeli). — Ulm: Lienhart Holle, 16 July 1482. Folio.
• P‑529 Ptolemaeus Alexandrinus, Claudius — Geographia (trans. Jacobus Angeli), et al. — Ulm: Johann Reger, for Justus de Albano, 21 July 1486. Folio.

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