GEMINUS, Thomas ( - 1562) ‹ LBT 28400 ›
floruit 1540 (B)—1562 (B); Male
Life Events
| Event | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Death | - before 7 May 1562 O.D.N.B. |
Will
| Will (Ref., Piece, Image) | Will Dates | Intestate | Probate Dates | Administration Dates | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
PROB 11/45 fol.96 |
1562-05-07 | O.D.N.B. - not included in Wills on-line [Aug 2005] - bequeathed his property to a brother, Jasper Lambrit. |
Occupations (3)
| Occupation | Comment |
|---|---|
| Instrument-maker | O.D.N.B. |
| Printer | O.D.N.B.; Duff, E.G. (1905) |
| Engraver | O.D.N.B.; Duff, E.G. (1905) |
Addresses (1)
| Date | Address | Trade at Addr | Source | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackfriars (within) | Duff, E.G. (1905); STC. vol.3, (1991) |
SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
Transcriptions
Bib.Soc., Hand-lists (1913), contrib. E.G.Duff.
Duff, E.G. (1905), p.54
GEMINI (THOMAS), engraver and printer in London, is best known from the plates and extremely beautiful titlepage of the Compendiosa totius anatomiae delineatio issued by John Hertford { HERFORD, John ( - 1548) ‹ LBT 28417 › } in 1545. This was printed again in 1552 by N. Hill { HILL, Nicholas ( - 1557) ‹ LBT 28420 › } and in 1559 by Gemini himself, and in both these later editions alterations have been made in the titlepage owing to the altered dedications to Edward VI and Elizabeth. In 1554 he is mentioned in the Stationers' Register "21 July. Rec. of Tho. Gemyne stranger for transgressynge the ordenaunce of this house, callynge a brother of the companye falsse knave, xij d." [Arber, I, p. 44.] He also gave the Stationers a subscription of xxd. for the house at Brydewell. Besides the last edition of the book on anatomy, he printed in 1555 Digges' Prognostication [U.L.C.] and in 1562 his Boke named Tectonicon. [U.L.C.] The name of Gemini is not found in the list of denizations, nor in the Returns of Aliens, but as there are no returns between 1544 and 1564, he may have died or left England before the latter date. His place of business was in the Blackfriars, a part mainly inhabited by foreigners as being one of the liberties where they could not be disturbed in their trade. [D.N.B.]