Ulrich Zell

Among the fine productions of his printing shop is an undated edition of the Latin Bible in two volumes.

At first he called himself clericus (of the lower orders), but as early as 1471 he married and became a citizen and householder of Cologne.

In 1473 he bought the important manorial estate of "Lyskirchen", to which he transferred the main part of his business.

The purchase, sometime later, of various houses, lands, and properties yielding revenues, show that Zell had become a prosperous man.

It is also proof of his importance that for a long time he filled the office of Kirchenmeister (church-master) of "S. Maria an Lyskirchen".