Amplonius Rating de Berka

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Amplonius Rating de Berka (* 1363 or 1364 in Rheinberg ; † in mid-April 1435 in Cologne ) was a German scholar , doctor and important book collector .

Life

Birthplace in Rheinberg

Based on the name it can be assumed that his ancestors come from Ratingen , but his family was definitely resident in Rheinberg around 1350. After attending the Stiftschule des Patroklusstifts in Soest and the Carolinum grammar school in Osnabrück , Amplonius studied at the Charles University in Prague from 1385 to 1388 . In December 1385 he enrolled in Prague and in January 1386 passed the bachelor's degree in the seven liberal arts . In May 1387 he received his doctorate for a Magister Artium . As was common at the time, he will have started his studies at the medical faculty at the same time after obtaining his bachelor's degree .

At Easter 1391 he enrolled at the University of Cologne , where he must soon have passed the baccalaureate examination in medicine, since at Easter 1392 he was already registered in the first matriculation of the newly founded University of Erfurt as a Master of Arts and Bachelor of Medicine . In 1393 Amplonius became the first doctor of medicine at the new Erfurt University . From May 5, 1394 to January 31, 1395, he was the second rector in Erfurt .

It is not known where Amplonius stayed between February 1395 and January / February 1399. The older literature assumed that he had been appointed as a medical professor at the University of Vienna , which was also only a few years old at the time , and that he had also heard theology there from Heinrich von Langenstein . So far, however, there are no sources for this. The manuscripts which, according to an older opinion, document his stay in Vienna , probably originate from Paulus Fabri de Geldria († 1404) and were probably only bought later by Amplonius in Cologne .

In February 1399, Amplonius can be traced back to Cologne as a professor at the medical faculty. In the same year he held the dignity of university rector for two quarters in a row (from June to December). Probably around this time, but no later than 1404, Amplonius obtained a canonical at the St. Aposteln Abbey in Cologne. In May 1401 he took up the post of personal physician to Archbishop Friedrich III of Cologne . from Saar Werden on, which he held until his death in 1414.

family

In the winter of 1402 at the latest, Amplonius entered into a permanent relationship with Kunigunde von Hagen (dies after 1440), who came from a respected bourgeois family in the city of Herford . In August 1403 the eldest son Amplonius jun. born. Like his younger brother Dionysius, he later bore the nickname de Fago (Latin name for beech, birch would mean betula, but that probably didn't match). When the two daughters Agnes and Helene were born is unknown. Both lived in 1435 in the Poor Clare Monastery of St. Klara in Mainz .

Bibliotheca Amploniana

Around 1410 Amplonius himself put together a catalog of his book collection, which was enormous for the time. He donated the 3748 tracts listed therein in 633 codices to the Collegium Porta Coeli , which he founded in 1412 to support and support students, also called Collegium zur Himmelspforte or Collegium Amplonianum in Erfurt . Donations increased the library's holdings to over 1,200 codices by the 18th century, plus numerous prints. The manuscripts are mainly theological and medical treatises. Writings on canonical and Roman law as well as writings on the artes liberales are found in significantly lower numbers. The Bibliotheca Amploniana is today the largest manuscript collection of a medieval scholar that is still largely preserved and is kept in the University Library of Erfurt . In the City Museum Erfurt a copy of the public will be presented in each case.

Personal doctor in Mainz

In August 1416, Amplonius is recorded for the first time as dean of the collegiate church of St. Victor in front of Mainz . He held this office until 1422/23. At the same time he was probably the personal physician of the Archbishop of Mainz Johann II of Nassau until his death in 1419.

End and afterlife

In 1423 Amplonius went back to Cologne, where he spent the evening of his life and worked as the personal physician of the local Archbishop Dietrich II von Moers . Amplonius died in Cologne around Easter 1435. There he is buried in the Apostle Church.

According to an early modern chronicle, Amplonius was also the personal physician of Emperor Sigismund (HRR) . However, there is no source evidence for this.

A plaque on Underbergstrasse in Rheinberg indicates the house where he was born. The Amplonius-Gymnasium in his hometown Rheinberg bears his name.

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personal data
SURNAME Berka, Amplonius Rating de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bercka, Amplonius Ratinck de; Berka, Amplonius Ratink de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German scholar, doctor and book collector
DATE OF BIRTH 1363 or 1364
PLACE OF BIRTH Rheinberg
DATE OF DEATH April 1435
Place of death Cologne