Andreas Corvinus

Andreas Corvinus (also: Rabe, Raabe ; * October 7, 1589 in Westenfeld ; † January 11, 1648 in Leipzig ) was a German rhetorician , philologist and lawyer .

Life

Corvinus came from an evangelical parish family on his father's side. His father Johannes Corvinus was a pastor in Westenfeld im Grabfeld , where he and his father Martin Corvinus had been the pastor for 80 years since the Reformation. His mother, Kunigunde, who came from Coburg , was the daughter of the local citizen and royal shoemaker Otto Cramer. After being raised by his parents, he moved to high school in Schleusingen in 1598 , where he took lessons from teachers such as Jacob Sorger (1574–1633), Wolfgang Seber (1573–1634) and Joachim Zehner (1566–1612), and in 1602 he was in the Prima class . At Easter 1608 his parents sent him to his uncle Wolfgang Corvinus (1562–1614) in Leipzig, where he began studying.

In addition to his uncle, Philipp Müller (1585–1659) and Heinrich Höpfner were among his first formative teachers. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in philosophy, he began studying law. In 1612 he traveled to Regensburg , became the overseer of some young noblemen, pursued trials at the imperial court, traveled to Moravia and Bohemia and returned to Leipzig in 1615, where in 1616 he obtained the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy. After working as a notary in the meantime, he applied on the advice of his uncle for a position at the philosophical faculty, of which he became assessor in 1618. In 1620 he was given the professorship of rhetoric at the University of Leipzig ; in 1628 he had become a member of the great prince's college , of which he was procured three times and its provost twice. In 1640 he obtained a licentiate in law.

In 1642 he became the great provost , in 1643 university provost administrator and in 1644 took over the professorship of the Latin language. Corvinus also took part in the organizational tasks of the Leipzig University. In 1620, 1624, 1628, 1630, 1634, 1637, 1640 and 1647 he was Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy. In the summer semesters 1630 and 1634 and in the winter semester 1638 he was rector of the alma mater . In addition, he had received his training from Janusz Radziwiłł in Leipzig and, as a member of the Leipzig University of Applied Sciences, negotiated with Lennart Torstensson during the Thirty Years' War .

At scurvy ill and tuberculosis, he died in 1648 and was buried in Leipzig on 14 January.

family

Corvinus was married twice. His first marriage was on September 6, 1619 with Anna Maria († March 30, 1627 in Leipzig), the daughter of the lawyer, councilor and city judge in Leipzig Adam Tülßner. The seven-year marriage resulted in a son and three daughters. His second marriage was on August 22, 1638 with Elisabeth, daughter of the council and escort of the Elector of Saxony in Eilenburg Joachim Osterheld. The nine-and-a-half-year marriage resulted in two sons and three daughters. From the children we know:

• Anna Kunigunde Corvinus
• Anna Maria Corvinus († before father)
• Daughter NN. († before father)
• Johann Adam Corvinus
• Joachim Andreas Corvinus
• Otto Heinrich Corvinus

Works

Corvinus' work Religio juridica has long been considered the standard work for learning the Latin language at high schools and universities.

• Methodus tractandi progymnasmata oratoria.
• Impleat vos Deus odio Papae.
• Encomium Studii Historici. Leipzig 1624
• Mercurius Fossas, quibus Forte-Fortuna decurrit Fons Latinitatis, alicubi amplians, ie mentem autoris uberius explicans: Idem [qu] e simul Spicas, Quas Ad Eius Cursum Impediendum Quidam sibi Legisse videtur, excutiens. Leipzig 1624
• M. Andreae Corvini Fr. In Academ. Lips. Orator. Profession. Publ. Fons Latinitatis sive Totius linguae latinae Compendium: ex intima eiusdem proprietate ita derivatum, ut ad imbibendam purae Latinitatis ... sufficere possit; Praemissa est epistola Germanica, defectus Thesauri Fabri ...; Cum indice Verborum & Phrasium utriusq [ue] Linguae ... Leipzig 1623
• Disputatio Iuridica De Testamentis. Halle (Saale) 1618
• Circa materiam Oratoris remotam, nimirum circa verba: Veram Etymologizandi & Etymo convenientem scribendi rationem exhibens. Leipzig 1622
• Praecognitorum Technologicorum Disputatio Prima: De fine studiorum primario & secundario, deq [ue] subiecto, in quod secundarius introduci debeat, in genere. Leipzig 1637 ( Online in the SLUB Dresden )
• Andreae Corvini Westenfeld. Orat. In Acad. Lipsiensi profession. publ. Fons Latinitatis, ..., Duobus Tomis: Cum Privilegiis: Caesareo & Electorali Saxonico; Ut Et Indicibus: Latino, Germanico, Graeco. Leipzig 1638, 1646
• Fons Latinitatis Bicornis: Ex Optimorum Probatissimorumq [ue] Auctorum Philologorum, Poetarum, Oratorum, Historicorum maxime, cum Priscorum, tum Modernorum rivulis Scaturiens, E quorum uno, Thematum Appellativorum; altero, Vocum Propriarum, Vera Cognitio promanat. Frankfurt / M. 1660
• Fons Latinitatis Corvinianus Bicornis: Iam Utraq [ue] parte, priore quidem innumeris Vocabulis Appellativis, & rarioribus Locutionibus, tam Latinis Germanice, quam Germanicis Latine redditis, atq [ue] Observationibus Philologiae exquisitissimis; Posteriore vero Nominibus Propriis Deorum, ac Dearum gentilium, Virorum & Mulierum, Populorum, Urbium, Insularum, Aequorum, Fluviorum, Montium, Sylvarum, nec-non Festorum ad sacras & profanas historias, Poetarumque Fabulas intelliguctendas tumme prima necessariis, uberrime necessariis Vocum antiquarum, barbararum, nove, item ac licenter fictarum, omniumq [ue] fere insolentiorum ... Locupletatus. Frankfurt / M. 1671

literature

• Johann Hülsemann : Schul-Arbeit und Mühseligkeit Des ... Andreae Corvini, both rights Licentiati, Oratoriae and Latinae Linguae Famous Professoris Publici ... at the University of Leipzig: Which the All-Wise God in the 59th year of his age spanned and used to eternal Freud has exalted / on January 11th of the 1648th year / Bey ... funeral / on January 14th on it explained from God's Word / and coveted to be given for printing by Johann Hülsemannen / H. Schrifft Doctorn / Professorn und Pastorn an der Churches of S. Nicolai there. Verlag Ritzsch, Leipzig, 1650 In: Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes. Volume 9, p. 5, R 8008
• Georg Brückner:  Corvinus, Andreas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 507.
• Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : Compendioses learned lexicon. Volume 1, Gleditsch, Leipzig 1733, Sp. 803 ( online )
• Johann Burkhard Mencke : Compendioses learned lexicon. Gleditsch, Leipzig 1715, Sp. 530 ( online )

Web links

• Publications by and about Andreas Corvinus in VD 17 .
• Andreas Corvinus. In: University of Maryland, College Park . Retrieved April 26, 2020 .