Basil Amerbach
Basilius Amerbach (born December 1, 1533 in Basel ; † April 25, 1591 ibid) was a lawyer and art collector from Basel. He was the only son of the lawyer and humanist Bonifacius Amerbach .
From 1549 to 1560 he worked in Basel, Tübingen , Padua , Bologna , Rome , Naples and Bourges . He was allowed to complete a legal internship in Speyer . He worked as a teacher and legal counsel. From 1561 he was a professor at the University of Basel and immediately became rector ; he then held this office three more times (1566, 1580 and 1588). He also built the so-called Amerbach Cabinet, a cabinet of curiosities , and in this context gave orders to the painter Hans Bock the Elder . He maintained correspondence with Johann Jakob Rüeger and his friend Felix Platter, among others .
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He produced handwritten dissertations and a collection of letters. He is not aware of any printed fonts. He was married to Esther Rüdin; his son Bonifaciolus died at the age of four months.
literature
- Rochus von Liliencron : Amerbach, Basilius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 397.
- Alfred Hartmann : Amerbach, Basilius d. J .. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 246 f. ( Digitized version ).
- The Amerbach correspondence , edited and edited on behalf of the Commission for the Public Library of the University of Basel by Alfred Hartmann, [from vol. 6] based on the material collected by Alfred Hartmann, edited and edited by Beat Rudolf Jenny u. a., Vol. 1–11, Verlag der Universitätsbibliothek, Basel 1942–2010, ISBN 978-3-7965-1846-1 , ISBN 978-3-7965-1037-3 .
- Elisabeth Landolt (ed.): Contributions to Basilius Amerbach . Basel Public Art Collection 1991.
- Hans-Rudolf Hagemann : The legal opinion of Basilius Amerbach . Basel 2001, ISBN 3-7965-1701-3 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amerbach, Basil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss lawyer and art collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1533 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 1591 |
| Place of death | Basel |