Elzearius Horn

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Sarcophagus of King Baldwin V (Illustration from: Ichnographiae locorum et monumentorum veterum terrae Sanctae)

Elzear (ius) Horn (* around 1690 near Hammelburg ; † November 28, 1744 in Ptolemais , Syria) was a Franciscan missionary and explorer of Palestine . He belonged to the Thuringian province of his order.

Life

Elzearius Horn made his profession at the age of 18 and was ordained priest at the age of 22 . Horn first visited the Holy Land around 1720. From 1725 to 1726 he was in charge of the custody of the Holy Sepulcher . From 1737 to 1738 he was choirmaster and secretary of the Jerusalem convent of S. Salvatoris . Under the title Ichnographiae locorum et monumentorum veterum terrae Sanctae ("Outlines of old places and monuments of the Holy Land") he wrote a description of locations and buildings, which he provided with detailed architectural drawings from his own perspective and revised throughout his life. After his return to the Thuringian province in 1739, he soon traveled back to the Holy Land, where he spent the rest of his life.

According to the necrology, Elzearius Horn died at the age of 52.

plant

Horn's three-volume manuscript ended up in the Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana (signature Vat. Lat. 9233 I – III), where it was forgotten until it was discovered there in 1902 by Girolamo Golubovich, OFM , and a selection was published. The second edition by Bagatti and Hoarde (1962) is only a selection from Horn's estate. All three volumes are digitized (see web links).

The Ichnographiae are the source for the appearance of the burial place of the Crusader Kings , which was destroyed during the renovation in 1808, as well as the also lost pavement in the style of the Cosmats . Horn's amateur pen drawings are considered important evidence of the actual appearance of the buildings.

Work editions

  • Ichnographiae locorum et monumentorum veterum terrae Sanctae. Accurate delineatae et descriptae. E codice Vaticano Lat. No. 9233 excerpsit, adnotavit et edidit (cum 75 figuris et appendice historica ex eodem codice). Edited by Girolamo Golubovich, Rome 1902.
  • Ichnographiae locorum et monumentorum veterum terrae Sanctae. Second Edition of the Latin Text with English Version . Edited by Bellarmino Bagatti / Eugene Hoarde (Publications of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum ), Jerusalem 1962.

literature

  • Analecta Franciscana, sive, Chronica aliaque varia documenta ad historiam Fratrum Minorum spectantia: Necrologium Prov. S. Elisabeth Thuringiae . Quaracchi 1885. p. 207, archive.org .
  • Michael Rüdiger: Replicas of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem during the Counter Reformation and Baroque. A contribution to the cult history of architectural devotional copies . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2003, ISBN 3-7954-1600-0 . Pp. 32–38 (Horn's drawings of the Holy Sepulcher Aedicula)

Web links

Commons : Elzearius Horn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Girolamo Golubovich. In: Custodia Terrae Sanctae. Retrieved July 20, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Elzear Horn. In: Custodia Terrae Sanctae. Retrieved July 20, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Horn, Elzearius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Horn, Elzear
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Franciscan missionary and Palestine explorer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1690
PLACE OF BIRTH near Hammelburg
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1744
Place of death Ptolemais, Syria