Erasmus Francisci
Erasmus Finx , called Erasmus Francisci (born November 19, 1627 in Lübeck , † December 20, 1694 in Nuremberg ), was a German polyhistor , author and hymn poet .
Life
Finx was born the son of the noble lawyer Franciscus von Finx. He attended the grammar school in Lüneburg and the pedagogy in Stettin . He studied law and made an educational trip through Italy , France and the Netherlands as court master with the von Wallenrodt family . From 1657 he worked as a proofreader for the Nuremberg publisher Endter. In 1688 he became a councilor to Count Heinrich Friedrich zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Gleichen .
He wrote a large number of writings with various contents and is considered a polyhistor. He was one of the most widely read authors of his time. Goethe studied his Infernal Proteus as the source for his Faust , and the Romantics also used many of the material in this book. He used the following pseudonyms: The narrator, Freundlieb Ehrenreich von Kaufleben, Theophil Anti-Scepticus. The Impartheyische, Gottlieb Unververucht, Theophilus Urbinus and Gottlieb Warmund.
The hymn poet Wolfgang Christoph Deßler in Nuremberg is one of his students .
Works (selection)
- Christian walking booklet , 1661 (pseudonym: Christian Minsicht)
- The funny Schaubühne presented all kinds of curiosities in the language of some good friends , Nuremberg 1663, expanded in 3 volumes, 1669–1673
- Newly built show-place of memorable history / and strange / mostly sad cases: full of stories worth reading; and in some cases / as well as in the present / as long-passed years / given examples / together with their useful-added memories / collected from many old and new famous historians: by Christian Minsicht. Nuremberg / Printed by Michael Endter. In 1663. Nuremberg: Michael Endter, 1663. - Title page (copper plate), 899 pag. S., 8 °.
- The spiritual gold chamber of the I. penitential, II. God-demanding u. III. souls in love with jesus, their jewelery, etc. Jewels through lamenting repentance, believing wishes and the like. Ardent sighs are given to the lovers of the heavenly treasures , 1664
- The high hall of mourning or the rise and fall of great gentlemen. Representing from all four parts of the world, different high class, state and fortunate people, wonderful and sad changes, so in the next one and a half hundred years ... came together in 1665 (With 3 continuations, Complete Edition Nuremberg: Endter 1669–81)
- East and West Indian as well as Sinesian pleasure and stats garden: divided into three main parts ... , Nuremberg 1668
- The third hall of mourning for rising and falling gentlemen: This is the rise and fall of the great. , Nuremberg 1672
- Remembrance of the dawn or spiritual cockcreams of the hearts deepened in the shadow of death in 63 encouragements of human beings. Soul z. Repentance true conversion to faith and faithful walk , 1672
- Which after the eternal u. constant rest seeking soul-relaxing hours in the restless toil u. Tears of this world , 3 vol., 1676–80
- The opened Lust-Haus der Ober- and Nieder-Welt , Nuremberg 1676 Digitized and full text in the German text archive , digitized
- The Römischen Kayser and Kayserinnen Hell-Polierter Tugend- und Vices-Spiegel, … Nuremberg 1677 WDB
- The wonder-rich coating of our nider-world, or earth-surrounding Lufft-Kreys, according to its natural essence, various properties, uses, and effects, natural and unnatural, fire and watery phenomena, ... explained . Nuremberg 1680, digitized
- Laurel wreath of the christ. Knights , 1680
- Last accounts of every human being , 1681
- Ehr- u. joyful good of eternity f. the despisers of vanity, contemplated in 52 reflections , 1683
- Show and honor place Christian bravery: All worthy of memory and fame - endured sieges of the world famous Roman - Käyserlichen manor - city of Vienna in Austria , Nuremberg, Endter 1684 WDB
- The infernal proteus, or pretender of a thousand talents, mediates the narrative of the diverse image mix-ups of appearing ghosts, throwing and rumbling ghosts, ghostly omens of the death cases, as well as other adventurous dealings, malicious antics, and strange acts of this damned actor, and, of course Scholars, deceivers who are mistaken for the human spirit of life, (alongside preliminary basic evidence of the certainty that ghosts really exist) , Endter, Nuremberg 1690, 2nd edition, 1695
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Finx, Erasmus, called Francisci. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 35-36.
- Gerhard Dünnhaupt : Erasmus Francisci . In: Philobiblon 19 (1975), pp. 272-303
- Gerhard Dünnhaupt: Chronograms and Cryptonyms: Secret Keys to the Dating and Authorship of the Works of the Polyhistor Johannes Praetorius . In: Philobiblon 21 (1977), pp. 130-135
- Gerhard Dünnhaupt: Erasmus Francisci . In: Personal bibliographies on Baroque prints . Volume 2. Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-7772-9027-0 , pp. 1514–1549 (list of works and literature)
- Francesca Ferraris: New World and Collections of Literary Curiosities of the 17th Century: Erasmus Francisci (1627–1694) and Eberhard Werner Happel (1647–1690)
- Jakob Franck : Francisci, Erasmus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 207.
- Helmut Sterzl: Life and Work of Erasmus Francisci . Dissertation, Erlangen 1951
- Helmut Veil: From meteorology to the earthly vacuum. Science and Religion in the Baroque. An intellectual milieu - revived from Erasmus Francisci's discourse on the air. Humanities Online, Frankfurt 2009. ISBN 978-3-934157-99-6
- Helmut Waibler: An author of educational card games . In: Anzeiger des Germanisches Nationalmuseums (1975), pp. 90–114
Web links
- Publications from and about Erasmus Francisci in VD 17 .
- Digitized prints by Erasmus Francisci in the catalog of the Herzog August Library
- Works by Erasmus Francisci at Zeno.org .
- Books by and about Francisci at the Berlin State Library
- Information on Francisci of the Nuremberg Astronomical Society
Footnotes
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Francisci, Erasmus |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Finx, Erasmus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German polyhistor , author and hymn poet |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1627 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lübeck |
DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1694 |
Place of death | Nuremberg |