Heinrich Zell
Heinrich Zell († 1564) was originally a cartographer , then an astronomer and from 1557 until his death in 1564 librarian of the Duchy of Prussia Castle Library in Königsberg . In his publications, Zell often latinized his name to Henricus Zellius or Zeel (l) ius. Sometimes he also used other first names, such as Heilrich (us) or Agrippinus.
Live and act
As a student of Sebastian Munster , nephew of the Strasbourg theologian couple Matthew Zell and Katharina Schütz cell and relative of the Nuremberg cartographer and woodcarver Christoph cell he came in 1539 with Rheticus to Frombork to Nicolaus Copernicus and supported this in the publication of the Narratio prima , which in Gdansk took place .
In 1555, Zell entered the service of Duke Albrecht of Prussia and two years later took over the post of ducal palace librarian. During his time at Königsberg Castle , Zell created a new catalog of locations.
Since he had already created a map of Europe in 1533, he created a map of Prussia in 1542 , which was based on the preparatory work of Alexander Scultetus , Copernicus and Rheticus and was published by Münster, Abraham Ortelius and Caspar Schütz . A map of Germany in four woodcuts followed in 1560 with Ein neuwe und eygentlich description of the Teutsche Land .
According to Pierre Gassendi 's biography of Copernicus from 1654, he was aware of his major work De revolutionibus orbium coelestium , published in 1543, and was an early adherent of his view of the world.
Works (selection)
- De situ ac moribus regnorum omnium, quae hac praesentis Europae, charta continentur, quaeq [ue] sunt Europae contigua, Epitome. [approx. 1535]
- Genealogia insignium Europae Imperatorum, Regum etc from anno Christi 80. usque 1563. Jul. Caes. Scaligeri oratio funebris in morte filii Audecti et Pauli Scalickii epistola de sacerdotio. Johannes Daubman, Königsberg 1563 [under the pseudonym Heilrichus Zeellius]
Web links
- Care and Conservation of Manuscripts: [1]
- Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: [2]
- Pierre Gassendi , Oliver Thill: The Life of Copernicus (1473-1543) [3]
- Leo Bagrow : History of Cartography, 1964 [4]
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Karl Bader: Lexicon of German librarians: in main and secondary office, with princes, states and cities. Harrassowitz, Leipzig 1925, p. 359 .
- ↑ OGND - results / titledata. Retrieved March 27, 2020 .
- ↑ Karl Heinz Burmeister : Georg Joachim Rheticus as a geographer and his contribution to the first map of Prussia , in: Imago Mundi, Volume 23, pp. 73-76.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zell, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cartographer, astronomer and librarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1533 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1560 |