Heinrich von Schüttenhofen

Heinrich von Schüttenhofen OCist (* in Schüttenhofen ) was a biblical scholar in the vicinity of the Heiligenkreuz Abbey in the second half of the 13th century .

Life

There are scant records of life data. He probably entered Heiligenkreuz or Goldenkron . It is also possible that the native Bohemian came to Heiligenkreuz near Vienna through the escape of the Goldenkron convent in 1278.

15 manuscripts from his Liber de naturis animalium cum moralitatibus , which gives a symbolic interpretation of 266 animals, have survived. In addition, other scientific writings have also been preserved. Heinrich's writings are a mixture of biological and moral theological descriptions that is rare for today's standards. A critical edition is being prepared.

literature

Christian Hünemörder : The Cistercian Heinrich von Schüttenhofen "Moralitates de naturis animalium" . Observations on his use of sources and on the early reception history of Bartholomäus Anglicus and Thomas III. In: J. Domes, WE Gerabek , BD Haage et al. (Ed.) Light of nature . Medicine in specialist literature and poetry (Festschrift for Gundolf Keil on his 60th birthday) (Göppinger papers on German studies 585), Göppingen 1994, pp. 195–224.
Baudouin Van den Abeele: Bestiaires encyclopédiques moralisés . Quelques succédanés de Thomas de Cantimpré et de Barthélemy l'Anglais. In: Reinardus [Amsterdam] 7 (1994), pp. 209-228.
Walter Zechmeister: Heinrich von Schüttenhofen. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 19, Bautz, Nordhausen 2001, ISBN 3-88309-089-1 , Sp. 649-651. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

Individual evidence

↑ B. van den Abbele: animal symbolism , in: Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages , Munich 1997, 785-787. Walter Zechmeister is working on a critical text edition (cf. information at mediaevum.de ).

personal data
SURNAME	Schüttenhofen, Heinrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	13th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sušice
DATE OF DEATH	13th century or 14th century

[1] B. van den Abbele: animal symbolism , in: Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages , Munich 1997, 785-787. Walter Zechmeister is working on a critical text edition (cf. information at mediaevum.de ).