Jörg Propst Rothenfelder

Title page of the art book by Jörg Propst Rothenfelder

Jörg Propst Rothenfelder , also Jörg Probst , Jörg Bropst , Jörg Brobst , Jörg Probst Rothenfelder, called Maler , Jörg Maler , Jörg von ougspurg , (* beginning of the 16th century, probably near Augsburg ; † 2nd half of the 16th century, probably in St. Gallen ) was an Augsburg painter and supporter of the Anabaptist movement . He gained fame through his collection of Anabaptist writings, which he put together in the so-called art book .

Surname

The documents of the Augsburg City Archives show that Rothenfelder's real name is Jörg Probst , also spelled Bropst or Brobst . Since there were probably several bearers of the same name in Augsburg at the time, the geographical designation of origin Rot (h) enfelder (in some texts also Rotennfelder and Rottennfelder ) was added for better identification . William Klassen suspected that Rotenfeld was the name of a district in the Augsburg area. Painter, Rothenfelder's other nickname, refers to the profession he had learned and became his second name after he moved from Augsburg. In some publications on Anabaptist research he is still called Jörg painter today. Documents written by Rothenfelder himself and attached to the art book have various signatures. Four times there is the name Jörg bropst Rotenfelder, who is called painter , once Jörg von ougspurg, who is called painter and also once simply Jörg von ougspurg . Wherever there was written to or about him, the writings of the art book say three times Jörg Maler and one Rotenfelder .

Life

More precise data on the origin and childhood of Jörg Propst Rothenfelders are unknown. An entry in the guild book of Augsburg painters is the oldest evidence of his biography to date. It was recorded here that Hans Knoder , the imperial court painter of Maximilian I , introduced the “boy by the name of Jorg Brobst” to the guild and also paid the fee provided for it. The same document certifies for August 6, 1525 that "Jörg Probst Rottennfelder [...] bought half the guild for 6 guilders and 12 kreuzers [...]". However, no artistic work is known. All that has been handed down is that Rothenfelder occasionally captured knight tournaments at an Augsburg Reichstag and received half a guilder per working week.

In November 1526 Jörg Propst Rothenfelder became a criminal offender. Together with a “notorious womanizer”, he harassed and followed a maid on her way home after a carousing party. After she fled to the house of the Augsburg master stoner Egelhoffer, Rothenfelder had forcibly gained access there and pulled the maid out, but probably did not cause her any serious injuries. The following day he was arrested because of the incident and expelled a good week later by a judicial verdict from Augsburg, unless "he pays an oven stone [a tile ] to the city of Bau".

In the spring of 1532 Jörg Propst Rothenfelder was baptized by the goldsmith Sebolt Feuchter . Feuchter did not move to Augsburg until the end of 1531 and was elected head of the local Anabaptist community in early 1532. At this point the Anabaptist movement in the imperial city had already passed its peak. The decision to join the small Anabaptist congregation must not have been an easy one for Rothenfelder. He had been offered to take on one of the vacant evangelical preaching positions in Augsburg. A contemporary diary entry states: “He was so famous in the word that he was almost elected pastor. Finally his baptism became known. "

Art book

The Roth fields compiled art book , the research generated in the Burgerbibliothek Bern from Heinold Fast and JF Gerhard Goeters has been discovered in 1955, contains a collection of 42 Anabaptist writings, including letters to communities and individuals, and municipal codes and creeds. Eight writings are from the hand of Pilgram Marbeck . Other authors are above all leading personalities from the circle named after Marbeck . In 2007 the find was published in annotated form and provided with a text-critical apparatus as Volume XVII in the series Sources for the History of the Anabaptists .

Fonts (selection)

In the aforementioned art book you can find the following writings, which come from Rothenfelder's pen:

Arithmetic of faith in the 1547th jar , Appenzell 1547

Jörg Maler's epistle to Ulrichen Egenmann, schaffnern zu Armen Lüten before Constntz, on the 13th day Octobris in the jar 1552 , St. Gallen, October 15, 1552

A declaration of faith in jar 1554 , 1554

I am called the art book (title page of the art book ; written on September 26, 1561)

literature

Heinold Fast : From the office of the “reader” to the compiler of the so-called art book. In Jörg Maler's footsteps . In: Norbert Fischer, Marion Kobelt-Groch (eds.): Outsiders between the Middle Ages and the Modern Era. Festschrift for Hans-Jürgen Goertz on his 60th birthday (= Studies in Medieval and Reformation Thought . 61). Brill, Leiden / New York / Cologne 1997, ISBN 90-04-10498-4 , pp. 187-217.
Heinold Fast, Gottfried Seebass, Martin Rothkegel : Letters and writings of Upper German Anabaptists 1527–1555. The “art book” by Jörg Probst Rotenfelder, called painter (Burgerbibliothek Bern, Cod. 464) . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-01646-7 (The above-mentioned article From the office of the “reader” to the compiler of the so-called art book. In the footsteps of Jörg Malers can also be found here; see pp. 42–70 ).

Web links

William Klassen (1959): Rothenfelder, Jörg Propst (16th century) . In: Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online

Individual evidence

^ William Klassen (1959): Rothenfelder, Jörg Propst (16th century) . In: Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online
↑ Heinold Fast, Gottfried Seebass, Martin Rothkegel: Letters and writings of Upper German Anabaptists 1527–1555. The “art book” by Jörg Probst Rotenfelder, called painter (Burgerbibliothek Bern, Cod. 464) . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-01646-7 .
^ William Klassen: Rothenfelder, Jörg Propst (also called Jörg painter) . In: Mennonite Encyclopedia , Volume IV, Scottdale 1959, p. 365.
↑ Heinold Fast, Gottfried Seebass, Martin Rothkegel: Letters and writings of Upper German Anabaptists 1527–1555. The “art book” by Jörg Probst Rotenfelder, called painter (Burgerbibliothek Bern, Cod. 464) . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-01646-7 , p. 44, note 10.
↑ On Knoder see Josef Ludwig Fischer : Handbook of glass painting for researchers, collectors and art lovers as well as for artists, architects and glass painters (= Hiersemann's handbooks . Volume 8). Leipzig 1917, p. 164; 273 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
↑ Stadtarchiv Augsburg: Treasures , No. 72c, fol 46r; quoted from Heinold Fast, Gottfried Seebass, Martin Rothkegel: Letters and Writings of Upper German Anabaptists 1527–1555. The “art book” by Jörg Probst Rotenfelder, called painter (Burgerbibliothek Bern, Cod. 464) . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-01646-7 , p. 43.
↑ Stadtarchiv Augsburg: Treasures , No. 72c, fol. 64v.
↑ The Augsburg Reichstag 1518, 1525 and 1530 come into question.
↑ Heinold Fast, Gottfried Seebass, Martin Rothkegel: Letters and writings of Upper German Anabaptists 1527–1555. The “art book” by Jörg Probst Rotenfelder, called painter (Burgerbibliothek Bern, Cod. 464) . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-01646-7 , p. 43; Note 7.
↑ Stadtarchiv Augsburg: Strafbuch 1509–1526 , p. 194; quoted from Heinold Fast, Gottfried Seebass, Martin Rothkegel: Letters and Writings of Upper German Anabaptists 1527–1555. The “art book” by Jörg Probst Rotenfelder, called painter (Burgerbibliothek Bern, Cod. 464) . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-01646-7 , p. 45 f.
^ Hans Guderian: The Anabaptists in Augsburg. Their history and their legacy. A contribution to the 2000 anniversary of the city of Augsburg . Ludwig, Pfaffenhofen 1984, ISBN 3-7787-2063-5 , p. 81.
↑ Heinold Fast (Ed.): Sources on the history of the Anabaptists in Switzerland , Volume II: Eastern Switzerland . Theological Verlag, Zurich 1973, ISBN 3-290-11338-8 , p. 582 ( Rütiner's diary ).
^ Hans Guderian: The Anabaptists in Augsburg. Their history and their legacy. A contribution to the 2000 anniversary of the city of Augsburg . Ludwig, Pfaffenhofen 1984, ISBN 3-7787-2063-5 , p. 104.
↑ Printed by Heinold Fast, Gottfried Seebass, Martin Rothkegel: Letters and Writings of Upper German Anabaptists 1527–1555. The “art book” by Jörg Probst Rotenfelder, called painter (Burgerbibliothek Bern, Cod. 464) . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-01646-7 , pp. 490-496.
↑ Printed by Heinold Fast, Gottfried Seebass, Martin Rothkegel: Letters and Writings of Upper German Anabaptists 1527–1555. The “art book” by Jörg Probst Rotenfelder, called painter (Burgerbibliothek Bern, Cod. 464) . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-01646-7 , pp. 389-405.
↑ Printed by Heinold Fast, Gottfried Seebass, Martin Rothkegel: Letters and Writings of Upper German Anabaptists 1527–1555. The “art book” by Jörg Probst Rotenfelder, called painter (Burgerbibliothek Bern, Cod. 464) . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-01646-7 , pp. 637-642.
↑ Printed by Heinold Fast, Gottfried Seebass, Martin Rothkegel: Letters and Writings of Upper German Anabaptists 1527–1555. The “art book” by Jörg Probst Rotenfelder, called painter (Burgerbibliothek Bern, Cod. 464) . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-01646-7 , p. 97 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Rothenfelder, Jörg Propst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Probst, Jörg; Bropst, Jörg; Brobst, Jörg; Jörg Probst Rothenfelder, called painter; Painter, Jörg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Baptist and compiler of the so-called art book
DATE OF BIRTH	16th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH	uncertain: near Augsburg
DATE OF DEATH	between 1562 and 1600
Place of death	uncertain: St. Gallen

[1] William Klassen (1959): Rothenfelder, Jörg Propst (16th century) . In: Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online

[2] Heinold Fast, Gottfried Seebass, Martin Rothkegel: Letters and writings of Upper German Anabaptists 1527–1555. The “art book” by Jörg Probst Rotenfelder, called painter (Burgerbibliothek Bern, Cod. 464) . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-01646-7 .

[3] William Klassen: Rothenfelder, Jörg Propst (also called Jörg painter) . In: Mennonite Encyclopedia , Volume IV, Scottdale 1959, p. 365.

[4] Heinold Fast, Gottfried Seebass, Martin Rothkegel: Letters and writings of Upper German Anabaptists 1527–1555. The “art book” by Jörg Probst Rotenfelder, called painter (Burgerbibliothek Bern, Cod. 464) . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-01646-7 , p. 44, note 10.

[5] On Knoder see Josef Ludwig Fischer : Handbook of glass painting for researchers, collectors and art lovers as well as for artists, architects and glass painters (= Hiersemann's handbooks . Volume 8). Leipzig 1917, p. 164; 273 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[6] Stadtarchiv Augsburg: Treasures , No. 72c, fol 46r; quoted from Heinold Fast, Gottfried Seebass, Martin Rothkegel: Letters and Writings of Upper German Anabaptists 1527–1555. The “art book” by Jörg Probst Rotenfelder, called painter (Burgerbibliothek Bern, Cod. 464) . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-01646-7 , p. 43.

[7] Stadtarchiv Augsburg: Treasures , No. 72c, fol. 64v.

[8] The Augsburg Reichstag 1518, 1525 and 1530 come into question.

[9] Heinold Fast, Gottfried Seebass, Martin Rothkegel: Letters and writings of Upper German Anabaptists 1527–1555. The “art book” by Jörg Probst Rotenfelder, called painter (Burgerbibliothek Bern, Cod. 464) . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-01646-7 , p. 43; Note 7.

[10] Stadtarchiv Augsburg: Strafbuch 1509–1526 , p. 194; quoted from Heinold Fast, Gottfried Seebass, Martin Rothkegel: Letters and Writings of Upper German Anabaptists 1527–1555. The “art book” by Jörg Probst Rotenfelder, called painter (Burgerbibliothek Bern, Cod. 464) . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-01646-7 , p. 45 f.

[11] Hans Guderian: The Anabaptists in Augsburg. Their history and their legacy. A contribution to the 2000 anniversary of the city of Augsburg . Ludwig, Pfaffenhofen 1984, ISBN 3-7787-2063-5 , p. 81.

[12] Heinold Fast (Ed.): Sources on the history of the Anabaptists in Switzerland , Volume II: Eastern Switzerland . Theological Verlag, Zurich 1973, ISBN 3-290-11338-8 , p. 582 ( Rütiner's diary ).

[13] Hans Guderian: The Anabaptists in Augsburg. Their history and their legacy. A contribution to the 2000 anniversary of the city of Augsburg . Ludwig, Pfaffenhofen 1984, ISBN 3-7787-2063-5 , p. 104.

[14] Printed by Heinold Fast, Gottfried Seebass, Martin Rothkegel: Letters and Writings of Upper German Anabaptists 1527–1555. The “art book” by Jörg Probst Rotenfelder, called painter (Burgerbibliothek Bern, Cod. 464) . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-01646-7 , pp. 490-496.

[15] Printed by Heinold Fast, Gottfried Seebass, Martin Rothkegel: Letters and Writings of Upper German Anabaptists 1527–1555. The “art book” by Jörg Probst Rotenfelder, called painter (Burgerbibliothek Bern, Cod. 464) . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-01646-7 , pp. 389-405.

[16] Printed by Heinold Fast, Gottfried Seebass, Martin Rothkegel: Letters and Writings of Upper German Anabaptists 1527–1555. The “art book” by Jörg Probst Rotenfelder, called painter (Burgerbibliothek Bern, Cod. 464) . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-01646-7 , pp. 637-642.

[17] Printed by Heinold Fast, Gottfried Seebass, Martin Rothkegel: Letters and Writings of Upper German Anabaptists 1527–1555. The “art book” by Jörg Probst Rotenfelder, called painter (Burgerbibliothek Bern, Cod. 464) . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-01646-7 , p. 97 f.