Jacob Horstmann

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Jacob Horstmann (* around 1440 ; † around 1500 ) was a canon in Schleswig and rector of the University of Rostock.

Live and act

Details on Horstmann's family and ancestry are not documented. In April 1456 he matriculated to study theology at the University of Rostock . He did not provide any information about his place of birth. According to the register, he was considered a “pauper” and thus came from a simple background.

In 1457/58 Horstmann acquired the Baccalaureus artium at the artist faculty in Rostock, and in 1460/61 the master's degree. In 1492, according to the register, he had the title of baccalaureus in theology ( in sacra theologica baccalaureus formatus ). When and where he reached this level is not recorded.

In 1465, the Schleswig bishop Nikolaus Wulf donated a lecture to the collegiate chapter in Hadersleben . The incumbent should take over the ordinary pastoral care and also give lectures to canons and vicars twice a week. In the hierarchy, the position was subordinate to the provost and cantor, but stood before all canons.

Horstmann took over the newly created position, which was obviously paid so well that its owner could conduct capital transactions. King Christian I stated in 1479 that Horstmann would be entitled to 200 marks in interest on a capital that he had granted his brother Count Gerhard von Oldenburg . A little later, Horstmann is likely to have moved to Schleswig, where in 1483 he was demonstrably canon.

In 1492 Horstmann was elected rector of the University of Rostock. Since several years of teaching activity were a prerequisite for this, Horstmann probably did not work long in Schleswig. Further activities and the date of death are not documented.

Works

Steffen Arndes completed the Missal Slesvicense in 1486 at the instigation of the stable man Laurens Leve . Since it was the region's first large-scale printed work and was of high quality in terms of craftsmanship, it is important for the history of North German printing.

According to the final letter, Horstmann checked this work extremely carefully and made improvements and corrections. This probably included not only the production of the artwork, but also the printing process itself. In 1993, Mark John Christensen stated that the final text was not just an empty phrase. Horstmann actually brought the work to the quality that distinguishes it from other missals of the time through unusually careful editing and extremely few spelling mistakes.

literature

  • Dieter Lohmeier: Horstmann, Jacob . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Volume 13. Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 2011, pp. 219–220

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
  3. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
personal data
SURNAME Horstmann, Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canon in Schleswig and Rector of the University of Rostock
DATE OF BIRTH around 1440
DATE OF DEATH around 1500