Johann Philipp Siebenkees

Johann Philipp Siebenkees (born October 4, 1759 in Nuremberg , † June 25, 1796 in Altdorf near Nuremberg ) was a German philologist .

Life

Siebenkees studied theology , philosophy and philology at the University of Altdorf . In 1791 he became an adjunct professor of philosophy, in 1795 a full professor of languages. Archeology also belonged to his field of study .

From 1782 Siebenkees worked as a private tutor for a German banking family in Venice , from there he traveled to Rome in 1788 , where he stayed for over a year, and to Naples . Cardinal Stefano Borgia was one of his sponsors . His edition of Theophrastus , for which he had collected material in Italy, was first published from his estate, while the first volume of the Strabo edition was still published in 1796. In 1786 he published news about the Venetian manuscript of the Iliad .

Johann Philipp Siebenkees was a cousin of the lawyer and poet Johann Christian Siebenkees .

Fonts (selection)

Expositio tabulae hospitalis ex aere antiquissimae in museo Borgiano Velitris adservatae. Antonius Fulgonius, Rome 1789, ( digitized version ).
An attempt at a history of the Venetian State Inquisition. Johann Adam Stein, Nuremberg 1791, ( digitized version ).
An antiquarian attempt on the temple and the statue of Jupiter at Olympia. Johann Adam Stein, Nuremberg 1795, ( digitized version ).
Handbook of archeology or instructions for the knowledge of the works of art of antiquity and the history of the art of the ancient peoples. 2 departments. Steinische Buchhandlung, Nuremberg 1799–1800, ( digitized ).

literature

Walter Rieger: Johann Christian Siebenkees, Professor of Law in Altdorf. His life and his work. Erlangen 1952 (Erlangen, University, legal dissertation, 1952, typewritten).
Richard Hoche : Siebenkees, Johann Philipp . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, pp. 173-175.

Individual evidence

^ Message from a strange manuscript of the Iliad des Homer, in the Venetian S. Mark Library. In: Library of ancient literature and art. Piece 1, 1786, pp. 63-89 .
↑ Review in: New Library of Fine Sciences and Freyen Künste. Volume 60, Piece 1, 1797, pp. 84-93 .

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personal data
SURNAME	Siebenkees, Johann Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German philologist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 4, 1759
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH	June 25, 1796
Place of death	Altdorf near Nuremberg

[1] Message from a strange manuscript of the Iliad des Homer, in the Venetian S. Mark Library. In: Library of ancient literature and art. Piece 1, 1786, pp. 63-89 .

[2] Review in: New Library of Fine Sciences and Freyen Künste. Volume 60, Piece 1, 1797, pp. 84-93 .