Johannes Huttich
Johannes Huttich , latinized Huttichius (* 1490 in Strinz near Idstein , † March 4, 1544 in Strasbourg ), was a German humanist and historian.
He was also called an antiquarius .
Huttich was a student of Johannes Aesticampianus in Mainz and followed him to the University of Frankfurt an der Oder in 1506 (as was Ulrich von Hutten , to whose circle of friends he belonged). In 1507 he acquired his bachelor's degree there and went to Leipzig with Aesticampianus in 1508, but returned to Mainz in 1511 after conflicts with the university as a result of his being a staunch humanist. He was friends with Beatus Rhenanus and was one of Johannes Reuchlin's followers . In Mainz he was a teacher (examiner), cathedral vicar and learned proofreader for the printer and publisher Johann Schöffer . In 1519 he was part of the embassy that traveled to Charles V in Madrid to officially announce his election as emperor.
From 1521 he was a citizen of Strasbourg , where he was canon to St. Thomas and around 1533 received a rich benefice at the cathedral (Rex Chori). Here, too, he was a proofreader for the printer Johannes Grüninger .
In 1520 he published a collection of Roman inscriptions from the area around Mainz (Collectanea antiquitatum) and in 1520 the revised new edition of the Inscriptiones Vetustae Romanae by Konrad Peutinger . He was involved in the publication of the Chronicle of Regino von Prüm by Sebastian von Rotenhan and published a popular book on the Roman emperors from Julius Caesar to Charles V. With Simon Grynaeus , he published early Spanish and Portuguese travelogues about America in 1532 (on which he had access on his trip to Spain).
Fonts
- Publisher: Collectanea antiquitatum, 1520, 2nd edition 1525
- De Romanorum imperatoribus libellus, 1525, 1526
- English: Book of the Roman emperors with their simultaneous portraits, 1526
- Romanorum principum effigies, 1534, 1552
- with Simon Grynaeus : Novus orbis regionum ac insularum veteribus incognitarum, 1532 (with world map by Sebastian Münster )
literature
- Heinrich Grimm: Huttichius, Johannes. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 105 f. ( Digitized version ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Huttich, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Huttichius, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German humanist and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1490 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strinz near Idstein |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4, 1544 |
| Place of death | Strasbourg |