Johannes Santritter

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Johannes Lucilius Santritter (also Johannes Lucilius and Gaius Lucilius Hippodamus , * probably before 1460 in Heilbronn , † after 1498) was a person of the Venetian book industry of the late 15th century.

Life

The biography of the Knight of Christ, who appeared many times in the Venetian book trade, is almost unknown. He probably came from the Sandryter family in Heilbronn and could be a son of the hatter Heinrich Sandryter, born before 1460. It is just as likely that he attended the Latin school in Heilbronn . Higher education, possibly only in Italy, can be assumed, even if he never called himself a master's degree . In Venice, where Santritter can be traced back to between 1480 and 1498, he Latinized his surname ( Hippodamus , i.e. horse tamer) and probably also used his name based on the Roman satirist Gaius Lucilius . He gave himself an indication of his origins in Heilbronn through the sometimes Latinized designation Hellbronnensis , Heilbronna and Fons salutis, which was added to his name . Jacobus Sentinus , who together with Santritter published the De astronomia des Hyginus in 1482 , describes him in a distich as vir doctus (i.e. learned man).

Santritter is mentioned for the first time in 1480 in the publisher's imprint of the grammar of Franz Niger . Since the work was printed by Theodor Francus , Santritter seems to have relocated the work . In 1482 Santritter wrote two greetings for calendars by Regiomontanus and was probably also the editor of the new editions of the calendars for the years 1482, 1483 and 1485, which were printed by Erhard Ratdolt . After Ratdolt's departure from Venice in 1486, Santritter appears from 1488 together with the Venetian printer Hieronymus de Sanctis . Here Santritter appears as an impressor (i.e. printer), who also adorned himself with a printer's signature. From 1489 Santritter seems to have been active as a bookseller, as before, before he wrote the canons in tabules Alphonsi for the astronomical tables of the Spanish king Alfonso the Wise in 1492 , which were also edited by him and printed by Johann Hammann in Venice. In 1498 Santritter appeared again as the publisher of the Regiomontanus ephemeris .

In addition to printing and publishing activities, Santritter also seems to have occupied himself with illustrations. For the poetic astronomy of Hyginus of 1482 he is named as the “inventor” of the illustrations, also for the Sphaera mundi of 1488. Based on this, one can associate Santritter with other book decorations of those years. Nevertheless, Santritter probably did not draw the illustrations. Rather, it is assumed that Santritter designed the illustrations together with an unknown master from Andrea Mantegna's environment before they were cut into wood by Hieronymus de Sanctis.

literature

  • Karl Steiff :  Santritter, Johannes . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 53, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907, p. 711 f.
  • Heribert Hummel (arrangement): Catalog of the incunabula of the Heilbronn city archive . Heilbronn City Archives, Heilbronn 1981, DNB 820314285 , pp. 37–42.
  • Heribert Hummel (arrangement): Precious items in print and writing from Heilbronn , Heilbronn City Archives, Heilbronn 1981, p. 23/24.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Hummel Incunabeln 1981, p. 38.
  2. ↑ Hummel Incunabeln 1981, p. 39.
  3. ↑ Hummel Incunabeln 1981, p. 39.
  4. ↑ Hummel Incunabeln 1981, p. 40.
  5. ↑ Hummel Incunabeln 1981, p. 40.
  6. ↑ Hummel Incunabeln 1981, p. 40.
  7. ↑ Hummel Incunabeln 1981, p. 40.
  8. ↑ Hummel Incunabeln 1981, p. 40.
  9. ↑ Hummel Incunabeln 1981, p. 40.
  10. ↑ Hummel Incunabeln 1981, p. 41.
personal data
SURNAME Santritter, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Santritter, Johannes Lucilius; Hippodamus, Gaius Lucilius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Person of the Venetian book industry
DATE OF BIRTH before 1460
PLACE OF BIRTH Heilbronn
DATE OF DEATH after 1498