Johannes Michael Budorensis
Johannes Michael Budorensis or Johannes Michael , Johann Michael or Johannes Michael from Büderich (* 15th century in Büderich ; † after 1514 ) was a German scholar , astronomer and editor . He worked in Venice between 1499 and 1514 .
Life
Little is known about his origins and training. Before he worked in Venice, he was active in Rome and Krakow . In Italy he may have met Domenico Maria da Novara . He described himself as a pupil of Johannes Lucilius , who worked for the Erhard Ratdolts publishing house in Venice from 1482 and u. a. Edited works of the Regiomontanus . Johannes Michael Budorensis wrote comments on Abraham Zacuto's almanac perpetuum , which he published in Venice in 1499 and 1502. The work consists of so-called planet tables, with which the positions of the planets could be calculated in advance. In addition, he was in contact with Georg Tannstetter and helped in Vienna in 1514 with the publication of Peuerbach's Tabulae Eclypsiũ and Regiomontanus Tabula primi mobilis .
Works
- Abraham Zacuto : Almanach perpetuum exactissime nuper emendatum omnium celi motuum cum additionibus in eo factis tenens complementum. , Venice, 1502
- Georg von Peuerbach : Tabulae Eclypsiũ Magistri Georgij Peurbachij. Tabula Primi mobilis Joannis de Monte ... , Vienna, 1514
literature
- Textbook of a general literary history of all known peoples of the world: Bd. Textbook of a literary history of the most famous peoples of the Middle Ages , p. 893, Dr. Johann Georg Theodor Grässer , Arnoldische Buchhandlung, 1842
- The development of nautical science from its beginnings to the 19th century , Hermann Wagner , 1918, new edition BoD - Books on Demand, 2010, ISBN 9783861954804
- Regiomontanus: His Life and Work , Ernst Zinner , E. Brown, North Holland, 1986, ISBN 1493305506
- Biographical dictionary (Volume 1: 1) , Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge , London
- History of mathematics from the restoration of science to the end of the eighteenth century, Volume 2 , Abraham Gotthelf Kästner , JG Rosenbusch, 1797
- Vienna's book printing history up to 1560 , Michael Denis , 1782
- Humanism between court and university: Georg Tannstetter (Collimitius) and his scientific environment in Vienna in the early 16th century , Franz Graf-Stuhlhofer , 1996
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Budorensis, Johannes Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Michael, Johannes; Michael, Johann; Michael from Büderich, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German scholar, astronomer and editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buderich |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1514 |