Johannes Tolhopf

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Johannes Tolhopf (also Johannes Tolophus , Johann Tolhopfer or Janus Tolophus ) (* 1429 in Kemnath ; † April 28, 1503 in Regensburg ) was a German humanist , rector at the University of Ingolstadt and canon of Regensburg. He was also court astrologist of the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus .

Life

In the summer of 1465, Johannes Tolhopf enrolled at the University of Leipzig in order to acquire a Baccalaureus there in 1468/69 and the Magister artium in 1470/71 .

Johannes Tolhopf is mentioned for the first time on March 18, 1472 as a professor in the artist faculty at the University of Ingolstadt, which was founded in the same year. In 1473 he became the second rector in the history of the university. In the summer of 1474 he appeared again at the University of Leipzig.

Johannes Tolhopf achieved great fame as an astronomer and astrologer . So he made for Pope Sixtus IV. One on Rome -aligned planets panel for 1476. 1480 was he then court astrologer of the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus in oven and verfertigte be Stellarium cum praefatione ad Mathiam lively Hungariae . In the same year he was raised to the nobility by Matthias Corvinus and rewarded with various church income.

Later he taught canon law in Regensburg and was canon there . He then became a pastor in Forchheim . He was in lively correspondence with Conrad Celtis . He promoted this and got him the rectorate of the Regensburg Cathedral School. His adaptations to the late antique poet Prudentius are considered lost. He was also active in the field of astronomy .

literature

  • Karl Bosl: Bosl's Bavarian biography. 8000 personalities from 15 centuries , Regensburg 1983, p. 783 ( digital ).
  • Klaus Arnold: Vates Herculeus: Contributions to the biography of the humanist Janus Tolophus . In: Stephan Füssel, Joachim Knape (eds.): Poesis et pictura . Koerner, Baden-Baden 1989, pp. 131–155 ( digital )
  • Maximilian Schuh: Appropriation of Humanism. Institutional and individual practices at the University of Ingolstadt in the 15th century . Brill, Leiden 2003, ISBN 978-90-04-23095-8 .
  • Endre Zsoldos: The Stellarium of Johannes Tolhopf . In: Corvina Augusta . Budapest 2014, pp. 213-221 ( digital ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klaus Arnold: Vates Herculeus: Contributions to the biography of the humanist Janus Tolophus . In: Stephan Füssel, Joachim Knape (eds.): Poesis et pictura . Koerner, Baden-Baden 1989, p. 134.
  2. ↑ Franz Xaver Freninger: The matriculation at the University of Ingolstadt-Landshut-München. Rectors, professors, doctors 1472-1872 , candidates 1472-1872, Friedberg 1872, p. 13 .
  3. ↑ Klaus Arnold: Vates Herculeus: Contributions to the biography of the humanist Janus Tolophus . In: Stephan Füssel, Joachim Knape (eds.): Poesis et pictura . Koerner, Baden-Baden 1989, p. 134.
  4. ↑ Klaus Arnold: Vates Herculeus: Contributions to the biography of the humanist Janus Tolophus . In: Stephan Füssel, Joachim Knape (eds.): Poesis et pictura . Koerner, Baden-Baden 1989, p. 134.
  5. ↑ Klaus Arnold: Vates Herculeus: Contributions to the biography of the humanist Janus Tolophus . In: Stephan Füssel, Joachim Knape (eds.): Poesis et pictura . Koerner, Baden-Baden 1989, p. 135.
personal data
SURNAME Tolhopf, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tholhopf, Johann; Tholhopf, Johannes; Tolophus, Janus; Tolophus, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German humanist, rector in Ingolstadt, canon of Regensburg
DATE OF BIRTH 1429
PLACE OF BIRTH Kemnath
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1503
Place of death regensburg