Konrad Weiß from Limpurg

Konrad Weiss von Limpurg (also Conrad Weiss von Limpurg ; born October 10, 1536 in Frankfurt am Main ; † September 17, 1575 ibid) was a German humanist .

Life

White von Limpurg came from the patriciate of Frankfurt and is the son of councilor and mayor Georg Weiß von Limpurg zum Weißenfels (1506–1551). He attended the city's Latin school under Jakob Micyllus and then studied at the University of Basel and the University of Lausanne , where he was in 1558. In 1560 he received Frankfurt citizenship . He became one of the city's leading intellectuals. His house developed into a gathering point for the late humanists in Frankfurt, a circle around Johann Fichard .

Weiss was called poeta et vir doctus by his contemporaries . In contrast to his peers, he did not take on any tasks in the city administration.

Works (selection)

• BIBLIORVM VTRIVSQVE TESTAMENTI ICONES, SVMMO ARTIFICIO EXPRESSAE, HISTORIAS SACRAS , Frankfurt am Main 1571.
• Collaboration with: Parva Biblia, hoc est carmen elegiacum in singula utriusque testamenti capitula. Tübingen 1573.
• Collaboration on: Neuwe extra-read Teutsche Gesaeng with four and five voices so lovely to sing , Frankfurt am Main 1575.
• Collaboration on: PRACTICA. Legal actions in civil matters , Frankfurt am Main 1575.

literature

• Rudolf Jung :  White from Limpurg, Konrad . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 584 f.
• Hans Körner, Andreas Hansert : Frankfurter Patrizier , Degener, Neustadt an der Aisch 2003, p. 456.

Web links

• White from Limpurg, Conrad. Hessian biography. (As of July 18, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Publications by and about Konrad Weiss von Limpurg in VD 16 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ White from Limpurg to Weissenfels, Georg. Hessian biography. (As of March 13, 2019). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).