Konrad von Ammenhausen
Konrad von Ammenhausen was a Benedictine monk and later a folk priest in Stein am Rhein , who lived in the first half of the 14th century .
Life
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He came from the Stein am Rhein area. His exact life dates are unknown. It is documented between 1324 and 1325.
He became known through his Schachzabelbuch , completed in 1337 , a German-language rhyming version of the work of Jacobus de Cessolis , Liber de moribus hominum et officiis nobilum ac popularium super ludo scacchorum . Konrad himself writes that at the time of writing his book he was not at all old (still young).
Its adaptation achieved great popularity and is preserved in over 20 manuscripts and numerous incunabula . It was reprinted over and over again until the 16th century .
expenditure
- Schachzabelbuch - Cod.poet.et phil.fol.2 (Hagenau 1467, manuscript of the Württemberg State Library Stuttgart)
- Kunrat von Ammenhausen's chess book. Along with the chess books by Jakob von Cessole and Jakob Mennel. Edited by Ferdinand Vetter . J. Huber, Frauenfeld 1892 ( library of older written works of German-speaking Switzerland and its border area. Series 1, supplementary volume) ( archive.org ).
- The Schachzabelbuch by Jacobus de Cessolis, OP in Middle High German prose translation. Edited by Gerard F. Schmidt. E. Schmidt, Berlin 1961 ( Texts from the late Middle Ages. Volume 13)
- Facsimile : Konrad von Ammenhausen: Das Schachzabelbuch. The illustrations of the Stuttgart manuscript. Edited and explained in illustrations by Carmen Bosch-Schairer. Kümmerle, Göppingen 1981, ISBN 3-87452-432-9 ( Litterae. Volume 65).
- Konrad von Ammenhausen: Schachzabelbuch. Translated and commented by Renate Hausner. Union printing house, Schaffhausen 2010, ISBN 978-3-03-302662-9 .
literature
- Lexicon of the Middle Ages
- Norbert H. Ott: Konrad von Ammenhausen. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 535 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Karl Bartsch : Konrad von Ammenhausen . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 402.
- Roland Boehm: Konrad von Ammenhausen. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 4, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-038-7 , Sp. 382-383.
- Thomas Cramer: History of German Literature in the Late Middle Ages. Dtv, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-423-30779-X , p. 106 f.
- Heinz-Jürgen Kliewer : The medieval chess allegory and the German Schachzabel books in the succession of Jacobus de Cessolis. Dissertation, Heidelberg University, Giessen 1966.
Web links
- Konrad von Ammenhausen . Publications in the bibliographic database of the Regesta Imperii .
- Publications on Konrad von Ammenhausen in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii
- Richard Forster: Konrad von Ammenhausen's Schachzabelbuch (PDF; 126 kB)
- List of manuscripts
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Konrad von Ammenhausen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Benedictine monk who wrote the book of Schachzabel in Middle High German |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 14th Century |