Laurentius Corvinus

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Laurentius Corvinus (German: Lorenz Rabe , Polish: Wawrzyniec Korwin ; * 1465 in Neumarkt , † 1527 in Breslau ) was a Silesian scholar at the Cracow Academy when Nicolaus Copernicus was studying there.

Life

Lorenz Rabe came from Neumarkt in the Principality of Breslau . As Corvinus , the humanist gave lectures on “De ente et essentia” (1492) and “ Aristotle Libri Posteriorum” (1493) and published Cosmographia dans manuductionem in tabulas Claudii Ptolomei ( Basel , 1496).

He was Breslau city clerk (head of the chancellery) and from 1505 to 1508 city clerk in Copernicus' hometown Thorn and helped with the publication of his translation of the Greek poems of Theophylactus Simocatta by taking the manuscript to the printer Johann Haller in Krakow, where it was printed in 1509 has been. Corvinius was rector of the Wroclaw Elisabet Gymnasium from 1499 to 1505 .

Corvinus also had contacts with Johann von Sommerfeld and Conrad Celtis .

Works

Cosmographia dans manuductionem in tabulas Claudii Ptolomei , ed. by Heinrich Bebel (Basel: [Keßler], 1496)
Carminum structura ([Leipzig]: Landsberg, [1496])
De Apolline et novem Musis
Epicedium in Alexandrum Polon. brisk
Latinum idioma ([Leipzig]: [Kachelofen or Lotter], [c. 1498–1500])
Carmen […] de Nympharum conquestione super hyemis rigiditate [m] (Leipzig: Thanner, 1500)
Hortulus elegantiarum (Kraków, 1502 edition recorded by Panzer; first detailed edition is Wrocław: Baumgart, 1503)
Carmen elegiacum […] de Apolline et novem musis (Breslau: Baumgart, 1503)
Epicedium, in Serenissimum ac Gloriosissimum Principem Alexandrum, Poloniæ Regem (Kraków: Haller, 1506, lost)
Dialogus carmine et soluta oratione conflatus de Mentis saluberrima persuasione ad honesta ingenuarum artium studia (Leipzig: Schumann, 1516)
Epithalamium. Laurenti Corvini. In nuptiis sacræ regiæ Maiestatis. Poloniæ […] (Kraków: Hieronymus Vietor, 1518)
Cursus sancti Bonaventuræ de passione domini (Breslau: Dyon, 1521)
Compendiosa carminum structura
Introduction to Ptolemaeus' Cosmographia dans manuductionem in tabulas Ptolemaei

and more

literature

Conrad Bursian: Corvinus, Laurentius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 510 f.
Heinrich August Erhard: History of the revival of scientific education primarily in Germany up to the beginning of the Reformation , Creutz'sche Buchhandlung Magdeburg, 1832, Volume III, Page 307 ( available online )
Johann Heyne: Documented History of the Diocese and Hochstiftes Breslau , Verlag Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, Breslau, 1868, Volume 3, Pages 249 ff. ( Available online )
Richard Newald: Corvinus (raven), Laurentius. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 372 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Johann Heyne, documented history of the diocese and bishopric of Breslau
↑ Lorenz Rabe, better known as Laurentius Corvinus (1460–1527), was born in Neumarkt - Norman Davies , Roger Moorhouse: Microcosm: portrait of a Central European city , Published by Jonathan Cape, 2002 ISBN 0-224-06243-3 .
↑ Lorenz Rabe (Rab), better known by the Latinized form of his name: Laurentius Corvinus, was born about 1465 at Neumarkt near Breslau, whence his appelation: Novoforensis - Avrahm Yarmolinsky: Early Polish Americana: a bibliographical study , Published by The New York public library, 1937
Jump up ↑ Lorenz Rabe (Rab), better known by the Latinized form of his name as Laurentius Corvinus - Sigmund H. Uminski: Poland discovers America , Polish Publication Society of America, 1972
^ Laurentius Corvinus Thorn town clerk
↑ Killy - Laurentii Corvini Novoforensis' Adhortatio ad discendum; Ad Floram; Hortatur adolescentes, ut rus petant; Ad Deliam Virginem; Ad Maurum; Ad Ioan. Albertum, Poloniae Regem; Ad Bacchum '- {Compare: Compendiosa et facilis diversorum carminum Structura: cum exemplis aptissimis ac ad unguem elaboratis, et postremo brevibus cognoscendarum syllabarum preceptis. Liptzk impressus: Jacob. Thanner, 1504. 32 sheets 4 °} [1]

Web links

Works by and about Laurentius Corvinus in the German Digital Library

personal data
SURNAME	Corvinus, Laurentius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rabe, Lorenz (German); Korwin, Wawrzyniec (Polish)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Silesian scholar at the Cracow Academy
DATE OF BIRTH	1465
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neumarkt
DATE OF DEATH	1527
Place of death	Wroclaw

[Heyne-1] A ^b Johann Heyne, documented history of the diocese and bishopric of Breslau

[2] Lorenz Rabe, better known as Laurentius Corvinus (1460–1527), was born in Neumarkt - Norman Davies , Roger Moorhouse: Microcosm: portrait of a Central European city , Published by Jonathan Cape, 2002 ISBN 0-224-06243-3 .

[3] Lorenz Rabe (Rab), better known by the Latinized form of his name: Laurentius Corvinus, was born about 1465 at Neumarkt near Breslau, whence his appelation: Novoforensis - Avrahm Yarmolinsky: Early Polish Americana: a bibliographical study , Published by The New York public library, 1937

[4] Jump up ↑ Lorenz Rabe (Rab), better known by the Latinized form of his name as Laurentius Corvinus - Sigmund H. Uminski: Poland discovers America , Polish Publication Society of America, 1972

[5] Laurentius Corvinus Thorn town clerk

[6] Killy - Laurentii Corvini Novoforensis' Adhortatio ad discendum; Ad Floram; Hortatur adolescentes, ut rus petant; Ad Deliam Virginem; Ad Maurum; Ad Ioan. Albertum, Poloniae Regem; Ad Bacchum '- {Compare: Compendiosa et facilis diversorum carminum Structura: cum exemplis aptissimis ac ad unguem elaboratis, et postremo brevibus cognoscendarum syllabarum preceptis. Liptzk impressus: Jacob. Thanner, 1504. 32 sheets 4 °} [1]