Ludwig Clericus

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Clericus as a student with Pekesche and Konfederatka ( Gustav Graef , 1851)

Ludwig August Clericus (born March 28, 1827 in Danzig ; † March 1, 1892 in Magdeburg ) was a German sphragistician, genealogist, illustrator, heraldist and editor.

Life

Clericus attended the Royal High School in Elbing and the Kneiphöfische Gymnasium in Königsberg i. Pr. After high school enrolled him at the University of Königsberg of Law. In the winter semester of 1847/48 he was active in the Corps Masovia . He dedicated the Albertina songbook and the color song to him

See how proud I look around, my
chest adorned with red-white-blue .

He broke off his law studies and switched to the Königsberg Art Academy in 1850 . In 1855 he moved to Berlin . Here he began as a freelance writer and editor . At the end of the 1860s, Ludwig worked as an illustrator for numerous newspapers and magazines. The magazines included the Kladderadatsch and the Leipziger Illustrirte Zeitung . He began to be interested in heraldry , numismatics and sealing studies . The focus was on the city coats of arms and their history and the outcome of his research formed the extensive collections of seals. In Berlin he played a major role in the publication of the Herolds and other art magazines; but the heraldry appreciated his pertinent writing. Around 1880 he moved to Magdeburg , where he directed the arts and crafts museum and was secretary and administrator of an arts and crafts association. New arts and crafts associations in Burg (near Magdeburg) , Gardelegen and Quedlinburg were based on his arrangement when they were founded. Exhibitions became known through his use of these arts and crafts associations in Halle (Saale) in 1881. Munich (1888) and London (1891) followed. The Pallas (magazine) was significantly influenced by Clericus.

With reference to the Masurian Bassenheim and the coat of arms of the Waldbott , Clericus wanted to change Masovia's coat of arms. He did not prevail against “getting used to” the old.

Works

  • Albertina songbook , 1850.
  • Berlin strangers pictures . 1860.
  • Book of arms of the Silesian cities . 1870.
  • H. von Saurma-Jeltsch: Book of arms of the Silesian cities and towns . 1870 (illustration)
  • The coat of arms of the German emperor and the German imperial colors . 1871.
  • Black and white pictures. History of Old Prussia in seven heraldic silhouettes , 1882
  • City arms, delivery 16–19, in: J. Siebmacher's large and general Wappenbuch I / 4, 1885.
  • Roccoco. Drafts for the graphic arts and applied arts , 1st delivery, 1886.
  • Officially hushed up. A contemporary story , 1888.
  • Crafts and crafts in heraldry. The emergence and formation of the coat of arms and the escutcheon .

See also

Clericus' proposal for a new Masurian coat of arms

literature

  • Rüdiger Döhler (Ed.): Corps Masovia. The 175-year history of Königsberg's oldest and Potsdam's first corporation in the 21st century. Munich 2005, ISBN 3-00-016108-2
  • Hans-Heinrich Müller-Dieckert: Ludwig Clericus Masoviae and the illustrated songbook of the Albertina. Once and Now, Yearbook of the Association for Corporate Student History Research, Vol. 23 (1978), pp. 309–321.
  • Otto Neubecker:  Ludwig Clericus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 287 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Obituary . In: Der Deutsche Herold , 23, 1892, p. 59
  • H. Reichau: Ludwig Clericus . Pallas 13 (1892), pp. 17-24 (B)
  • Archive for Student and University History 7/8 (1934), p. 237 ff.
  • Egon Frhr. v. Berchem : Heraldische Bibliographien , 1, 1937, p. 295 f.
  • Christian Krollmann (Ed.): Old Prussian Biographies , Vol. 1. 1941
  • Jürgen Arndt: Biographical lexicon of the heraldists as well as the sphragistics, vexillologists and insignologists . With the participation of Horst Hilgenberg and Marga Wehner. Published by HEROLD, Association for Heraldry, Genealogy and Allied Sciences, 2011.
  • Heinz Reise (Ed.): Der Schlüssel , Vol. 3, pp. 582-586.

Web links

Commons : Ludwig Clericus  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of all members of the Corps Masovia 1823 to 2005 . Potsdam 2006, p. 30
  2. ↑ Kösener Corps lists 1910, 141/470
  3. ↑ a b Archives Corps Masovia
personal data
SURNAME Clericus, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clericus, Ludwig August (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German heraldist, sphragistician and genealogist
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 1892
Place of death Magdeburg