Marcus to the lamb

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Image of Heidelberg Castle in the Thesaurus Picturarum

Marcus zum Lamm (* 3. March 1544 in Speyer ; † 16th February 1606 in Heidelberg ) was a German lawyer , Electoral Palatinate Churches and pioneer of Ornithology. His 33-volume illustrated compilation Thesaurus Picturarum (" Treasure of Pictures") describes life in the then electoral residence city of Heidelberg. This chronicle , which even exceeds the Wickiana in size , is an important source for the period of upheaval in the Electoral Palatinate at the end of the 16th century, especially for the religious disputes between Lutherans and Calvinists . It is in the Darmstadt University and State Library as a manuscript in 1971.

From 1564 to 1567 he studied law in Poitiers, where he trained as an ornithologist. 1579 appointed him Count Palatine Johann Kasimir (Palatinate-Simmern) , (1543–1592), as councilor and servant. Volumes 29–31 of his Thesaurus picturarum are dedicated to birds. Since 1577 he has consistently collected data and pictures of around 185 bird species in it, partly from his own observations in the field, partly from bird keeping at the Heidelberger Hof, then dead birds from the market and from the court kitchen. He employed four painters to make watercolors of the birds. This created the first colored bird book from the beginning, a rich source of historical fauna and area dynamics. Through his observations, he registered early on the climate change, which intensified around 1580 and led to the Little Ice Age . This enabled him to advise his sovereign to stock up on food for the population.

Marcus zum Lamm is buried in the choir of the Peterskirche in Heidelberg .

literature

  • Jörn Bahns (Ed.): Heidelberg in the denominational age from the point of view of the Heidelberg Church Council Dr. Marcus to the Lamb (1544–1606) . Catalog for the exhibition in the Kurpfälzisches Museum . Heidelberg 1991.
  • Frieder Hepp: Religion and rule in the Electoral Palatinate around 1600 from the point of view of the Heidelberg Church Council Dr. Marcus to the Lamb (1544–1606) . (= Book series of the city of Heidelberg. Volume 4). Heidelberg 1993 (review) .
  • Helga Meise: Media Consumption or Knowledge Dispositif? On the placement of leaflets and pamphlets in Marcus on Lamm's Thesaurus picturarum (1564–1606). In: Daphnis. Volume 37, 2008, pp. 153-177.
  • Hans-Joachim Böttcher : Elisabeth of Saxony and Johann Casimir of the Palatinate - A marriage and religious conflict. Dresden 2018, ISBN 978-3-946906-06-3 .
  • The bird books from the Thesaurus picturarum, Marcus zum Lamm (1544–1606). ed. with interpretation and commentary by Ragnar K. Kinzelbach u. a .; Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3529-9 .

Web links

Commons : Thesaurus picturarum  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The bird books from the Thesaurus picturarum, Marcus zum Lamm (1544–1606). ed. with interpretation and commentary by Ragnar K. Kinzelbach u. a .; Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3529-9 .
personal data
SURNAME Lamb, marcus for
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and church councilor from the Electoral Palatinate
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1544
PLACE OF BIRTH Speyer
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1606
Place of death Heidelberg