Martin Gosky

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Martin Gosky (* uncertain: 1586 in Gardelegen ; † June 17, 1656 in Wolfenbüttel ) was a German physician and poet of the Baroque period.

Live and act

Nothing is known about Gosky's student days and his first professional years. From 1628 he was first Leibmedicus in Hitzacker and then Court and Leibmedicus in the rank of court counselor to Duke August the Younger in Wolfenbüttel. Gosky's house was on Wolfenbütteler Stadtmarkt; From 1644 Justus Georg Schottelius , with whom Gosky was friends, lived in the same house . For his medical achievements as well as for his poetic work, Gosky was awarded the title of Count Palatinate. In this capacity he distinguished Sigmund von Birken in 1646 as poeta laureatus .

Gosky's lasting importance is based on his 1360-page collection of poems Arbustum et Arboretum Augustaeum , which was printed in 1650 by the Lüneburg publishers Johann Stern and Heinrich Stern in their Wolfenbüttel branch. Over 220 authors contributed to the large-format work, which is magnificently equipped with around 40 illustrations, including the poets Georg Philipp Harsdörffer and Adam Olearius, as well as many other members of the Fruit-Bringing Society . The folio volume contains numerous occasional poems in honor of Duke August the Younger. They are prime examples of panegyric poetry and continue to shape the image of Prince August to this day. Particularly noteworthy are the diverse birthday poems, a rather rare special form of occasional poetry that have come down to us in Gosky's collection.

Gosky's daughter Emerentia married the Lutheran theologian Johann Baldovius in 1639 .

Works (selection)

  • Arbustum et Arboretum Augustaeum, Aeternitati ac domui Augustae Selenianae sacrum . J. and H. Stern, Wolfenbüttel 1650 ( online edition ), NA 1693
  • Ptripsema seu Fuga luis pestiferne prior. That is: the first and short, proper contraception and chur the pestilentz through internal and external means . Lucius, Helmstedt 1625
  • Acrostichon In Natalem LXIX. Serenissimi Et Augustissimi Principis Ac Dni. Dn. Augusti, Ducis Brunsv. Et Lunaeburgensis: Producta X. Aprilis Anno MDCIIIL. , 1647 ( online edition )
  • Genethiliacom Illustrissimi Et Celsissimi Principi Ac Domini Domini Rudolphi-Augusti, Duci Brunsvici Et Lunaeburgi, Et ... Christinae Elisabethae, Ducis, Brunovic. Et Lunaeb. ... the April 12th . J. and H. Stern, Wolfenbüttel 1654 ( online edition )

literature

  • Wolfgang Lent: Gosky, Martin . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent u. a. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th century . Appelhans, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , pp. 269f. (with portrait)
  • Martin Bircher , Thomas Bürger (ed.): Everything with care. Baroque prince praise to Duke August (1579-1666) in words, pictures and music . Wolfenbüttel 1979, p. 204ff.
  • Joseph Leighton: German-language birthday seals for Duke August d. J. von Braunschweig-Lüneburg . In: August Jörg Jochen Berns: Courtly festival culture in Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, 1590-1666 . Rodophi, Amsterdam 1982, pp. 139ff.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Wolfgang Lent: Gosky, Martin . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent u. a. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th centuries , Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, pp. 269f. mwNew.
  2. ↑ Cf. Martin Bircher, Thomas Bürger (ed.): Alles mit Bedacht. Baroque prince praise to Duke August (1579-1666) in words, pictures and music . Wolfenbüttel 1979, p. 204ff. mwNew.
  3. ↑ In addition Joseph Leighton: German-language birthday seals for Duke August d. J. von Braunschweig-Lüneburg. In: August Jörg Jochen Berns: Courtly festival culture in Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, 1590-1666 . Rodophi, Amsterdam 1982, pp. 139ff. mwNew.
personal data
SURNAME Gosky, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gosky, Martinus; Goskius, Martinus; Gosch, Martin; Gosche, Martin; Goschius, Martin; Goschius, Martinus; Goschii, Martin; Goscchi, Martinus; Goskii, Martin; Goskus, Martin; MGD; MG
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic and poet
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: 1586
PLACE OF BIRTH Guards
DATE OF DEATH June 17, 1656
Place of death Wolfenbüttel