Marx Treitzsaurwein

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Emperor Maximilian I dictated to Marx Treitzsaurwein: "Write my grave and Jorgen order also my sex and stamen chosen." - "Write about my grave and St. George order, also from my chosen sex and tribe." (Text on the top Step of the throne ) - Colored drawing, 1512. Austrian National Library, Vienna; Cod. 2835.

Marx Treitzsaurwein , Latinized: Marcus (* around 1450 in Mühlau near Innsbruck; † September 6, 1527 in Wiener Neustadt ), was a secret writer to Emperor Maximilian I and, after his death, advice to Charles V and finally Chancellor of Lower Austria. Along with Melchior Pfinzing, Treitzsaurwein is considered to be the co-author and editor of literary works attributed to the emperor, in particular the Weißkunig and Theuerdank .

Life

Marx Treitzsaurwein was born into the family of an armorer . Since 1501 he has been proven in Maximilian's immediate environment, working as his personal scribe. In 1511 he was appointed administrator of the Lower Austrian Chancellery of the Emperor. With the nobilization deed of December 14, 1520 Treitzsaurwein was raised to the rank of Knight of Ehrentreitz , although he had already designated himself with this title in 1514 in the dedication to Weißkunig .

After the death of Maximilian I in 1519, Marx Treitzsaurwein von Ehrentreitz held further offices as councilor to Emperor Charles V, in the government of Austria and at the end of his life as chancellor. By being endowed with feudal rights and titles, he had risen to the lower nobility. According to his will, which has survived, it is assumed that he became a follower of the Reformation before his death .

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Treitzsaurwein's work, which went far beyond that of the emperor's other secretaries, also extended in particular to the so-called memorial work of the emperor, which he initiated in the publication of literary works and in commissions to artists. So he arranged the material for Weißkunig , a family history of Maximilian, edited his verses and also wrote his own; In 1514 he designed his own version of Weißkunig , which he dedicated to Maximilian's grandson Ferdinand and described it as inconsistent . The Weißkunig was first published in 1775; it had passed into the Treitzsaurwein estate in the family of his daughter and the planned publication by further heirs had not come about.

The introduction to Theuerdank (1517), a narrative in verse in the style of the medieval Aventiureromans with the emperor as protagonist, he worked on as well as whole other parts of the story; he organized the chapters and collated the woodcut illustrations. To what extent Treitzsaurwein was able to follow his own ideas or worked according to specifications can no longer be determined.

reception

Treitzsaurwein's work is documented in manuscripts that contain the preparatory work for Maximilian's publications; they are as Codd. (Codices) 2806, 2867, 3032, 3034, 2835 and 2900 in the Austrian National Library in Vienna. The manuscripts have become the basis for the edition of Maximilian's works to this day. Older research had consistently assigned the authorship of the works to the emperor and viewed Treitzsaurwein as more of an "executive organ" . Today, his contribution to the linguistic design of Maximilian's publications is particularly valued.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Müller VL (1995) col. 1032

Web links

Commons : Theuerdank  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Maximilian I.  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Treitzsaurwein, Marx
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Secret writer, Chancellor of Lower Austria
DATE OF BIRTH around 1450
PLACE OF BIRTH Mühlau near Innsbruck
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 1527
Place of death Wiener Neustadt