Marx Würsung
Marx Würsung (or Marcus, or Wirschung, Wirsing, Wyrsung or Wirsung) (* approx. 1460; † end of 1520/21) was an Augsburg merchant, pharmacist, bookseller and publisher . From 1517 until his death he was Siegmund Grimm's companion . Your printing offizin was the most important publication site of humanistic literature in pre-Reformation Augsburg .
He wrote 74 obscene verses "Erotic adventure with a laundress", handed down in Valentin Holl's collective manuscript.
In 1518 he arranged for the printing of a tournament booklet that he had received from Hans von der Alben . He dedicated the printing to Hans von der Alben with a dedication letter. It is assumed that Georg Rüxner received a handwritten version of the tournament booklet of the album and handed it over to Würsung for printing.
In 1520 he and Sigmund Grimm edited the motet collection Liber selectarum cantionum , edited by Ludwig Senfl , which was dedicated to the then Salzburg Prince Archbishop Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg . Würsung's son Christoph Würsung (1500–1571) translated Fernando de Rojas ' drama La Celestina under the title “Ain Hipsche Tragedia von zwaienliebenden mentschen”, which appeared just a week after the Liber selectarum cantionum , also with a dedication to the cardinal.
literature
- Geffcken, Peter / Ecker-Offenhäußer, Ute: Art. "Wirsung", in: Augsburger Stadtlexikon, ed. by Günther Grünsteudel et al., Augsburg: Perlach-Verlag 21998, pp. 933-934.
- Gustavson, Royston: Art. "Grimm & Wirsung", in: The music in past and present, personal part vol. 8, Kassel u. a .: Bärenreiter Verlag 2002, Sp. 43–44.
- Ernst Kelchner : Grimm, Siegmund . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 690. (Mention)
- Schanze, Frieder: Art. "Wirsung", in: The German literature of the Middle Ages. Author's Lexicon , Vol. 10, ed. by Kurt Ruh et al., Berlin a. a .: Walter de Gruyter 21999, Sp. 1267-1268.
Web links
- Dedication letter of the tournament booklet
- Dedication of the tournament book with further evidence
- Holl's handwriting
- Translation of "La Celestina"
- "Liber selectarum cantionum"
Individual evidence
- ^ Benjamin Scheller, Memoria an der Zeitenwende, Berlin 2004, p. 121
- ↑ see Klaus Graf on archiv.twoday.net
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Würsung, Marx |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wirsung, Marx |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Pharmacist, bookseller, merchant and publisher in Augsburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1460 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1521 |