Nikolaus Glasberger
Nikolaus Glasberger - also Nicolaus Glas (s) berg (er) (de Moravia) - (* in the 15th century in Moravia / Bohemia ; † 1508 in Nuremberg ) was a German Franciscan and historian.
Life
He joined the Franciscan observers in Amberg in 1472 , studied in Basel in 1475/76 and, after traveling in Bohemia and Moravia, has been recorded in the Franciscan monastery in Nuremberg since 1483 . He looked after the Nuremberg Poor Clares as confessor .
Glasberger had good contacts with Nuremberg humanists such as Hartmann Schedel or Konrad Celtis .
His main work is the large Latin chronicle of the order Chronica Ordinis Minorum Observantium , written in 1506/08
literature
- Art. Glasberger, Nikolaus. In: Burghart Wachinger u. a. (Ed.): The German literature of the Middle Ages. Author Lexicon . 2nd, completely revised edition. ISBN 3-11-022248-5 , Volume 3: Gert van der Schüren - Hildegard von Bingen. Berlin / New York 1981, col. 49 ff.
Web links
- Glassberger, Nikolaus in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
- Biography and works (English)
- Chronicle at Gallica
- Edition of the chronicle at archive.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Glasberger, Nikolaus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Glassberger, Nikolaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Franciscan and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1450 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1508 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |