Renward Cysat

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Renward Cysat (born October 11, 1545 in Lucerne ; † April 25, 1614 there ) was a citizen , pharmacist , notary , councilor and town clerk in Lucerne. The father, Giovanni Battista Cesati (German: Johann Baptist Cysat) came from Milan, had immigrated to Lucerne in 1530 and received citizenship here in 1549. The mother, Margaretha Göldlin († 1586) was the Lucerne patrician daughter. The images on the Chapel arose due to Cysats initiative and program. He was also the game director , including the Lucerne Easter Games of 1583 and 1597. By Pope Gregory XIII. In 1576 he was appointed Count Palatine and in 1593 Clement VIII made him a knight . He was married to Elisabeth Bossard since 1568 and was the father of the mathematician and astronomer Johann Baptist Cysat .

Works

  • Good report / || From the New = || invent Japponian || Islands and kingdoms / also from others || previously unknown Indian countries. Inside the || holy christian faith wonderful to = || nimps and wakes up. || Besides all that || invents in this edition thorough display || from the Japponian Legation now go to Rome || arrive […] || from Brasilia / vnd weytere describe = || exercise of landscapes and beings of new discoveries = || nen people […] || By RENVVARDVM CYSATVM, Bur = || gladly to Lucern / out of Jtalian into Teutsch || brought / and now for the first time in the truck || went out. Freiburg im Üechtland 1586 ( digitized version ).
  • Convivii Process (1593). Ed .: Heidy Greco-Kaufmann: «Mirror of Abundance and Abuse». Renward Cysat's Convivii Process . Annotated first edition of the Tragicocomedi from 1593 . Zurich 2001.
  • The Lucerne Easter Game. Ed .: Heinz Wyss: The Lucerne Easter Game. Based on the transcript of the text by M. Blakemore Evans and using his preparatory work for a critical edition on behalf of the Swiss Society for Theater Culture based on the manuscripts . Three volumes. Bern 1967.
  • Of the great and terrible earthly bid, Lucern can be seen here, as well as in all the surrounding countryside, and in other provinces of the Tütscher and Welsh nation wytt and broad shows the 18 September of the 1601 year. Recorded by an ear and eye witness, the town clerk R. Cysat in Lucern. Ed .: Joseph Schneller. In: Der Geschichtsfreund, Vol. 3, 1846, pp. 105-115 ( doi : 10.5169 / seals-109787 ).
  • Collectanea Chronica and Memorable Things per Chronica Lucernensis et Helvetiae . Ed .: Joseph Schmid. Lucerne 1961–1977 (= sources and research on the cultural history of Lucerne and Central Switzerland, 4–5; 9). Illustration of the original manuscript in the ZHB Lucerne.
  • The Lucerne “Spil des Heiligen Crützes invention” by Renward Cysat . In: Elke Ukena: The German Miracle Games of the Late Middle Ages. Bern, Frankfurt / Main 1975, pp. 562-771.
  • Ghosts, miracles, everyday life. Renward Cysat's report on the Seedorf ghost apparitions (1608), commentary and edition . Ed .: Rainer Hugener. In: Der Geschichtsfreund, Vol. 161, 2008, pp. 97-187 ( doi : 10.5169 / seals-118819 ).

Culture of remembrance

  • Several houses in Lucerne's old town have archaic inscriptions that are reminiscent of Renward Cysat:
    • Cysat Hus , Mariahilfgasse 7: «1586 || Renwardus Cysatus || At the Gaesslein here in dissem Huss || resides syner cyten cysatus || The scribe was ze Luciar || Darnæben papal notary || Ouch Aeques Aureatus g'sin || From Rome eyn Comes Palatine || Plant at the Musek Obs and Ræben || Was eyn Poetus kluog bynæben || Undt hett much Chroniciis written || Which he leaves to the burgers. || 1937 »
    • Zur Sonne , Weinmarkt 20: «Ze zyten do der Wynmärkt bas || The burgers their theatricality what, || Do I do a lot of the Easter spill || And also the Shrovetide Kurzewill || The one at the bottom, Blaetz, or Cysatus || Agieredt as Poeticus. || I am happy about the wishes, || Hot derohalb zer Sunnen "
  • A street in Lucerne's old town is named after the Cysat family ( Map.Search: Cysatstrasse Lucerne ).

literature

See also the comments in the above-mentioned editions of the work.

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personal data
SURNAME Cysat, Renward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Politician, pharmacist and director
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1545
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucerne
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1614
Place of death Lucerne