Thomas Mitis
Thomas Mitis von Limusa since 1556 (* 1523 in Nymburk , † 1591 in Prague ) was a Bohemian humanistic neo-Latin poet , scholar, school principal and publisher in Český Brod (Bohemian Brod) and Prague.
He was also cited as Thomas Mitis Lymusaeus, Thomas Mitis of Limusa or Lemusa, Tomáš Mitis z Limuz.
Life
Mitis went to school in Nymburk and Žatec (Saaz) and studied at the Charles University in Prague , where he was a student of the humanist Matthaeus Collinus , became a baccalaureate in 1546, master’s degree in 1552 with subsequent teaching activities in Böhmisch-Brod and later at the Jendrisska school in the old town of Prague; he also had a private school in his house. From 1563 Mitis von Limusa was a bookseller and publisher with his own print shop. He was in lively contact with leading writers of his time. He wrote Latin poems mostly with a religious content. He also published the work of other humanists in Bohemia .
In 1571 he came into conflict with the authorities because of the sale and importation of books of Calvinist and Reformed teaching to Zwingli, which were then forbidden .
Mitis von Limusa himself wrote poems in Latin , mostly of religious content. From 1563 he published the writings of the humanist Bohuslaus Lobkowicz von Hassenstein .
Fonts (selection)
- Elegiae de provintia dei, Adhaec meditatio argumenti eiusdem in Psalm 104
- Pia meditatio in Psalm 104
- Catechesis biblicae libri septem carminice, 1587
literature
- FF Prochaska: FF: TM from Limura. Life and writings. In: Miscellanees of Bohemian and Moravian Literature, 1785.
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Mitis, Thomas . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 18th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1868, p. 372 ( digitized version ).
- Heribert Sturm : Biographical lexicon on the history of the Bohemian countries. Published on behalf of the Collegium Carolinum (Institute) , Vol. II, R. Oldenbourg Verlag Munich 1984, ISBN 3-486-52551-4 , p. 677 with further references.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Among other things, it was about Heinrich Bullinger . Olga Fejtova Comparing Reformed Literature in Prague Civil Private Libraries in the 17th Century, Listy Filologicke 129, 2006, 117–143, PDF. ( Memento of the original from June 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mitis, Thomas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mitis from Lemusa, Thomas; Mitis from Limusa, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Poet, teacher and publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1523 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nymburk |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1591 |
| Place of death | Prague |