Valentin Boltz

Valentin Boltz , also Valentin Bolz (* before 1515 in Rufach in Alsace; † July 26, 1560 in Binzen ) was a Protestant pastor , playwright , non-fiction author and translator.

Life

Valentin Boltz first served as a preacher in Alpirsbach in the service of the Duke of Württemberg , was pastor in Matt (Canton Glarus) from 1534 to 1539 , before becoming a deacon in Tübingen in 1539 . Afterwards he was active again as a pastor in various Swiss parishes: from 1542 to 1546 in Mollis and Schwanden , 1547 to 1555 as a hospital pastor in Basel , before he held the parish office in Binzen from 1559 until his death.

Valentin Boltz wrote dramas, a book on the technique of illumination and worked as a translator ( Komödien des Terence , printed in 1540). His most productive literary period fell in his Basel years.

Works

• Tragicocomödia Sant Pauls bekerung , performed 1546, printed in 1551 by Kündig in Basel
• Illuminating book. How to prepare, mix and apply all kinds of colors. Useful and beneficial to all young aspiring painters and illuminists. , printed in 1549 (and - with the subtitle Artificial to make and prepare all colors - 1566; reprint Munich 1913)
• Der Welt Spiegel , listed in 1550, printed in 1551 by Kündig in Basel
• Senece conversation booklin (translation), 1552
• Oelung Davidis Vnnd sein streit gegen den Risen Goliath , printed in 1554 by Staehelin in Basel

Revisions

• The world mirror. Ed .: Friederike Christ-Kutter, Klaus Jaeger, Hellmut Thomke. Zurich: Chronos, 2013 (= Swiss texts, new series. Vol. 37), ISBN 978-3-0340-1163-1
• Bible Dramas - Conversation Booklet. Ed .: Friederike Christ-Kutter. Zurich: Chronos, 2009 (= Swiss texts, new series. Vol. 27), ISBN 978-3-0340-0901-0
• Illuminating book. How to prepare, mix and apply all kinds of colors. Useful and beneficial to all young aspiring painters and illuminists. Edited after the 1st edition of 1549, with introduction and Reg. Vers. by C. J. Benziger. Walluf, Nendeln: Sendet, 1976, ISBN 3-500-30330-7

literature

• Heidy Greco-Kaufmann: Valentin Boltz . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 1, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 234.
• Manfred Knedlik:  Valentin Boltz. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 23, Bautz, Nordhausen 2004, ISBN 3-88309-155-3 , Sp. 107-109.
• Rolf Max Kully: Valentin Boltz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Fritz Mohr: The Dramas of Valentin Boltz . Letterpress Werner-Riehm, Basel 1916 ( Diss. University of Basel ).
• Wilhelm Scherer :  Boltz, Valentin . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 114.
• Alfred Zäch:  Boltz, Valentin. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 435 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

• Literature by and about Valentin Boltz in the catalog of the German National Library
• Publications by and about Valentin Boltz in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
• Valentin Boltz at arthistoricum.net - digitized works in the themed portal "History of Art History"