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'''Heinrich Decimator''' (c.1544-1615) was a German [[Protestant]] [[theologian]], [[astronomer]] and [[linguist]] of [[Muhlbach]] in [[Thuringen]].<ref>Deborah Jean Warner, "The sky explored: celestial cartography, 1500-1800", A. R. Liss, 1979, ISBN 0845117009, p.62</ref><ref>Franz Josef Hausmann, "Wörterbücher: ein internationales Handbuch zur Lexikographie |
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Wörterbücher: Ein internationales Handbuch zur Lexikographie", W. de Gruyter, 1991, ISBN 3110124211, p.2912</ref><ref>Karl Goedeke, "Grundriss zur Geschichte der deutschen Dichtung aus den Quellen", Volume 2, Akademie-Verlag, 1886, p.482</ref> His ''Sylva vocabulorum'' was an example of plurilingual [[lexicography]].<ref>Yvon Gauthier, "Internal logic: foundations of mathematics from Kronecker to Hilbert", Springer, 2002, ISBN 1402006896, p.74</ref> |
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'''Heinrich Decimator''' (c. 1544, [[Gifhorn]] - 1615) was a German [[Protestant]] [[theologian]], [[astronomer]] and [[linguist]] of [[Mühlhausen]] in [[Thuringen]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Warner |first1=Deborah Jean |title=The sky explored : celestial cartography, 1500-1800 |date=1979 |publisher=A.R. Liss |location=New York |isbn=0-8451-1700-9 |page=62}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Hausmann |first1=Hans Josef |title=Wörterbücher : ein internationales Handbuch zur Lexikographie |date=1991 |publisher=W. de Gruyter |location=Berlin |isbn=3-11-012421-1 |page=2912}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author-link=Karl Goedeke|author-first=Karl|author-last=Goedeke| series=Grundriss zur Geschichte der deutschen Dichtung aus den Quellen |title=Viertes Buch: Von der Reformation bis zum dreissigjährigen Kriege |volume=2 |publisher=Akademie-Verlag |orig-year=1886 |year=2011|page=482 |isbn= 9783050052168 |doi=10.1524/9783050052410 |edition=2 |location=Berlin}}</ref> |
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He was the son of the pastor Georg Decimator of Dodendorf. He studied theology until 1570 at [[University of Wittenberg]]. Then, he became a teacher in [[Mühlhausen]]. In 1579, he was ordained the pastor of Schnarsleben. During his tenure as pastor, he published various works, the ''Sylva vocabulorum'', which was an example of plurilingual [[lexicography]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gauthier |first1=Yvon |title=Internal logic : foundations of mathematics from Kronecker to Hilbert |date=2002 |publisher=Kluwer Academic Publishers |location=Dordrecht |isbn=1-4020-0689-6 |page=74}}</ref> the {{lang|la|Thesaurus linguarum in universa vera Europa}}, a universal dictionary, and {{lang|la|Libellus de stellis fixis et erraticis}}, an astro-poetical work. |
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*{{Cite book |publisher = Paul Donat |last = Decimator |first = Heinrich |title = Libellus de stellis fixis et erraticis non tantum Astronomis |location = Magdeburg |date = 1587 }} |
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*{{Cite book |publisher = Henning Grosse |last = Decimator |first = Heinrich |editor-first = Hieronymus |editor-last = Megiser |title = Sylva vocabulorum et phrasium octo linguarum |location = Leipzig |date = 1606 }} — Part 1: German headwords with equivalents in Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Chaldean, and French. Part 2: Dictionary of proper Latin names, human and geographic, with equivalents in Greek and German. Part 3: Thematic dictionary with Latin headwords and equivalents in Greek, Hebrew, Chaldean, French, Italian, German, Dutch, and Spanish. |
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*{{Cite book |publisher = Johann Francke |last = Decimator |first = Heinrich |title = Thesaurus linguarum |location = Magdeburg |date = 1613 }} — A monolingual Latin dictionary, augmented with equivalents in Greek, Hebrew, French, Italian, and German, to which is appended a compendious dictionary of Latin and Greek equivalents for German words and phrases indexed to the Latin dictionary. In all, some 1600 pages. |
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Latest revision as of 09:55, 19 January 2023
Heinrich Decimator (c. 1544, Gifhorn - 1615) was a German Protestant theologian, astronomer and linguist of Mühlhausen in Thuringen.[1][2][3]
He was the son of the pastor Georg Decimator of Dodendorf. He studied theology until 1570 at University of Wittenberg. Then, he became a teacher in Mühlhausen. In 1579, he was ordained the pastor of Schnarsleben. During his tenure as pastor, he published various works, the Sylva vocabulorum, which was an example of plurilingual lexicography,[4] the Thesaurus linguarum in universa vera Europa, a universal dictionary, and Libellus de stellis fixis et erraticis, an astro-poetical work.
Works
[edit]- Decimator, Heinrich (1587). Libellus de stellis fixis et erraticis non tantum Astronomis. Magdeburg: Paul Donat.
- Decimator, Heinrich (1606). Megiser, Hieronymus (ed.). Sylva vocabulorum et phrasium octo linguarum. Leipzig: Henning Grosse. — Part 1: German headwords with equivalents in Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Chaldean, and French. Part 2: Dictionary of proper Latin names, human and geographic, with equivalents in Greek and German. Part 3: Thematic dictionary with Latin headwords and equivalents in Greek, Hebrew, Chaldean, French, Italian, German, Dutch, and Spanish.
- Decimator, Heinrich (1613). Thesaurus linguarum. Magdeburg: Johann Francke. — A monolingual Latin dictionary, augmented with equivalents in Greek, Hebrew, French, Italian, and German, to which is appended a compendious dictionary of Latin and Greek equivalents for German words and phrases indexed to the Latin dictionary. In all, some 1600 pages.
References
[edit]- ^ Warner, Deborah Jean (1979). The sky explored : celestial cartography, 1500-1800. New York: A.R. Liss. p. 62. ISBN 0-8451-1700-9.
- ^ Hausmann, Hans Josef (1991). Wörterbücher : ein internationales Handbuch zur Lexikographie. Berlin: W. de Gruyter. p. 2912. ISBN 3-11-012421-1.
- ^ Goedeke, Karl (2011) [1886]. Viertes Buch: Von der Reformation bis zum dreissigjährigen Kriege. Grundriss zur Geschichte der deutschen Dichtung aus den Quellen. Vol. 2 (2 ed.). Berlin: Akademie-Verlag. p. 482. doi:10.1524/9783050052410. ISBN 9783050052168.
- ^ Gauthier, Yvon (2002). Internal logic : foundations of mathematics from Kronecker to Hilbert. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. p. 74. ISBN 1-4020-0689-6.
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