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{{Short description|German scholar, humanist and theologian (c.1470/ |
{{Short description|German scholar, humanist and theologian (c. 1470/71 – 1549)}} |
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'''Jacob Ziegler''' (c. 1470/71 – August 1549) was a [[Renaissance Humanism|humanist]] and [[theologian]] from [[Landau an der Isar]] in [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]]. He was an itinerant [[Historical geography|scholar of geography]] and [[cartographer]], who lived a wandering life in Europe. He studied at the [[University of Ingolstadt]] in the 1490s where he befrended [[Conrad Celtes]] and [[Willibald Pirckheimer]].<ref>[http://www.bingo-ev.de/~ks451/ingolsta/uni-zieg.htm "Studenten und Professoren der Ingolstädter Universität"]</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Crane |first=Nicholas |title=Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet |publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson |year=2002 |pages=71, 74, 84-86 |language=en}}</ref> Then spent some time at the court of [[Pope Leo X]] before he converted to Protestantism; subsequently his geographical works were placed on the [[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]]. |
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For a time he taught at Vienna; in his old age, 1545–49, he lived in the house of [[Wolfgang Salm]], [[Bishop of Passau]]. His portrait by [[Wolf Huber]] (c. |
For a time he taught at Vienna; in his old age, 1545–49, he lived in the house of [[Wolfgang Salm]], [[Bishop of Passau]]. His portrait by [[Wolf Huber]] (c. 1485–1553), executed about 1540, when he was about seventy years old, is in the [[Kunsthistorisches Museum]], Vienna.<ref>[http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/h/huber/ziegler.html Image]; Ludwig Benesch recognized the figure of Peter in Huber's ''Allegory of the cross'' as a portrait also of Ziegler. (Ludwig Baldass and Otto Benesch, "A Newly Discovered Portrait by Wolf Huber" ''The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs'' '''40''' No. 231 [June 1922], pp. 302-305).</ref> |
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His main geographical treatise, ''Schondia'', was published under the title ''Quae intus continentur Syria, Palestina, Arabia, Aegyptus, Schondia, Holmiae...'' at [[Strasbourg]] in 1532.<ref>A full bibliography was compiled by Karl Schottenloher, ''Jacob Ziegler aus Landau an der Isar'' (Münster) 1910. A manuscript for the work, formerly in the collection of [[Sir Thomas Phillipps]], in the [[University of Oslo|University Library, Oslo]], is discussed by Kristian Nissen, "Jacob Ziegler's Palestine Schondia Manuscript University Library, Oslo, MS. 917-4 degrees" ''Imago Mundi'' '''13''' (1956), pp. 45-52; see also [http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/English/map/map4.html "Finland as a separate peninsula with several place names"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615201610/http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/English/map/map4.html |date=June 15, 2008 }}.</ref> |
His main geographical treatise, ''Schondia'', was published under the title ''Quae intus continentur Syria, Palestina, Arabia, Aegyptus, Schondia, Holmiae...'' at [[Strasbourg]] in 1532.<ref>A full bibliography was compiled by Karl Schottenloher, ''Jacob Ziegler aus Landau an der Isar'' (Münster) 1910. A manuscript for the work, formerly in the collection of [[Sir Thomas Phillipps]], in the [[University of Oslo|University Library, Oslo]], is discussed by Kristian Nissen, "Jacob Ziegler's Palestine Schondia Manuscript University Library, Oslo, MS. 917-4 degrees" ''Imago Mundi'' '''13''' (1956), pp. 45-52; see also [http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/English/map/map4.html "Finland as a separate peninsula with several place names"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615201610/http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/English/map/map4.html |date=June 15, 2008 }}.</ref> He was also a publisher of maps where he influenced [[Gerardus Mercator]], who mentioned Ziegler's maps contained numerous inconsistencies and errors.<ref name=":0" /> |
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The Swedish historian [[Johannes Messenius]] claimed that Ziegler served as a professor of mathematics at [[Uppsala University]] in [[1540]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Messenius |first=Johannes |url=https://libris.kb.se/bib/2518173 |title=Sveopentaprotopolis. Thet är the fem förnämste och älste Sweriges och Götes hufwdstädher, såsom äro Ubsala, Sigtuna, Scara, Biörcköö och Stockholm vthaf gambla Sweriges och Göthes handlingar och monumenter, som medh sanningen öfwer ens komma, vthdragna, och hwar rättsinnig Sweriges antiquiteters älskare til nytto på latin framstälta af höghlärde d. Iohanne Messenio ... Och nw förswenskat af Henrico Hammero .. |date=1612 |pages=73 |language=sv}}</ref> However, this assertion has later been challenged by subsequent scholars, including [[Johannes Schefferus]] and Johann Georg Schelhorn.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LsY5AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA92 |title=Biographiskt Lexicon öfver namnkunnige svenska män: X - Ö, Register |date=1856 |publisher=Palmblad, Sebell |pages=92–100 |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Annerstedt |first=Claes |url=https://libris.kb.se/bib/473589 |title=Upsala universitets historia D. 1 1477-1654 |date=1877 |pages=54 |language=sv}}</ref> |
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==Notes== |
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Latest revision as of 16:52, 26 August 2024
Jacob Ziegler (c. 1470/71 – August 1549) was a humanist and theologian from Landau an der Isar in Bavaria. He was an itinerant scholar of geography and cartographer, who lived a wandering life in Europe. He studied at the University of Ingolstadt in the 1490s where he befrended Conrad Celtes and Willibald Pirckheimer.[1][2] Then spent some time at the court of Pope Leo X before he converted to Protestantism; subsequently his geographical works were placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum.
For a time he taught at Vienna; in his old age, 1545–49, he lived in the house of Wolfgang Salm, Bishop of Passau. His portrait by Wolf Huber (c. 1485–1553), executed about 1540, when he was about seventy years old, is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.[3]
His main geographical treatise, Schondia, was published under the title Quae intus continentur Syria, Palestina, Arabia, Aegyptus, Schondia, Holmiae... at Strasbourg in 1532.[4] He was also a publisher of maps where he influenced Gerardus Mercator, who mentioned Ziegler's maps contained numerous inconsistencies and errors.[2]
The Swedish historian Johannes Messenius claimed that Ziegler served as a professor of mathematics at Uppsala University in 1540.[5] However, this assertion has later been challenged by subsequent scholars, including Johannes Schefferus and Johann Georg Schelhorn.[6][7]
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- ^ "Studenten und Professoren der Ingolstädter Universität"
- ^ a b Crane, Nicholas (2002). Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 71, 74, 84–86.
- ^ Image; Ludwig Benesch recognized the figure of Peter in Huber's Allegory of the cross as a portrait also of Ziegler. (Ludwig Baldass and Otto Benesch, "A Newly Discovered Portrait by Wolf Huber" The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 40 No. 231 [June 1922], pp. 302-305).
- ^ A full bibliography was compiled by Karl Schottenloher, Jacob Ziegler aus Landau an der Isar (Münster) 1910. A manuscript for the work, formerly in the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps, in the University Library, Oslo, is discussed by Kristian Nissen, "Jacob Ziegler's Palestine Schondia Manuscript University Library, Oslo, MS. 917-4 degrees" Imago Mundi 13 (1956), pp. 45-52; see also "Finland as a separate peninsula with several place names" Archived June 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Messenius, Johannes (1612). Sveopentaprotopolis. Thet är the fem förnämste och älste Sweriges och Götes hufwdstädher, såsom äro Ubsala, Sigtuna, Scara, Biörcköö och Stockholm vthaf gambla Sweriges och Göthes handlingar och monumenter, som medh sanningen öfwer ens komma, vthdragna, och hwar rättsinnig Sweriges antiquiteters älskare til nytto på latin framstälta af höghlärde d. Iohanne Messenio ... Och nw förswenskat af Henrico Hammero . (in Swedish). p. 73.
- ^ Biographiskt Lexicon öfver namnkunnige svenska män: X - Ö, Register (in Swedish). Palmblad, Sebell. 1856. pp. 92–100.
- ^ Annerstedt, Claes (1877). Upsala universitets historia D. 1 1477-1654 (in Swedish). p. 54.
