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[[File:Portret van Paul Schede, RP-P-1917-745.jpg|thumb|Paulus Melissus.]] |
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'''Paulus Melissus''', born December 20, [[1539]] in Mellrichstadt and died February 3, [[1602]], was a writer, translator, and composer. |
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'''Paulus Melissus''' (also: ''Paul Melissus,'' ''Paul Schede'', or ''Paulus Schedius Melissus''; 20 December 1539 – 3 February 1602) was a [[Humanism|humanist]] [[Neo-Latin]] writer, translator and composer. |
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==Life== |
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Melissus was born in [[Mellrichstadt]]. He studied and attended school in [[Zwickau]] from 1557 to 1559, and studied philology in [[Erfurt]] and [[Jena]]. From 1560 to 1564 he lived in [[Vienna]], where in 1561 he became [[poet laureate]]. He stayed in [[Prague]], [[Lutherstadt Wittenberg|Wittenberg]] and [[Leipzig]], and was called to the court of the bishop of [[Würzburg]] and went on a campaign to [[Hungary]] with him. |
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He was an ambassador in the service of Emperor [[Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian II]] and [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor|Rudolf II]], and traveled to France, Switzerland, Italy, and England and was ultimately director of the Electoral library (the [[Bibliotheca Palatina]]) in Heidelberg, where he died. |
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Melissus translated works of [[Clément Marot]] and [[Théodore de Bèze]] for the [[Huguenot]] church services in rhyme using the [[Psalm]]s in German. He was the first to use the [[sonnet]] and the ''[[terza rima]]'' in German lyric. In his lifetime he was recognized as an author fully versed in Latin love poetry. |
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==Works== |
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*''Cantiones'', poems (1566) |
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*''Psalmen Davids'' (1572) |
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*''Schediasmata'', poems (1574) |
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*''Schediasmatum reliquiae'', poems (1575) |
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*''Epigrammata'' (1580) |
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*''Odae Palatinae'' (1588) |
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*''Meletemata'', poems (1595) |
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==Literature== |
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*{{Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie|21|293|297|Melissus, Paul Schede|Erich Schmidt}} |
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*{{NDB|17|15|16|Melissus, Paulus|Jörg-Ulrich Fechner, Hans Dehnhard}} |
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*Fritz Roth, Restlose Auswertungen von Leichenpredigten für genealogische und kulturhistorische Zwecke. Bd. 5 R 4941 |
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*Wolfgang Klose: Das Wittenberger Gelehrtenstammbuch: das Stammbuch von Abraham Ulrich (1549-1577) und David Ulrich (1580-1623), Halle: Mitteldt. Verl., 1999, {{ISBN|3-932776-76-3}} |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/desbillons/aport/seite237.html Picture of Paulus Melissus] |
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Latest revision as of 02:50, 12 April 2024
Paulus Melissus (also: Paul Melissus, Paul Schede, or Paulus Schedius Melissus; 20 December 1539 – 3 February 1602) was a humanist Neo-Latin writer, translator and composer.
Life
[edit]Melissus was born in Mellrichstadt. He studied and attended school in Zwickau from 1557 to 1559, and studied philology in Erfurt and Jena. From 1560 to 1564 he lived in Vienna, where in 1561 he became poet laureate. He stayed in Prague, Wittenberg and Leipzig, and was called to the court of the bishop of Würzburg and went on a campaign to Hungary with him.
He was an ambassador in the service of Emperor Maximilian II and Rudolf II, and traveled to France, Switzerland, Italy, and England and was ultimately director of the Electoral library (the Bibliotheca Palatina) in Heidelberg, where he died.
Melissus translated works of Clément Marot and Théodore de Bèze for the Huguenot church services in rhyme using the Psalms in German. He was the first to use the sonnet and the terza rima in German lyric. In his lifetime he was recognized as an author fully versed in Latin love poetry.
Works
[edit]- Cantiones, poems (1566)
- Psalmen Davids (1572)
- Schediasmata, poems (1574)
- Schediasmatum reliquiae, poems (1575)
- Epigrammata (1580)
- Odae Palatinae (1588)
- Meletemata, poems (1595)
Literature
[edit]- Erich Schmidt (1885), "Melissus, Paul Schede", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 21, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 293–297
- Jörg-Ulrich Fechner, Hans Dehnhard (1994), "Melissus, Paulus", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 17, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 15–16
- Fritz Roth, Restlose Auswertungen von Leichenpredigten für genealogische und kulturhistorische Zwecke. Bd. 5 R 4941
- Wolfgang Klose: Das Wittenberger Gelehrtenstammbuch: das Stammbuch von Abraham Ulrich (1549-1577) und David Ulrich (1580-1623), Halle: Mitteldt. Verl., 1999, ISBN 3-932776-76-3
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