Mapping the Early Modern World Ptolemy’s Cosmography in Sixteenth Century Cracow
Around 1490 Cracow saw the development of humanist interests in geography, as well as in the works of Claudius Ptolemaeus (circa 100-147) and other ancient geographers. The stay of the renown German humanist, Conradus Celtes, in Cracow (1446-1495) most likely contributed to this shift. Laurentius Co...
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Published in | Tabula (Pula, Croatia) no. 17; pp. 315 - 330 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Juraj Dobrila University of Pula
01.10.2020
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Summary: | Around 1490 Cracow saw the development of humanist interests
in geography, as well as in the works of Claudius Ptolemaeus (circa
100-147) and other ancient geographers. The stay of the renown
German humanist, Conradus Celtes, in Cracow (1446-1495) most
likely contributed to this shift. Laurentius Corvinus (circa 1465-
1527), Silesian humanist and Neo-Latin poet, who between 1484-
1494 studied and then lectured in Cracow as docens extraneus non de
facultate (his lectures were attended by, for example, young Nicolaus
Copernicus), belonged to Celtes’ circle. As a result of his lectures
in Cracow, Corvinus wrote the textbook entitled Cosmographia
dans nanuductionem in tabulas Ptolemai [...], which was then published
in Basel, in 1496. This paper presents the main facts concerning
Corvinus’ life and discusses the content of his work. It also presents
the circles of contemporary Renaissance humanists in Cracow, in
particular scholars of geography and astronomy. This work played
an important role in developing geographical knowledge among the
humanists of Cracow. It also influenced humanist circles in Basel,
Nuremberg and Tubingen. Today, Corvinus’ Cosmographia is a rather
forgotten work, not often analyzed by researchers of the history of
Polish geography and historians of older literature.
Oko 1490. godine Krakov je bio mjesto pojačanoga humanističkog
zanimanja za geografiju, pa tako i za djela Klaudija Ptolemeja (oko 100.
– 147.) i drugih antičkih geografa. Tomu je najvjerojatnije pridonio i
boravak znamenitoga njemačkog humanista Konrada Celtesa (1446. –
1495.) u Krakovu. Njegovu je intelektualnom krugu pripadao i Laurencije
Korvin (oko 1465. – 1527. ), šleski humanist i novolatinski pjesnik
koji je 1484. – 1494. studirao, a zatim i predavao u Krakovu kao docens
extraneus non de facultate (njegova je predavanja pohađao i, primjerice,
mladi Nikola Kopernik). Korvin je, kao rezultat svojih krakovskih predavanja,
napisao udžbenik Cosmographia dans nanuductionem in tabulas
Ptolemai, tiskan u Baselu 1496. U članku se predstavljaju najvažnije
činjenice iz Korvinova života te se raspravlja o sadržaju njegova djela,
a prikazuju se i intelektualni humanistički krugovi onodobnog renesansnog
Krakova, osobito oni učenjaka geografa i astronoma. Korvinovo je
djelo značajno utjecalo na razvoj geografskoga znanja krakovskih humanista,
kao i na humanističke intelektualne krugove u Baselu, Nürnbergu
i Tübingenu. Danas je njegova Cosmographia uglavnom zaboravljeno
djelo, a istraživači povijesti poljske geografije i povjesničari književnosti
njime se slabo bave. |
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ISSN: | 1331-7830 1849-1685 |
DOI: | 10.32728/tab.17.2020.12 |