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 inTabula (Pula, Croatia) no. 17; pp. 315 - 330
Main Author Rott, Dariusz
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Published Juraj Dobrila University of Pula 01.10.2020
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Abstract 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.
AbstractList 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.
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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