Hieronymus Megiser

Jerome Megiser (* 1554 in Stuttgart, † 1618 or 1619 in Linz, Austria ) was a polymath, linguist and historian.

Life

Jerome Megiser studied from 1571 in Tübingen, was a favorite student of the late humanist and philologist Nicodemus Frischlin, there was in 1577 and Master in 1581 went as a private teacher ( " preceptor " ) to Ljubljana, Ljubljana today. From 1582, he studied law in Padua and was then re- worked as a private tutor young nobleman from Carniola and Styria, traveled extensively - 1588/89 Italy and Malta, and in 1591 North Germany, Holland and England - before he 1590/91 in Graz by Archduke Karl became a " professor Historiographus " to Landschaftliche historian, and appointed the young Johannes Kepler met, with whom he " in scientific and friendly intercourse " remained. In 1593 he came where he held the position of rector at the evangelical "Collegium sapientiae et pietatis " of the Estates in Klagenfurt to 1601 to Carinthia. As this institution of university level, in their tradition, the present-day Europe Gymnasium in Klagenfurt sees the Jesuits was handed over during the Counter Reformation, he had to leave as almost all other Protestant professors Carinthia.

After further travels he settled in Frankfurt am Main, where he married the printer Johann Spiess daughter. He was then in Gera for Heinrich Posthumus of Reuss, who had undertaken to build a modern state educational institution. Megiser was appointed in 1603 by Elector Christian II associate professor of history at the University of Leipzig and the Chur Princely ordered historiographer. He held to 1612, when he was charged by Archduke Charles of Austria to the Count Palatine and appointed historiographer to Linz this site. The interest of the Upper Austrian representatives in the story was so great that they wanted specially employs a historian who should conduct the scenic library, and do like the court historian commissioned works. The choice fell on Megiser Jerome, who was in 1615 appointed " historicus " of the landscape. In the same year he was commissioned into a chronicle of the country. As the conflict between the Protestant Estates and the Catholic dynasty reached its peak 1618-1620, he authored works in which the constitutional views of the stands opposition were historically justified, for example, the acquisition of land administration through the countryside during an interregnum. From this time the fact clashes also the adoption of a subsequent death date results as of yet adopted the year 1618th It was a touchy subject, clashed with the ständisches and prince's constitutional thought head-on. Megiser represented here uncompromising vision of the estates, according to which at this time only the landscape was entitled to exercise the right to rule.

Importance

  • With its two dictionaries ( 1592, 1608), both of the first " Vindish " ( = Slovenian ) language as German, Latin and Italian looked evenly matched, he made outstanding contributions to the Slovene language.
  • He issued a first Turkish grammar, a multilingual dictionary of virtually all known languages ​​at that time, a first multilingual collection of proverbs, travel descriptions, including many others in 1611, the first German translation of the travelogue of Marco Polo
  • He is with his descriptions of Naples ( 1605 ), Magadasker (1609 ), Venice ( 1610), Carinthia (1610 ), North Germany, Holland and England ( 1613 ) as the founder of cultural- historically oriented German travel literature in contrast to pilgrims reports.
  • He was the editor and publisher of the first printed Carinthian History ( 1610) and led the Leipzig printing of the Annales Carinthiae of Michael Gothard Christalnick to that of 1579 - had in 1592 developed, and as the authors Megiser was even long, a work in which for the first time the importance of the Duke of Carinthia chair has been interpreted as a document corporative democracy.
  • He earned it by the library of the University, often referred to as the Collegium in Klagenfurt, by written order, and the first library docked an index of the complete stock of the library.
  • He also encouraged the restoration of the Duke chair, which should experience the 1597 final individual session with a Prince.

Works

  • Megiser, Hieronymus - Dictionary quatuor linguarum ( 1592,1608,1744 - one of the most essential works of the Slovenian language included the following languages: German, Latin, Slovenian, Italian) ( digitized output Graz 1592)
  • Megiser, Hieronymus - Slovensko - nemsko - Latinski slovar ( 1592, 1977, 1967 facsimile of the edition of 1592)
  • Megiser, Hieronymus - A Treatise of the Dreyfachen knighthood and all orders of knights of Christendom ( 1593 - the oldest factory in German language about the secular and religious order of knights )
  • Megiser, Hieronymus: Icones & vitae Paparum: LIBELLVS recens EDITVS. Quo non solum OMNIVM Romanae SEDIS PONTIFICVM, A D. PETRO, VSQVE AD CLEMENtem IIX. Effigies, quam ad accuratissime vivum expressae whether oculos ponuntur: sed etiam, SINGVLORVM VITAE, NOMINA, parentes, familia, natal, patria, insignia, creeds, Dignities & officia, gestae resque: Annus item, Mensis ac This Creationis, Inaugurationis, administrative Pontificatus, Obitus & Sedis vacantis ..., Frankfurt, Joachim Brathering, 1602
  • Megiser, Jeronimos Specimen quinquaginta diversarum atque inter se differentium linguarum et dialectorum; videlicet, oratio dominica. Frankfurt: Joachim Fried Herring, 1603 (text in 50 languages)
  • Megiser, Hieronymus - Thesaurus Polyglottus.Frankfurt 1603
  • Megiser, Hieronymus - Delitiae Neapolitanae - This is Außführliche description of mechtigen and inn Europe high unnd far berühmbten Kingdom [ ... ] Naples, Leipzig ( 1605 ).
  • Megiser, Hieronymus: Tabulae Genealogicae, Quibus Illustrissimi Principis ac Domini D. Johannis Georgii, Ducis Saxoniae ( digitized ) devices ad Elistrum: Spiessius, 1607
  • Megiser Jerome ed translation of Marco Polo's travelogue, 1609
  • Megiser, Hieronymus - Warhafftige [ ... ] description of the [ ... ] Insul Madagascar. Altenburg 1609
  • Megiser, Hieronymus - Paradisus Deliciarum; is the real thing and wahrhafftige Description The wonderful / mechtigen and hochberümbten in the world city of Venice ... Leipzig 1610. reprint excerpts Bad Koestritz 1993
  • Megiser, Hieronymus - LANDS OF LOEB HANDVEST HANDSOME ERTZHERTZOGTHUMBS KHAERNDTEN. Therein Kayserliche, Royal VND LANDS princely FREYHAITEN, Statuta, PARLOR AND OTHER commonly used SET AND REGULATIONS, BY longitudinal TERMS. [ Leipzig ] [A. LAMBERG ] 1610 digitized UB Heidelberg
  • Megiser, Jerome ed Christalnick, Michael Gothard: Annales Carinthiae, That's Chronica Des praiseworthy Ertzhertzogthumbs Khärndten: Darinn außführlich, is described, which go in the same noble country Khärndten for namhaffte histories VND stories, Leipzig ( Lamberg ) 1610-1612, the first printed work on the history of Carinthia; Klagenfurt 1981 reprint of the edition of 1612, Verlag Johannes Heyn; ISBN 3-85366-368-0 ISBN 3-85366-369-9 and )
  • Megiser Jerome and Joannes Melchior Maderus - Institutionum linguae turcicae, Leipzig 1612
  • Megiser, Hieronymus - Septentrio Novantiquus, Or The newe NortWelt. That is: Thorough and warhaffte description of all of the midnight and Nortwerts lying lands and Insulen. Leipzig ( 1613 )
  • Megiser Hieronymus - Iconographia Ceasarum: or summary Keyser Chronicken extract. . . all Roman Keyser V. Julio Casare to bite auff the book now reigning Mr. Matthiam. Regensburg 1616
  • Megiser Jerome ed Jansen of Enenkels Fürstenbuch of Austria and Styria, Linz 1618
  • Megiser Hieronymus - Rom.Imperat. vitae, which is Denckwürdige ... biting descriptions of all the Roman Kayser from the first Julio Caesare ... Ferdinandum III. , Regensperg [ sic] 1657
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