Prof. Sebastian Münster, Die Insel Sumatra - photo 1
Prof. Sebastian Münster, Die Insel Sumatra - photo 1

Prof. Sebastian Münster, Die Insel Sumatra

Lot 3808
26.05.2018 12:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 3808 | Prof. Sebastian Münster, Die Insel Sumatra
im linken Teil Darstellung der Insel, rechts oben Legende in Deutsch und darunter aus der Zeit seltene Darstellung eines Elefanten mit seinem Begleiter, im oberen Bereich bezeichnet Sumatra ein grosse Insel/so von den alten Geographen Taprobana genennet worden, rückseitig weiterhin bezeichnet, aus Cosmographia”, Holzschnitt und Buchdruck auf dünnem Bütten, 2. Hälfte 16. Jahrhundert, mittig Bugfalte, Erhaltungsmängel, Darstellungsmaß ohne Schrift ca. 30,5 x 36 cm, Blattmaß ca. 36 x 44,5 cm. Info: Sebastian Münster, dt.-schweizerischer Kosmograph, Humanist und Sprachkundler (1488 Nieder-Ingelheim bis 1552 Basel), studierte an der Ordensschule der Franziskaner in Heidelberg, 1505 Beitritt zum Franziskanerorden, unternahm zahlreiche Studienreisen, unter anderem nach Löwen, Freiburg/Breisgau, Rouffach und Basel, 1512 Priesterweihe in Pforzheim, 1514-18 Lektor an der Ordensschule der Franziskaner in Tübingen, ab 1518 in Basel, 1524 Berufung als Professor an die Universität Heidelberg, 1529 Austritt aus dem Orden und als Professor in Basel tätig, hier ursprünglicher Herausgeber der erstmals 1544 erschienenen und bis 1628 in 46 weiter vervollkommneten Auflagen verschiedener Sprachen erschienenen ”Cosmographie (Weltbeschreibung), Quelle: Wikipedia.
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