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CELTES, KONRAD (1459-'1508)

CELTES, KONRAD (1459-'1508) , See also:

German humanist and Latin poet, the son of a vintner named Pickel (of which Celtes is the See also:

Greek See also:

TRANSLATION

translation), was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Wipfeld near See also:

SCHWEINFURT

Schweinfurt. He See also:

early ran away from See also:

home to avoid being set to his See also:

FATHER

father's See also:

trade, and at See also:

HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg was lucky enough to find a generous See also:

PATRON

patron in Johann von See also:

DALBERG

Dalberg and a teacher in See also:

Agricola. After the See also:

DEATH

death of the latter (1485) Celtes led the wandering See also:

LIFE

life of a See also:

SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar of the See also:

RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance, visiting most of the countries of the See also:

CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent, teaching in various See also:

UNIVERSITIES

universities, and everywhere establishing learned See also:

SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies on the See also:

MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model of the See also:

academy of See also:

POMPONIUS, LUCIUS

Pomponius . See also:

LAETUS, JULIUS POMPONIUS [Giulio Pomponio Leto], (1425-1498)

Laetus at See also:

Rome. Among these was the Sodalitas litteraria Rhenana or Celtica at See also:

MAINZ (Fr. Mayence)

Mainz (1491). In 1486 he published his first See also:

BOOK

book, Ars versificandi et carminum, which created an immense sensation and gained him the See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of being crowned as the first poet See also:

LAUREATE (Lat. laureatus, from laurea, the laurel tree)

laureate of See also:

Germany, the ceremony being performed by the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

Frederick III. at the See also:

DIET

diet of See also:

NUREMBERG (Ger. Nurnberg)

Nuremberg in 1487. In 1497 he was appointed by the emperor See also:

Maximilian I. See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

POETRY

poetry and See also:

RHETORIC (Gr. psroperctj TEXvq, the art of the orator)

rhetoric at See also:

Vienna, and in 1502 was made See also:

head of the new Collegium Poetarum et Mathematicorum, with the right of conferring the laureateship. He did much to introduce See also:

SYSTEM

system into the methods of teaching, to purify the Latin of learned intercourse, and to further the study of the See also:

CLASSICS

classics, especially the Greek. But he was more than a See also:

mere classicist of the Renaissance. He was keenly interested in See also:

HISTORY

history and See also:

topography, especially in that of his native See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country. It was he who first unearthed (in the See also:

CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent of St Emmeran at See also:

REGENSBURG (RATISBON)

Regensburg) the remarkable Latin poems of the See also:

NUN (O. Eng. nunne, from Lat. nonnus, nonna, familiar terms for an old man or woman)

nun See also:

HROSVITHA (frequently ROSWITHA, and properly HROTSUIT)

Hrosvitha of See also:

GANDERSHEIM

Gandersheim, of which he published an edition (Nuremberg, 1501), the See also:

HISTORICAL

historical poem Ligurinus sive de See also:

REBUS (Lat. rebus, " by things ")

rebus gestis Frederici primi imperatoris libri x. (See also:

Augsburg, 1507), and the celebrated See also:

map of the See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

EMPIRE

empire known as the Tabula Peutingeriana (after Konrad Peutinger, to whom he See also:

LEFT

left it).

He projected a See also:

GREAT

great See also:

WORK

work on Germany; but of this only the Germania generalis and an historical work in See also:

PROSE

prose, De origine, situ, moribus et institutis Nurimbergae libellus, saw the See also:

LIGHT

light. As a writer of Latin See also:

VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse Celtes far surpassed any of his predecessors. He composed odes, elegies, epigrams, dramatic pieces and an unfinished epic, the Theodoriceis. His epigrams, edited by Hartfelder, were published at See also:

Berlin in 1881. His See also:

EDITIONS

editions of the classics are now, of course, out of date. He died at Vienna on the 4th of See also:

FEBRUARY

February 15o8. For a full See also:

list of Celtes's See also:

WORKS

works see Engelbert Kliipfel, De vita et scriptis Conradi Celtis (2 vols., See also:

FREIBURG

Freiburg, 1827) ; also Johann Aschbach, See also:

Die friiheren Wanderjahre See also:

DES

des See also:

Conrad Celtes (Vienna, 1869) ; See also:

Hartmann, Konrad Celtes in Nurnberg (Nuremberg, 1889).

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