1 Montpellier. The river Loire. 3 Perugia in Italy. 2 Albertus Magnus, a Swabian scholar and writer. 7 Pisa, on the river Arno. 8 Prague. • Cologne. 10 Erfurt, in Thuringia. VOL. XXII. Cracow. 13 Leipzig. M EX TENEBRIS SECLI PIVS IVIT AD ASTRA PHILELPHVS, Academiæ Griveswaldensis, 1457. ALTA SVIS SVRGIT QVA GRIVESVVALDIA TECTIS, Laurentii Vallæ obitus, 1457. EXIGVE CVMVLO VALLA EST HIC PRESS VS ARENÆ; IN VITÆ EST SVAVES AVRAS EXORTVS ERASMVS, Academiæ Ingolstadiensis, 1472. Joannis Molitoris Regiomontani,7 1476. ATRIA TVBINGE SVNT CLARE LOCATA MINERVA, Martinus Lutherus nascitur, 1483. PONE SEQVENS NONAS CELO ORTA EST QVINTA NOVEMBRIS The sun enters the "sign" Cancer about 20th June. This Gerson was the French theologian, Chancellor of the University of Paris, the supposed writer of the "De imitatione Christi." 5 Lorenzo Valla, an Italian writer. Griefswald, in Prussia. 8 Tubingen. The sun enters the "sign" Scorpio about 20th October. 7 Konigsberg. A German philosopher whose name is further Latinized as "Ruricola"; his real name was Huysmann. 10 Eboanus Hessus, a German poet. This chronogram marks a date by some astronomical allusion. 11 Basle, on the Rhine. 14 Bretta, or Bretheim, in the Palatinate. Joannis Brentii natalis, 1499. EXIT VT AERIAS IN LVCIS BRENTIVS ORAS, PER CANCRI IMPEGIT VISCERE PHOEBVS EQVOS. EST CREATVS CLARA CAMERARIVS VRBE PABERGA, ALBICOLA FERTVR PHOEBO FRIDERICVS IN VRBE Jacobi Micylli natalis, 1503. TE VATES NASCI VOLVERVNT FATA MICYLLI, Academia Francofurdensis ad Viadrum,3 1506. ARX VIADRI FLAVAS PROPE AQVAS EST STRVCTA DEABVS, PROTVLIT IN LVCEM GENITRIX TE CLARE STIGELI, PEGASEIS ORERIS FABRICI GRATE CAMENIS, PHŒBÆA ASPERA HYAS LVCE VBI TECTA LATET. Christophori Longolii mors, 1522. ASTRÆÆ IN CASTRE SOLE SEDENTE SINV. Ulrici Hutteni mors, 1523. IGNIFER IN TEPIDO FVLSIT SOL SYDERE LIBRE, Victorini Strigelii natalis, 1524. Nicolai Leoniceni mors, 1524. Thomæ Linacri mors, 1524. 10 1 The precise date is marked by the arrival of the sun at the body of the sign Cancer, June-July. Meaning the sign Gemini, the twins, which the sun enters about May 20. The fiery sun is here supposed to meet the cold star in Libra, some day in September or October. Thomas Linacre, physician to Henry VIII., of England. Peter Mosellanus, a German philologist. 10 Gaspar Peucer, a German mathematician, was born in 1525; the chronogram makes 1529. The day and month are obscurely marked by an astronomical allusion. GRATE GREGI, CORDE, AONIO TE FATA TVLERVNT, DOCTIS COLLAPSA EST SCHOLA RESTAVRATA DEABVS LVCE MINVS QVINTA OCTOBRIS SVA FATA PEREGIT Guilhelmi Budæi mors, 1540. OCCVBVIT CLARVS FATO вVDÆVS' INIQVO, Simonis Grynæi mors, 1541. GRYNÆÆ10 ES DVRO RESOLVTVS CARCERE CARNIS, Contareni Cardinalis mors, 1542. FATA DECVS LATII VT FERS CONTARENE" SENATVS, Hieronymi Aleandri mors, 1542. SEPTENOS NOVIES ALEANDER12 CLAVSIT VBI ANNOS, 2 Wilibald Pirkheimer, a German scholar and author; the name varied perhaps by local pronunciation. A Swiss mathematician; the date is marked by the sun entering the sign Pisces, about February 20. 4 Marburg in Germany. 5 The river Lahn. 6 Ulrich Zase, a Swiss jurist. ? Strasburg. This chronogram seems to be wrong-it makes 1528. • Copenhagen. 9 Guillaume Budé, a French writer. 10 Simon Grynæus, a German theologian, died at Basle on the Rhine. 11 Gasparo Contarini, Italian cardinal, statesman and legate. 12 Jerome Aleandre, French Hellenist, cardinal, Archbishop of Brindes. 18 Johann Eckius, Chancellor of the University of Ingolstadt, opponent of Luther. 1 Konigsberg. 2 The river Pregel. 3 Valerius Cordus, German physician and botanist. Gaspar Creutziger, German Protestant theologian. Paul Fagius, the Latin of his name Bucheim, Lutheran promoter of the reformation at Cambridge. Peter Bembo, cardinal, historian, and poet. 7 Andrea Alceati, Italian jurist, scholar, and writer. Andreas Osiander, German Lutheran divine. 11 Johann Æpinus, German theologian and reformer. 8 Martin Bucer, German reformer and writer. 10 Caspar Hedio, German reformer and writer. 12 German mathematician and astronomer. |