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'''Laurentius Corvinus''' ({{lang-de|Lorenz Rabe}}; {{lang-pl|Wawrzyniec Korwin}}; 1465 – 1527) was a ]n scholar who lectured at ] when ] began to study there. '''Laurentius Corvinus''' ({{lang-de|Lorenz Rabe}}; {{lang-pl|Wawrzyniec Korwin}}; 1465 – 1527) was a ]n scholar who lectured at ] when ] began to study there.


Lorenz Rabe was born in ] in ]. He ]ized his name, as was standard custom in educational circles for centuries, and became known as ''Corvinus'' (Latin for the German word ''Rabe'', or ]). He was from 1505-1508 employed in Copernicus' home town of ]. Corvinus helped to publish Copernicus' Latin translation of the ] Greek poetry by ], the ''Letters''. Corvinus transmitted Copernicus’s translation to the printer's shop of ] in ] to be published in 1509. This became possible due to the fact that Corvinus received the master of liberal arts degree in 1489, after he had started his studies at the Cracow University in 1484. Lorenz Rabe was born in ] in ]. He ]ized his name, as was standard custom in educational circles for centuries, and became known as ''Corvinus'' (Latin for the German word ''Rabe'', or ]). He was from 1505-1508 employed in Copernicus' home town of ''Thorn'' as ''Stadtschreiber'' (city secretary)<ref></ref>, now ]. Corvinus helped to publish Copernicus' Latin translation of the ] Greek poetry by ], the ''Letters''. Corvinus transmitted Copernicus’s translation to the printer's shop of ] in ] to be published in 1509. This became possible due to the fact that Corvinus received the master of liberal arts degree in 1489, after he had started his studies at the Cracow University in 1484.


Corvinus was a close friend of another Silesian, ], who also taught at Kraków while Copernicus was there. He was influenced by ] and Copernicus befriended the group of humanists. As a student and later magister at Cracow University he was acquainted with astronomy; as magister he lectured at the faculty for several years, including the first years of Copernicus’ studies in Kraków. Corvinus was also close friend to another Silesian, ], who also taught at Kraków while Copernicus was there. He was influenced by ] and Copernicus befriended the group of humanists. As a student and later magister at Cracow University he was acquainted with astronomy; as magister he lectured at the faculty for several years, including the first years of Copernicus’ studies in Kraków.


He worked as teacher and rector at ] and ]. He published humanistic writings and poems, some of them of religious nature. While he had taken the position as city secretary of Toruń for a few years, he nevertheless transferred back to Breslau, when a position became open, because of his young wife's homesickness. He worked as teacher and rector at ], also as ''Breslau Stadtschreiber''<ref></ref> (city secretary) in ]. He published humanistic writings and poems, some of them of religious nature. While he had taken the position as city secretary of Thorn for a few years, he nevertheless transferred back to Breslau, when a position became open, because of his young wife's homesickness.


Corvinus lectured on “De ente et essentia” (1492) and “]’s Libri Posteriorum” (1493); he also wrote ''Cosmographia dans manuductionem in tabulas Claudii Ptolomei'' (published in ], 1496). Corvinus lectured on “De ente et essentia” (1492) and “]’s Libri Posteriorum” (1493); he also wrote ''Cosmographia dans manuductionem in tabulas Claudii Ptolomei'' (published in ], 1496).

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Laurentius Corvinus (Template:Lang-de; Template:Lang-pl; 1465 – 1527) was a Silesian scholar who lectured at Cracow Academy when Nicolaus Copernicus began to study there.

Lorenz Rabe was born in Neumarkt (Środa Śląska) in Lower Silesia. He Latinized his name, as was standard custom in educational circles for centuries, and became known as Corvinus (Latin for the German word Rabe, or raven). He was from 1505-1508 employed in Copernicus' home town of Thorn as Stadtschreiber (city secretary), now Toruń. Corvinus helped to publish Copernicus' Latin translation of the Byzantine Greek poetry by Theophylactus Simocatta, the Letters. Corvinus transmitted Copernicus’s translation to the printer's shop of Johann Haller in Kraków to be published in 1509. This became possible due to the fact that Corvinus received the master of liberal arts degree in 1489, after he had started his studies at the Cracow University in 1484.

Corvinus was also close friend to another Silesian, Johannes Sommerfeld, who also taught at Kraków while Copernicus was there. He was influenced by Conrad Celtis and Copernicus befriended the group of humanists. As a student and later magister at Cracow University he was acquainted with astronomy; as magister he lectured at the faculty for several years, including the first years of Copernicus’ studies in Kraków.

He worked as teacher and rector at Schweidnitz (Świdnica), also as Breslau Stadtschreiber (city secretary) in Breslau (Wrocław). He published humanistic writings and poems, some of them of religious nature. While he had taken the position as city secretary of Thorn for a few years, he nevertheless transferred back to Breslau, when a position became open, because of his young wife's homesickness.

Corvinus lectured on “De ente et essentia” (1492) and “Aristotle’s Libri Posteriorum” (1493); he also wrote Cosmographia dans manuductionem in tabulas Claudii Ptolomei (published in Basel, 1496).

Corvinus died in Breslau.

References

  1. Laurentius Corvinus Thorn Stadtschreiber
  • Killy - Laurentii Corvini Novoforensis 'Adhortatio ad discendum; Ad Floram; Hortatur adolescentes, ut rus petant; Ad Deliam Virginem; Ad Maurum; Ad Ioan. Albertum, Poloniae Regem; Ad Bacchum' - {Compare: Compendiosa et facilis diversorum carminum Structura: cum exemplis aptissimis ac ad unguem elaboratis, et postremo brevibus cognoscendarum syllabarum preceptis. Liptzk impressus: Jacob. Thanner, 1504. 32 Bl. 4°}

External link

  • JERZY DOBRZYCKI: NOTES ON COPERNICUS’S EARLY HELIOCENTRISM Bd. 2, S. 0935

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