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Henricus Glareanus’s (1488–1563) Chronologia of the Ancient World Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions Editedby AndrewColinGow Edmonton,Alberta Incooperationwith SylviaBrown,Edmonton,Alberta FalkEisermann ,Berlin BerndtHamm ,Erlangen JohannesHeil ,Heidelberg SusanC.Karant-Nunn ,Tucson,Arizona MartinKaufhold ,Augsburg ErikKwakkel ,Leiden JürgenMiethke ,Heidelberg ChristopherOcker ,SanAnselmoandBerkeley,California FoundingEditor HeikoA.Oberman† VOLUME177 Thetitlespublishedinthisseriesarelistedatbrill.com/smrt Henricus Glareanus’s (1488–1563) Chronologia of the Ancient World A Facsimile Edition of a Heavily Annotated Copy Held in Princeton University Library IntroductionandTranscriptionby AnthonyT.Grafton UrsB.Leu LEIDEN•BOSTON 2014 Coverillustration:DesideriusErasmus:Encomiummoriae,Basel,JohannesFroben,1515;pendrawingbyHansHolbeintheYounger, brownink,4°,Inv.1662,fol.Nverso(KunstmuseumBasel,Kupferstichkabinett;photobyMartinP.Bühler).Detail. ThebookbelongedtotheBasleReformerOswaldMyconius(1488–1552);thedrawingsweremadebyHansHolbeintheYounger (1497/98–1543).ThisseemstobethemostauthenticpictureofGlareanus. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Glareanus,Henricus,1488-1563,author. HenricusGlareanus's(1488-1563)Chronologiaoftheancientworld:afacsimileeditionofaheavilyannotatedcopyheldinPrinceton UniversityLibrary/introductionandtranscriptionbyAnthonyT.Grafton,UrsB.Leu. pagescm–(Studiesinmedievalandreformationtraditions;177) ISBN978-90-04-26175-4(hardback:alk.paper)–ISBN978-90-04-26176-1(e-book) 1.History,Ancient–Earlyworksto1800.2.Glareanus,Henricus,1488-1563.3.Hummelberger,Gabriel,approximately1490-1544.I.Grafton, Anthony.II.Leu,UrsB.(UrsBernhard),1961-III.Title.IV.Title:Chronologiaoftheancientworld.V.Series:Studiesinmedievaland Reformationtraditions;177. PA8520.G6C472014 930–dc23 2013033721 Thispublicationhasbeentypesetinthemultilingual“Brill”typeface.Withover5,100characterscoveringLatin,IPA,Greek,andCyrillic, thistypefaceisespeciallysuitableforuseinthehumanities.Formoreinformation,pleaseseewww.brill.com/brill-typeface. ISSN1573-4188 ISBN978-90-04-26175-4(hardback) ISBN978-90-04-26176-1(e-book) Copyright2014byKoninklijkeBrillNV,Leiden,TheNetherlands.KoninklijkeBrillNVincorporatestheimprintsBrill,GlobalOriental, HoteiPublishing,IDCPublishersandMartinusNijhoffPublishers. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,translated,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyform orbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recordingorotherwise,withoutpriorwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher. AuthorizationtophotocopyitemsforinternalorpersonaluseisgrantedbyKoninklijkeBrillNVprovidedthattheappropriatefeesare paiddirectlytoTheCopyrightClearanceCenter,222RosewoodDrive,Suite910,Danvers,MA01923,USA. Feesaresubjecttochange. Thisbookisprintedonacid-freepaper. CONTENTS ListofIllustrations............................................................ vii Preface........................................................................ 1 Glareanus’sChronologia ...................................................... 3 OntheUsesofChronology............................................... 6 Glareanus’sLecturesonLivyandSuetonius.............................. 9 AnotherStudentofGlareanus:GabrielHummelbergII(1530–1582?) .... 13 Hummelberg’sCopyofGlareanus’sChronologia ......................... 17 Glareanus:AUniqueCase?............................................... 32 ThePracticeofChronology:Glareanus,HummelbergandOthers ....... 37 FacsimileandTranscriptionofHummelberg’sAnnotations.................. 49 LISTOFILLUSTRATIONS 1 S.C.S.M.(=MatthiasSambucellus),amemberofGlareanus’sBurse, wrotehandwrittencommentariesinhisowncopyofGlareanus’sDe situHelvetiae (Basel1514). Hestarted withthe remark:“Explanatio vocum minus bene cognitarum que in geographia helvecie conti- nentur,quodcarmenipseHenricusGlareanusBasileaeinstudiorum contubernio 19 Calendas Janua[rij] palam omnibus gymnasij cul- toribusdecantavitpauloanteannumChristiservatorisnostri1515et subindediligentilaboreexposuit.”Itistheonlyknowntestimonyof aprivatelectureheldbyGlareanusinhisBaselBurse(Universitäts- bibliothekBasel,callnumber:ANXIV60) ........................... 4 2 Homer, Ilias, Strassburg, Wolfgang Köpfer, 1534 (Zentralbibliothek Solothurn,callnumber:Rar2196/1) .................................. 8 3 HenricusGlareanus,Chronologia,Basel,Froben,1531,p.33(Kantons- bibliothekAarau,callnumber:RarF13) ............................. 10 4 Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita, Basel, Johannes Herwagen, 1554 (ZentralbibliothekSolothurn,callnumber:Staal261)................ 12 5 HenricusGlareanus,Chronologia,Basel,MichaelIsengrin,1540,[p.1] (BibliothèquenationaledeFrance,callnumber:RésF128).......... 15 6 FlyleafofthePariscopyofHenricusGlareanus’sChronologia,Basel, Michael Isengrin, 1540, which is bound together with Glareanus’s Dodekachordon,Basel,HeinrichPetri,1547(Bibliothèquenationale deFrance,callnumber:RésF127–128).ThenotesbyGlareanusonthe flyleafrefertotheDodekachordon.Glareanuswrotethathecorrected this imprint with a lot of errata by his own hand, but we know, that he only corrected a master-copy and wrote this introductory passage in several copies of his Dodekachordon by his own hand. Georg Spirer then transferred his corrections, at least to this Paris volume,containingtheDodekachordonandtheChronologia........ 16 7 HenricusGlareanus,Chronologia,Basel,MichaelIsengrin,1540,from theprivatelibraryofGabrielHummelbergII.(PrincetonUniversity Library,callnumber:2010-0227Q).................................... 18 8 HenricusGlareanus,Deasseetpartibuseius,Basel,MichaelIsengrin, 1551,f.1r(ZentralbibliothekSolothurn,callnumber:StaalI54)...... 20 9 HenricusGlareanus,Deasseetpartibuseius,Basel,MichaelIsengrin, 1551(ZentralbibliothekSolothurn,callnumber:StaalI54)........... 21 10 Baptista Mantuanus, Opera, vol. 1, Paris, Jehan Petit, 1513, f. 25v (Zentralbibliothek Zürich, call number: Rq 1). Glareanus’s working copy, with notes of three kinds: subject headings, substantive comments, and definitions. His student Johann Jakob Halbmeier transcribed many of these notes in his own copy of Baptista Mantuanus(Venedig1499),nowintheBayerischeStaatsbibliothek München(callnumber:4Inc.c.a.1652a/1)........................... 22 11 MarcusTulliusCicero,Deofficiis,Lyon,SebastianusGryphius,1541, (ZentralbibliothekSolothurn,callnumber:Rar1963)................ 24 12 Marcus Tullius Cicero, De officiis, Paris, Franciscus Gryphius, 1541 (ZentralbibliothekSolothurn,callnumber:Rar1972)................ 25 viii listofillustrations 13 MarcusTulliusCicero,Deofficiis,Lyon,SebastianusGryphius,1541, p.9(ZentralbibliothekSolothurn,callnumber:Rar1963)............ 26 14 MarcusTulliusCicero,Deofficiis,Paris,FranciscusGryphius,1541,p.9 (ZentralbibliothekSolothurn,callnumber:Rar1972)................ 27 15 GaiusJuliusSolinus,Dememoralibus[i.e.Dememorabilibusmundi], Venedig1498(Zentral-undHochschulbibliothekLuzern,callnum- ber:Ink.975.8.).Thepreviousownerdatedonthetitlepagethebegin- ningofVadianus’slecture:“IncoeptusestSolinusAIoachimoVadi- anoHelvecioDoctorePoetaetOratoreLaureatoAnno1517dievero 15Decembris” ........................................................ 28 16 Gaius Julius Solinus, Polyhistor sive de mirabilibus mundi [i.e. De memorabilibus mundi], Bologna, Benedictus Hector Faellus, 1500, f. []v/f. Ar (Zentralbibliothek Zürich, call number: 4.197). The 4 1 2 previousownerdatedonthetitlepagethebeginningofVadianus’s lecture: “Legebat eundem poeta et orator Laureatus medicineque doctorJoachimusVadianusHelvetiusDr.S.Gallo.VienneDiscipulis suisquemet14dieDecembrisincip[i]ebatannoincarnationis1517” 29 17 GaiusJuliusSolinus,Dememoralibus[i.e.Dememorabilibusmundi], Venice 1498, f. b r (Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern, call iii number:Ink.975.8.) .................................................. 30 18 Gaius Julius Solinus, Polyhistor sive de mirabilibus mundi [i.e. De memorabilibus mundi], Bologna, Benedictus Hector Faellus, 1500, f.C v(ZentralbibliothekZürich,callnumber:4.197)................ 31 iii 2 19 NewTestament(latin),Basel,AdamPetri,1522,p.8(UBBasel,call number: F G IX2 86a). Notes by the librarian Georg Carpentarius, designed to make reading of the Bible easier: chapter titles and subject headings, parallel passages, interlinear definitions and synonyms ............................................................ 33 20 Augustinus,Opera,Basel,OfficinaFrobeniana,1528,p.337(Zentral- bibliothek Zürich, call number: AW 57: 8). Commentary on Ps. 50 withbiblicalparallels,Latinmarginalglossesontherightandalong Germancommentaryonthetextonthefootofthepage ............ 35 21 Konrad Gessner, Nomenclator aquatilium animantium. Icones ani- malium aquatilium … Zürich, Christoph Froschauer, 1560, p. 257 (ZentralbibliothekZürich,callnumber:NNN44).Threeimagesof 3 aseaurchinwithGessner’snote:“Pinxi”(“Idrewthis”).............. 36 22 Konrad Gessner, Bibliotheca universalis, Zürich, Christoph Frosch- auer,1545,f.17r(ZentralbibliothekZürich,callnumber:DrM3) .... 38 23 Caius Plinius Secundus, Historiarum naturae libri XXXVII, Paris, AntoineAugereaupourGaliotduPré,1532,p.46(Zentralbibliothek Zürich,callnumber:AW59) ......................................... 39 24 TitusLivius,Aburbecondita,Basel,Froben,1531,p.73(Bibliothèque Humaniste de Sélestat, call number: K 1224). With marginal notes, wavylinesandothersignsaddedbyBeatusRhenanus............... 40 PREFACE In 2007 the Princeton University Library bought a a professor’s copy of a book into their own copies. heavilyannotatedcopyoftheChronologia(1540)of Thepurposeofthisfacsimileisabovealltoraisethe theSwisshumanistHenricusGlareanus.Thesigna- questionwhetherGlareanusandhisstudentsrepre- ture on the title page revealed that Gabriel Hum- sented a special case, or if similar documents exist melberg,lateraphysicianinVoralberg,enteredthe forothersaswell.Thepresentationofthemargina- marginal notes. Originally it was not clear whether liaisdesignedtoshedlightontheiroriginandpro- thenotesrecordedalecturecoursebyGlareanusat motecomparativestudies.Itseemedappropriateto theUniversityofFreiburgimBreisgau,adictatedles- publishthemin2013,the525thanniversaryofGlare- son that he had provided for students in the hos- anus’sbirthandthe450thofhisdeath. tel that he supervised or an earlier written original We owe warm thanks to Princeton University thathasdisappeared.AswestudiedHummelberg’s Library,andespeciallytotheCuratorofRareBooks, notesinPrincetoninMarchandApril2010,however, Stephen Ferguson. He discovered the book in an it became clear that Hummelberg copied his notes antiquarian catalogue, bought it, supported our fromawrittenoriginal.Unknowntousatthetime, study and arranged to have it digitized for our use themusicologistCristleCollinaJuddhadshownin andthatofothers.ArjanvanDijkoftheLeidenpub- 2000howcarefullyGlareanusannotatedandperson- lishinghouseBrillwasimmediatelyinterestedinour alizedcopiesofhisworks.Shealsopointedoutthat projectandagreedtopublishit.Furtherthanksare hehadallowedstudentstocopysomeofhismusical owedtoIanHoltoftheZentralbibliothekSolothurn, partbooks.1Whilewewereatwork,anumberofGer- Dr. Ueli Dill of the Universitätsbibliothek Basel, manscholars,whosestudiesarecitedbelow,arrived Dr.SvenKuttneroftheUniversitätsbibliothekMün- atthesameconclusionbystudyingotherannotated chenandProfessorAnnBlairofHarvardUniversity, books that came from Glareanus’s library and cir- allofwhomprovidedinvaluablehelpandinforma- cle.Previousscholarshiponhumanisteducationhas tion. paidlittleattentiontothestyleofannotationprac- ticedhere,inwhichstudentstranscribenotesfrom PrincetonandZürich,May2013 1 Cristle Collina Judd, ReadingRenaissanceMusicTheory: Fenlon,towhichwearedeeplyindebted:“HeinrichGlarean’s HearingwiththeEyes(Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress, Books,” in: Music in the German Renaissance, ed. J. Kmetz 2000),pp.117–176.LikeallstudentsofGlareanus’spracticesasa (Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,1994),pp.74–102. readerandannotator,shebuiltonthepioneeringworkofIain

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