Ein fälschlich Erasmus zugeschriebener Brief von Esrom Rüdinger an Joachim Camerarius
The "autograph letter" of Desiderius Erasmus auctioned by Sotheby in London on 8 November 1977 cannot be a letter of Erasmus. It alludes to the discord between the adherents of Melanchthon at Wittenberg, especially his son-in-law Caspar Peucer, and Flacius Illyricus. The letter must date,...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | German |
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Gütersloher Verlagshaus
1980
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Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte
Year: 1980, Volume: 71, Pages: 308-311 |
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Ruedinger, Esrom 1523-1590
/ Camerarius, Joachim 1500-1574
/ Letter
/ Geschichte 1558
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| Summary: | The "autograph letter" of Desiderius Erasmus auctioned by Sotheby in London on 8 November 1977 cannot be a letter of Erasmus. It alludes to the discord between the adherents of Melanchthon at Wittenberg, especially his son-in-law Caspar Peucer, and Flacius Illyricus. The letter must date, therefore, from the time after Flacius had left Wittenberg (1549). The sender, who signed with his initials E.R., has to be looked for in Peucer's entourage at Wittenberg. The only candidate who can seriously be considered is Esrom Rüdinger, professor of physics from 1557. His authorship is confirmed by letters of him now preserved in Leiden and Munich. The letter auctioned by Sotheby must have been written on the 5th of April 1558. Rüdinger sent it to his father-in-law Joachim Camerarius at Leipzig to inform him about the gravity of his (Camerarius') daughter's illness. She was to die five months later. It is a pleasure to mention here that the firm of Sotheby, after having been informed of the results of the research into the letter as presented above, was immediately so generous as to take the letter back and to repay the purchase-money to the buyer. |
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| ISSN: | 0003-9381 |
| Contains: | In: Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte
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