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302] FROM JAMES WIMPFELING 9
Othmarus, et ceteri omnes quorum nomina recensere longum esset:
et ego in primis. Bene vale.
Ex Argentoraco. prima septembris: anno m9, ve, 14.
303,
sor From UnRICH ZAST.
Deventer MS. 91, f. 200.
LB. App. 9.
[Ulrich Zäsi or, as he styles himself in an early poem on the Nativity
(Stuttgart MS. Poet. 4°. 47, f. 183 v°), Udalricus Siguardus cognomento Zäsi’
(1461—24. Nov. 1535), was born at Constance of a good burgher family. He
matriculated at Tiibingen 27 Apr. 1481, and after some years there returned
to Constance to work as a notary in the Bishop’s court. In 1491 he went to
Freiburg with the appointment of town-clerk, and used his leisure to study
law. In 1496 he resigned his post to become head of the town-school and
taught Latin for three years; but his interest was for law, and on rr Novy. 1499
he matriculated in the University, becoming Dr. of Civil Law in 1500 or 1.
For a time he had to be content with a Lectureship in Poetry, and it was not
till 16 June 1506 that after much struggle he received the Lectura ordinaria
legum, which he held for the rest of his life. His sturdy, if somewhat can¬
tankerous, character combined with great legal ability made him an attractive
teacher, enthusiastically admired by his pupils. In 1508 he received an
Imperial Councillorship ; and he was soon recognized as a lawyer of great
eminence. The friendship formed with Erasmus at this time lasted un¬
broken.
His legal writings were numerous, but are not easily accessible; the editions
printed during his lifetime being rare. After his death his works were collected
by his son, and published in six volumes.
See a life by his pupil J. Fichard, in Vitarwm . . . Tureconsultorum Periochae 1537 ;
ZE. ; a life by Stintzing, 1857, with a bibliography and documents; Schreiber,
Gesch. d. Univ. Freiburg i. t90-210; two programms by J. Neff, 1890-1 ; and EE. |
Freiburg.
7 September 1514.
Sese commendat.
mihi videbar, vt modica certe tibi seriberem; sed obstabat maior
diuinae eruditionis tuae maiestas, ita ob oculos obuersabatur, vt non
Qui enim nulla sum iusta doctrina initiatus, quomodo
Perfricuisse iam frontem, magne Roterodame,
auderem.
302. 16. omnes om. B.
om. B.
dedicated to him an edition of Pliny’s
Letters, Schürer, Feb. 1514 (BRE. 437,
36 and 66). He became a priest of the
Order of St. John and died in their
house at Schlettstadt on 28 Oct. 1518.
See Gény, op. cit. pp. 56,7 and Schmidt.
302. 16. Othmarus] Nachtgall or Lusci¬
nius, also Philomela, Progneus or Aédos
(c. 1487—Sept. init. 1537) of Strasburg,
where he was a pupil of Wimpfeling.
About 1508 he studied in Paris under
Faustus Andrelinus and Aleander, and
after visiting Louvain, Padua, and
Vienna he travelled into Hungary,
Greece, Turkey and Asia Minor. In
1510 he had returned to Augsburg,
and after making the acquaintance of
Botzheim at Constance in 1512 and of
Reuchlin at Spires in 1514, he returned
17. Bene
to Strasburg, where he was appointed
organist of St. Thomas Church in
March 1515, and vicar in the August
following, He was the first to teach
Greek at Strasburg, and was one of
the leaders of the classical revival,
though his publications also include
books on musie and law. In 1520 his
posts at Strasburg were taken from
him and he withdrew to Augsburg
1523-9, where he received a prebend.
In 1529 he went to Freiburg, in 1531
to Marseilles, in 1532 to Mainz; thence
he returned to Freiburg, where he died
in the Charterhouse. See Schmidt, ii;
C. C. am Ende in G. T. Strobel’s Mis¬
cellaneen, vol. iv (1781); and EE.
303. 1. Sese] This formula, without
heading, is frequent with Zasius.