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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 cantankerous, 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 unbroken. 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 Luscinius, 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 Miscellaneen, vol. iv (1781); and EE. 303. 1. Sese] This formula, without heading, is frequent with Zasius.
