De solis defectu
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| Author | Camerarius, Joachim |
|---|---|
| Full title | De solis defectu anni 1539 interlunii mensis Maii |
| Year | 1539 |
| Place | Tübingen |
| Publisher/Printer | Morhart, Ulrich |
| Era | 16th century |
| Form/Genre | Didactic poem, Other (see description) |
| Discipline/Content | Astronomy/Astrology/Cosmography, Other (see description) |
| Digital copies | |
| Original | De solis defectu (Freiburger historische Bestände - digital) |
| Digital sourcebook | 704666 |
| Description | On the occasion of the solar eclipse of 1539, the German polyhistor Joachim Camerarius (1500-1574) issued a small volume (7 pages) De solis defectu anni M.D.XXXIX. interlunii mensis Maii containing three poems about this astronomic event: two of them in Latin (by Heinrich Wolf and by Camerarius himself) and one in Greek (also by Camerarius). The work opens with a dedication letter in prose to Nikolaus I. Buchner, the abbot of the Zwiefalten monastery. The poems itself contain mostly astrological lore and deal with the eclipse as a bad portent for humankind |
| References | Gindhart 2017, 210f.
Berrens 2017 (Greek poem). Opera Camerarii Online: http://kallimachos.de/camerarius/index.php/Camerarius,_De_solis_defectu_(Druck),_1539; http://kallimachos.de/camerarius/index.php/Bonincontri,_De_rebus_naturalibus_et_divinis,_1540 |
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| How to cite this entry | Camerarius, Joachim: De solis defectu, in: Noscemus Wiki, URL: http://wiki.uibk.ac.at/noscemus/De_solis_defectu (last revision: 21.06.2021). |
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| Transkribus text available | Yes |
| Written by | DB |
