KONRAD See also:

• KONRAD CELTES (1459-'1508)

CELTES (1459-'1508)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German humanist and Latin poet, the son of a vintner named Pickel (of which See also:

• CELTES, KONRAD (1459-'1508)

Celtes is the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation), was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Wipfeld near See also:

• SCHWEINFURT

Schweinfurt . He See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early ran away from See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home to avoid being set to his See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, and at See also:

• HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg was lucky enough to find a generous See also:

• PATRON

patron in Johann von See also:

• DALBERG

Dalberg and a teacher in See also:

• AGRICOLA (originally SCHNEIDER, then SCHNITTER), JOHANNES (1494-1566)
• AGRICOLA (the Latinized form of the name BAUER), GEORG (1490-1555)
• AGRICOLA, CHRISTOPH LUDWIG (1667-1719)
• AGRICOLA, GNAEUS JULIUS (A.D. 37-93)
• AGRICOLA, JOHANN FRIEDRICH (1720-1774)
• AGRICOLA, MARTIN (c. 1500-1556)
• AGRICOLA, RODOLPHUS (properly ROELOF HUYSMANN) (1443-1485)

Agricola . After the See also:

• DEATH

death of the latter (1485) Celtes led the wandering See also:

• LIFE

life of a See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar of the See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance, visiting most of the countries of the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent, teaching in various See also:

• UNIVERSITIES

universities, and everywhere establishing learned See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies on the See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model of the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy of See also:

• POMPONIUS, LUCIUS

Pomponius . See also:

• LAETUS, JULIUS POMPONIUS [Giulio Pomponio Leto], (1425-1498)

Laetus at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . Among these was the Sodalitas litteraria Rhenana or Celtica at See also:

• MAINZ (Fr. Mayence)

Mainz (1491) . In 1486 he published his first See also:

• BOOK

book, Ars versificandi et carminum, which created an immense sensation and gained him the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of being crowned as the first poet See also:

• LAUREATE (Lat. laureatus, from laurea, the laurel tree)

laureate of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, the ceremony being performed by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick III. at the See also:

• DIET

diet of See also:

• NUREMBERG (Ger. Nurnberg)

Nuremberg in 1487 . In 1497 he was appointed by the emperor See also:

• MAXIMILIAN
• MAXIMILIAN (1832—1867)

Maximilian I. See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• POETRY

poetry and See also:

• RHETORIC (Gr. psroperctj TEXvq, the art of the orator)

rhetoric at See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, and in 1502 was made See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the new Collegium Poetarum et Mathematicorum, with the right of conferring the laureateship . He did much to introduce See also:

• SYSTEM

system into the methods of teaching, to purify the Latin of learned intercourse, and to further the study of the See also:

• CLASSICS

classics, especially the Greek . But he was more than a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere classicist of the Renaissance . He was keenly interested in See also:

• HISTORY

history and See also:

• TOPOGRAPHY
• TOPOGRAPHY (Gr. Toros, place, -partied', to write)

topography, especially in that of his native See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . It was he who first unearthed (in the See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent of St Emmeran at See also:

• REGENSBURG (RATISBON)

Regensburg) the remarkable Latin poems of the See also:

• NUN (O. Eng. nunne, from Lat. nonnus, nonna, familiar terms for an old man or woman)

nun See also:

• HROSVITHA (frequently ROSWITHA, and properly HROTSUIT)

Hrosvitha of See also:

• GANDERSHEIM

Gandersheim, of which he published an edition (Nuremberg, 1501), the See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical poem Ligurinus sive de See also:

• REBUS (Lat. rebus, " by things ")

rebus gestis Frederici primi imperatoris libri x . (See also:

• AUGSBURG
• AUGSBURG, CONFESSION OF
• AUGSBURG, WAR OF THE LEAGUE OF

Augsburg, 1507), and the celebrated See also:

• MAP
• MAP (or MAPES), WALTER (d. c. 1208/9)

map of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPIRE

empire known as the Tabula Peutingeriana (after Konrad Peutinger, to whom he See also:

• LEFT

left it) .

He projected a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• WORK

work on Germany; but of this only the Germania generalis and an historical work in See also:

• PROSE

prose, De origine, situ, moribus et institutis Nurimbergae libellus, saw the See also:

• LIGHT

light . As a writer of Latin See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse Celtes far surpassed any of his predecessors . He composed odes, elegies, epigrams, dramatic pieces and an unfinished epic, the Theodoriceis . His epigrams, edited by Hartfelder, were published at See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin in 1881 . His See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of the classics are now, of course, out of date . He died at Vienna on the 4th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 15o8 . For a full See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of Celtes's See also:

• WORKS

works see Engelbert Kliipfel, De vita et scriptis Conradi Celtis (2 vols., See also:

• FREIBURG

Freiburg, 1827) ; also Johann Aschbach, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die friiheren Wanderjahre See also:

• DES

des See also:

• CONRAD (d. 955)
• CONRAD, JOSEPH (1856– )
• CONRAD, or KONRAD (M. H. Ger. Kuonrdl, i.e. " keen in counsel," Lat. Conradus, It. Corrado, cf. the A.S. Ccenred)

Conrad Celtes (Vienna, 1869) ; See also:

• HARTMANN, KARL ROBERT EDUARD VON (1842–1906)
• HARTMANN, MORITZ (1821–1872)

Hartmann, Konrad Celtes in Nurnberg (Nuremberg, 1889) .