Johannes Hartlieb (c. 1410Hartlieb's year of birth is unknown; his existence is first attested as the author of ''Kunst der Gedächtnüß'', written during 1430–32, and an estimate of his year of birth as either "c. 1400" or "c. 1410" can be found in literature. – 18 May 1468) was a physician of Late Medieval

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total l ...

, probably of a family from

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. He was in the employment of

Louis VII of Bavaria Louis VII (c. 1368 – 1 May 1447), called the Bearded (German: ''Ludwig der Bärtige'') was the Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt from 1413 until 1443. He was a son of Duke Stephen III and Taddea Visconti. Biography As brother of Isabella of Bavar ...

and Albert VI of Austria in the 1430s, and of Albert III of Bavaria from 1440, and of the latter's son Sigismund from 1456. In 1444, he married Sibilla, possibly the daughter of Albert and Agnes Bernauer. Hartlieb wrote a compendium on herbs in ca. 1440, and in 1456 the ''puch aller verpoten kunst, ungelaubens und der zaubrey'' (book on all forbidden arts, superstition and sorcery) on the artes magicae, containing the oldest known description of witches'

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. Hartlieb also produced German translations of various classical and medieval authors (

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, Gilbertinus, Muscio).

Works

*onomancy (18 mss.,

Heidelberger Schicksalsbuch The Heidelberger Schicksalsbuch is a parchment manuscript, completed in the 1490s in Regensburg, kept in Heidelberg University library as Cod. Pal. germ. 832. On 271 folia it treats topics of astrology and magic. A functional paper astrolabe is ...

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*''das puch aller verpoten kunst, ungelaubens und der zaubrey'', 1450s
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78 foll. (in the hand of

Clara Hätzlerin Clara Hätzlerin (c. 1430 – 1476) was a professional scribe in 15th century Augsburg. Her 1471 '' Liederbuch'' (songbook) was among the sources used by Carl Orff for his ''Die Bernauerin''. Clara-Hätzler-Straße in Augsburg Augsburg (; ...

), 1465, ed. Eisermann and Graf (1989). *''Kräuterbuch'' (herbology), ed. Speta, Graz (1980). *''Chiromantia'', 1448, printed as a

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in the 1470s, ed. Weil, München (1923). *translation of ''

'' and '' de secretis mulierum'', 1450s
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ed. Bosselmann, Würzburg (1985). *translation of

Caesarius von Heisterbach Caesarius of Heisterbach (ca. 1180 – ca. 1240), sometimes erroneously called, in English, Caesar of Heisterbach, was the prior of a Cistercian monastery, Heisterbach Abbey, which was located in the Siebengebirge, near the small town of Oberdoll ...

's ''dialogus miraculorum'', ed. 1929. *''sand Brandons buch'' (the journey of

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), printed by Anton Sorg, Augsburg, ca. 1480. *'''de amore' deutsch'', translation of

Andreas Capellanus Andreas Capellanus (''Capellanus'' meaning "chaplain"), also known as Andrew the Chaplain, and occasionally by a French translation of his name, André le Chapelain, was the 12th-century author of a treatise commonly known as '' De amore'' ("About ...

' '' de amore'', ed. Karnein, München (1970), Berlin (1979). *''Alexander Magnus'', translation of the Alexander Romance, 1444, printed by Anton Sorg, Augsburg (1480), Martin Schott, Strassburg (1488). *''De mansionibus''
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Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB, german: Universal German Biography) is one of the most important and comprehensive biographical reference works in the German language. It was published by the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Ac ...

'' vol. 10, 670ff. *F. Fürbeth, ''Johannes Hartlieb, Untersuchungen zu Leben und Werk'', Niemeyer, Tübingen (1992). *W. Schmitt, ''Hans Hartliebs mantische Schriften und seine Beeinflussung durch Nikolaus von Kues'', Diss. Heidelberg (1962). *Gerold Hayer und Bernhard Schnell (Hg.), Johannes Hartlieb, 'Kräuterbuch'. Zum ersten Mal kritisch hg. (Wissensliteratur im Mittelalter 47), Wiesbaden 2010. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hartlieb, Johannes German occult writers German science writers German medical writers German translators 1400s births 1468 deaths German people of the Renaissance period 15th-century German writers 15th-century German physicians Physicians from Bavaria 15th-century translators