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Schedel Weltkarte
Schedel is a German surname. It has also a variant, Schèdel. Notable people with the surname include: * Abraham Schedel (fl. c. 1600), Bohemian printer and corrector for the press * Hartmann Schedel (1440–1514), German physician, humanist, historian, cartographer and printer * Josef Maria Schedel (1856–1943), German apothecary and orientalist collector * Sebastian Schedel (1570–1628), German painter and illustrator * Sebastian Schedel (politician), a German politician References {{DEFAULTSORT:Schedel Surnames of German origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Schedel
Abraham ben Moses Schedel () was a Bohemian printer and corrector for the press. Biography Schedel was initially employed as proof-reader in the printing establishment of Mordekhai Cohen. In 1602, he and his brothers Judah Löb and Azriel founded the Schledel family press in the home of Hayyim ben Jacob ha-Kohen. Their first publication was a Yiddish paraphrase of the Bible entitled ''Maʾase yetziat Mitzrayim'' (1602–1906). They also published ''Ḥelkat meḥokek'' ('Portion of the Lawgiver'; 1606–1607), a commentary on the Passover Haggadah by their father, the preacher and '' dayyan'' Rabbi Moses ben Abraham (1585–1605). He also met with some success in authorship. He translated the Book of Ezekiel into Yiddish Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ... rime, and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hartmann Schedel
Hartmann Schedel (13 February 1440 – 28 November 1514) was a German historian, physician, humanist, and one of the first cartographers to use the printing press. He was born and died in Nuremberg. Matheolus Perusinus served as his tutor. Schedel is best known for his writing the text for the ''Nuremberg Chronicle'', known as ''Schedelsche Weltchronik'' (English: ''Schedel's World Chronicle''), published in 1493 in Nuremberg. It was commissioned by Sebald Schreyer (1446–1520) and Sebastian Kammermeister (1446–1503).Hartmann Schedule, Weltchronik, Kolorierte Gesamtausgabe von 1493, Einleitung und cementer Stephen Füssel, Weltbild Verlag Maps in the ''Chronicle'' were the first ever illustrations of many cities and countries. With the invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg in 1447, it became feasible to print books and maps for a larger customer basis. Because they had to be handwritten, books had previously been rare and very expensive. Schedel was al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Maria Schedel
Josef Maria Schedel (10 January 1856 – 7 April 1943) was a German apothecary, naturalist and collector. He worked in Japan and China from where he collected natural history specimens particularly of molluscs and art for German collectors. Life and work Schedel was born out of wedlock in Bamberg to physician Heinrich Heinkelmann (1807–1866) and Justina Wilhelmina Schedel (1837–1857), daughter of a Bamberg lawyer. His mother died shortly after his birth and he was raised by a laundress. He went to high school and then apprenticed at the Einhorn pharmacy from 1873. In 1880 he went to study natural sciences in Munich and in the next year he went to the University of Kiel and became a chemical assistant to Karl Himly, August Friedrich Karl Himly. In 1884 he became a pharmacist near Charlottenburg. In 1886 he went to Japan to work with the ''Japan Dispensary Brett & Co'' and after his contract ended he purchased a French pharmacy that he converted to his own ''Deutsche Apotheke'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
