Minner, Hans, approximately 1415-approximately 1480

Hans Minner is considered one of the most important medieval German pharmacists because of his range of knowledge and number of writings. Minner likely held a writing apprenticeship and attended a Latin school before working as an apothecary apprentice at the prominent Schwarzmurer pharmacy in Zurich in 1440. Sometime after 1470, he left the pharmacy, possibly practicing on his own, and began writing treatises and translating Latin works into German. He translated Nicolaus Salernitanus's Antidotarium; Guy de Chauliac's Chirurgia parva, a compendium to Chirurgia magna; and part of Bernard de Gordon's Lilium medicinae. He composed a number of Latin-German glossaries for medical terms and plants, an index of drugs, an herbal called the Kräuterbuch, and an apothecary's bestiary called the Tierbuch.

HMML ID
298455460623
PURL
https://w3id.org/haf/person/298455460623
LC name
Minner, Hans, approximately 1415-approximately 1480
HMML name
Minner, Hans, approximately 1415-approximately 1480
Library of Congress
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003145521
VIAF
https://viaf.org/viaf/47156186

Variants

  • Amator, Minner
  • Hannes, Minner
  • Hanns, Minner
  • Hans, Minner
  • Jean, Minner
  • Johann, Minner
  • Johannes, Minner
  • Minner, Amator
  • Minner, Hannes
  • Minner, Jean

Name elements

Given names
Hans
Family names
Minner

Personal information

Birth date
1415~
Death date
[1480..]
Centuries
15th century CE
Gender
Males
Place residence
Associated countries
Occupations
Fields of activity
Alchemy ● Botany ● Chemistry ● Medicine
Languages

General notes

Citations
"Bibliography Detail," The Medieval Bestiary, accessed November 16, 2023, https://perma.cc/LJX5-6MH5.
Citations
Marian Elizabeth Polhill, "Materia medica animalis: Untersuchungen zum ‘Tierbuch’ (ca. 1478) des Zuercher apothekerknechts Hans Minner." PhD diss. (Cornell University, 2002).
Description
Johannem Minner
Citations
43115 (Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg im Breisgau, Hs. 188), Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed November 16, 2023, https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/75172.

Preferred citation

"Minner, Hans, approximately 1415-approximately 1480." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified November 16, 2023. https://w3id.org/haf/person/298455460623

Change notes

Date added
2023-11-16
Last edited
2023-11-16

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