Gesselen, Konrad, 1409-approximately 1469

Konrad began studying at the University of Rostock in 1425, earning his bachelor's the following year and teaching there before settling in Thorn in Prussia (now Toruń in Poland) in 1435. There he was a schoolmaster, teaching astronomy and mathematics, and served as a vicar and pastor. He wrote a Cisiojanus, i.e. a collection of verses for festivals and saints' days and their dates, in Low German and translated Wigand von Marburg's Low German rhyming chronicle into Latin.

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503810453220
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Gesselen, Konrad, 1409-approximately 1469
HMML name
Gesselen, Konrad, 1409-approximately 1469
Library of Congress
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2024130933
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https://viaf.org/viaf/37320198

Variants

  • Cisiojanus
  • Conrad, Gesselen
  • Conrad, Ghesselen
  • Conrad, Ghossel
  • Conradus Gesselen, de Geismaria
  • Conradus, Gesselen
  • Gesselen, Conrad
  • Gesselen, Conradus
  • Gesselen, Konrad
  • Ghesselen, Conrad

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Konrad

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Birth date
1409
Death date
1469~
Centuries
15th century CE
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Description
Konrad G. (Ghesselen, Ghossel); born in Geismar; matriculated at Rostock 3. Mai 1424; mathematics and astronomy, possibly also a physician
Citations
Krause, "Gesselen, Konrad," in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 9 (1879), 95, https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd103101527.html#adbcontent.
Citations
Kurt Heydeck, Die mittelalterlichen Handschriften der Universitätsbibliothek Rostock, Kataloge der Universitätsbibliothek Rostock, volume 1 (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2001), 79.
Description
1409 - 1469 (Todesjahr ca.); born Geismar, Fritzlar; Immatrikulierte sich 1425 und lehrte an der Universität Rostock. Er ging vor 1435 nach Thorn in Preußen als Schulmeister und lehrte Astronomie und Mathematik. Ebenfalls als Vikar und Pfarrer bekannt. Cronica vetus; Cronica nova prutenica; Silbencisioianus (nd.); variants: Cisiojanus; Conrad, Gesselen; Conrad, Ghesselen; Conrad, Ghossel; Conradus, Gesselen; Gesselen, Conrad; Gesselen, Konrad; Ghesselen, Conrad; Gheßelin, Conradus; Gheßelin, Konrad; Ghossel, Conrad; Konrad, Gesselen; Konrad, Gheßelin; Konrad von Geismar
Citations
"Gesselen, Conradus," CERL Thesaurus, accessed March 26, 2024, https://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp00340183.
Citations
49126R (Universitätsbibliothek Rostock, Mss. math.-phys. 1), Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed March 26, 2024, https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/67511.

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"Gesselen, Konrad, 1409-approximately 1469." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified January 30, 2025. https://w3id.org/haf/person/503810453220

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2024-03-26
Last edited
2025-01-30

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