Heff, Leonhard, active 1459-1480
German scribe, translator, and historian active in Regensburg; he wrote a Latin world chronicle, the Imago mundi.
- HMML ID
- 914574525937
- PURL
- LC name
- Heff, Leonhard, active 1459-1480
- HMML name
- Heff, Leonhard, active 1459-1480
- Library of Congress
- VIAF
Variants
- Hefft, Leonhard
- Heffter, Leonhard
- Leonhard, Heff
- Leonhard, Hefft
- Leonhard, Heffter
- Leonhardus, Heff
Personal information
- Activity start
- 1459
- Activity end
- 1475
- Centuries
- 15th century CE
- Gender
- Males
- Place born
- Place died
- Place residence
- Associated countries
- Occupations
- Fields of activity
- Languages
Affiliations
- Graduate of
General notes
- Description
- "15th century. Germany. Professional scribe from Regensburg. Wrote a Latin world chronicle, the Imago mundi. Heff matriculated at the faculty of arts in Vienna in 1459, graduating in 1461. In 1466 he settled in Regensburg, where he copied a number of Latin literary texts, especially for clerical clients. He is last attested in 1476."
- Citations
- Birgit Studt, "Heff, Leonhard," Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle, ed. Graeme Dunphy and Cristian Bratu (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2213-2139_emc_SIM_01247.
- Description
- Leonardus Heff, supplemented his income as a teacher with scribal work; completed bachelor of Arts in Vienna in 1461; copied works on history of Regensburg, translated parts of work of Andreas von Regensburg into German, served the city as a scribe, and worked as a Stuhlschreiber (scribal services for the public, basic reading/writing instruction in German)
- Citations
- David L. Sheffler, Schools and Schooling in Late Medieval Germany: Regensburg, 1250-1500 (Leiden: Brill, 2008), 139-140.
- Description
- Hefft, Leonhard, active 1459-1480; chronicler; Eichstätt (Germany), Regensburg (Germany)
- Citations
- Bernard Wispelwey, comp., Biographical Index of the Middle Ages (Munich: K.G. Saur, 2008), 1:513.
- Description
- German calligrapher and translator; translated Chronica pontificum et imperatorum; Imago mundi; Intervalltafel; active 1459-1475; born in Eichstätt, died in Regensburg; variants = Hefft, Leonhard; Heffter, Leonhard; Leonhard, Heff; Leonhard, Hefft; Leonhard, Heffter; Leonhardus, Heff
- Citations
- "Heff, Leonhard," CERL Thesaurus, accessed August 25, 2022, https://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp00350522.
- Citations
- 28106 (Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Tirol, Codex 2), Hill Museum & Manuscript Library.
Preferred citation
"Heff, Leonhard, active 1459-1480." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified August 03, 2023. https://w3id.org/haf/person/914574525937
Change notes
- Date added
- 2022-08-25
- Last edited
- 2023-08-03