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Experiencing the World as a Self-Taught Man (Die Welterfahrung des Autodidakten)

Foreign Countries and Languages in the Books of Leonhard Thurneyssers zum Thurn (Fremde Länder und Sprachen in den Büchern Leonhard Thurneyssers zum Thurn)

In: Daphnis
Author:
Tobias Bulang Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Deutschland, tobias.bulang@gs.uni-heidelberg.de

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18 Jul 2017
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Leonhard Thurneysser zum Thurn (1531–1596), personal physician of Brandenburg’s elector, was an alchemist, astrologist, pharmacist, entrepreneur, and printer of a large number of books, which he himself wrote. In these publications, he repeatedly refers to experiences he gained by traveling the world. His books also included many foreign alphabets and languages (via remarkable typography), thus insinuating an overall language proficiency. This study examines how Thurneysser used travel and languages for self-fashioning.

Title:
Experiencing the World as a Self-Taught Man (Die Welterfahrung des Autodidakten)
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/18796583-04503009
Language:
English
Pages:
510–537
Keywords:
Leonhard Thurneysser; travel; calendars; prognostics; exotic languages; Sorbian
In:
Daphnis
In:
Volume 45: Issue 3-4
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1879-6583
Print ISSN:
0300-693X
Subjects:
Literature, Arts & Science, Literature and Cultural Studies, German, Early Modern History, History, Art History, Art History, Book History

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