Beatus Rhenanus
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Beatus Rhenanus, born as Beatus Bild, was an Alsatian humanist, religious reformer, classical scholar, and book collector.
Beatus Rhenanus
School workbook of Beatus Rhenanus
Sélestat (Bas-Rhin), at the Bibliothèque Humaniste. From the personal library of Beatus Rhenanus, Rhenanus' edition of Tertullian
The library of Beatus Rhenanus as preserved in Sélestat in eastern France
Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg was an Alsatian priest, considered one of the greatest of the popular preachers of the 15th century. He was closely connected with the Renaissance humanists of Strasbourg
Beatus Rhenanus
…Strasbourg), where he worked for the printer Mathias Schürer and made the acquaintance of prominent Alsatian humanists, including Jakob Wimpfeling, Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg and Sebastian Brant. The works he was involved with at Schürer were poems and treatises by contemporary Italian humanists and are seen as a preparation…
Johann Geiler
Navicula sive Speculum fatuorum (1510)
Rue Geiler in Strasbourg