Hieronymus Wilhelm Ebner von Eschenbach (born 22 June 1673, Nuremberg; died 26 January 1752, Engelthal) was a German diplomat, historian, scholar, and founder of the extensive private library Bibliotheca Ebneriana.[1]
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| Born | 22 June 1673 Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 26 January 1752 (aged 78) Engelthal, Holy Roman Empire |
| Other names | Hieronymus Guilielmus Ebner ab Eschenbach (Latinised) |
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| Known for | Bibliotheca Ebneriana |
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| Alma mater | Altdorf University |
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Family
editThe Ebners were one of the oldest patrician families of the imperial city of Nuremberg, first mentioned in a document in 1234.[2] They held seats in the city council since the 14th century and named themselves Eschenbach in the 16th–17th century.[2]
Career
editAfter completing his studies at the University of Altdorf, Ebner embarked on a four-year educational journey across Europe in 1691, visiting the Netherlands, Italy, Austria, Bohemia, and northern Germany.[3] Returning to Nuremberg in 1700, he began preparing for a political career, holding various positions before being appointed to the city council in 1708.[3] In 1718, he assumed the role of Scholarchat, overseeing the schools of the imperial city, a position he held until 1744.[3] Ebner contributed to the cataloging of Nuremberg's public library and imperial city archives, publishing selected documents he deemed of particular significance.[3]
Bibliotheca Ebneriana was built on many smaller collections he had acquired, such as the private library of his uncle Christoph Jacob Imhoff, which he had inherited in 1726.[1][4] Gottfried Christoph Ranner's five-volume catalogue of Bibliotheca Ebneriana, published in the early-19th century, lists 18,512 titles divided into 11 sections, showing the extensive range and eclectic nature of the collection: encyclopedias; books on the history of Nuremberg, of the Holy Roman Empire, and of Europe; books on Christianity, geography, war history, and fine arts; and literature of Greece and Rome in antiquity, to name a few.[1]
Legacy
editAfter Ebner's death, Wahre Abbildung der sämtlichen Reichskleinodien (transl. 'True Image of All Imperial Regalia'), a work on the imperial treasury with engravings by Johann Adam Delsenbach, was published in 1790 under his patronage.[5] The Codex Ebnerianus, a Greek-language illuminated manuscript of the New Testament that is estimated to have been written around 1110, is named after him.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c Classen, Albrecht (28 February 2004). "Bibliothekskultur Nürnbergs als Grundlage einer Weltkultur. (Rezension über: Renate Jürgensen: Bibliotheca norica. Patrizier und Gelehrtenbibliotheken in Nürnberg zwischen Mittelalter und Aufklärung. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2002.)". IASLonline (in German). ISSN 1612-0442. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ a b Gieraths, Paul-Gundolf (1959). "Ebner (von Eschenbach): Nürnberger Patriziergeschlecht". Neue Deutsche Biographie 4, S. 263 (in German). OCLC 679380672. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2022 – via Deutsche Biographie.
- ^ a b c d Gesellschaft für Familienforschung in Franken e. V. (2022). "Ebner von Eschenbach, Hieronymus Wilhelm". Album Academicum Altorphinum (in German). Archived from the original on 4 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ Ehrenpreis, Stefan (2015). "Empiricism and Image-building: The Creation and Dissemination of Knowledge on Dutch Brazil 1636—1750". In Friedrich, Susanne; Brendeck, Arndt; Ehrenpreis, Stefan (eds.). Transformations of Knowledge in Dutch Expansion. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 88. doi:10.1515/9783110366174. ISBN 978-3-11-037096-6. OCLC 910512571.
- ^ Dolezalek, Isabelle (2017). Arabic Script on Christian Kings: Textile Inscriptions on Royal Garments from Norman Sicily. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 55. doi:10.1515/9783110533873. ISBN 9783110532128.
- ^ Norman, Jeremy M. "The Codex Ebnerianus and Early Manuscript Scholarship". HistoryofInformation.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
External links
edit- Bibliotheca Ebneriana: Volume 1 of Catalogus bibliothecae numerosae ab incluti nominis viro Hieronymo Guilielmo Ebnero, ab Eschenbach rel. olim conlectae: nunc Norimbergae a die II. mensis Augusti ann. MDCCCXIII publicae auctionis lege divendendae (in Latin) by Gottfried Christoph Ranner, 1812 — via Google Books