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105: 150:, when there was growing interest in classical Roman and Greek culture. Ever since he settled in Ulm, he was at the centre of a circle of humanistically minded men in Swabia and also worked as a translator from Latin and editor of ancient texts. Among such works was his metrical adaptation of the ancient novel 186:
Steinhöwel exerted a great influence on the development of a sophisticated German written language through his relatively free translations from Latin into German. Statements about his principles of translation, published in the introductions to his works, are among the early Renaissance theoretical
127:, the brother of his Augsburg printer to Ulm, where he set up what was probably the first printing press in 1472 with Steinhöwel's financial support. In 1473, a Latin and soon afterwards a German translation of 93:(1473), the first on its subject in German, which went through four reprints before the end of the century. He was also consulted medically by various princes, including 183:. Very soon after, translations or adaptations followed in Italian (1479), French (1480), English (the Caxton edition of 1484), Czech (about 1488) and Spanish (1489). 117: 368: 358: 343: 363: 353: 306: 94: 220: 167:, where the Latin text in verse is accompanied by a German prose translation. The 550-page work contains 191 348: 221:"Heinrich Steinhöwel (1410/11–1479) as a town physician and pharmacist in the free imperial city of Ulm" 135:(Famous Women) was published, both of them with numerous high-quality woodcuts, as well as Steinhöwel's 62:, transferring later to receive his doctorate in medicine in 1443. From 1444 he taught medicine at the 338: 50:
According to recent research, Steinhöwel was born in 1410 or 1411 and went to study medicine in the
63: 42:, translator and writer. From 1450 he settled in Ulm, from which most of his works were published. 203: 258: 328: 333: 51: 8: 67: 55: 187:
considerations of the problem of translation and thus implicitly of cultural transfer.
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Around 1476, Steinhöwel published his famous and influential bilingual collection of
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Das Übersetzen in Renaissance und Humanismus (15. und 16. Jahrhundert)
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connection there. Later he authored a small work on the treatment of
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Steinhöwel lived during the transition period from the
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page images online from the Library of Congress copy
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from 1429 - 1436. He continued his education at the
219:Franks Ursin, Maximilian Schochow, Florian Steger, 244:, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1995 320: 238:"History and fortune in Heinrich Steinhoewel's 315:, an 1873 scholarly edition on Google Books 103: 293:(Heidelberg, 2000), vol. 1, pp. 549–568 321: 91:Das Büchlein der Ordnung der Pestilenz 58:from 1438, where he began by studying 16:German doctor, humanist, translator 13: 309:, the 1481 edition on Google Books 14: 380: 73:In 1450 Steinhöwel was appointed 45: 95:Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg 280: 263: 247: 230: 213: 197: 108:A page from Steinhöwel’s 1473 1: 190: 369:Heidelberg University alumni 7: 359:University of Vienna alumni 344:15th-century German writers 300: 227:(2020), vol. 2, pp. 152-173 10: 385: 364:University of Padua alumni 354:People from Weil der Stadt 277:, Vol. 35 (1986), pp. 1-29 171:and numerous decorative 64:University of Heidelberg 275:Humanistica Lovaniensia 255:Esopus: Vita et Fabulae 38:) was a German doctor, 34:; died 1 March 1479 in 236:Elizabeth Ilona Wade, 156:, as well as works by 113: 253:Heinrich Steinhöwel, 204:"Heinrich Steinhöwel" 107: 139:(German Chronicle). 133:De claris mulieribus 101:, Duke of Burgundy. 52:University of Vienna 208:Deutsche Biographie 116:Steinhöwel brought 68:Esslingen am Neckar 56:University of Padua 30:(born 1410/1411 in 20:Heinrich Steinhöwel 349:German translators 181:Poggio Bracciolini 153:Apollonius of Tyre 129:Giovanni Boccaccio 114: 112:(German Chronicle) 376: 339:German humanists 313:Steinhöwels Äsop 294: 284: 278: 267: 261: 251: 245: 234: 228: 217: 211: 201: 177:Petrus Alphonsus 144:Late Middle Ages 126: 22:, alternatively 384: 383: 379: 378: 377: 375: 374: 373: 319: 318: 307:Aesopus Fabulae 303: 298: 297: 285: 281: 268: 264: 252: 248: 235: 231: 225:Sudhoffs Archiv 218: 214: 202: 198: 193: 137:Tütsche Cronica 120: 110:Tütsche Cronica 99:Philip the Good 48: 17: 12: 11: 5: 382: 372: 371: 366: 361: 356: 351: 346: 341: 336: 331: 317: 316: 310: 302: 299: 296: 295: 279: 262: 246: 229: 212: 195: 194: 192: 189: 165:Aesop's Fables 75:city physician 47: 44: 32:Weil der Stadt 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 381: 370: 367: 365: 362: 360: 357: 355: 352: 350: 347: 345: 342: 340: 337: 335: 332: 330: 327: 326: 324: 314: 311: 308: 305: 304: 292: 288: 283: 276: 272: 269:Pack Carnes, 266: 260: 256: 250: 243: 241: 233: 226: 222: 216: 209: 205: 200: 196: 188: 184: 182: 178: 174: 170: 166: 161: 159: 155: 154: 149: 145: 140: 138: 134: 130: 124: 119: 118:Johann Zainer 111: 106: 102: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 80: 76: 71: 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 46:Life and work 43: 41: 37: 33: 29: 25: 21: 329:1410s births 290: 287:Hans Vermeer 282: 274: 265: 254: 249: 239: 232: 224: 215: 207: 199: 185: 162: 151: 141: 136: 132: 115: 109: 90: 72: 49: 27: 23: 19: 18: 334:1479 deaths 210:(NDB, 2013) 148:Renaissance 121: [ 323:Categories 240:Appolonius 191:References 24:Steinhäuel 60:Canon Law 28:Steinheil 301:See also 173:initials 169:woodcuts 158:Petrarch 83:pharmacy 40:humanist 146:to the 87:Plague 125:] 179:and 97:and 131:'s 79:Ulm 77:of 36:Ulm 26:or 325:: 289:: 273:, 257:, 223:, 206:, 160:. 123:de 89:, 70:. 242:"

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Weil der Stadt
Ulm
humanist
University of Vienna
University of Padua
Canon Law
University of Heidelberg
Esslingen am Neckar
city physician
Ulm
pharmacy
Plague
Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg
Philip the Good

Johann Zainer
de
Giovanni Boccaccio
Late Middle Ages
Renaissance
Apollonius of Tyre
Petrarch
Aesop's Fables
woodcuts
initials
Petrus Alphonsus
Poggio Bracciolini
"Heinrich Steinhöwel"
"Heinrich Steinhöwel (1410/11–1479) as a town physician and pharmacist in the free imperial city of Ulm"
"History and fortune in Heinrich Steinhoewel's Appolonius"

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