20:
113:
516:
458:
522:
67:
Schiffermüller was born in
Hellmonsödt near Linz. The baptism record notes the name as Jeremias Ignatio, he was the eighth of ten children of master brewer Leopold Schiffermiller and Maria née Margottin. Jeremias Mitterbauer a meat seller was his godfather. After studies at Linz he joined the Jesuit
155:
for the saturated colours which he termed as "blühende Farben" (florid colors). He then tried to define tints of each colour. To serve as a model, Schiffermüller himself presents a table classifying and sub-classifying shades of blue, and naming them in German, Latin and French: in all, 81 German
76:
in 1759 and worked there for fifteen years. During this time he took an interest in natural history, collecting specimens of butterflies. His collection was presented to the old United Royal and
Imperial Natural History Collections (Vereinigtes k.k. Naturalien-Cabinet) at the
135:(1772), Schiffermüller addressed the need for a standardised nomenclature with which to describe the countless colours of nature. Work by predecessors in this field had proved unsatisfactory: he mentions suggestions made by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723–1778) in his
101:. The work did not explicitly state his name as an author but described 1150 species. Because this work also included the names of some new butterfly species, it caused some nomenclatural problems for taxonomists. His collection is in the
156:
terms are listed. Matching this table, and using the same alphabetical notation, is a 3 x 12 matrix showing a set of colour samples for blue, with some discussion of the pigments used.
53:. In order to describe the colours of butterflies, he also looked for a systematic approach to describing colours in nature and to standardize their names. The moth
215:"The never ending story of Schiffermüller's names - a long evaded nomenclatural issue of pressing urgency and a special case for the ICZN (Insecta: Lepidoptera)"
443:
Groll, E. K. (Hrsg.): Biografien der
Entomologen der Welt : Datenbank. Version 4.15 : Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, 2010
561:
283:
Bálint, Zsolt (2023). "Schiffermüller and the Jesuit lepidopterists of the 18 century: further notes on the "Wiener
Systematisches Verzeichniss"".
128:
Schiffermüller is noteworthy for his work in developing a scientifically based colour nomenclature to aid the description of butterfly coloration.
499:
402:
390:
319:
68:
order in Vienna at the age of nineteen. From 1752 to 1754 he taught at the Passau
Grammar School. He became a teacher at the
554:
91:
Das
Systematische Verzeichnis der Schmetterlinge der Wienergegend herausgegeben von einigen Lehrern am k. k. Theresianum
89:, also a teacher at the Theresianum, he published the first index of the Lepidoptera of the Viennese region in the book
600:
590:
547:
492:
192:
244:"Considerations on the historic context surrounding the publications attributed to Denis & Schiffermüller"
595:
166:
485:
414:
535:
473:
302:
Shamey, Renzo (2020). "Schiffermüller, Ignaz 1727–1806". In Shamey, Renzo; Kuehni, Rolf G. (eds.).
106:
109:
Wien). In 1775 he was named a royal councilor and he moved to Linz, living there until his death.
395:
German Colour Terms: A study in their historical evolution from earliest times to the present
148:
585:
580:
8:
82:
55:
344:
325:
438:
398:
386:
364:
329:
315:
265:
356:
307:
255:
214:
59:
was named after him, but the name is now considered an invalid, dated alternative.
311:
42:
531:
469:
95:
Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den
Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend
31:
574:
368:
269:
98:
86:
19:
112:
465:
152:
117:
69:
50:
260:
243:
383:
Farb-Systeme 1611-2007. Farb-Dokumente in der
Sammlung Werner Spillmann
360:
515:
444:
78:
46:
39:
437:
Gutenberg-e series, (New York: Columbia
University Press, 2006)
73:
457:
306:. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp. 119–122.
97:(1775) was distributed privately to various people including
521:
242:
Tóth, Balázs; Katona, Gergely; Bálint, Zsolt (2020-07-31).
35:
23:
Portrait of Johann Ignaz
Schiffermüller (origin unknown)
193:"Ignaz Schiffermüller, in seiner Heimat vergessen!"
439:http://www.gutenberg-e.org/lowengard/C_Chap57.html
435:The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe
433:"Schiffermüller's Color System," Sarah Lowengard,
139:(1763) and August Johann Rösel (1705–1759) in his
572:
397:. John Benjamins, Amsterdam & Philadelphia,
241:
530:This article about an Austrian scientist is a
555:
493:
282:
190:
49:teacher who took a special interest in the
562:
548:
500:
486:
393:, pp. 28–31; William Jervis Jones (2013).
212:
259:
111:
18:
345:"A brief history of disk color mixture"
573:
342:
301:
143:(1746–61). He made use of the work of
28:Jeremias (Johann) Ignaz Schiffermüller
509:
452:
237:
235:
200:Das Mühlviertel – Natur Kultur Leben
186:
184:
103:Kaiserlichen Hof-Naturalienkabinett
13:
14:
612:
427:
232:
181:
520:
514:
456:
349:Color Research & Application
123:
62:
408:
375:
336:
295:
276:
206:
1:
381:Werner Spillmann ed. (2009).
174:
534:. You can help Knowledge by
472:. You can help Knowledge by
312:10.1007/978-3-319-30811-1_25
93:(1775). Another work titled
7:
416:Versuch eines Farbensystems
167:Versuch eines Farbensystems
151:(1688–1757). He included a
133:Versuch eines Farbensystems
10:
617:
508:
451:
420:Retrieved on 25 June 2009.
81:where it burnt during the
304:Pioneers of Color Science
601:Austrian scientist stubs
343:Kuehni, Rolf G. (2010).
159:
107:Naturhistorisches Museum
56:Tinea schiffermullerella
591:Austrian lepidopterists
464:This article about an
248:Nota Lepidopterologica
145:L'optique des couleurs
137:Entomologia Carniolica
120:
24:
202:(in German): 141–146.
191:Speta, Franz (1988).
149:Louis Bertrand Castel
147:by the French Jesuit
115:
22:
141:Insecten-Belustigung
261:10.3897/nl.43.48374
213:Kudrna, O. (2015).
70:Theresianum College
16:Austrian naturalist
596:Entomologist stubs
418:at Openlibrary.org
385:. Schwabe, Basel,
121:
83:revolution in 1848
30:(2 November 1727,
25:
543:
542:
481:
480:
403:978-90-272-4610-3
391:978-3-7965-2517-9
361:10.1002/col.20566
321:978-3-319-30811-1
285:Lepidoptera Novae
608:
564:
557:
550:
526:
525:
524:
518:
510:
502:
495:
488:
460:
453:
421:
412:
406:
379:
373:
372:
340:
334:
333:
299:
293:
292:
280:
274:
273:
263:
239:
230:
229:
219:
210:
204:
203:
197:
188:
34:– 21 June 1806,
616:
615:
611:
610:
609:
607:
606:
605:
571:
570:
569:
568:
519:
513:
507:
506:
449:
430:
425:
424:
413:
409:
380:
376:
341:
337:
322:
300:
296:
281:
277:
240:
233:
217:
211:
207:
195:
189:
182:
177:
162:
126:
65:
17:
12:
11:
5:
614:
604:
603:
598:
593:
588:
583:
567:
566:
559:
552:
544:
541:
540:
527:
505:
504:
497:
490:
482:
479:
478:
461:
447:
446:
441:
429:
428:External links
426:
423:
422:
407:
405:, pp. 213–218.
374:
355:(2): 110–121.
335:
320:
294:
275:
231:
205:
179:
178:
176:
173:
172:
171:
161:
158:
125:
122:
64:
61:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
613:
602:
599:
597:
594:
592:
589:
587:
584:
582:
579:
578:
576:
565:
560:
558:
553:
551:
546:
545:
539:
537:
533:
528:
523:
517:
512:
511:
503:
498:
496:
491:
489:
484:
483:
477:
475:
471:
467:
462:
459:
455:
454:
450:
445:
442:
440:
436:
432:
431:
419:
417:
411:
404:
400:
396:
392:
388:
384:
378:
370:
366:
362:
358:
354:
350:
346:
339:
331:
327:
323:
317:
313:
309:
305:
298:
291:(2): 115–126.
290:
286:
279:
271:
267:
262:
257:
253:
249:
245:
238:
236:
227:
223:
216:
209:
201:
194:
187:
185:
180:
170:, Vienna 1772
169:
168:
164:
163:
157:
154:
153:colour circle
150:
146:
142:
138:
134:
129:
124:Colour system
119:
114:
110:
108:
104:
100:
99:Carl Linnaeus
96:
92:
88:
87:Michael Denis
84:
80:
75:
71:
63:Life and work
60:
58:
57:
52:
48:
44:
41:
37:
33:
29:
21:
536:expanding it
529:
474:expanding it
466:entomologist
463:
448:
434:
415:
410:
394:
382:
377:
352:
348:
338:
303:
297:
288:
284:
278:
251:
247:
225:
221:
208:
199:
165:
144:
140:
136:
132:
130:
127:
102:
94:
90:
66:
54:
27:
26:
586:1806 deaths
581:1727 births
254:: 173–179.
118:color wheel
51:Lepidoptera
32:Hellmonsödt
575:Categories
222:Quadrifina
175:References
43:naturalist
369:0361-2317
330:238082673
270:2367-5365
116:His 1772
38:) was an
228:: 17–26.
40:Austrian
131:In his
85:. With
79:Hofburg
401:
389:
367:
328:
318:
268:
74:Vienna
47:Jesuit
468:is a
326:S2CID
218:(PDF)
196:(PDF)
160:Works
105:(now
532:stub
470:stub
399:ISBN
387:ISBN
365:ISSN
316:ISBN
266:ISSN
45:and
36:Linz
357:doi
308:doi
256:doi
72:in
577::
363:.
353:35
351:.
347:.
324:.
314:.
289:16
287:.
264:.
252:43
250:.
246:.
234:^
226:12
224:.
220:.
198:.
183:^
563:e
556:t
549:v
538:.
501:e
494:t
487:v
476:.
371:.
359::
332:.
310::
272:.
258::
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
