Albert Suho (before 1390 - after 1449) was a cleric and writer. He enjoyed a successful church career in his home town of
Osnabrück
Osnabrück (; wep, Ossenbrügge; archaic ''Osnaburg'') is a city in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population ...
, and represented the town at the
Council of Basel
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. He wrote a number of theological works in
Latin
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and a
world chronicle
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in
Middle Low German
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.
Suho's chronicle runs from the creation of the world until 1447 (1452 in a second edition), focussing on the city of Osnabrück in the latter parts. Most of the text is standard material from usual sources (
Petrus Riga
Petrus Riga (c. 1140 – 1209) was a French poet. He is known for his work ''Aurora'', which is a commentary on the Bible with emphasis on allegorical and moral interpretation. Although it has been called the verse Bible
The Bible (from Ko ...
,
Martin of Opava
Martin of Opava, O.P. (died 1278) also known as Martin of Poland, was a 13th-century Dominican friar, bishop and chronicler.
Life
Known in Latin as ''Frater Martinus Ordinis Praedicatorum'' (Brother Martin of the Order of Preachers), he is bel ...
), but the latter parts are important sources for local ecclesiastical history.
Until recently the chronicle was known only in one manuscript (Berlin/Kraków) but two more have recently been discovered (Warburg in the 1990s, Leiden in 2012).
External links
Entry in the Marburg manuscript repertorium
References
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14th-century births
15th-century deaths
Writers from Osnabrück
15th-century German Catholic theologians
Clergy from Osnabrück
German male non-fiction writers