Johannes Hartlieb (c. 1410Hartlieb's year of birth is unknown; his existence is first attested as the author of ''Kunst der Gedächtnüß'', written during 1430–32, and an estimate of his year of birth as either "c. 1400" or "c. 1410" can be found in literature. – 18 May 1468) was a physician of Late Medieval

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

, probably of a family from

Neuburg an der Donau Neuburg an der Donau (Central Bavarian: ''Neiburg an da Donau'') is a town which is the capital of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district in the state of Bavaria in Germany. Divisions The municipality has 16 divisions: * Altmannstetten * Bergen, Neu ...

. He was in the employment of

Louis VII of Bavaria Louis VII (c. 1368 – 1 May 1447), called the Bearded (German: ''Ludwig der Bärtige'') was the Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt from 1413 until 1443. He was a son of Duke Stephen III and Taddea Visconti. Biography As brother of Isabella of Bavari ...

and

Albert VI of Austria Albert VIKonstantin Moritz A. Langmaier: Erzherzog Albrecht VI. von Österreich (1418–1463). Ein Fürst im Spannungsfeld von Dynastie, Regionen und Reich (= Forschungen zur Kaiser- und Papstgeschichte des Mittelalters. Bd. 38). Böhlau, Köln ...

in the 1430s, and of Albert III of Bavaria from 1440, and of the latter's son

Sigismund Sigismund (variants: Sigmund, Siegmund) is a German proper name, meaning "protection through victory", from Old High German ''sigu'' "victory" + ''munt'' "hand, protection". Tacitus latinises it '' Segimundus''. There appears to be an older form of ...

from 1456. In 1444, he married Sibilla, possibly the daughter of Albert and

Agnes Bernauer Agnes Bernauer (c. 1410 – 12 October 1435) was the mistress and perhaps also the first wife of Albert, later Albert III, Duke of Bavaria. Because his father, Ernest, ruling Duke of Bavaria at the time, considered this liaison with a commone ...

. Hartlieb wrote a compendium on herbs in ca. 1440, and in 1456 the ''puch aller verpoten kunst, ungelaubens und der zaubrey'' (book on all forbidden arts, superstition and sorcery) on the

artes magicae Renaissance magic was a resurgence in Hermeticism and Neo-Platonic varieties of the magical arts which arose along with Renaissance humanism in the 15th and 16th centuries CE. These magical arts (called '' artes magicae'') were divided into seve ...

, containing the oldest known description of witches'

flying ointment Flying ointment is a hallucinogenic ointment said to have been used by witches in the practice of European witchcraft from at least as far back as the Early Modern period, when detailed recipes for such preparations were first recorded. Name ...

. Hartlieb also produced German translations of various classical and medieval authors (

Trotula ''Trotula'' is a name referring to a group of three texts on women's medicine that were composed in the southern Italian port town of Salerno in the 12th century. The name derives from a historic female figure, Trota of Salerno, a physician and ...

Macrobius Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius, usually referred to as Macrobius (fl. AD 400), was a Roman provincial who lived during the early fifth century, during late antiquity, the period of time corresponding to the Later Roman Empire, and when Latin was ...

, Gilbertinus,

Muscio Muscio (also Mustio) is the supposed author of the ''Genecia'' (''Gynaecia''), a treatise of gynecology dating to ca. AD 500, preserved in a manuscript of ca. AD 900. The treatise borrows heavily from Soranus. Nothing is known about the life of ...

Works

*onomancy (18 mss., Heidelberger Schicksalsbuchbr>CPG 832CPG 408
*''das puch aller verpoten kunst, ungelaubens und der zaubrey'', 1450s
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78 foll. (in the hand of Clara Hätzlerin), 1465, ed. Eisermann and Graf (1989). *''Kräuterbuch'' (herbology), ed. Speta, Graz (1980). *''Chiromantia'', 1448, printed as a

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in the 1470s, ed. Weil, München (1923). *translation of ''

'' and '' de secretis mulierum'', 1450s
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ed. Bosselmann, Würzburg (1985). *translation of

Caesarius von Heisterbach Caesarius of Heisterbach (ca. 1180 – ca. 1240), sometimes erroneously called, in English, Caesar of Heisterbach, was the prior of a Cistercian monastery, Heisterbach Abbey, which was located in the Siebengebirge, near the small town of Oberdolle ...

's ''dialogus miraculorum'', ed. 1929. *''sand Brandons buch'' (the journey of

Saint Brendan Brendan of Clonfert (c. AD 484 - c.577), is one of the early Celtic Christianity, Irish monastic saints and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. He is also referred to as Brendan the Navigator, Brendan the Voyager, Brendan the Anchorite, Br ...

), printed by Anton Sorg, Augsburg, ca. 1480. *'''de amore' deutsch'', translation of Andreas Capellanus' '' de amore'', ed. Karnein, München (1970), Berlin (1979). *''Alexander Magnus'', translation of the Alexander Romance, 1444, printed by Anton Sorg, Augsburg (1480), Martin Schott, Strassburg (1488). *''De mansionibus''
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References

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Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB, german: Universal German Biography) is one of the most important and comprehensive biographical reference works in the German language. It was published by the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Aca ...

'' vol. 10, 670ff. *F. Fürbeth, ''Johannes Hartlieb, Untersuchungen zu Leben und Werk'', Niemeyer, Tübingen (1992). *W. Schmitt, ''Hans Hartliebs mantische Schriften und seine Beeinflussung durch Nikolaus von Kues'', Diss. Heidelberg (1962). *Gerold Hayer und Bernhard Schnell (Hg.), Johannes Hartlieb, 'Kräuterbuch'. Zum ersten Mal kritisch hg. (Wissensliteratur im Mittelalter 47), Wiesbaden 2010. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hartlieb, Johannes German occult writers German science writers German medical writers German translators 1400s births 1468 deaths German people of the Renaissance period 15th-century German writers 15th-century German physicians Physicians from Bavaria 15th-century translators