Re: VMs: Olomouc and Barcius

Here is however an interesting detail: there is one M.Barcius who is linked to Olomouc and was an alchemist; he wrote Gloria Mundi ( a famous alchemical tract ) and perhaps Rosarium Philosophorum ( an even more famous alchemical treatise).

Here are some references:

- in Magnum Opus, a book by Vladislav Zadrobilek, Trigon, Praha, 1997: "Mudrci, napodobujice prirodu, nici vsechno telesne a v nove Matce promenuji stare telo v telo nove, ciste, nesmrtelne"; Citat z knihy moravskeho rodaka Jana ze Stemberka (M. Barcius) Gloria Mundi;

- http://hdelboy.club.fr/ripley_scrowle.html

Gloria Mundi seu Tabula Paradisi, 1678, Alia Lapidis nostri cognitio, pp. 203-305 - notes de Ferguson : The earliest edition which I have observed is dated 1620 and there are enumerated also editions of Frankfurt, 1648, Hamburg, 1692, and the reprints In the collections mentioned below. The aulhorship of the tract is uncertain. Mercklin indeed assigns it to Robertus Vallensis, but on insufficient grounds; Roth-Scholtz says the author is anonymous; Fictuld says that though it may be by Barcius there is better reason for supposing it the work of Johann von Sternberg, author of the tract Rosarium. Anyhow these two ' noble treatises' were the work of the same pe! ! n. He piles up eulogies on the present work which are more nauseating than his adverse criticisms are comical.

http://www.ferienhaus-micki-tschechien.de/nl/morava.htm

Op 15 km ten noorden van Olomouc ligt het plaatsje STERNBERK (Sternberg), dat bekend staat om de fabricage van klokken en horloges. Sternberk wordt gedominineerd door een kasteel uit de 12e eeuw. In dit kasteel is een grote collectie oude uurwerken, ook herbergt het een rijke collectie meubilair en oude schilderkunst. Opvallend zijn de fraaie 17e-eeuwse schilderijen van Nederlandse meesters. In de gotische kapel van de burcht wordt een kostbare schat bewaard, de Madonna van Sternberk, een van de meest bekoorlijke voorbeelden van de fraaie stijl van omstreeks 1400. Verder is er een waardevolle kunstverzameling.

http://www.thomasgraz.net/gl-705.htm

The castle ?ternberk was first mentioned in a document of 1269 (as castrum Sternberch), while the town was first mentioned in 1296 (as civitas Sternberch). The castle was built 1253?1262 by the Bohemian nobleman Zdeslav of Chlumec who later called himself Zdeslav of ?ternberk. The castle was enlarged in the second half of the 14th century by Albert II of ?ternberk. His family owned the castle until 1409. ?ternberk was conquered in 1430 by the Hussite army and remained occupied until 1432. After a large fire in 1538 the castle was rebuilt in Renaissance style. In 1695 it was bought and rebuilt by Prince Johann Adam Andreas of Liechtenstein.

>Schafner anyway was born in Olomouc. Marci studied in Olomouc (Olmütz) (Jean).

"Horczicky was born in Bojanovice, one of those is really near Olomouc and Tepenec." (Jan)

>Sendivogius and Paracelsus had houses there. Any detail about Paracelsus
settlement in Olomouc?(Jean)

>About Sendivogius' house, I am told that " not so far from Olomouc he had chateau Kravaøe. This estate was owned by his descendent untill the end of 19th century. Family of his descendent had name von Eichendorf "(Jean).

"Interesting, I will write to my associate in Prague about those two to get more info if possible." (Jan)

>A last one for today about this town: it too was a city where Jesuits had one of their
centers (like Krumlov for instance) (Jean).

"Right, even more so, Olomouc ( Olmutz) was also the seat of archbishop. And very famous Jesuit school
raising the world famous musicians and composers (one for instance is Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky), but that was in 18th century."(Jan)

"An interesting page about Marci and Olomouc
http://www.spektroskopie.cz/_old/en/jmm_engl.htm" (Jan)

Re: VMs: Olomouc and Barcius

f299v-310 Jean de Sternberg to Meister Hanns, Carmen de lapide philosophico [104 verses in German. See also MSS. Vossianus Chym. F.23 and F.29.]