Wolfgang Lazius

Lazius was born in Vienna, and first studied medicine, becoming professor in the medical faculty at the University of Vienna in 1541. He later became curator of the imperial collections of the Holy Roman Empire and official historian to Emperor Ferdinand I. In that capacity, he authored a number of historical works, in research for which he traveled widely, amassing (and sometimes stealing) documents from numerous monasteries and other libraries. He also produced maps of Austria, Bavaria, Hungary, and Greece, now considered important in the history of cartography. His ''Typi chorographici provinciarum Austriae'' (1561) bears some early elements of a historical atlas, though it serves more as a celebration of the Habsburg monarchy than as a true historical work.
It is thought that Giuseppe Arcimboldo's painting ''The Librarian'' is of Lazius. Provided by Wikipedia
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1Other Authors: “...Lazius, Wolfgang 1514-1565...”
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2by Bongars, Jacques 1554-1612, Ransano, Pietro biskup 1428-1492, Küküllei, János ca 1325-ca 1400, Rogerius, Johannes de Thurocz ca 1435-ca 1489, Hartwig von Spanheim I. regensburský biskup 1105-1126, Gyalui Torda, Zsigmond ca 1515-po 1567, Buonaccorsi, Filippo 1437-1496, Marzio, Galleoto 1427-1497, Janus Pannonius 1434-1472, Wernher, Georg, Lazius, Wolfgang 1514-1565, Soiterus, Melchior, Stella, Johannes Martinus, Herold, Johann Basilius 1514-1567, Bizzarri, Pietro ca 1525-ca 1590, Črnko, Franjo, Jacobinus, Joannes, Pistorius, Johannes st.; Niddanus 1504-1583, Reichersdorff, Georg von ca 1495-ca 1554, Petanius, Felix
Published 1600
Call Number D1,LXVb,3/9 KTFKUBook