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441: 406: 219: 418: 22: 374: 461: 73: 112: 391: 359: 936: 440: 280:), in addition to including the first to introduce "separate maps for each of the four continents known then – America, Africa, Asia and Europe." It was most important in reviving geography in 16th-century Europe. The last German edition was published in 1628, long after his death. 907: 203:
with illustrations. The 1550 edition contains cities, portraits, and costumes. These editions, printed in Germany, are the most valued of this work. Other writings that followed are
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contains The Prophets (Major and Minor), The Psalms, Job, Proverb, Daniel, Chronicles, and the Five Scrolls (The Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and Esther).
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was one of the most successful and popular works of the 16th century. It passed through 24 editions in 100 years. This success was due to the fascinating
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Von einem, der daheim blieb, die Welt zu entdecken - Die Cosmographia des Sebastian Münster oder Wie man sich vor 500 Jahren die Welt vorstellte
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Visualising Space: Maps of Singapore and the Region. Collections from the National Library and National Archives of Singapore
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Several paintings with oil on canvas, woodcuts and copper etchings depict Sebastian Münster, by Hans Holbein d. J. (Basel,
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Werner Raupp: MÜNSTER, Sebastian. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Band 6, Bautz, Herzberg 1993,
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translation and a large number of annotations. He was the first German to produce an edition of the Hebrew Bible.
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High resolution images of works by and/or portraits of Sebastian Munster in .jpg and .tiff format.
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contains the books from Genesis to 2 Kings, following the order of the Masoretic codices. The
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Basler Beiträge zur Geschichtswissenschaft, Band 91, Basel und Stuttgart 1963 und 1969.
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Sebastian Münster, Biblia Hebraica: Latin translation of the Hebrew Bible printed by
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Online Galleries, History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries
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He published more than one Hebrew grammar, and was the first to prepare a
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Digitized high-resolution images of the 1540 first edition of the
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Schreckenfuchs 1553 Oratio Funebris de Obitu Ssebastiani Munsteri
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Freiburg im Breisgau 1504 m–1803, Holzschnitte und Kupferstiche
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Sebastian Münster – Versuch eines biographischen Gesamtbildes.
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Statue of Sebastian Münster in front of St. Remigius Church,
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and Michael Isengrin, 1546, Basel, in the collection of the
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Münster was also known as translator of the Hebrew Bible (
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German cartographer, cosmographer, and scholar (1488–1552)
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of 1544 was the earliest description of the world in the
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Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)
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Freiburg in der „Cosmographia“ von Sebastian Münster
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In 1540 he published a Latin edition of 939:, Eran Laor Cartographic Collection, the 126:in order to accept an appointment at the 54:scholar who taught as a professor at the 932:The Munster Map - Simcoe County Archives 609: 217: 110: 71: 20: 485: 207:(a treatise on dialling – constructing 957: 873:. Vol. XVII (9th ed.). 1884. 714:Sebastian Münster – Eine Bibliographie 466:A 1552 map showing the Pinsk Marshes ( 173:for Latin, Greek, and Hebrew in 1530. 927:among Christian Hebraists, 1517–1620" 689:National Library Board of Singapore. 679:(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. 636: 634: 632: 539: 537: 535: 222:Novae lnsulae XXVI Nova Tabula (1552) 855:Historical Dictionary of Switzerland 605: 603: 601: 528:. White Star Publishers. p. 26. 544:Horst Robert Balz; Gerhard Krause; 13: 899:Historic Cities: Sebastian Münster 699: 629: 532: 104:in 1518. His graduate adviser was 14: 1006: 802: 749:. 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Christoph Amberger
cartographer
cosmographer
Christian Hebraist
University of Basel
Cosmographia

Cosmographia
Ingelheim
Mainz
Franciscan order
University of Tübingen
Johannes Stöffler

Lutheran Church
Reformed Church
University of Basel
Lutheranism
German Peasants' War
Hebrew
Elias Levita
Hebrew Bible
Latin
Gospel of Matthew in Hebrew
Spanish
Conversos
Ptolemy
Geographia
sundials

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