Johannes Hartlieb
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Johannes Hartlieb was a physician of Late Medieval Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

, probably of a family from Neuburg an der Donau
Neuburg an der Donau
Neuburg an der Donau, literally Neuburg on the Danube River, 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:-History:...

. He was in the employment of Louis VII of Bavaria
Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria
Duke Louis VII of Bavaria was Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt from 1413 until 1443. He was a son of Stephen III and Taddea Visconti.-Biography:...

 and Albert VI of Austria in the 1430s, and of Albert III of Bavaria
Albert III, Duke of Bavaria
Albert III the Pious of Bavaria-Munich , , since 1438 Duke of Bavaria-Munich. He was born to Ernest, Duke of Bavaria and Elisabetta Visconti, daughter of Bernabò Visconti.-Life:Albert was born in Munich....

 from 1440, and of the latter's son Sigismund
Sigismund of Bavaria
Sigismund of Bavaria was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty. He ruled as Duke of Bavaria-Munich from 1460 to 1467, and then as Duke of Bavaria-Dachau until his death.-Biography:...

 from 1456.
In 1444, he married Sibilla, possibly the daughter of Albert and Agnes Bernauer
Agnes Bernauer
Agnes Bernauer was the mistress and perhaps also the first wife of Albert, later Albert III, Duke of Bavaria...


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, containing the oldest known description of witches' flying ointment
Flying ointment
Flying ointment, also known as witches' flying ointment, green ointment, magic salve and lycanthropic ointment, is a hallucinogenic ointment said to be used by witches in the Early Modern period .- Composition :The ointment contains a fatty base and various herbal extracts, usually including...

.
Hartlieb also produced German translations of various classical authors (Trotula
Trotula of Salerno
Trotula can refer to Trotula of Salerno or the Trotula texts. Trotula of Salerno was a female physician who worked in Salerno, Italy. Several writings about women’s health have been attributed to her, including Diseases of Women, Treatments for Women, and Women’s Cosmetics...

, Macrobius, Gilbertinus, Muscio
Muscio
Muscio is the supposed author of the Genecia , a treatise of gynecology dating to ca. AD 500, preserved in a manuscript of ca. AD 900. The treatise borrows heavily from Soranus....

).

Works:
  • onomancy (18 mss., Heidelberger Schicksalsbuch
    Heidelberger Schicksalsbuch
    The Heidelberger Schicksalsbuch is a parchment manuscript, completed in the 1490s in Regensburg, kept in Heidelberg University library as Cod. Pal. germ. 832. On 271 folia it treats topics of astrology and magic. A functional paper astrolabe is inserted on fol...

     CPG 832, CPG 408)
  • das puch aller verpoten kunst, ungelaubens und der zaubrey, 1450s, CPG 478, 78 foll. (in the hand of Clara Hätzlerin
    Clara Hätzlerin
    Clara Hätzlerin was a professional scribe in 15th century Augsburg. She is most notable for her songbook of 1471, which was among the sources used by Carl Orff for his Die Bernauerin....

    ), 1465, ed. Eisermann and Graf (1989).
  • Kräuterbuch (herbology), ed. Speta, Graz (1980).
  • Chiromantia, 1448, printed as a Woodblock print in the 1470s, ed. Weil, München (1923).
  • Trotula and de secretis mulierum, 1450s, CPG 480 ed. Bosselmann, Würzburg (1985).
  • translation of Caesarius von Heisterbach's dialogus miraculorum, ed. 1929.
  • sand Brandons buch (the journey of Saint Brendan), printed by Anton Sorg, Augsburg, ca. 1480.
  • 'de amore' deutsch, translation Andreas Capellanus
    Andreas Capellanus
    Andreas Capellanus was the 12th-century author of a treatise commonly known as De amore , and often known in English, somewhat misleadingly, as The Art of Courtly Love, though its realistic, somewhat cynical tone suggests that it is in some measure an antidote to courtly love...

    ' de amore
    De amore (Andreas Capellanus)
    Andreas Capellanus was the twelfth century author of a treatise commonly titled De amore , also known as De arte honeste amandi, for which a possible English translation is The Art of Courtly Love...

    , ed. Karnein, München (1970), Berlin (1979).
  • Alexander Magnus, translation of the Alexander Romance
    Alexander Romance
    Alexander romance is any of several collections of legends concerning the mythical exploits of Alexander the Great. The earliest version is in Greek, dating to the 3rd century. Several late manuscripts attribute the work to Alexander's court historian Callisthenes, but the historical figure died...

    , 1444, printed by Anton Sorg, Augsburg (1480), Martin Schott, Strassburg (1488).
  • De mansionibus, CPG 6
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