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Sebastian Münster
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German cartographer, cosmographer, and scholar (1488–1552)
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Sebastian Münster was a German and Swiss cartographer, writer, translator, and university teacher associated with the German Renaissance. Born in 1488 or 1489, he died in Basel in 1552 from the plague. His academic career included positions at Heidelberg University and the University of Basel, where he worked in geography, theology, the Protestant Reformation, and astronomy. He was educated at the University of Tübingen, studied under Gregor Reisch, and held Johannes Stöffler as his doctoral advisor.
Münster spoke, wrote, or signed in German, Latin, and Hebrew. His religious affiliations included Lutheranism, Catholicism, and membership in the Franciscans. Among his notable works is *Cosmographia*. He also authored texts such as *Discours simple & veritable des rages exercées, par la Frãce* and *Yosifon ben Goryon id est: Josephus Gorionides, sive Josephus Hebraicus, Iosippus De Bello IV*.
Synthesized by Vinony from 35 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1489
- Died
- 1552
- Works
- 100
Top works
- Cosmographia
- Discours simple & veritable des rages exercées, par la Frãce
- Yosifon ben Goryon id est: Josephus Gorionides, sive Josephus Hebraicus
- Iosippus De Bello IV
- Biblia Sacra utriusque Testamenti, et Vetus quidem post omnes omnium hactenus aeditiones
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1685-03-21
- Active to
- 1750-07-28
Discography
- Digital 3" Classics
- Oratorio de Noël1954
- St. Matthew Passion1954
- Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin1955
- Toccata en fa majeur / Concerto pour 2 trompettes en ut / Sonate en fa dièse, op. 78, « À Thérèse » / Symphonie n° 26 en mi bémol (K. 184) / Fantaisie‐impromptu, op. 66 / Carnaval romain, Ouverture1955
- The Goldberg Variations1956
- Concerti1957
- Suites pour violoncelle seul N°3 en do majeur / N°4 en mi bémol majeur1957
- Suites pour violoncelle seul N° 1 en sol majeur / N° 2 en ré mineur1957
- Suites pour violoncelle seul N° 5 en do mineur / N° 6 en ré majeur1957
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,680x
- MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space
· 2012 · cited 24,661x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 23,494x
- Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3
· 2024 · cited 15,334x
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,921x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “[A] description of the whole world with all that therein is.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sebastian
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of death
- Basel
- Educated at
- University of Tübingen
- Employer
- University of Basel
- Languages spoken
- Hebrew
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Notable work
- Cosmographia
- Doctoral advisor
- Johannes Stöffler
- Student of
- Gregor Reisch
- Field of work
- mathematics
- Movement
- German Renaissance
- Image
- Christoph Amberger - Der Kosmograph Sebastian Münster (1552).jpg
- Work location
- Basel
- Religious order
- Franciscans
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- Commons category
- Sebastian Münster
- date of birth
- 1488-01-20
- date of death
- 1552-05-26
- Commons Creator page
- Sebastian Münster
- cause of death
- plague
- has works in the collection
- Het Scheepvaartmuseum
- writing language
- German
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Sebastian Münster
- significant person
- Beatus Rhenanus
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Basel
- P8168
- Eva Nyström
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Sebastian Münster, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Map of the Virgin Europe from Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographia
City view of Eger in Bohemia
Description Nouvelle Du Pais D'Espaigne [Material cartográfico]
Hispania nach aller seiner gelegenheit in bergen, wasseren, stetten, volckern, kunigreichen und inseln [Material cartográfico]
Cosmographiae uniuersalis lib. VI : in quibus, iuxta certioris fidei scriptorum traditionem describuntur omniu[m] habitabilis orbis partiu[m] situs, p[ro]priæq[ue] dotes. Regionum topographicæ effigies. Terræ ingenia ... Animalium peregrinorum naturæ & picturæ. Nobiliorum ciuitatum icones & descriptiones. Regnorum initia ... Omnium gentiu[m] mores ... Item regum & principum genelogiæ [Texto impreso]
La Cosmographie Universelle de Tout le Monde En laquelle, suivant les auteurs plus dignes de foy, sont au vray descriptes toutes les parties habitables & non habitables de la Terre et de la Mer, leurs assiettes & choses qu'elles produisent... [Texto impreso]
La geografia di Claudio Ptolomeo ... [Texto impreso]
Organum Uranicum [Printed Text]
Sēfär haš-Šorāšīm ʿim Nigzārīm =
![Philonis Ivdaei Alexandrini, Libri Antiqvitatvm. Qvaestionvm Et Solvtionvm In Genesin. De Essaeis. De Nominibvs Hebraicis. De Mvndo. Quod summis uigilijs assequi potuimus, optimelector, id abunde per nos est praestitum, alienam uero culpam nobis, qua es humanitate, no[n] imputabis. Vale, & expecta huius generis a nobis, & maiora, & emendatiora](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fimagines.manuscriptorium.com%2Floris%2FNKCR__-NKCR__5_H_000025__3D1L2XD-cs%2FIMG_MAIN_00000001%2Ffull%2F!400%2C400%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Philonis Ivdaei Alexandrini, Libri Antiqvitatvm. Qvaestionvm Et Solvtionvm In Genesin. De Essaeis. De Nominibvs Hebraicis. De Mvndo. Quod summis uigilijs assequi potuimus, optimelector, id abunde per nos est praestitum, alienam uero culpam nobis, qua es humanitate, no[n] imputabis. Vale, & expecta huius generis a nobis, & maiora, & emendatiora
DE ACCENTIBVS, ET ORTHOGRAPHIA LINGVAE HEBRAICAE /
Mle 'kheth ha-diqduq. GRAMMATICAE INSTITVTIONES in Hebraeam linguam
Sefer ha-harkava VOCABVLA HEBRAICA IRregularia :
Sēfer had-diqdûq GRAMMATICA HEBRAICA ABSOLVTISsima /
Sēfer had-diqdûq GRAMMATICA HEBRAICA ABSOLVTISsima /
![Organum Uranicum SEBASTIANVS MVNSTERVS. HABES IN HOC LIBRO AMICE LECTOR EXPLICATAS THEORICAS OMNIVM planetaru[m] atq[ue] eorunde[m] uarios, singulos & quotidianos ad annos usq[ue] c & ultrà expressos motus, Lunae quoq[ue] in lumine crescentis, senesce[n]tis & per eclipsim deficientis, & item Solis deliquiu[m] patientis, omne[m] uarietate[m]: quibus omnibus co[m]modi adiecti sunt canones](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fimagines.manuscriptorium.com%2Floris%2FNKCR__-NKCR__14_B_000150_34AFL15-cs%2FIMG00000001%2Ffull%2F!400%2C400%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Organum Uranicum SEBASTIANVS MVNSTERVS. HABES IN HOC LIBRO AMICE LECTOR EXPLICATAS THEORICAS OMNIVM planetaru[m] atq[ue] eorunde[m] uarios, singulos & quotidianos ad annos usq[ue] c & ultrà expressos motus, Lunae quoq[ue] in lumine crescentis, senesce[n]tis & per eclipsim deficientis, & item Solis deliquiu[m] patientis, omne[m] uarietate[m]: quibus omnibus co[m]modi adiecti sunt canones
![HOROLOGIOGRAPHIA, POST PRIOREM AEDITIONEM PER SEBAST. MVNSTERVM recognita, & plurimum aucta atq[ue] locupletata, adiectis multis nouis descriptionibus & figuris, in plano, concauo, conuexo, erecta superficie &c.](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fimagines.manuscriptorium.com%2Floris%2FNKCR__-NKCR__14_G_000008_2DQDPJ1-cs%2FIMG00000001%2Ffull%2F!400%2C400%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
HOROLOGIOGRAPHIA, POST PRIOREM AEDITIONEM PER SEBAST. MVNSTERVM recognita, & plurimum aucta atq[ue] locupletata, adiectis multis nouis descriptionibus & figuris, in plano, concauo, conuexo, erecta superficie &c.
![Alkabitius Astronomie iudiciarie principia tracta[n]s /](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fimagines.manuscriptorium.com%2Floris%2FNKCR__-NKCR__14_H_000164_08YUAC7-cs%2FIMG_MAIN_00000001%2Ffull%2F!400%2C400%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Alkabitius Astronomie iudiciarie principia tracta[n]s /
Fürmalung vnd künstlich Beschreibung der Horologien, :
![COSMOGRAPHIAE uniuersalis Lib.VI. in quibus, iuxta certioris fidei scriptorum traditionem buntur, Omniu [m] habitabilis orbis partiu [m] situs, p [ro] priaeq [ue] dotes Regionum Topographicae effigies. Terrae ingenia, quibus sit ut tam differe [n] tes & inanimatas, serat. Animalium peregrinorum naturae & picturae. Nobiliorum ciuitatum icones & Regnorum initia, incrementa & translationes. Omnium gentiu [m] mores,](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fimagines.manuscriptorium.com%2Floris%2FNKCR__-NKCR__19_A_000453_1IL0NP7-cs%2FIMG00000001%2Ffull%2F!400%2C400%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
COSMOGRAPHIAE uniuersalis Lib.VI. in quibus, iuxta certioris fidei scriptorum traditionem buntur, Omniu [m] habitabilis orbis partiu [m] situs, p [ro] priaeq [ue] dotes Regionum Topographicae effigies. Terrae ingenia, quibus sit ut tam differe [n] tes & inanimatas, serat. Animalium peregrinorum naturae & picturae. Nobiliorum ciuitatum icones & Regnorum initia, incrementa & translationes. Omnium gentiu [m] mores,
GERMANIAE ATQVE ALIARVM REGIONVM
![ISAIAS PROPHETA IN TRIBVS LINGVIS, Hebraica, Gr[a]eca, & duplici latina uersione, quarum una est uulgata /](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fimagines.manuscriptorium.com%2Floris%2FNKCR__-NKCR__26_H_000002_0SIXXBF-cs%2FIMG00000001%2Ffull%2F!400%2C400%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
ISAIAS PROPHETA IN TRIBVS LINGVIS, Hebraica, Gr[a]eca, & duplici latina uersione, quarum una est uulgata /
![Sēfär haš-Šorāšīm ʿim Nigzārīm: Dictionarivm Hebraicvm, Iam Vltimo ab autore Sebastiano Munstero recognitum, &] ex Rabinis, præsertim ex Radicibus Dauid Kimhi, auctum & locupletatum](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fimagines.manuscriptorium.com%2Floris%2FNKCR__-NKCR__K_000294____27RH8A7-cs%2FIMG00000001%2Ffull%2F!400%2C400%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Sēfär haš-Šorāšīm ʿim Nigzārīm: Dictionarivm Hebraicvm, Iam Vltimo ab autore Sebastiano Munstero recognitum, &] ex Rabinis, præsertim ex Radicibus Dauid Kimhi, auctum & locupletatum
Commentarii Lingvae Graecae
Šillūš lešōnōt =
La cosmographie universelle de tout le monde..
Dictionarium Hebraicum ex Rabbinorum commentarijs collectum, adiectis ijs Chaldaicis vocabulis quorum in Biblijs est vsus
Gemmae Frisii ... De radio astronomico et geometrico liber... Adiunximus brevem tractationem Ioannis Spangehergii et Sebastián Munsteri de simpliciore radio quem Baculum Iacob vulgus nominat..
Institutiones grammaticae in Hebraeam linguam
Gemmae Frisii ... De radio astronomico et geometrico liber... Adiunximus brevem tractationem Ioannis Spangehergii et Sebastián Munsteri de simpliciore radio quem Baculum Iacob vulgus nominat..
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Encyclopedic overview
Portrait of Sebastian Münster by Christoph Amberger, c. 1552
Sebastian Münster (20 January 1488 – 26 May 1552) was a German cartographer and cosmographer. He also was a Christian Hebraist scholar who taught as a professor at the University of Basel. His well-known work, the highly accurate world map, Cosmographia, sold well and went through 24 editions. Its influence was widely spread by a production of woodcuts created of it by a variety of artists.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sebastian Münster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.