Cyprián Karásek Lvovický of Lvovice (Czech: Cyprián Karásek Lvovický ze Lvovic, German: Cyprian von Leowitz, Latin: Cyprianus Leovitius) (July 8, 1514? in Hradec Králové - 1574 in Lauingen) was a Bohemian astronomer, mathematician and astrologer. Czech (ˈʧɛk čeština ˈʧɛʃcɪna in Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers it is the majority language in the The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Hradec Králové ( pronounced, Königgrätz meaning Castle of the Queen) is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Hradec Králové Region Lauingen is a town in the district of Dillingen in Bavaria, Germany. Bohemia (Čechy; Bohemia Czechy is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands, currently the Astrology (from Greek grc ἄστρον astron, "constellation star" and grc -λογία -logia) is a group of Systems
Most of the information about Lvovický's life comes from his memoirs. Cyprian Karásek was born in 1514 (some sources claim 1524) into the family of a long-time town councillor and later mayor of Hradec Králové named Jan Karásek (Lvovický after enoblement). Hradec Králové ( pronounced, Königgrätz meaning Castle of the Queen) is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Hradec Králové Region He received his elementary education in the Hradec Králové town school and then moved on to study abroad. In 1540 Lvovický studied in Wrocław (Breslau), in 1542 in Leipzig and later astronomy and mathematics in Wittenberg. Wrocław (Breslau Vratislav Vratislavia or Wratislavia Yiddish: ברעסלוי) is the chief City of the historical region of Lower Silesia This sort of fix restores section edit linkpoints to where they belong The Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg also referred to as MLU, is a public University in the cities of In 1547 he moved to Nuremberg, then to Augsburg, to the court of Fuggers. Augsburg is an independent City in the south-west of Bavaria. The Fugger (ˈfʊgɐ family was a historically prominent group of European Bankers members of the fifteenth and Sixteenth-century mercantile After 1556 Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Palatinate-Neuburg, named Lvovický professor of astronomy and mathematics at the Latin "particular school" in Lauingen. Otto-Henry Elector Palatine, (Ottheinrich Amberg, 10 April 1502 &ndash 12 February 1559 in Heidelberg) a member This article gives details on the history of the Count Palatine in Mediaeval European Palatinate regions and social structure Palatinate-Neuburg (Herzogtum Pfalz-Neuburg is a former state of the Holy Roman Empire, founded in 1505 Lauingen is a town in the district of Dillingen in Bavaria, Germany. Lvovický later became the director of that school, working there until 1566. From 1565 through 1568 he visited Bohemia several times and planned to return to Hradec Králové, but he died before that plan was realized.
Lvovický published several astronomical works in Latin. Being both an astronomer and an astrologer, he tried to base astrology on solid mathematical and astronomical ground. Astrology (from Greek grc ἄστρον astron, "constellation star" and grc -λογία -logia) is a group of Systems
His first published work was Tabulae eclipsum, predicting (within a few minutes) the start and the duration of lunar eclipses until 1605, including towns where it would be observable. A lunar eclipse occurs whenever the Moon passes through some portion of the Earth's shadow These tables were based on the work of Erasmus Reinhold. Erasmus Reinhold ( October 22, 1511 &ndash February 19, 1553) was a German Astronomer and Mathematician
In 1564, by order of Maximilian II, he published detailed ephemeris tables for the sun, moon and other celestial bodies covering the years 1564 - 1574 in 10 day intervals and titled De coniunctionibus magnis insignoribus superiorum planetarum, solis defectibus, et de cometis effectum historica expositione. Maximilian II ( July 31, 1527 &ndash October 12, 1576) was king of Bohemia from 1562 king of Hungary and Croatia An ephemeris (plural ephemerides; from the Greek word ἐφήμερος ephemeros "daily" is a table of values that gives the positions of In this book, recorded astronomical phenomena were linked with historical events (e. g. death of John of Luxembourg with a comet appearing in 1347). John the Blind ( Luxembourgish: Jang de Blannen; German: Johann der Blinde von Luxemburg
The work Tabulae Peuerbachii Alphonsiane from 1556 earned the respect of Tycho Brahe; they met in 1569 and corresponded thereafter. Tycho Brahe, born Tyge Ottesen Brahe ( December 14 1546 &ndash October 24 1601) was a Danish nobleman
Literature
- František Jáchym: Cyprián Lvovický ze Lvovic - matematik, astronom, astrolog, Matematika-fyzika-informatika, 14 2004/2005 (in Czech). Other publications by Jáchym may cover Lvovický as well.
- Lvovický's life in Lauingen, Hradec Králové astronomical journal Povětroň, 2004, No 1, p. 16. (in Czech)
External links
- Short biography (in Czech)
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