Editing Georg Fabricius

{{short description|German Renaissance poet, historian and archaeologist}}
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{{Infobox poet
| name=Georg Fabricius
| image= File:RTEmagicC georgus fabricius.jpg
| caption= Portrait of Georg Fabricus
| birth_date        = {{birth date|1516|4|23|df=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Chemnitz]], Holy Roman Empire
| death_date        = {{death date and age|1571|7|17|1516|4|23|df=y}}
| death_place       = [[Meissen]], Germany
}}

'''Georg Fabricius''' ({{langx|la|Georgius Fabricius Chemnicensis}}; 23 April 1516{{nbsp}}– 17 July 1571) was a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] German [[poet]], [[historian]] and [[archaeologist]] who wrote in [[Latin]] during the [[German Renaissance]].

{{anchor|Biography|History}}

== Life ==
Fabricius was born as '''Georg Goldschmidt''' in [[Chemnitz]] in [[Saxony]] on 23 April 1516.<ref name=encit>{{citation |last=Gabetti |first=Giuseppe |contribution-url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/georg-fabricius_%28Enciclopedia-Italiana%29/ |contribution=Fabricius, Georg |date=1932 |title=[[Enciclopedia Italiana]] |language=it |publisher=Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana |location=Rome }}.</ref> He was educated at the [[University of Leipzig]]. In 1546 he was appointed rector of [[Sächsisches Landesgymnasium Sankt Afra zu Meißen|Saint Afra]] in [[Meissen]].<ref name=Britanica>{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Fabricius, Georg|volume=10|page=119}}</ref>

Travelling in Italy with one of his pupils, he made an exhaustive study of the antiquities of [[Rome]]. In 1549 Fabricius edited the first short selection of Roman inscriptions  focusing specifically on legal texts. This was a key moment in the history of classical [[epigraphy]]: for the first time in print a humanist explicitly demonstrated the value of such [[archaeology|archaeological]] remains for the discipline of law, and implicitly accorded texts inscribed in stone as authoritative a status as those recorded in manuscripts.<ref name=Britanica /> He published fuller results in his ''Roma'', in which the correspondence between every discoverable relic of the old city and the references to them in ancient literature was traced in detail. In his sacred poems he affected to avoid every word with the slightest savour of paganism; and he blamed the poets for their allusions to pagan divinities.<ref name=Britanica />

He encouraged music at his school, although he was not himself a musician. Some of his writings were set to music by composers such as [[Martin Agricola]], [[Johann Walter]], [[Mattheus Le Maistre]], [[Antonio Scandello]], {{ill|Johann Reusch|de}} and [[Wolfgang Figulus]].<ref>{{Cite Grove |title=Fabricius [Goldschmidt], Georg |date=2001 |first=Heinrich |last=Hüschen |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.09189}}</ref>

Fabricius died at [[Meissen]] on 17 July 1571.<ref name=encit/>

== Works ==
Fabricius was a prolific author. Editions of Fabricius's own works include:

* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_V5xHaDYe9ZQC |display-authors=0 |title=Odarum Libri Tres ad Deum Omnipotentem|date=1552 |publisher=ex officina Ioannis Oporini }}, Wittenberg 1545, Basel 1552.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |url= |display-authors=0 |title=De Syntaxi Partium Orationis apud Graecos Liber Emendatior et Auctior }}, Strasburg 1546, 1551, Köln 1561, 1564, Leipzig 1560.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |url= |display-authors=0 |title=Itinerum Liber Unus }}, Leipzig 1547, Basel 1550.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |url= |display-authors=0 |title=Elegantiarum Puerilium ex M. Tullii Ciceronis Epistolis Libri Tres }}, Leipzig 1548, 1563, 1565, 1572, 1575, 1576, 1582, Köln 1555, 1562, 1565, Dortmund 1565, Nürnberg 1556.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |url=https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/fabricius1560/0339/image,info,thumbs |display-authors=0 |title=Antiquitatum Libri II }}, Basel 1549, 1560 ([[Johannes Oporinus]]).
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7H5VAAAAcAAJ |display-authors=0 |title=Antiquitatis Aliquot Monumenta Insignia ex Aere, Marmoribus Membranisque Veteribus |date=1549 }}, Strasburg 1549.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |url= |display-authors=0 |title=Elegantiarum Poeticarum ex Ovidio, Tibullo, Propertio... Libri Duo }}, Leipzig 1549, 1560, 1562, 1564, 1570, Köln 1573, Düsseldorf 1558.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |url=https://archive.org/details/georgii-fabricii-chemnicensis-roma-1551 |display-authors=0 |title=Roma |date=1551 }}, Basel 1551.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |url= |display-authors=0 |title=Epithalamiorum Liber Unus }}, Leipzig 1551.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |url= |display-authors=0 |title=Indicationes Multorum, quae ad Lectionem Fabularum Plauti Nonnihil Momenti Afferre Possint }}, Leipzig 1553.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |url= |display-authors=0 |title=De Historia et Meditatione Mortis Christi, quae in Noctis Dieique Tempus Distributa Est, Hymni Viginti Quatuor }}, Leipzig 1552, Basel 1553.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |url= |display-authors=0 |title=Victoriarum Coelestium Liber Unus }}, Leipzig 1553.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |url= |display-authors=0 |title=Iesu Christi in Cruce pro Humana Salute Pendentis Heptalogus }}, Leipzig 1553.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |url= |display-authors=0 |title=Elegantiarum ex Plauto et Terentio Libri Duo ''and'' Publii Mimorum et Sententiarum ex Poetis Antiquis Similium Liber Unus }}, Leipzig 1554, 1560, 1571, 1589, Basel 1555.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |url= |display-authors=0 |title=De Re Poetica Libri Quatuor }}, Leipzig 1556, 1560.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |url= |display-authors=0 |title=Poematum Sacrorum Libri Quindecim }}, Basel 1560.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |url= |display-authors=0 |title=Partitionum Grammaticarum, quae Tabulis Delineatae Sunt, Libri Tres }}, Basel 1560.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_GucGLEQ18_IC/page/n5/mode/2up |display-authors=0 |title=Poetarum Veterum Ecclesiasticorum Opera Christiana et Operum Reliquiae atque Fragmenta |date=1564 |publisher=per Ioannem Oporinum }}, Basel 1562, 1564.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |url= |display-authors=0 |title=Regum Asmonaeorum et Idumaeorum usque ad Devastationem Urbis, Virorum Illustrium seu Historiae Sacrae Libri Decem }}, Leipzig 1564, 1571, 1572, 1580, 1582, 1590.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |url= |display-authors=0 |title=Scholae Fabricianae Puerilis Libri Undecim }}, Basel 1564.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |url= |display-authors=0 |title=Paeanum Angelicorum Libri Tres }}, Leipzig 1565.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |url= |display-authors=0 |title=Antiquae Scholae Christianae Puerilis Libri Duo }}, Basel 1565.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |url= |display-authors=0 |title=Historiarum Sacrarum e Poetis Veteribus Christianis Libri Duo }}, Leipzig 1566.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |display-authors=0 |url=https://mateo.uni-mannheim.de/camena/fabr2/Fabricius_poemata_1.html |title=De Re Poetica Libri Septem }}, Leipzig 1566, 1571, 1578, 1580, 1584, 1589.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |display-authors=0 |url=https://mateo.uni-mannheim.de/camena/fabr2/Fabricius_poemata_1.html |title=Poematum Sacrorum Libri Viginti Quinque }}, Basel 1567.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |display-authors=0 |url= |title=In Paeanas Tres, Prudentii, Sedulii, Fortunati, de Vita et Morte Christi, in Hymnos Tres Alios Prudentii et in Romanum Martyrem Expositio }}, Leipzig 1568.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |display-authors=0 |url= |title=Rerum Misnicarum Libri Septem ''and'' Annalium Urbis Misnae Libri Tres }}, Leipzig 1569, Jena 1598.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |display-authors=0 |url= |title=Grammaticorum Veterum Libelli de Proprietate et Differentiis Sermonis Latini }}, Leipzig 1569.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=de |display-authors=0 |url= |title=Gerichts Ordenung der Stadt Meissen }}, Dresden 1570.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=de |display-authors=0 |url= |title=Fewer Ordenung der Stadt Meissen }}, Dresden 1570.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |display-authors=0 |url= |title=Epitomes Prosodiae et Elegantiarum Poeticarum Liber }}, Leipzig 1574, 1580, 1582.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |display-authors=0 |url= |title=Commentarius in Genesin Brevis, Eruditus et Valde Utilis }}, Leipzig 1584, Strasburg 1584.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |display-authors=0 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7gf4OErv8nQC |title=Originum Illustrissimae Stirpis Saxonicae Libri Septem |date=1597 |publisher=typis Tobiae Steinmanni, impensis Henningi Grosii biblipolae Lipsensis }}, Leipzig 1597, posthumous.
* {{citation |last=Fabricius |first=Georg |author-link=Georg Fabricius |language=la |display-authors=0 |url=https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/CT625QGG3C5AQJ3WJEELSICXS3H7P7Y5 |title=Rerum Germaniae Magnae et Saxoniae Universae Memorabilium Mirabiliumque Volumina Duo }}, Leipzig 1609, posthumous.

He also produced editions of the following works with his own commentaries:
* [[Vergil]]. Leipzig 1548, 1551, 1553, Basel 1561.
* [[Terence]]. Strasburg 1549.
* [[Seneca the Younger|Seneca]]'s ''Tragödien''. Leipzig 1566.
* [[Horace]]. Leipzig 1571.
* [[Ovid]]. Köln 1576.

His letters have also been posthumously published. His "In Praise of Georgius Agricola" includes the quote "Death comes to all but great achievements raise a monument which shall endure until the sun grows old."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/George_Fabricius/ |title=Quotations by Author: George Fabricius  |work=The Quotations Page |access-date=23 April 2013}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
A life of Georg Fabricius was published in 1839 by [[Detlev Karl Wilhelm Baumgarten-Crusius|D. K. W. Baumgarten-Crusius]], who in 1845 also issued an edition of Fabricius's ''Epistolae ad W Meurerum et alios aequales'' with a short sketch ''De Vita Ge. Fabricius de gente Fabriciorum''. See also [[F. Wachter]] in [[Johann Samuel Ersch|Ersch]] and [[Johann Gottfried Gruber|Gruber]]'s ''Allgemeine Encyclopädie''.

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