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Willibald Pirckheimer (5 December 1470 – 22 December 1530) was a German Renaissance lawyer, author and Renaissance humanist, a wealthy and prominent figure in Nuremberg in the 16th century, imperial counsellor and a member of the governing City Council for two periods.
Willibald Pirckheimer (auch Willibald Pürkheimer und Bilibald Pirkheimer, lateinisch Bilibaldus; * 5. Dezember 1470 [1] [2] in Eichstätt ; † 22. Dezember 1530 in Nürnberg ) war ein deutscher Renaissance-Humanist , Jurist und Übersetzer, Feldherr, Patrizier, Ratsherr, Künstler und Kunstsammler sowie Mäzen.
Caritas Pirckheimer and Willibald Pirckheimer. 1466-1532 Abbess and humanist. and. 1470-1530 Lawyer and humanist. Sources. Elite Roots. Caritas and Willibald Pirckheimer were a sister and brother, members of a prominent family from Nuremberg in southern Germany, renowned for their education and concern for religion.
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From: Pirckheimer, Willibald in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ». Subjects: Archaeology — Art & Architecture — Classical studies — History — Linguistics — Literature — Media studies — Music — Performing arts — Philosophy — Religion — Society and culture.
Bibliography 'WB, Dokumente, Studien, Perspektiven ...', Nuremberg 1970; David Paisey, 'Searching for Pirckheimer's Books in the Remains of the Arundal Library at the Royal Society' Pirckheimer Jahrbuch für Renaissance und Humanismusforschung 22 (2007) 159-218.
Liber Bilibaldi Pirckheimer. Early in the 16th century, the Renaissance humanist Willibald Pirckheimer (1470-1530) convinced his good friend Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) to design a bookplate for his extensive library. Although it is not signed, the woodcut holds the words “Sibi et amicis P [ositus].
Willibald Pirckheimer was a wealthy Nuremberg humanist. He was Dürer’s closest friend, and provided the artist with finance and encouragement. Pirckheimer used this print as a bookplate in his extensive library.