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    Sebastian Brant (also Brandt) (1457/1458 – 10 May 1521) was a German humanist and satirist. He is best known for his satire Das Narrenschiff (The Ship...
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    published in 1494 in Basel, Switzerland, by the humanist and theologian Sebastian Brant. It is the most famous treatment of the ship of fools trope and circulated...
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    Mugler Schlumberger brothers André Koechlin Léopold Louis-Dreyfus Sebastian Brant, who was born in Strasbourg in 1457 or 1458 August Stöber Gottfried...
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  • Antigone and Aristophanes' Wasps before Plato. During the Renaissance Sebastian Brant amplified and reworked Plato's text in a satirical book The Ship of...
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  • producer Scott Brant (cricketer) (b. 1983), Zimbabwean cricketer Scott Brant (speedway rider) (b. 1969), American speedway racer Sebastian Brant (1457–1521)...
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  • obscure word for any crude, sloppy, or buffoonish person. The satirist Sebastian Brant (1457–1521) conceived Saint Grobian as the patron saint of coarse manners...
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  • Scottish politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1433) 1521 – Sebastian Brant, German author (b. 1457) 1566 – Leonhart Fuchs, German physician and...
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    especially in German-speaking lands, especially after the publication of Sebastian Brant's satirical book Ship of Fools (1494), which served as the inspiration...
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  • Hieronymus Brunschwig (ca. 1450–ca. 1512), surgeon, alchemist and botanist Sebastian Brant (1457–1521), satirical poet and humanist Ottmar Luscinius (1478–1537)...
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    people born in Strasbourg include: Eric of Friuli, Johannes Tauler, Sebastian Brant, Jean Baptiste Kléber, Louis Ramond de Carbonnières, François Christophe...
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    15th century. Sebastian Brant (1457–1521) Thomas Murner (1475–1537) Martin Luther (1483–1546) Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560) Sebastian Franck (1500–1543)...
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    been reproduced as facsimile by Friedrich Dornhöffer. In 1501/1502, Sebastian Brant from Strasbourg translated it into German. Hortulus Animae polonice...
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  • Das Narrenschiff ("The Fool-Ship"), a 15th-century German poem by Sebastian Brant. For many years, the initial publisher Harcourt Brace would announce...
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  • among its early teachers two Italians, Finariensis and Publicius. Sebastian Brant taught there at the close of the century and among its notable students...
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  • the Seven Wise Masters story cycle (printed by Richard Pynson) 1494 Sebastian Brant – Ship of Fools (Daß Narrenschyff) Fra Luca Pacioli – Summa de arithmetica...
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  • the Great Norwegian Encyclopedia, the phrase is first documented in Sebastian Brant's Das Narrenschiff (1494), in the form "Die weltt die will betrogen...
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  • ad Narragoniam (1494; Ship of Fools), a poem by the German satirist Sebastian Brant Moriae Encomium, sive Stultitiae Laus (1509, The Praise of Folly),...
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    Wheel of fortune in Sebastian Brant`s Narrenschiff, woodcut by A. Dürer...
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  • published Shin Maha Rahtathara, Bhuridat Zatpaung Pyo, Burmese poem Sebastian Brant, Das Narrenschiff ("The Ship of Fools"), much-translated satire, year...
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  • Ship of Fools may refer to: Ship of Fools (satire), a 1494 satire by Sebastian Brant Ship of Fools (Porter novel), a 1962 novel by Katherine Anne Porter...
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    rights and laws. It was written by Ulrich Tengler, and published by Sebastian Brant. There was a second edition in 1511. The work was important enough...
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    Wheel of fortune as depicted in Sebastian Brant's book, author Albrecht Dürer...
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    obtained the doctorate in 1475. At Basel he became acquainted with Sebastian Brant, with whom he formed a lasting friendship. While at Basle, Geiler preached...
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    in literature including John Keats' La Belle Dame sans Merci. Poet Sebastian Brant in 1496 wrote a poem titled De pestilentiali Scorra sive mala de Franzos...
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    to 1491, and it is tempting to see the painting as a response to Sebastian Brant's Das Narrenschiff or even the illustrations of the first edition of...
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  • poet Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400, England) – The Canterbury Tales Sebastian Brant (also Brandt) (1458 – 1521, Strasbourg) – Das Narrenschiff (Ship of...
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  • declarationes omnium titulorum juris tam Civilis quam canonici by Sebastian Brant, published by François Regnault. "Universal Short Title Catalogue (USTC)"...
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    concordance of Conrad of Halberstadt in the work of Sebastian Brant published at Basle in 1496. Brant's work was frequently republished and in various cities...
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    meteorite enthusiasts. It was described in detail by the contemporary poet Sebastian Brant. The meteorite can still be seen in the town's museum, the Musée de...
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  • composer (d. 1505) George Nevill, Duke of Bedford (d. 1483) probable Sebastian Brant, German humanist and satirist (d. 1521) Filippino Lippi, Florentine...
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