Bartholomäus von Valvasor Anna Maria von Valvasor née Rauber
Valvasor's The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola, published 1689Title page of his Topographia Archiducatus Carinthiae antiquae et modernae completa, 1688Valvasor's map of Carniola in Die Ehre deß Hertzogthums Crain
He is known as a pioneer in the study of karst topography. Together with his other writings, until the late 19th century his best-known work—the 1689 Glory of the Duchy of Carniola, published in 15 books in four volumes—was the main source for older Slovenian history, making him one of the precursors of modern Slovenian historiography.[3]
Valvasor was born in the town of Ljubljana (Laibach), at the time the principal city of Duchy of Carniola, today the capital of Slovenia, to an aristocratic family originally from Bergamo, Italy.[4] In the 16th century, it was Johann Baptist Valvasor who moved the Valvasor family to the Duchy of Carniola in central Europe, to a part of the Habsburg monarchy that is now part of Slovenia. In medieval Latin Valvasor or Valvasore held the meaning 'carrier of a feud'.[5]
Neither the exact day nor the actual place of Valvasor's birth are known, but his baptism was registered at Ljubljana Cathedral, where he was baptized Joannes Waichard Valvasor.[6] He was the twelfth child born to Bartholomäus and Anna Maria Freiin von Rauber, who only lived at Medija Castle in Izlake but also had a town residence in Ljubljana at Old Square. His godparents were Freiherr (Baron) Konrad Ruess von Ruessenstein from Strmol Castle and Regina Dorothea Rasp from Krumperk Castle.
Valvasor's father died when the boy was ten years old. His mother died when he was 16. At the time he was attending the Jesuit school in Ljubljana.[7] Graduating in 1659 at the age of seventeen, he did not choose to continue his studies at a university but decided to broaden his horizons by meeting learned men on a journey across Europe. This journey lasted fourteen years and it even took him to northern Africa. During this period, he joined the army in the Austro-Turkish War, where he became closely acquainted with the conditions on the Croatian Military Frontier.
Shortly after marrying 13-year-old Anna Rosina Grafenweger in 1672, Valvasor acquired Bogenšperk Castle near Litija, where he arranged a writing, drawing and printing workshop. Valvasor spent a fortune on the publishing of his books; towards the end of his life, his debts forced him to sell Bogenšperk Castle, his vast library and his collection of prints. In 1690, Aleksandar Ignacije Mikulić, the Bishop of Zagreb, bought his library, along with some 7,300 graphics, and moved it to Slavonia, where the collection became part of the library of the Zagreb Archbishopric, now part of the Croatian State Archives.[8] In 1692, he lost most of his wealth after he invested in travel, graphics and printbooks which proved unprofitable. He had nine children, among them daughters Maria Sidonia, Maximilla Kordula, Johanna Rosina, and Anna Theresia, and sons Wolfang Waikhard, Johann Gottlieb, Johann Ludwig, Johann Wolfgang Engelbert, and Franz Joseph. Five children died very early, and then, when delivering their last child in 1687, Anna Maria Rosina died as well. Just three months after her death, Valvasor married Baroness Anna Maximilla Zetschker of Vrhovo. They had four children. In 1693, the same year that their last child, Franz Engelbert, was baptized, Valvasor died at age 52 in Krško.
He is believed to have been buried in the family crypt at Medija Castle,[9] but this is uncertain.[1] The Yugoslav Partisans dynamited the castle in 1944[10] and no trace of his putative grave remains today.[9]
Legacyedit
The Glory of the Duchy of Carniolaedit
Valvasor's most important work remains The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola (original title: Die Ehre deß Herzogthums Crain,[11][12] Slovene: Slava vojvodine Kranjske), published in 1689[13] in 15 books (four volumes), totalling 3532 pages and including 528 illustrations and 24 appendices, which provides a vivid description of Carniola at the time. He also recorded the first written document on vampires when he wrote on the legend of a vampire in Istria named Jure Grando.[14][15]
From 2009 until 2012, it was translated into Slovene by Doris, Primož and Božidar Debenjak. The initiator, project manager, editor and technical editor of this monumental publishing project was Tomaž Čeč.[16]
Karst researchedit
Valvasor was a pioneer of study of karst phenomena. Upon the proposal of Edmond Halley, who was not only an astronomer but also a geophysicist, and in 1687 his extensive treatise on the hydrology of intermittent Lake Cerknica won him a fellowship of the Royal Society.[17]
Topographia Ducatus Carnioliae modernae das ist Controfee aller Stätt, Märckht, Clöster und Schlösser, wie sie anietzo stehen in dem Herzogthumb Crain, 1679, reprint 1970 COBISS 19019831
Topographia arcium Lambergianarum id est arces, castella et dominia in Carniolia habita possident comites a Lamberg; Bagenspergi (Bogenšperg), 1679 COBISS 75121664, reprint 1995 COBISS 50098688
Topographia Archiducatus Carinthiae modernae: das ist Controfee aller Stätt, Märckht, Clöster, undt Schlösser, wie sie anietzo stehen in dem Ertzhertzogthumb Khärnten; Wagensperg in Crain (Bogenšperg), 1681 COBISS 87695872; Nürnberg, 1688 COBISS 87695872
Theatrum mortis humanae tripartitum: figuris aeneis illustratum : das ist: Schau-Bühne des menschlichen Todts in drey Theil : mit schönen Kupffer-Stichen geziehrt vnd an Tag gegeben; Laybach, Saltzburg (Ljubljana, Salzburg); 1682 COBISS 53622528
Topographia Archiducatus Carinthiae antiquae & modernae completa: Das ist Vollkommene und gründliche Land – Beschreibung des berühmten Erz – Herzogthums Kärndten; Nürnberg 1688, COBISS 87695872
Opus insignium armorumque ...; (1687–1688) COBISS 33650176
Lake Cerknica, from a critique of the first volume of Die Ehre deß Hertzogthums Crain published in Acta Eruditorum, 1689Die Ehre deß Hertzogthums Crain: das ist, Wahre, gründliche, und recht eigendliche Belegen- und Beschaffenheit dieses Römisch-Keyserlichen herrlichen Erblandes; Laybach (Ljubljana) 1689 COBISS 29952257
Notesedit
^The word "Freiherr" denotes a baron. Valvasor never officially held the title, but was referred to as such by the people who admired him and gradually adopted it also himself in his writings.[1]
^Although the spelling Weichard is used in Die Ehre... and Topographia..., the spelling Weikhard is more common in printed sources today.
Referencesedit
^ abGolec, Boris (2007). [Hitherto Unknown and Surprising Findings about the Life, Family, Death, Gravesite, and Legacy of Janez Vajkard Valvasor] (PDF). Zgodovinski časopis [Historical review]: Glasilo Zveze zgodovinskih društev Slovenije (in Slovenian, English, and German). 61 (3–4): 303–364. ISSN 0350-5774. COBISS 27721261. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
^"Slovenski pravopis 2001". Retrieved 25 March 2015.
^Reisp, Branko et al. (1987): Korespondenca Janeza Vajkarda Valvasorja z Royal Society. Ljubljana: SAZU, p. 15.
^"Johann Weikhard von Valvasor: Slovenian by homeland, European by spirit". bogensperk.si. Retrieved 15 February 2003. The noble family of Valvasor originates from Bergamo in northern Italy.
^Dizionario universale delle arti e delle scienze, vol. 9. Venice: Giambatista Pasquali. 1749. pp. 16–17.
^Taufbuch. Ljubljana – Sv. Nikolaj. 1638–1643. p. 163. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^Dolgan, Marjan; Fridl, Jerneja; Volk, Manca (2014). "Janez Vajkard / Johann Weikhard Valvasor". Slovenski književniki v Ljubljani [Slovene Literates in Ljubljana] (in Slovenian). ZRC. p. 215. ISBN9789612547110.
^Croatian State Archives, Division of the Zagreb Archbishopy. Retrieved 3 April 2009 (in Croatian) 19 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ ab"Valvasor, Janez Vajkard, baron". Slovenski biografski leksikon. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
^Johann Weichard von Valvasor: Die Ehre Deß Hertzogthums Crain, Das ist, Wahre, gründliche, und recht eigendliche Gelegen- und Beschaffenheit dieses, in manchen alten und neuen Geschicht-Büchern zwar rühmlich berührten, doch bishero nie annoch recht beschriebenen Römisch-Keyserlichen herrlichen Erblandes : Anjetzo, Vermittelst einer vollkommenen und ausführlichen Erzehlung aller seiner Landschafften, Felder ... alter und neuer Denckwürdigkeiten ... Jn Funffzehen, wiewol in vier Haupt-Theile unterschiedenen, Büchern, wie auch häuffigen Abrissen und zierlichen Kupffer-Figuren, ausgebreitet / von Johann Weichard Valvasor, Freyherrn. Aber Jn reines Teutsch gebracht von Erasmum Francisci. Laybach, Anno MDCLXXXIX.
^Ley, Willy (February 1968). "Epitaph for a Lonely Olm". For Your Information. Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 95–104.
^Die Ehre dess Hertzogthums Crain. 1689. pp. 549 [i.e. 529]. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^Boris Perić, Vampir, Biblioteka 21, Zagreb ( Naklada Ljevak) 2006. (Croat) ISBN953-178-741-7
^Boris Perić, Vampir, translated into Slovene by Iztok Osojnik, Zbirka Beri globalno, Ljubljana (Tuma) 2007. ISBN978-961-6682-05-3
^"Veliki podvig prevajanja Valvasorja je zaključen". MMC RTV Slovenija. RTV Slovenija. 6 June 2012.
^Reisp, Branko et al. 1987. Korespondenca Janeza Vajkarda Valvasorja z Royal Society. Ljubljana: SAZU, p. 15.
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johann, weikhard, valvasor, johann, weikhard, freiherr, valvasor, note, johann, weichard, freiherr, valvasor, note, slovene, janez, vajkard, valvasor, pronounced, ˈʋáːlʋazɔɾ, simply, valvasor, baptised, 1641, september, october, 1693, natural, historian, polym. Johann Weikhard Freiherr von Valvasor Note 1 or Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor Note 2 Slovene Janez Vajkard Valvasor pronounced ˈʋaːlʋazɔɾ 2 or simply Valvasor baptised on 28 May 1641 September or October 1693 was a natural historian and polymath from Carniola present day Slovenia and a fellow of the Royal Society in London Johann Weikhard von ValvasorJanez Vajkard ValvasorValvasor in 1689Born1641Laibach Carniola Austria now Ljubljana Slovenia DiedSeptember or October 1693 aged 52 Gurkfeld Carniola Austria now Krsko Slovenia Known fornobleman scholar polymathTitleMember of the Royal SocietySpouseAnna Rosina Valvasor nee GrafenwegerParent s Bartholomaus von ValvasorAnna Maria von Valvasor nee RauberValvasor s The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola published 1689Title page of his Topographia Archiducatus Carinthiae antiquae et modernae completa 1688Valvasor s map of Carniola in Die Ehre dess Hertzogthums CrainHe is known as a pioneer in the study of karst topography Together with his other writings until the late 19th century his best known work the 1689 Glory of the Duchy of Carniola published in 15 books in four volumes was the main source for older Slovenian history making him one of the precursors of modern Slovenian historiography 3 Contents 1 Biography 2 Legacy 2 1 The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola 2 2 Karst research 3 Works 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksBiography editValvasor was born in the town of Ljubljana Laibach at the time the principal city of Duchy of Carniola today the capital of Slovenia to an aristocratic family originally from Bergamo Italy 4 In the 16th century it was Johann Baptist Valvasor who moved the Valvasor family to the Duchy of Carniola in central Europe to a part of the Habsburg monarchy that is now part of Slovenia In medieval Latin Valvasor or Valvasore held the meaning carrier of a feud 5 Neither the exact day nor the actual place of Valvasor s birth are known but his baptism was registered at Ljubljana Cathedral where he was baptized Joannes Waichard Valvasor 6 He was the twelfth child born to Bartholomaus and Anna Maria Freiin von Rauber who only lived at Medija Castle in Izlake but also had a town residence in Ljubljana at Old Square His godparents were Freiherr Baron Konrad Ruess von Ruessenstein from Strmol Castle and Regina Dorothea Rasp from Krumperk Castle Valvasor s father died when the boy was ten years old His mother died when he was 16 At the time he was attending the Jesuit school in Ljubljana 7 Graduating in 1659 at the age of seventeen he did not choose to continue his studies at a university but decided to broaden his horizons by meeting learned men on a journey across Europe This journey lasted fourteen years and it even took him to northern Africa During this period he joined the army in the Austro Turkish War where he became closely acquainted with the conditions on the Croatian Military Frontier Shortly after marrying 13 year old Anna Rosina Grafenweger in 1672 Valvasor acquired Bogensperk Castle near Litija where he arranged a writing drawing and printing workshop Valvasor spent a fortune on the publishing of his books towards the end of his life his debts forced him to sell Bogensperk Castle his vast library and his collection of prints In 1690 Aleksandar Ignacije Mikulic the Bishop of Zagreb bought his library along with some 7 300 graphics and moved it to Slavonia where the collection became part of the library of the Zagreb Archbishopric now part of the Croatian State Archives 8 In 1692 he lost most of his wealth after he invested in travel graphics and printbooks which proved unprofitable He had nine children among them daughters Maria Sidonia Maximilla Kordula Johanna Rosina and Anna Theresia and sons Wolfang Waikhard Johann Gottlieb Johann Ludwig Johann Wolfgang Engelbert and Franz Joseph Five children died very early and then when delivering their last child in 1687 Anna Maria Rosina died as well Just three months after her death Valvasor married Baroness Anna Maximilla Zetschker of Vrhovo They had four children In 1693 the same year that their last child Franz Engelbert was baptized Valvasor died at age 52 in Krsko He is believed to have been buried in the family crypt at Medija Castle 9 but this is uncertain 1 The Yugoslav Partisans dynamited the castle in 1944 10 and no trace of his putative grave remains today 9 Legacy editThe Glory of the Duchy of Carniola edit Valvasor s most important work remains The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola original title Die Ehre dess Herzogthums Crain 11 12 Slovene Slava vojvodine Kranjske published in 1689 13 in 15 books four volumes totalling 3532 pages and including 528 illustrations and 24 appendices which provides a vivid description of Carniola at the time He also recorded the first written document on vampires when he wrote on the legend of a vampire in Istria named Jure Grando 14 15 From 2009 until 2012 it was translated into Slovene by Doris Primoz and Bozidar Debenjak The initiator project manager editor and technical editor of this monumental publishing project was Tomaz Cec 16 Karst research edit Valvasor was a pioneer of study of karst phenomena Upon the proposal of Edmond Halley who was not only an astronomer but also a geophysicist and in 1687 his extensive treatise on the hydrology of intermittent Lake Cerknica won him a fellowship of the Royal Society 17 Works editDominicae passionis icones 1679 reprint 1970 COBISS 261635 Topographia Ducatus Carnioliae modernae das ist Controfee aller Statt Marckht Closter und Schlosser wie sie anietzo stehen in dem Herzogthumb Crain 1679 reprint 1970 COBISS 19019831 Topographia arcium Lambergianarum id est arces castella et dominia in Carniolia habita possident comites a Lamberg Bagenspergi Bogensperg 1679 COBISS 75121664 reprint 1995 COBISS 50098688 Topographia Archiducatus Carinthiae modernae das ist Controfee aller Statt Marckht Closter undt Schlosser wie sie anietzo stehen in dem Ertzhertzogthumb Kharnten Wagensperg in Crain Bogensperg 1681 COBISS 87695872 Nurnberg 1688 COBISS 87695872 Carniolia Karstia Histria et Windorum Marchia Labaci Ljubljana 1681 COBISS 217886464 Theatrum mortis humanae tripartitum figuris aeneis illustratum das ist Schau Buhne des menschlichen Todts in drey Theil mit schonen Kupffer Stichen geziehrt vnd an Tag gegeben Laybach Saltzburg Ljubljana Salzburg 1682 COBISS 53622528 Topographia Archiducatus Carinthiae antiquae amp modernae completa Das ist Vollkommene und grundliche Land Beschreibung des beruhmten Erz Herzogthums Karndten Nurnberg 1688 COBISS 87695872 Opus insignium armorumque 1687 1688 COBISS 33650176 nbsp Lake Cerknica from a critique of the first volume of Die Ehre dess Hertzogthums Crain published in Acta Eruditorum 1689Die Ehre dess Hertzogthums Crain das ist Wahre grundliche und recht eigendliche Belegen und Beschaffenheit dieses Romisch Keyserlichen herrlichen Erblandes Laybach Ljubljana 1689 COBISS 29952257Notes edit The word Freiherr denotes a baron Valvasor never officially held the title but was referred to as such by the people who admired him and gradually adopted it also himself in his writings 1 Although the spelling Weichard is used in Die Ehre and Topographia the spelling Weikhard is more common in printed sources today References edit a b Golec Boris 2007 Neznano in presenetljivo o zivljenju druzini smrti grobu in zapuscini Janeza Vajkarda Valvasorja Hitherto Unknown and Surprising Findings about the Life Family Death Gravesite and Legacy of Janez Vajkard Valvasor PDF Zgodovinski casopis Historical review Glasilo Zveze zgodovinskih drustev Slovenije in Slovenian English and German 61 3 4 303 364 ISSN 0350 5774 COBISS 27721261 Archived from the original PDF on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 25 May 2015 Slovenski pravopis 2001 Retrieved 25 March 2015 Reisp Branko et al 1987 Korespondenca Janeza Vajkarda Valvasorja z Royal Society Ljubljana SAZU p 15 Johann Weikhard von Valvasor Slovenian by homeland European by spirit bogensperk si Retrieved 15 February 2003 The noble family of Valvasor originates from Bergamo in northern Italy Dizionario universale delle arti e delle scienze vol 9 Venice Giambatista Pasquali 1749 pp 16 17 Taufbuch Ljubljana Sv Nikolaj 1638 1643 p 163 Retrieved 27 February 2022 Dolgan Marjan Fridl Jerneja Volk Manca 2014 Janez Vajkard Johann Weikhard Valvasor Slovenski knjizevniki v Ljubljani Slovene Literates in Ljubljana in Slovenian ZRC p 215 ISBN 9789612547110 Croatian State Archives Division of the Zagreb Archbishopy Retrieved 3 April 2009 in Croatian Archived 19 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine a b Valvasor Janez Vajkard baron Slovenski biografski leksikon Retrieved 15 April 2018 Information sign posted at Medija Castle Johann Weichard von Valvasor Die Ehre Dess Hertzogthums Crain Das ist Wahre grundliche und recht eigendliche Gelegen und Beschaffenheit dieses in manchen alten und neuen Geschicht Buchern zwar ruhmlich beruhrten doch bishero nie annoch recht beschriebenen Romisch Keyserlichen herrlichen Erblandes Anjetzo Vermittelst einer vollkommenen und ausfuhrlichen Erzehlung aller seiner Landschafften Felder alter und neuer Denckwurdigkeiten Jn Funffzehen wiewol in vier Haupt Theile unterschiedenen Buchern wie auch hauffigen Abrissen und zierlichen Kupffer Figuren ausgebreitet von Johann Weichard Valvasor Freyherrn Aber Jn reines Teutsch gebracht von Erasmum Francisci Laybach Anno MDCLXXXIX Ley Willy February 1968 Epitaph for a Lonely Olm For Your Information Galaxy Science Fiction pp 95 104 Die Ehre dess Hertzogthums Crain 1689 pp 549 i e 529 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help Boris Peric Vampir Biblioteka 21 Zagreb Naklada Ljevak 2006 Croat ISBN 953 178 741 7 Boris Peric Vampir translated into Slovene by Iztok Osojnik Zbirka Beri globalno Ljubljana Tuma 2007 ISBN 978 961 6682 05 3 Veliki podvig prevajanja Valvasorja je zakljucen MMC RTV Slovenija RTV Slovenija 6 June 2012 Reisp Branko et al 1987 Korespondenca Janeza Vajkarda Valvasorja z Royal Society Ljubljana SAZU p 15 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Johann Weikhard von Valvasor Valvasor org Life and work of Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor permanent dead link J W F Valvasor Digital Library on scribd com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Johann Weikhard von Valvasor amp oldid 1173869773, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
