Talk:Johann Homann
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I think you might want to check your Latin. "Cum privilegio sacrae majestatis" doesn't necessarily mean that he was the Imperial Geographer. It may (and probably does) simply mean that he was granted certain rights or priveleges -- which could be about as valuable as the Twinings tea company (for example, and no offense meant to this fine company) having the right to put "by appointment to the Queen" on its packaging. This is a very far cry from being an imperial anything. JHK
He was appointed imperial geographer, but the phrase in Latin might just be in connection to the general description of the imperial privilege to appoint. (I added the info from Schlesien to M. Heilwig) user:H.J.
Two other usages of 'privilege' - 'privilege' can be an overstatement of the fact that the monarch was one of the subscribers - expensive books were usually published by subscription, and if the monarch deigned to subscribe the publisher sometimes - ahem - overstated his relationship to the monarch. Also quite frequently in early modern Europe the 'privilege' was no more than the permission to publish if that permission came directly from an imperial court rather than from other level of censorship. Giving privileges to individuals was a practice of every monarch in Europe - not reserved to the emperors. Indeed, even ruling Dukes and Counts did it. --MichaelTinkler
outside link for reference on imperial appointment of Johann Homann in 1715 http://www.stub.unibe.ch/dach/ch/ch/summaries/e24e.html
- Hi again -- I just read this page -- it says that Homann was granted an early form of imperial copyright -- not that he was an imperial anything. Sorry. JHK
JHK the article states :
..."a document concerning the appointment of Johann Baptist Homann (1664–1724) as the imperial geographer was found at the end of 2000. Included in the document was the corresponding petition by Homann to Emperor Charles VI. (reigned 1711–1740)."
Is that a wrong statement, that Homann was an imperial geographer? user:H.J.
Are original prints of Homann's maps common or a rarity. I have one of his maps from 1710 of the Duchy of Wurtemburg. AEH24.199.14.229 18:06, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
