Jan Dubravius

Summary

Jo(h)annes Dubravius (c. 1486 in Plzeň – 9 September 1553 in Kroměříž) was a Czech churchman, humanist and writer. He became the bishop of Olomouc. His name is given also as Jan Dubravius or Janus Dubravius, Jan Skála z Doubravky and Jan z Doubravky, and Dubravinius.

Jan Dubravius

Works edit

  • Martiani Capellae Nuptiae Mercurii cum Philologia, commentary on Martianus Capella
  • Theriobulia Joannis Dubravii iurisconsulti et equitis aurati De regiis praeceptis, poetic beast fables
  • Commentarii in V Davidis psalmum
  • Libellus de piscinis et piscium, qui in eis aluntur natura, a work on fish ponds, dedicated to Anton Fugger, cited by Izaak Walton
  • Historia regni Bohemiae (1552), chronicle

External links edit

  • De piscinis et piscium, qui in eis aluntur naturis, in five books, (1559)
  • Historia Bohemica (1687)