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© in This Web Service Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-00884-6 - On Tycho’s Island: Tycho Brahe, Science, and Culture in the Sixteenth Century: Abridged Paperback Edition John Robert Christianson Index More information index Note: Italic page numbers indicate illustrations; boldface ones, full biographical entries. Aalborg, Hans, , , , aurora borealis, , , , , Académie Royale des Sciences, , Axelsen, Cort, see Aslakssøn, Cort advowson, , agape¯, – Bacon, Francis, alchemy, –, , , , bailiffs, Tycho’s, , Alexandria, –, , ; see also observa- ballads, Danish, , , , tories, Egypt Bär, Nicholaus Reymers, see Ursus, Nicolaus Alkmaar, , , –, Bartholin, Caspar, , almanacs, see astrology Bartholin, Erasmus, amicitia, –, , , , , –, , Barvitius, Johannes, , , , , , amor, , , –; see also agape¯; caritas; eros Benátky Castle (Benátky nad Jisérou), ‒, Anstruther, Robert, , ‒, , , , Anton II, count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst, Benedicht, Lorentz, Berg, Frans, Apollo, , , Bergen, Norway, ; see also Foss, Anders Arctander, Niels Lauridsen, , , Bernssøn, Johannes, Aristotle, see cosmology, Aristotelian betrothal, , , , , ars pyronomica, ars spagyrica, ; see also Bezalel, Judah Loew ben, Paracelsian chemistry and medicine Biagioli, Mario, Aslakssøn, Cort, , , –, , big science, –, , , astrology (including almanacs, nativities, prog- startup process of, – nostications), –, , –, , , Bille, Beate (Tycho’s mother), , –, , , , , national security and, , Bille, Esge, , Astronomiæ instavratæ mechanica, –, – Bille, Lisbet Jensdatter, , , , , –, , , Bille, Steen Clausen (Tycho’s uncle) Astronomiæ instavratæ progymnasmata, at Herrevad Abbey, , , , , lunar theory in, – patronage broker, , – posthumous completion of, , , , Bille, Archbishop Torbern, Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, , –, printing of, –, , , , celestial globes, , as series title, –4, , map of Hven, , , astronomy, see Copernican astronomy; instru- and Tychonic legacy, , , , ments, astronomical Blotius, Hugo, , Augsburg, , , – boat, Tycho’s (pilot-boat), –, Augustan Age of Rome, , ; see also Ovid; Bongars, Jacques, Vitruvius bookbindings, –, , © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-00884-6 - On Tycho’s Island: Tycho Brahe, Science, and Culture in the Sixteenth Century: Abridged Paperback Edition John Robert Christianson Index More information boon work (hoveri, corvée), , friends, –, ; see also specific name complaints about, –, gifts to sovereigns, – organization and supervision, Christian IV, , –, tasks, , , –, , Frederick II, , , –, – Borussus, Sebastianus, , Rudolf II, –, –, , , , Brahe, Axel Ottesen (brother), , , , –, – inheritance, , Brahe, Cecilie Tygesdatter (daughter), , , investments, – legacy to his children, , –, , – Brahe, Claus Tygesen (son), see Tygesen, Claus , , – Brahe, Elisabeth Tygesdatter (daughter), , library, , , , , , motto, , Brahe, Count Erik, , patronage broker, , , , , , Brahe, Georg, see Brahe, Jørgen (Georg) , ‒ Tygesen patronage strategy, – Brahe, Jørgen (foster father), , , abroad, , , –, –, , Brahe, Jørgen Ottesen (brother), , –, –, , , , , persona, –, –, , –, , Brahe, Jørgen (Georg) Tygesen (son), , , , personality, –, , – Brahe, Knud Ottesen (brother), , –, planetary system, , –, , –, , , , , , , , , , ‒, ‒, Brahe, Magdalene Tygesdatter (daughter), , poetry, , , –, –, , –, , , , , , portraits, –, , , , , , , betrothal broken, – , ‒, courtship of, –, publications, , –, –; see also specific Brahe, Margrete (sister), , publication Brahe, Otte (father), , , collaborative, , – Brahe, Otte Steensen (nephew), , , planned, –, , – Brahe, Peter, , scientific administrator, , Brahe, Sophie Axelsdatter (niece), , , university lecturer, –, , Brahe, Sophie Ottesdatter (sister), , – vassal of Danish crown, –, – , Brahe, Tyge (Tycho) Tygesen (son), , , , chemist, , , , and Erik Lange, –, , ‒, ‒ to Prague with Tycho, , , family historian, , , travels, gardens, , , , , , Braunius & Hogenberg, Magdalene’s spokesperson, , –, Brender, Oluf, –, observational assistant, , Brenner, Steffen, roles in Tycho’s circle, , , , Brix, Hans, and Tycho’s grandson, Brockenhuus, Jørgen, , Uraniborg’s hostess, , , Buck, Hans Knudsen, , , visits Uraniborg, , , , Bürgi, Joost, , –, , , , , Brahe, Sophie Tygesdatter (daughter), , , , ‒ Brahe, Steen Ottesen (brother), , , , Calumnia, calumny, , , , ; see also , , , , , , rumor Brahe, Tycho caritas, ancestral arms, –, cartography, see maps appearance, , Caspar (papermaker), , , client of Danish crown, , –, , – Castiglione, Baldassare, , , cultural broker, , , Catherine, electress of Brandenburg, , death, , , , ‒, Chapel of Three Holy Kings, see Three Holy departure from Denmark, Kings, Chapel of duel with Manderup Parsberg, – chemistry, see Paracelsian chemistry and education, – medicine; Uraniborg, laboratories © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-00884-6 - On Tycho’s Island: Tycho Brahe, Science, and Culture in the Sixteenth Century: Abridged Paperback Edition John Robert Christianson Index More information China, Tychonic legacy in, , Craig, John, , , , chorography, –, Crol, Hans, –, , , , ‒, Christensen, Anders, , , cultural differences, see Uraniborg, cultural Christian III, king of Denmark, –, differences at Christian IV, king of Denmark, , , Curtius, Jacob, see Kurz von Senftenau, Jakob coronation, correspondence with Tycho, –, – Dallin, Mogens Bertelsen, , , , , , –, , , gifts from Tycho, , –, Dançay, Charles de, , , , –, , marriage, Danzig, see Gdan´sk patronage, , , , De mvndi ætherei recentioribvs phænomenis, , visits Uraniborg, –, –, , Clavius, Christopher, posthumous () completion of, , , clocks, Colding, Niels Bertelsen, , printing of, , , , Colding, Paul Jensen, Denmark, culture comet elite, of , –, , –, , , , , of simplification, –, ; see also De mvndi ætherei Denmark-Norway, Tychonic traditions in, recentioribvs phænomenis – of , , –, , , , Diet of Danish nobility, , –, of , , , , , Dorothea, queen of Denmark, – contemplation, active, dowry and morning gift, –; see also Copenhagen marriage, arranged Tycho’s mansion, –, , , , Dresden, –, –, Dybvad, Jørgen, , University of Communitatis Regiæ, , Ebeltoft, Christian, curriculum, – eclipses endowment, – lunar, , , , former famuli as professors, –, – solar, , , , , ‒ Efron, Noah J., stipendium regium, , , , , Egypt, see observatories, Egypt, planned by Tycho and, –, , , , Tycho Tycho’s legacy, – Einarson, Oddur, , , ‒ Uraniborg and, –, – Elisabeth of Denmark, duchess of Braun- Copernican astronomy, , , , ; see schweig, – also planetary system, Copernican Elisabeth of Denmark, duchess of Mecklen- Copernicus, Nicolaus, , , –, burg, – as influence, , , , , emblem, emblematics, , , , , instruments, , , Emerald Table, , manuscript, , empiricism, , , , , , –, , portraits, , , Tycho’s poems about, , , England, Tychonic legacy in, copyright, , ; see also property rights, Enno III, count of East Frisia, , intellectual Epistolarvm astronomicarvm Coraduz, Rudolf von, , , , printing of, Cornelius, Lambert, publishing plans, Coronensis, Martin Ingelli, , reprint editions, , , Corraduc(ius), see Coraduz, Rudolf von Eriksen, Johannes, , cosmology, Aristotelian, , , , , Eriksholm Castle and gardens, , , , , , , , , couriers, –, , Ernest, archbishop-elector of Cologne, –, courtship, –, ; see also marriage, , , arranged eros, – coworkers of Tycho Brahe, see familia Eucharist, Holy, , , , © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-00884-6 - On Tycho’s Island: Tycho Brahe, Science, and Culture in the Sixteenth Century: Abridged Paperback Edition John Robert Christianson Index More information ex libris, –, , gifts from Tycho, , , –, – exorcism, ritual of, , , intellectual interests, expeditions, scientific, –, –, and morganatic marriage, – patronage, –, , Fabricius, David, , –, ‒, golden chains as, –, , Fabricius, Jacob, , of Tycho, –, , , –, –, , , Fabricius, Johannes, , , , , , fame, Tycho’s international, , realm, – familia, Tycho’s, –, – Frederick III, king of Denmark, contracts for service, , –, , –, Frederick William, duke of Saxe-Altenburg, –, ‒ definition, friendship, Platonic/humanist, –, ; see languages in, , – also amicitia; gifts and exchange life and work in, –, –, –, –, Friis, Christian, of Borreby, , –, –, –, , commission to Hven, –, recruitment, –, –, – denies Tycho’s petition, – axes of, – as patron, , , scientific collaboration in, , , – royal chancellor, , , staff meetings, , , Frobenius, Georg Ludwig, –, , , see also specific famulus; Uraniborg famuli, former Frombork (Frauenburg), expedition to, –, after death of Tycho, –, – instruments, astronomical, , ‒, , , Galileo, , , Kepler and, , –, Gans, David, , ‒ as professors, University of Copenhagen, Gaschitz, Hans, , –, –, ‒ Gassendi, Pierre, –, Tycho’s contacts with, –, –, , Gdan´sk (Danzig), – –, – Gek, Per, , see also specific famulus Gemperle, Tobias, , , , , , , farmers, see boon work; peasants; Tuna ‒, Fels, Daniel, George Frederick, margrave of Brandenburg- Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, Ansbach, –, Ficino, Marsilio, , –, , Germans, problems with Tycho Brahe, , Fincke, Thomas, , –, , culture of elaboration, – fishponds on Hven, Gheyn, Jacques de, , , Flemløse, Peter Jacobsen, , , , , , gifts and exchange ‒, and friendship, , , , , , astronomy instructor, , , and patronage,
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