Willibald Pirkheimer | German humanist (original) (raw)

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association with Dürer

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  In Albrecht Dürer: Second journey to Italy of Albrecht Dürer
  …Venice (dated October 1506) to Willibald Pirkheimer, his long-time humanist friend, anticipating his imminent return to Germany: “O, how cold I will be away from the sun; here I am a gentleman, at home a parasite.”
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contribution to Nürnberg culture

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  In Nürnberg
  Together with the humanist Willibald Pirkheimer, the astronomer Regiomontanus, and the cosmographer Martin Behaim, the designer of the first globe, Melanchthon laid the foundation for Nürnberg’s reputation as a centre of learning in the developing Western world.
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