Petrus Mosellanus Protegensis (real name Peter Schade) (b. 1493 in Bruttig, d. 19 April 1524 in Leipzig) was a German humanist scholar. He is best known for the popular work on rhetoric, Tabulae de schematibus et tropis,[1] and his Paedologia. He became professor at the University of Leipzig. He gave the opening Latin oration at the 1519 Leipzig Disputation between Johann Eck and Martin Luther.

A memorial fountain in Bruttig-Fankel, Germany

References

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  • Robert Francis Seybolt (1927), Renaissance Student Life. The Paedologia of Petrus Mosellanus, Translated from the Latin

Notes

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  1. ^ Online summary:[1].
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  • Life and works of Petrus Mosellanus
  • Achim Krümmel (1993). "Mosellanus, Petrus, (eig. Peter Schade)". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 6. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 169–171. ISBN 3-88309-044-1.
  • Online scans [2]: