- Jobus Fincelius
Job (Jobus, Iobus) Fincelius (d. 1582) was a 16th century humanist and
physician . Born Hiob Fincel (or Finzel), he studied atErfurt ,Jena , andWittenberg before becoming a master of philosophy at Wittenberg (1549). In 1562, he was professor and assistant of medicine atWeimar . In 1568, he was a physician atZwickau . [http://www-db.lbmv.de/cgi-bin/dit.pl?db=dit&t_show=x&wertreg=PER&wert=fincelius%2C%20iobus&reccheck=14190]His "De miraculis sui temporis" (1556) (
Latin "Concerning the Wonders of his Times"; in German "Warhafftige beschreybung und gründlich verzeichnuß schröcklicher Wunderzeichen und Geschichten") contains the oldest printed tale of theHameln Pied Piper . It was printed inJena in 1556. Fincelius identified the Pied Piper with theDevil .In Book XI. of his "De mirabilibus", Fincelius also touches on the myth of the
werewolf and relates the story of a farmer ofPavia , who, as a wolf, fell upon many men in the open country and tore them to pieces. [http://www.sacred-texts.com/goth/bow/bow06.htm]External links
*de icon [http://www-db.lbmv.de/cgi-bin/dit.pl?db=dit&t_show=x&wertreg=PER&wert=fincelius%2C%20iobus&reccheck=14190 Fincelius]
*en icon [http://www.sacred-texts.com/goth/bow/bow06.htm Sacred Texts: Werewolf] (reference to Fincelius)
*de icon [http://www.meteoros.de/halres/haloalt.htm Sources] (mentions Jobus Fincel)
*en icon [http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/camenaautor/fincel.html Camena: Fincel, Hiob]
* [http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/camena/del3/books/deliciae3_5.html IOBI FINCELIIIn Nuptiis Davidis Chytraei]
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