Chrysostomus Hanthaler
Chrysostomus Hanthaler (b. Ried,
Cistercian historian and numismatist
.
Biography
Having finished his theological studies in Salzburg, he made his
profession in 1716 and subsequently devoted himself to historical research.[1]
He was part of the renewal in monastic scholarship initiated by the French
Gottfried Bessel in Göttweig
who inspired Hanthaler. The archives and rich library in Lilienfeld offered a useful field for his activity.
Works
On becoming librarian, Hanthaler made it his first task to compile a reliable catalogue and then collected all documents bearing on the history of Lilienfeld and of Austria. Copies and impressions of memorial tablets, seals, and coins were reproduced until his transcripts and compilations filled twenty-two
necrology of the monastery.[1]
Hanthaler left behind numerous other writings. These included:
- Grata pro gratiis memoria eorum, quorum pietate Vallis de campo liliorum et surrexit et crevit (Linz, 1744)
- a memorandum book
- Exercitationes faciles de numis veterum (Nuremberg and Vienna, 1753), an introductory manual on numismatics for amateur collectors
Four chronicles of the Babenbergs, which Hanthaler listed in his Fasti in ancient sources, were in fact his own work. These were:[1]
- Ortilonis de Lilienfeld Liber de exordio Campililii
- Notulae anecdotae e chronica stirpis Babenbergicae, quam Aloldus de Peklarn capellanus conscripsit, excerptae
- Chronicon Ricardi canonici Newnburgensis
- Chronicon Fridrici bellicosi of the Dominican Pernold
References
- ^ a b c Schlager, Patricius (1913). "Chrysostomus Hanthaler". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schlager, Patricius (1913). "Chrysostomus Hanthaler". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. cites sources:
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, X, 547
- Heinrich Ritter von Zeissberg (1879). Das Totenbuch des Cisterzienserstiftes Lilienfeld, Vienna.
- Wilhelm Wattenbach (1894), Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen, II (1894), 496.
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