Kaspar von Barth (21 June 1587 – 17 September 1658) was a German philologist and writer.
Barth was born at Küstrin (today Kostrzyn in Poland) in the Neumark region of Brandenburg. A precocious child, he was looked upon as a marvel of learning. After studying at Gotha, Eisenach, Wittenberg, and Jena, he travelled extensively, visiting most of the countries of Europe. Too independent to accept any regular post, he lived alternately at Halle and on his property at Sellerhausen in Leipzig.
Because his library and manuscripts were destroyed by a fire at Sellerhausen, Barth moved to the Paulinum at Leipzig, where he died. Barth was a voluminous writer. Regarding Barth and his output, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica gives the following judgment: "his works, which were the fruits of extensive reading and a retentive memory, are unmethodical and uncritical and marred by want of taste and of clearness. He appears to have been excessively vain and of an unamiable disposition." That article considered the following to be his most important writings:
Adversariorum commentariolum in 60 books (Frankfurt 1624, reprinted in 1658), a storehouse of miscellaneous learning, dealing not only with classical but also with medieval and modern writers
commentaries on Claudian (1650)
commentaries on Statius (published posthumously at Zwickau in 1664 under the direction of his friend Christian Daum).
In addition, another work can be noted:
Caspar Barthen Deutscher Phoenix (Caspar Barthen German Phoenix, 1626)
KasparvonBarth (21 June 1587 – 17 September 1658) was a German philologist and writer. Barth was born at Küstrin (today Kostrzyn in Poland) in the Neumark...
Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1599) September 17 – KasparvonBarth, German philologist and writer (b. 1587) September 22 – Georg Philipp...
is an anonymous work. The author was first identified as Bartolf by KasparvonBarth in the 17th century, who called him Bartolfus quidam peregrinus de...
earliest printed editions, including the 17th-century German philologist KasparvonBarth, who added to the poem 15 spurious verses containing a direct address...
Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1640) June 21 – KasparvonBarth, German philologist and writer (d. 1658) June 24 William Arnold, American...
portion of book 2. The principal editions since have been those by KasparvonBarth (1623), Pieter Burman (1731, in his edition of the minor Latin poets...
24 – Matthias Faber, German religious writer (died 1653) June 21 – KasparvonBarth, German philologist (died 1658) October 17 – Nathan Field, English...
in Montemayor) in The Two Gentlemen of Verona; the Latin version of KasparvonBarth, entitled Erotodidascalus (Hanover, 1625), is a performance of uncommon...
Schmid’s library, as he afterwards said, that he found the two books, KasparvonBarth's compendium Adversariorum libri LX (1624) and Daniel Georg Morhof's...
Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1640) June 21 – KasparvonBarth, German philologist and writer (d. 1658) June 24 William Arnold, American...
Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1599) September 17 – KasparvonBarth, German philologist and writer (b. 1587) September 22 – Georg Philipp...
English Puritan chronicler and book collector (born 1598) September 17 KasparvonBarth, Brandenburgian philologist (born 1587) Georg Philipp Harsdörffer,...
Johann Barth, or the architect Johannes Buck, but also the admired landscape painter and teacher Joseph Anton Koch, the landscape painter Martin von Rohden...
Johan Kristoffersson Stig Rune Skjærmoen P 3 OT Racing Ford Fiesta Rally2 Kaspar Kasari Rainis Randma 4 Pécsi Sport Nonprofit Zrt. Škoda Fabia R5 Péter Ranga...
hanging Erich Wasicky – death by hanging Theophil Priebel – death by hanging Kaspar Klimowitsch (Gusen II) – death by hanging Heinrich Fitschok (Gusen II) –...
and refusing to baptize infants while not rebaptizing adult believers. Kaspar Schwenkfeld and Sebastian Franck were influenced by German mysticism and...
Beer (1851–1908) Jack Beeson (1921–2010) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) Kaspar Anton Karl van Beethoven (1774–1815) Sonja Beets (born 1953) Eve Beglarian...
Name DoB/ DoD Party Years in office Notes Georg von Wolfram 1851–1923 1900–1919 Kaspar Deutschenbaur 1864–1950 BVP 1919–1929 Otto Bohl 1885–1969 BVP 1930–1933...
1489–1548), German and Swiss clockmaker, Freiburg im Breisgau, turret clocks. Kaspar Brunner (?–1561), Swiss mechanic, Bern, Zytglogge. Jan Táborský z Klokotské...
von Schexing Kanzleramt (TV series) Der Kapitän Käpt'n Blaubär Club Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi Die Karte mit dem Luchskopf Das große Abenteuer des Kaspar...
reprinted in Gellhorn (1988, pp. 217–233) Heinrich, Kaspar (19 November 2013). "Fotografien von Fred Stein: Der Poet mit der Kleinbildkamera". Der Spiegel...
ist Fahrradhauptstadt Deutschlands, press release 2009-10-20 "Friedrich, Kaspar David" . New International Encyclopedia. Vol. VIII. 1905. "Rodbertus, Karl...
in Dark Places [de] Kaspar Heidelbach [de] Heino Ferch, Heike Makatsch, Jan Josef Liefers, Nadja Uhl Drama a.k.a. Das Wunder von Lengede Love and Desire...
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