Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Beschreibung / Description

North:

PEDANTIVS DIOSCORIDES lavs medico herba- | rum species usus | [qu]e probatos hos- | se sed hic danda est | palma dioscoridi Praise the doctor who is familiar with the types of herbs and their proven benefits, but here the prize is to be given to him. Pedanius Dioscorides, (c. 40 - 90 AD), Roman physician, pharmacologist and botanist of Greek origin, the author of De Materia Medica—a 5-volume encyclopedia about herbal medicine and related medicinal substances (a pharmacopeia), that was widely read for more than 1,500 years (Wikipedia).

ARISTOTELES. Aristotle (384 - 322 BC), Greek philosopher (Wikipedia).

West:

	RHASES. quiete et abstineti Be quiet and abstemious Muhammad ibn Zakariyā Rāzī, Latinized name Rhazes or Rasis (854-925), Persian polymath, physician, alchemist and chemist, philosopher and important figure in the history of medicine (Wikipedia).
	CLAVDIVS GALENUS. voluptates vsvræ morbi The delights of enjoyment are the diseases Galen of Pergamon (Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus) (AD 129 - c. 200/c. 216), prominent Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher in the Roman empire (Wikipedia).
	HIPPOCRATES το θεικος το θειου The book, the divine Hippocrates (c. 460 - c. 370 BC), ancient Greek physician; considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine (Wikipedia).
	HERMES TRISMEGISTOS AEGYPT. qvod est | svperivs | est sicvt | id qvod | est infer | ivs The upper is like the lower Hermes Trismegistus, the purported author of the Hermetic Corpus, a series of sacred texts that are the basis of Hermeticism (Wikipedia).
	R. LULLIUS HISPANUS. Cum igne tan: | dem in gratiam | redit aqua With the fire eventually also the water reconciles Raimundus Lullius (Wikipedia).
	GEBER ARABS. in sole et sale | naturæ sunt | omnia In sun and salt all of nature is contained Jābir ibn Hayyān, Latinized name Geber (fl.c.721-c.815), rominent Muslim polymath: a chemist and alchemist, astronomer and astrologer, engineer, geographer, philosopher, physicist, and pharmacist and physician (Wikipedia).

South

	ANDREAS VESALIVS. ocius iucunde tuto Quick, pleasant, safe Andreas Vesalius (Brussel 1514 - Zakynthos 1564), Brabantian anatomist, physician, and author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy (Wikipedia).
	TH. PARACELSVS GERMANVS. separate et | ad maturita: | tem perdvcite Separate and lead to maturity Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, genannt Paracelsus (ca. 1493 - Salzburg 1541), a Swiss German Renaissance physician, botanist, alchemist, astrologer, and general occultist. (Wikipedia).

At the base of the three Ionic columns between the windows of the first floor of the oriel are three stone reliefs showing the five senses (the corner colums each have a double relief):

1. TACTVS - Tastsinn / Touch,
2. AVDITVS - Gehör / Hearing,
3. VISVS - Gesicht / Sight,
4. GVSTVS - Geschmack / Taste,
5. ODORATVS - Geruch / Smell.

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Quellen & Informationen / Sources & Information

• Alte Hansestadt Lemgo, Neues von den 10 "Weisen" am Apothekenerker.
• Wikipedia, Rathaus (Lemgo).
• Krafft, Fritz. 'Die Arznei kommt vom Herrn, und der Apotheker bereitet sie': Biblische Rechtfertigung der Apothekerkunst im Protestantismus: Apotheken-Auslucht in Lemgo und Pharmako-Theologie. Stuttgart 1999 (Quellen und Studien zur Geschichte der Pharmazie, Bd. 76).

Stichworte / Tags

Lage / Location (N 52°1'41" - E 8°54'5") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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