Ulricus Horn (Ulrich Horn, fl. late fifteenth cent.)
Ulricus Horn (Ulrich Horn, fl. late fifteenth cent.) OM. German friar. Active in Eichstatt c. 1490. Translated into German the rather well-known text De Adhaerendo Deo/De fine religiosae perfectionis (which in Ulrich’s time was attributed to Albertus Magnus, but seems to have been the work of Johann von Kastl) as well as a late fourteenth- or early fifteenth-century Latin Passion treatise, the text of which stands in the main stream of late medieval passion treatises and focusses on the origin of Christ’s sufferings, the way in which his suffering was accomplished, and the benefit of this suffering for mankind. The citations in the text (which amongst other authorities, refers to Marquard von Lindau) and the theological presentation of the passion give a sophisticated impression. Kurt Ruh therefore remarks: ‘Der Traktat als Ganzes bestätigt die theologisch-gelehrten Tendenzen, die die Zitation anzeigt. Die christologischen Aspekte, zumal die Satisfaktionslehre, kommen zur ausführlichen Behandlung. Daneben bleibt das affektiv-erbauliche Element schon durch den oben umschrieben Quellenbestand gewahrt.’ [K. Ruh, ‘Horn, Ulrich’, Die deutsche Literatur des Mittelalters. Verfasserlexiko , 2 nd ed. IV, 143.] Our Ulrich should probably not be identified with Ulricus Horn von Pollingen, who wrote in 1444 German History Bible (MS Gotha, Chart. A. 919).
Works
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De adhaerendo Deo [in German translation]: MS Nürnberg Germ. Nationalmuseum 18526 ff. 2r-52v [c. 1488/90] Cf. http://www.manuscripta-mediaevalia.de/hs/katalogseiten/HSK0058_b076_JPG.htm
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Betrachtung des Leidens Christi : MS Nürnberg Germ. Nationalmuseum 18526 ff. 52v-152r [according to a remark in the text, this translation dates from 1484]
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