Pomerania litterata. Benjamin Potzerne (1665–1699) i historia jego projektu

Abstract

In the late 17th century professor (later also the rector) of the Academy in Greifswald, Benjamin Potzerne (1665–1699), announced a project of a biobibliographical dictionary which was to contain biographies and the subjective bibliographies of the native Pomeranians, as well as of other inhabitants of Pomerania, who published here their works. The dictionary, inspired by the work of Johann Moller (1661–1725) and Daniel Georg Morhof (1639–1691), and – indirectly – Szymon Starowolski (1588–1656), was not eventually written because of the author’s sudden death. The article discusses the assumptions of the project and demonstrates its place among other achievements of this type at the time.

Keywords

• Benjamin Potzerne
• Pomerania
• 17th century
• bibliography
• biographical lexicon