; VL I 983. of Salzburg. Coat of arms in black, red, and grey: gules, a hound rampant argent, with one spot sable; crest, the same between two horns. His widow donated his library to the Praemonstratensian Abbey of Weissenau . A noted scholar and physician at the court of the Archbishop of Salzburg, Brack was the author of one of the most widely disseminated schoolbooks of the fifteenth century, Vocabularius rerum. Several other books from the Abbey of Weissenau (see Bridwell Library 06444) feature exuberant calligraphic initials added by the monastery’s rubricator, Lazarus von Andlau (1435-1494); ex informatione Eric White.
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Dates: unknown year to 1495
Century: 15th century AD
Geographical area: Austria
Place: Salzburg [Geonames ID cnl00006421]
Period: Contemporary
Characterisation: no characterisation/lay
Profession: physician
