Dietrich Tzwyvel

Dietrich Tzwyvel or Theodoricus Tzwyvel (c. 1470–1542)[1] was a German mathematician, typographer and composer.[2]

Life

Tzwyvel designed the astronomical clock of the Münster Cathedral.[3]

Works

  • Tzwyvel, Theodoricus (1507). Arithmeticae opuscula duo (in Latin). Köln: Heinrich Quentel.

References

  1. ^ Clemens Steinbicker: Die Buchdruckerfamilie Tzwivel in Münster. In: Ex officina literaria. Beiträge zur Geschichte des westfälischen Buchwesens. Regensberg, Münster 1968, S. 35–54.
  2. ^ "HTzwyvel, Theodoricus (1490–1536) in Cerl Thesaurus".
  3. ^ "Tzwyvel, Dietrich in Deutsche Biographie".


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