Hans Jordan 16. századi kolozsvári polgár családi bibliájának német nyelvű feljegyzései
The German Notes of Hans Jordan, Citizen of Cluj/Kolozsvár/Klausenburg in the 16th Century

Summary/Abstract: Thomas Jordanus von Klausenburg (1540-1586) was one of the most famous physicians and scholars of Transylvanian origin from the 16. Century. He was the first elected protomedicus of Moravia in Brünn/Brno (Czech Republic). New sources are able to supplement his biography with previously unknown details like birth day, names of the parents, brothers and sisters, due to detailed philological investigations (by experts from Vienna, Regensburg and Hermannstadt/Sibiu) of the records from his father, Hans Jordan, in the family’s Bible (Strasbourg, 1525). The father emigrated in 1520 probably from the Southern parts of Germany to the German language speaking area of Transylvania. His manuscript provides new data about the dialect and origin of the writer as well about the City Council elections of 1535 in Klausenburg (today Cluj-Napoca) as he also became a member of the council (centumviri). The paper also deals with the family tree of Hans Jordan and the biography of Thomas Jordan.

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