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Stanislav Pavao Skalić (
1534-
1573), also known as
Paul Skalich or
Paulus Scalichius de Lika, was an
encyclopedist,
Renaissance humanist, and adventurer born in
Zagreb,
Croatia, and who lived part of his life in
Germany. His surname is also rendered in various other ways: for example, in
English,
Skalich, Scalich, Scaliger; in
Latin,
Scalichius or
Scaligius; and in
Spanish,
Scalitzius.
Skalić studied
theology and
philosophy in
Vienna and later moved around Europe, living in
Bologna,
Rome,
Bohemia,
Poland,
France and Germany, among other places.
His book
Encyclopaedia seu orbis disciplinarum tam sacrarum quam prophanarum epistemon ("Encyclopaedia, or Knowledge of the World of Disciplines";
Basel, 1559) is probably the first book en-titled
encyclopedia. Robert Collison later wrote that the work was poorly written, only being important today for its use of the word
encyclopaedia, and that Joachim Sterck van Ringelbergh had used the word
cyclopaedia to describe his work in 1541. Skalić also wrote a treatise on music:
Dialogus de Lyra (
Cologne, 1570).
He and preacher
John Funck exercised great influence over
Albert (1490-1568), first duke of
Prussia, and became wealthy. Religious differences with the king of
Poland led to the execution of Funck and the rise of Skalić.
Nationality
References vary regarding Mr. Skalić's nationality. M. Girardi-Karšulin at the
University of Zagreb claims that he's Croatian, as does the modern Croatian historian Darko Žubrinić.
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, and
Encarta indicate that he's German. This could be because he lived at the time when
Lika and the rest of Croatia was part of the
Habsburg Monarchy, although, as stated above, he spent a major part of his life in Germany, where he [very] probably died.
Older works like the Spanish
Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeoamericana (Espasa) (vol. 19, (1930) page 1166) say that he's an
Hungarian count (
"y esta voz, ya latinizada, se emplea en el rótulo de la obra del conde húngaro Scalitzus", "and this term, now Latinized, is used in the heading of the work of the Hungarian count Scalitzius".) The
Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (
1910–
1911) on page 169 says the same, referring to him as "Paulus Scalichius de Lika, an Hungarian count". This raises the possibility that the reference was to the
Kingdom of Hungary, of which Lika and Croatia in general was also part at the time.
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