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ft197 But Dr. Bonifacius Amerbach, the chief heir, sent Glarean a silver cup
of Erasmus. See the Inventarium über die Hinterlassenschaft des
Erasmus vom 22 Juli, 1536, p. 13. This curious document of nineteen
pages was published in 1889 by Dr. Ludwig Sieber, librarian of the
University of Basel. He also published Das Testament des Erasmus
vom 22 Jan. 1527, Basel, 1890.
ft198 The most important is his Dodekachordon (Basel, 1547), which makes
an epoch in the history of music. “His theory of the twelve church
modes as parallel to the ancient Greek modes, will assure for Glareanus
a lasting place among writers on the science of music,” (Glover’s
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1889, vol. I. 598.) Music was to
him a sacred art. His editions of Greek and Latin classics with critical
notes, especially on Livy, are esteemed and used by modern
philologists. Fritzsche gives a full account of his works, pp. 83-127.
ft199 His name was left out of the Indexes of the sixteenth century after that
of 1559, but strangely reappears again in the Index Matriti, 1667, p.
485. Fritzsche, p. 74.
ft200 In 1850 the Protestant population of Glarus numbered 26,281; the
Catholic, 8,982. In 1888 the proportion was 25,935 to 7,790. See
Fritzsche, p. 53.
ft201 He arrived at Vienna in the autumn of 1502, shortly after Zwingli had
left the University. See Stähelin, l.c., who refers for confirmation to
Egli, Aschbach, and Horawitz. The usual opinion is that Vadian and
Zwingli (and Glareanus) studied together and formed their friendship at
Vienna. So also Pressel, l.c., p. 11.
ft202 His published correspondence with Zwingli begins with a letter from
Vienna, April 9, 1511, and embraces four letters of Vadian, and thirtyeight
letters of Zwingli, in Zwingli’s Opera, vols. VII. and VIII.
ft203 Pressel, pp. 100-103, gives the titles of twenty-seven of his writings,
mostly Latin, published between 1510 and 1548.
ft204 Reported by him in the Swiss dialect with charming naiveté in
Sabbata, pp. 145-151: “Wie mir M. Luther uff der strass [Reise] gen
Wittenberg begegnet ist.” Kessler’s companion was John Spengler. See
an account of the interview, in vol. VI. p. 385.
ft205 Comp. Oelhafen, Chronik der Stadt Aarau, 1840; Sulzberger,
Reformation im Kanton Aargau, 1881; Pupikofer, Geschichte des