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Jakub Hořčický (in Latin Jacobus Sinapius) (1575 – 25 September 1622), later granted the title z Tepence ("of Tepenec"), was a Bohemian pharmacist and personal doctor of Emperor Rudolf II. The latinized name is a translation of his family name, which means "mustard" in Czech ("sinapis" in Latin). ==Biography== According to his college records, Jakub was born in Bořenovice in Moravia〔 René Zandbergen (2010) ''Jacobus Horcicky de Tepenec (Sinapius)'' In (Voynich MS - Biographies ). Accessed 2010-08-29 〕 in a lower-class family. He initially worked as kitchen helper at the Jesuit school at Krumlov, but was eventually admitted to the Krumlov Seminary of poor students in 1590. There he worked in the college's pharmacy under the overseeing of Martin Schaffner (1564–1608).〔Johannes Schmidl (1754) ''Historiae Societatis Jesu Provinciae Bohemiae'', part III (1616-1632), Prague〕 Jakub eventually graduated from the Krumlov Gymnasium, and became a pharmacist himself. By 1598, he started studying Aristotelian philosophy at the Clementinum college in Prague (which was later merged with Charles University), but continued working in chemistry and pharmacy. He grew herbs and set up a laboratory at Smíchov (then a village behind Prague walls), the Clementinum's botanical garden. There he distilled a very popular ''Aqua Sinapis'' ("water of mustard", perhaps a reference to his own name) whose sale made him a wealthy man. He lent emperor Rudolf II enormous sums of money and received from him an estate around town Mělník. In 1600, he became the administrator of the Jesuit college in Jindřichův Hradec, and in 1606 he became ''capitaneus'' and administrator of the properties of the St. George's Convent in the Prague Castle. In 1607 he was named imperial chemist by Rudolf II. In return for curing the emperor of a grave disease, he was ennobled with the title "de Tepenec", presumably after the medieval (destroyed in 1391) near Olomouc. In the religious disputes of the early 17th century, Jakub strongly defended the Catholic side. He became the administrator of the but was jailed in 1620, when the Protestants took charge of the town. Subsequently was exchanged by another prisoner (famous physician Jessenius) and exiled, but later, after defeating of the Bohemian Revolt, he returned to Mělník and lived there the rest of his life. He died in 1622, from a horse-fall that he had suffered a year before. Two days before his death he was moved to the Clementinum at the care of the Jesuits, and left them the sum of 50,000 gold coins and his Mělník estate. He is buried in the in the Clementinum.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jacobus Sinapius」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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