When and where was Marcin Bylica born?
Marcin Bylica entered the world around 1433 in the town of Olkusz. His father Jan worked as a caretaker for the local waterworks and held the status of a burgher.
Questions about Marcin Bylica
Short answers, pulled from the story.
Who did Marcin Bylica partner with to create new astronomical tables?
Marcin Bylica partnered with Johannes Müller von Königsberg known as Regiomontanus to co-author Disputationes inter Viennensem et Cracoviensem super Cremonensia in planetarum theoriae deliramenta. Their collaboration produced new astronomical tables designed to improve predictive accuracy.
What university did Marcin Bylica help found in Presburg?
John Vitéz archbishop of Esztergom and his nephew Janus Pannonius bishop of Pécs invited Marcin Bylica to join their newly founded university called Universitas Istropolitana. They worked together inside the palace at Esztergom where John Vitéz had installed an observatory.
How much money did King Matthias Corvinus award Marcin Bylica after the disputation?
King Matthias declared Marcin Bylica the winner of the public disputation and awarded him one hundred florins. This appointment followed a debate held almost certainly in Presburg regarding the horoscope of the son born to count János Rozgon.
What items from Marcin Bylica's estate were donated to the University of Cracow in 1494?
At the end of Nicolaus Copernicus's time there in 1494 a large globe arrived at the University of Cracow along with two astrolabes and a triquetrum instrument as gifts from Marcin Bylica's estate. These items formed part of an important collection of books and astronomical tools he bequeathed upon death.