Albrecht von Eyb

Albrecht von Eyb (nr. Ansbach, 1420-75, Eichstätt) translated three Latin comedies (Menaechmi and Bacchides of Plautus, and Philogenia of U. Pisani), adapting them to the conditions of German life and, notably, substituting homely German for Latin names. His manual of marriage (Ehebüchlein, 1472, also largely composed of translations, some drawn from the Decameron) achieved a popularity which lasted into the 16th c. He acquired his enthusiasm for neo-humanism during early study at Padua, Bologna, and Pavia; in later life he was a canon of Bamberg and Eichstätt. His German works were published as Deutsche Schriften, ed. M. Herrmann, 2 vols., 1890.