Regiomontanus

• “John Muller, better known as Regiomontanus, is stated to have made an artificial eagle which accompanied Charles V. on his entry to and exit from Nuremberg, flying above the royal procession.”

  A History of Aeronautics

• “His disciple was Purbach, afterwards professor of mathematics at the same university and teacher of John Müller, called Regiomontanus after his native place in Franken.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy

• “Johannes Muller of Konigberg, also called Regiomontanus (14536-76).”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner

• “The most noted professors were in the fifteenth century, Georg Pearbach, and his disciple Johann Müller, called Regiomontanus; in the sixteenth century, Giovanni Battista Capuano and Galileo Galilei, who also taught mechanics and other physical sciences.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip

• “It has been said by some that he studied under Philip Bervalde the elder, and by others under John Muller, otherwise called Regiomontanus, though De Murr, who has made diligent inquiry into his history, discredits both assertions.”

  The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus

• “Germany by Müller, known as Regiomontanus, and Waltherus.”

  History of Astronomy

• “It has been said by some that he studied under Philip Bervalde the elder, and by others under John Muller, otherwise called Regiomontanus, though De”

  The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II)

• “The sage Johann Müller (aka Regiomontanus) predicts the second comiong of Christ in 1588.”

  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED

• “Historians of astronomy know that before the late 17th century there are far more examples of astronomers who were astrologers or directly supported astrology than not let's try Ptolemaeus, Peuerbach, Regiomontanus, Apian, Copernicus, Rheticus, Tycho, Kepler and Galileo for starters.”

  The Guardian: Astrology for science communicators

• “Regiomontanus, secretary to Cardinal Bessarion and connected to Urbino by various personages, was summoned by Pope Sixtus IV in 1475 to revise the calendar but died shortly after arriving in Rome.”

  Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro

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