Born: Ju­ly 15, 1636, Alt­rau­den, Si­le­sia.

Died: May 8, 1689, Sulz­bach (near Am­berg), Ba­va­ria.

After stu­dy­ing at the Un­i­ver­si­ties of Leip­zig (MA 1659) and Wit­ten­berg, made an ex­tend­ed tour through France, Eng­land, and Holl­and. At Am­ster­dam, he met an Ar­men­i­an prince, with the chief rab­bi, Mei­er Stern, from Frank­furt am Main, with Dr. John Ligh­tfoot, Dr. Hen­ry More, and others. As a re­sult of these ac­quaint­an­ces he be­came in­ter­est­ed in Or­i­ent­al lang­uag­es, chem­ist­ry, and ca­bal­is­tic stu­dies. Part­ly due to his know­ledge in these are­as, he en­tered in­to the ser­vice of Pal­grave Christ­ian Au­gust of Sulz­bach, who in 1668 ap­point­ed him Ge­heim­rath and Kanz­lei-di­rect­or. Em­per­or Le­o­pold I made him Ba­ron von Ro­sen­roth in 1677.

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Lyrics

1. Morgenglanz der Ew­ig­keit
   • Brightness of Eter­ni­ty
   • Come, Thou Bright and Morn­ing Star
   • Day-Dawn of Eter­ni­ty
   • Dayspring of Eter­nal Day
   • Daystar from Eter­ni­ty
   • Dayspring of Eter­ni­ty
   • Jesus, Sun of Right­eous­ness
   • Light of Heaven’s Eter­nal Day
   • Morn­ing Glance of Ver­i­ty
   • Sun of Heaven’s Eter­nal Day
2. A trans­la­tion of Ad coe­nam Ag­ni