Jans der Enikel, or Jans der Jansen Enikel, was a Viennese chronicler and narrative poet of the late 13th century. He wrote a Weltchronik and a Fürstenbuch, both in Middle High German verse.
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![A page from a c. 1370 manuscript with Weltchronik lines 1637-1702. We see two miniatures showing Seth asking an angel for an apple from the tree of life, and Adam's burial at Calvary with the devil taking Adam's soul. There is also an illuminated letter N marking the beginning of the Noah story, with Noah's ark floating over a flooded city.[a]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/JansEnikelgross.jpg/500px-JansEnikelgross.jpg)
A page from a c. 1370 manuscript with Weltchronik lines 1637-1702. We see two miniatures showing Seth asking an angel for an apple from the tree of life, and Adam's burial at Calvary with the devil taking Adam's soul. There is also an illuminated letter N marking the beginning of the Noah story, with Noah's ark floating over a flooded city.[a]![Illustration of builders working on the Tower of Babel, with God speaking out of a cloud, from a c. 1397-98 manuscript of Jans' Weltchronik.[b]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Enenkel_Weltchronik.JPG/500px-Enenkel_Weltchronik.JPG)
Illustration of builders working on the Tower of Babel, with God speaking out of a cloud, from a c. 1397-98 manuscript of Jans' Weltchronik.[b]![Pope Joan illustration from a c. 1420 manuscript of Jans' Weltchronik.[e]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Ein_fraw_was_pabst.jpg/1280px-Ein_fraw_was_pabst.jpg)
Pope Joan illustration from a c. 1420 manuscript of Jans' Weltchronik.[e]Writers born in the 1300s 6
About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1300 to 1290 · aged -10
Written about in
9 languages
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