manfred sellink philips galle - VU-DARE Home

21
BLOïS, LOUIS DE (1604)
16.8 x 11.5 cm.
Above portrait, at top centre:"ObltVIL Id. lanuar. ClC[in
reverse], IC[in reverse]LXVI. AEt. LIX."
In lower margin: "LUDOVÏCUS BLOSÏUS ABBAS
LAETIENSIS/APUD H ANN O NES. / Gallia Bernardo,
Francisco Roma trmmphat,/ Boetica non unum tolllt in
astra virum./ Relligionis opes magno non invidet orbi/
Quas habet in BLOSIO LAETIA laeta suo " (six lines)
In margin left:" 13".
I.
As described. Used in 1604 - and 1608-editions.
n.
Erased in margin left: "13"; added in margin right: "Max.
Habbecanus Bruxell. Soc. Iesu."
Brussels (Prentenkabinet, Koninklijke Bibliotheek
Albert I, Brussel; Cabinet des estampes. Bibliothèque
Royale Albert Ier, Bruxclles)
HL
Erased in margin right: "Max. Habbecanus Bruxell. Soc.
lesu." Used in Foppens 1739.
Used in:
Iliustrium Galliae (1604),no. 13;Hlustrium Galliae
(1608), no. 13; Foppens 1739, vol II, p. 827
Louis de Blois (Ludovicus Blosius), Donsticnnes 1507 -
Liessies 1566; Belgian humanist and theologian, abbot of
the Benedictine cloisters at Liessies, author of several spir­
itual guidebooks published by the OfEcina Plantiniana.
Engraved in the Galle workshop, verses by Maximiliaan
van Habbeke.
22
BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI (1572)
After Giorgio Vasari
17.6 x 12.2 cm.
In lower margin, in letterpress: 'TOHANNES BOC-
Appendix 2E
244
CATIUS FLO-/ RENTINUS./ Artibus humanis
coluerunt tcmpora clarum/ Te tua, Boccati, tunc bene
docta minus:/ Argumenta illo tamen et tu plurima seclo/
Scribis, quae et nostris temporlbus placeant" (six lines)
In margin right, also in letterpress: "E8".
I.
As described. Used in 1572a-edition.
II.
Caption with Boccaccio's name engraved in oval border
around portrait: "JOHANNES BOCCATIUS FLO-
RENTINUS. 5
'; verses in letterpress in lower margin
replaced by identical inscription; "Artibus huminis
coluerunt .,„.." (four lines); added In margin right, also
engraved:"E8'\ Used m 1572b-edition,
Used in:
Virorum (1572), no. E8
Lit.:
TIB. 56, p. 452, no. 1.20; Burgers 1988, p. 11.8, no 105
Giovanni Boccaccio, Florence 1313 - Cextaldo 1375;
Italian poet and humanist, author of the Decamerone
(1353), published In a French translation by Plantin (Voet
1980-83, no. 735). Engraved by Philips Galle, verses by
Benito Arias Montano. Copied in reverse after an engrav­
ing with six famous Italian writers, published by
Hieronymus Cock (Riggs 1971, no. 195).This engraving
35 in turn copied after a painting by GiorgioVasari of which
several versions exist. The original painting is now in the
collection of the Oriel College in Oxford.
23
BUCER, MARTIN (1567)
17.5 x 12.4 cm..
In lower margin: "Martinus Bucerus/ Ludibrium sortis,
vane lactams artci,/ Doctrinae pangís semina ubique
tuae./ Praereptum fato tumulaverat anglia corpus,/ Quod
cadit in tristes atra fa villa rogos./ Regia sed clnebres virgo
miserata repostos/ Urnae supremo inssit honore dari"
(seven lines)