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Used in:
Virorurn ..... (1572),no.C8;IUustrium Galiiae ..,..(1604),
no.29;Illustrium Galiiae ..... (1608) 5no.29; Foppens 1739,
vol. I, p. 331
Lit,:
TIB. 56, p. 464, no. 144; De Nave 1994, pp. 142-143, no. 33
Gemma Frisius (Gemma Reyneri, jemme Reinersz),
Dockum 1508 - Louvain 1555; Dutch physician, math-
emitician and astronomist, with Petrus Apianus author of
the second edition of the Cosmogmphia (1529), later pub­
lished by Plantm (Voet 1980-83, no. 573), father of
Cornelius Gemrna. Engraved by Philips Galle, verses by
BenitoAriasJVIOntario (1572-edirion) andAubert LeMire
(1608-edition). Copied in reverse after an engraving by
the Louvain engraver jan van Stalhurch, dated 1557
(Hollstcin 17). Some copies ofFoppens 1739 include the
third state of Galle's portrait, while others include a copy
by Edme de Boulonois in reverse.
60
GEMMAj CORNELIUS (1572)
17.3 x 12.2 cm.
In lower margin,in letterpress:"CORNELIU5 GEMMA
LOVA-/ NIENSIS./ Dixit Gemma suo Gemmae quern
protulit, haeres/ Esto virtutis proximus ipse meae./ Ipse
ego iam novi, notum peto et aethera, vive,/ Naturamque
orrmem noscere perge, vales." {six Imes)
In margin right, also in letterpress: "Dj".
la.
As described. Used in 1572a-edition.
Ib.
Verses in letterpress in lower margin replaced by engraved,
slightly different inscription: "CORNELIUS GEMMA
LOVANENSIS [one line]/ Haeres [instead of haeres]
.....Naturamque [instead of Naturamque] ...."(five lines);
added in margin right, also engraved:"Dj ".Used in 1572b -
edition.
II.
Added above portrait, at top centre:"Obijt Lovanij IV. Id.
Octob. CIC[in reverse]. IC[in reverse]LXXIIX.
AEt.XLV"; verses in lower margin slightly changed:
Appendix 2E
260
"CORNELIUS GEMMA LOVANENSIS, MEDICUS.
[, MEDICUS. added]/ " (five lines); erased in margin
right: "Dlreplaced by: E
'Ar. Montanus."; added in mar­
gin left: "30." Used in 1604-edition.
ra.
Verses in lower margin replaced by: "CORNELIUS
GEMMA LOVANIENSIS,/ MEDICUS ET
PFIILOSOPHUS./ Gemma, cui superi patuerunt invia
mundi,/ Cui nubes superare vagas, sedesque repostas/
Mente datum sancta est, et toto currere caelo,/ Immortale
feres nomen, dum gemma feretur/ In digitis, fulvoque
decens radiabit in auro." (seven lines); erased in margin-
right: "Ar. Montanus",replaced by:"Io.Secundus".Used
in 1608-edition.
IV.
Erased in margin left: "30." Used in Foppens 1739.
Used in:
Viromrn (1572),no.Dl;Illustrium Galiiae ..... (1604),
no.30;Illustrium Galiiae (1608),no.30; Foppens 1739,
vol. I, p. 200
lit.:
TIB. 56, p. 463, no. 143; Dekker 1986, pp. 29, 73-74
(note 54)
Cornelius Gemma (Cornells Jemme), Louvain 1535 -
1578/79; Belgian physician and philosopher, son of
Gemma Frisius. Several of his works were published by
Plantin (Voet 1980-83, nos. 1242-1244); Arias Montane
recommended Gemma to hold a chair in Louvain
(cp. Hansel 1991, p. 94). Engraved by Philips Galle, vers­
es by Benito Arias Montano (1572-edition) and Janus
Secundus (1608-edition). It is curious to note that the
verses by Janus Secundus were written around 1530 on
Gemma Frisius and were obviously considered to be just
as appropriate for his son (cp. Dekker 1986).