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GDIS, DA MI AO DE (1587)
After Albrecht Diirer
16.9 x 11.9 cm.
In lower margin: "DAMIANUS A GOES,/ Thucydides
gentis enarrat gesta Pelasgae/ Romams claret Livius in
Decasin/ Hie, alia ut taceam sera data scripta senecta,/
AETHIOPUM accepit nomen ab HISTORIA." (five
lines) In margin right: "42".
I.
As described. Used in 1587-, 1595- and 1606-editions.
II.
Erased in margin right: "42"; added in upper left corner
D urer-monogram: s
' AD [i nte rlac e d]".
Amsterdam (Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam), Amsterdam (Pajksprentenkabinet, Rijks­
museum, Amsterdam)
Used in:
Imagines ..... (1587), no. 42; Imagines (1595), no. 42;
Imagines ..... (1606), no, 42
Lit.:
TIB. 56, p. 464, no. 145; Mende 1985, pp. 109-111
Damiao de Gois (Damianus a Goes), Aienquer 1502 -
Lisbon 1572; Portugese humanist and historian, friend of
Erasmus, imprisoned by the Inquisition on charges of con­
nections with reformers in Wittenberg, died in prison.
Engraved by Philips Galle, verses by Frans van Ravelingen.
After a lost painting or drawing by Albrecht Diirer,
62
GOROPIUS BECANUS JOHANNES (1572)
17.5 x 12.2 cm.
In lower margin, in letterpress: 'TOMANNES
GOROPIUS BECANUS./ Vidi ego mrare et Belgas,
Becane, tuis non/ Quemquam inter Belgas artibus esse
parem./ Hoc satis est, ipse hand dicam quae senno^nam
mi/ Te quod amo, invidulus non sinet esse fidein." (five
Appendix 2E
261
lines) In margin right, also in letterpress:"Cj".
U.
As described. Used in 1572a-edidon.
Ib.
Verses in letterpress in lower margin replaced by engraved,
slighdy different mscriprion:"IOHANNES GOROPIUS
BECANUS [no period]/ (five lines); added in mar­
gin right, also engraved: "Cj". Used in 1572b-edition.
IL
Added above portrait, at top centre: "Ob. Traiecti ad
Mosam IIIL KaL lun. CIC[in reverse]. IC[in
reversejLXXII.AEt.LIU"; verses in lower margin slight­
ly changed: " IOITANNES GOROPIUS BECANUS,
[comma added]/ MEDICUS ET PHILOSOPHUS. [line
added]/ ..... " (six lines); erased in margin right: "Cj",
replaced by: "B. Arias Montanus."; added in margin left:
"31 " In margin left small, damaged corner of the plate
has been cut off. Used in 1604-edinon.
III.
Verses in lower margin replaced by: "IOANNES
GOROPIUS, BECANUS./ Cimbrica conaris patriae
primordia linguae,/ Goropi Hebraeos ante locare sonos,/
Quantum opus hoc! quid non hum ana industria ten tat./
Vivus ab ingenij cum calet igne labor?" (five lines); erased
m margin right: "B. Arias Montanus" In lower margin the
damaged copperplate has been reduced; plate size: 16.2 x
12.2 cm. Used in 1608-edirion.
Used in:
Virorum ..... (1572),no. Cl;Illustrium Galhae .....(1604),
no. 31; Illustrium Galliae ..... (1608), no. 31
Lit.:
TIB. 56, p. 465, no. 146
Johannes Goropius Becanus (Johannes Geertszone, also
Johannes Gerartsen van Gorp), Hilvarenbeek 1519 -
Maastricht 1573; Dutch linguist and physician, who tried
to prove that the Antwerp dialect was the first language
spoken and used in paradise. Friend and, for several years,
financial partner of Plantin who published two of his
major studies (Voet 1980-83, nos. 1254-1255). Engraved
by Philips Galle, verses by Benito Arias Montano (1572-
edition) and Aubert Le Mire (1608-edition).