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PIGGE, ALBERT (1604)
16.2 x 10.8 cm,
Above portrait, at top centre: "Obijt Ultraiecti ad Renum
fl. IV Kal Ian. CIC[in reverse]. IC[in reverse]LXIL"
In lower margin: "ALBERTOS PIGHIUS CAMPEN-
SIS. / Extrema hie Batavum profectus ora,/ Non bello ore,
ammo sed omniumque/ Praeclarus studio scienriarum/
Pro República,et optima Quiritum/ 5ede,acer stent hastis
in Lutherum" (six lines)
In margin left: "10."
In margin right: "Myrteus."
Used in:
Illustrium Galliae ..... (1604),no. 10;Illustrium Galliae .....
(1608), no. 10
Albert Pigge (AlbertusPighius),Kampen c. 1490 - Utrecht
1542; Dutch astronomist, theologian and papal diplomat,
in service of Pope Adrian VI and his successors. Engraved
in the Galle workshop, verses by Petras Myrteus.The vers­
es by the Italian poet Myrteus are quoted from one of the
editions of Paolo Giovio's Eloquia áocíorum viromm, first
published in 1546.
107
PIRCKHEXMER,WILLIEALD (1567)
After Albrecht Diirer
17,6 x 12.4 cm.
In lower margin: "Bilihaldus Pirckheimerus/ Laus clare
non postrema debeturtlbi/ Bilibalde,per tepresuhs munus
pii/ Quod aureo de fonte promptum legimus/ Et facta
achivae gentis armis inclyta/ Quin de veterlbus teutone
orae sedibus/ Non vanus augur hariolare scitule." (seven
lines) [Note: Inscription taken from copy A, which is prob­
ably a reversed copy of the 1567-edition]
I.
1567-edition, Mentioned by Van Someren (p. 122), not
yet found, (description taken from copy A)
Appendix 2E
280
IIa.
Verses in lower margin replaced by new text in letterpress:
"BILIBALDUS PIRCKHEYMERUS/ NURENBER-
GENSIS./ Quae nobis reddis Graeco de fonte Latina,/
Cornrnendant studium ingeniumque tuum:/ Et quae de
prisca scrlbls placuere moneta./ Caetera non genij sunt
Bilibalde tui." (six lines); added in margin right, also In let­
terpress: "D4". Used in 1572a-edition.
üb.
Verses in letterpress in lower margin replaced by engraved,
slighdy different inscription: " BILIBALDUS PIRCK­
HEYMERUS/ NURENBERGENSIS./ ..... studium
fertile et mgenium: [instead of studium ingeniumque
tuum:] " (six lines): added In margin right, also
engraved: "D4". Used in 1572b~edItion.
Used in:
Virorum (1567), no. ??;Viromm ..... (1572), no. D4
Lit.:
TIB. 10, vol. I, p. 93, no. 106; vol. II, pp. 234-238, no. 10
Willibald Pirckheimer, Eichstätt 1470 - Nuremberg 1530;
German humanist and diplomat in service of Maximilian
I, friend of Albrecht Durer. Pirckheimers historical
description of Germany was published by Planün (Voet
1980-83, no. 2057). Engraved by Philips Galle, verses by
?? (1567-edition) and Benito Arias Montano (1572-edi-
tion). Copied in reverse after an engraving by Dürer
(Bartsch 106), the hands and the book are added (by
Galle?).
COPY A
17.6 x 12.2 cm.
In lower margin: "Bilibaldus Pirckheimerus/ Laus
augur hariolare scitule." (seven Hues)
Amsterdam (Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam), Haarlem (Gemeentearchief, Haarlem)
lit,:
TIB. 56, p. 482, no. 181; wrongly illustrates this copy as
the original engraving by Galle.
Copy m reverse, with the verses of die 1567-edition.