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- Database Clusius
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- Croy duke of Aerschot and Chimay, Charles de
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Duke of Aerschot and Prince of Chimay. One of the highest and most wealthy noblemen of the Southern Netherlands. Married Marie de Brimeu in September 1580, he was ten years her junior. Marie de Brimeu converted him to Protestantism and they moved to the Southern Netherlands. Because of political conflicts with William, Prince of Orange, De Croy returned to Catholicism and to the Habsburg regime after some years, while Marie de Brimeu remained a Calvinist and stayed in the Netherlands. His sister was Anne de Croy, Duchess of Aerschot, she was married to Charles d'Arenberg.
De Croy was a collector of various things: art, antiquities and naturalia. Jacques Plateau sold some of his ornithological curiosities to the Duke, and became a member of his staff from 1604 onwards.
Shared botanical interest with Carolus Clusius, they corresponded. Clusius visited him in The Hague in the spring of 1598 to see his tulips. De Croy and Clusius exchanged pictures as well. The engraving of an Indian Daffodil (Rariorum Plantarum, 1601) is based on an illustration Clusius received from De Croy, for example.
Quoted in:
C. Clusius, Rariorum plantarum historia (Antwerp 1601) 248, 259.
C. Clusius, Exoticorum libri decem (Leiden 1605) 365, 366, 370, App Rariorum image 482.
Residence
- Leuven
- Den Haag
- Brussel
Occupation
- aristocrat
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- C. Clusius, Rariorum plantarum historia (Antwerp 1601) 248, 259.
- C. Clusius, Exoticorum libri decem (Leiden 1605) 365, 366, 370, App Rariorum image 482.
- F. Egmond, The world of Carolus Clusius: natural history in the making, 1550-1610 (London 2010) a.o. 37-39, 59-60, 74, 119.
- F.W.T. Hunger, Charles de l'Escluse (Carolus Clusius). Nederlandsch kruidkundige, 1526-1609. I (The Hague 1927) 241.
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Important patron of arts and science. Created a famous collection of art, instruments and natural history objects in Schloss Ambrass in Innsbruck. Employed several well-known scholars and artists.
In 1562 he supported the Czech edition of P.A. Matthioli's (who was his physician) Commentaries on Dioscorides, and hired Giorgo Liberali to execute the illustrations. Liberali would be his animal painter for seventeen years long (1562-1579).
Quoted in: C. Clusius, Exoticorum libri decem (Leiden 1605) 289
Residence
- Innsbruck
Occupation
- Prince
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- C. Clusius, Exoticorum libri decem (Leiden 1605) 289
- E. van Gelder, Tussen hof en keizerskroon. Carolus Clusius en de ontwikkeling van de botanie aan Midden-Europese hoven (1573-1593) (Leiden 2011) passim.
- L. Hendrix, 'Natural History Illustration at the Court of Rudolf II.' in Fuciková, Eliska e.a. ed. Rudolf II and Prague. The Court and the City (Praag 1997) 157-71.
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Beck was a learned Austrian nobleman, diplomat, lawyer, and collector. He studied law in Pauda and traveled through the Middle-East. He held high positions at the Viennese court of three Habsburg emperors, as a diplomat, head of treasury etc. He was a close friend of Carolus Clusius and other nobles and scholars at the court of Maximilian II.
His main interests were books and history. He created a vast humanist library, a collection of exotic rarities and a garden with antique statues and gravestones at his castle in Ebreichsdorf near Vienna. Drawings of these statues by Carolus Clusius are in the manuscript collection of the National Library in The Hague (MS 72B22).
Beck was the owner of a large collection of antique statues and graves (lapidarium) at his castle in Ebreichsdorf near Vienna.
Quoted in: C. Clusius, Rariorum plantarum historia (Antwerp 1601) 301, 314, lxxvi, clxxxiii, cclii.
C. Clusius, Exoticorum libri decem (Leiden 1605) 80.
Residence
- Wien
- Ebreichsdorf
Occupation
- aristocrat
- diplomat - Court of Ferdinand I, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Wien
- administrator - 1576 - Court of Maximilian II, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Wien
- administrator - Court of Rudolf II, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Wien
Education
- student of law - University of Padua, Padova
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- C. Clusius, Rariorum plantarum historia (Antwerp 1601) 301, 314, lxxvi, clxxxiii, cclii.
- C. Clusius, Exoticorum libri decem (Leiden 1605) 80.
- E. van Gelder, Tussen hof en keizerskroon. Carolus Clusius en de ontwikkeling van de botanie aan Midden-Europese hoven (1573-1593) (Leiden 2011) 124-125.
- Margareta Beck, Hieronymus Beck von Leopoldsdorf (1525-1596). Eine Kulturgeschichtliche Studie. (Diss. Univ. Wien 1973).
- W. Kubitschek, 'Das Lapidarium des Hieronymus Beck von Leopoldsdorf' and 'Exkursionen des Carolus Clusius während seines Wiener Aufenthaltes', 'Jahrbuch für Altertumskunde' VI (1912) 103-147 and 212-215.
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- Database Clusius
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- Camoranus, Rodericus
- Zamorano, Rodrigo
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Cosmographer and mathematician in the Casa de Contratación. His house held a collection of rarities, many from the New World, and he possessed a botanical garden.
Translated Euclides and Alberti into Spanish. Regarded as one of the most important scientists of the age of Philip II. Published various books on maritime matters, cosmography, astronomy, almanacs and mathematics
Connections with Joannes de Castaneda. Mentioned Simon de Tovar, and has heard of, or has possibly been in contact with, Charles de Ligne, Count of Arenbergh.
Publications:
- Saba A. 2004. "El léxico del Compendio de la arte de navegar" de Rodrigo Zamorano. (Madrid 2004).
- Saba A. 2004. "Compendio de la arte de navegar" de Rodrigo Zamorano. CD-ROM (Madrid
- Digitized work: Compendio del arte de navigar (Sevilla 1591)
http://fondosdigitales.us.es/books/plates/plate_view?oid_plate=12072
Residence
- Sevilla - 1623
- Valladolid 1542
Occupation
- mathematician
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- Barona, edition of Clusius' letters.
- MORALES Alfredo J., El cosmografo Rodrigo Zamorano, traductor de Alberti al espanol, 'Annali di architettura', 7 (1995), pp. 141-146, 7 ill.
- Mario Méndez Bejarano (1857-1931), Historia de la filosofía en España hasta el siglo XX [1927], Capítulo XIV El siglo de Oro, pp. 149-159
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French scholar, antiquarian and Neo-Latin poet. Travelled a lot in Europe and got very interested in classical ancient history while travelling in Italy and Greece. Married the daughter of the publisher Jean Aubry when he turned 60 and then lived in Metz until his death in 1602.
Boissard met many scholars during his travels and through correspondence. Together with Theodor de Bry he published their portraits and biographies in 'Icones virorum illustrium doctrina et eruditione praestantium ad vivum effictae cum eorum vitis' (Frankfurt 1597-98).
Correspondent of Carolus Clusius (letters in University Library Leiden).
Published on classical history, literature and scholars.
Residence
- Metz - 1602
Occupation
- scholar
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- M. van Groessen, 'Boissard, Clusius, De Bry and the making of 'Antiquitates Romanae', 1597-1602', LIAS 29 (2002) 195-213.
- F.W.T. Hunger, Charles de l'Escluse (Carolus Clusius). Nederlandsch kruidkundige, 1526-1609. I (The Hague 1927) 207.
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- Busbequius, Augerius Gislenius
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Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq was a French diplomat, scholar and collector. He studied in Leuven, Wittenberg and Italy. Came into the service of three generations of Habsburg monarchs in 1552, first in England. 1555-1562 ambassador of emperor Ferdinand I in Constantinopel, mentor of the sons of Maximilian II and head of the court library and gardens between 1564-70, 1570 / 4-1591: 'Maitre d'hotel' of Queen Elisabeth of France (daughter of Maximilian II) in Paris.
He introduced in Europe several plants from Turkey, which Pietro Andrea Matthioli described in his commentaries on Dioscorides. He was responsible for introduction of the turkey, tulips, horse chestnut, lilac and mock orange. Also published about his experiences in the Ottoman Empire in his 'Thurkish Letters'.
Busbeq and Carolus Clusius were friends and shared their botanical interest. Busbeq functioned as an intermediary at the court when Clusius arrived in Vienna and took care of a constant supply of exotic plants, bulbs and seeds from Constantinopel to Vienna and to Clusius. After Busbecqs leave from Vienna they corresponded about botany (letters in University Library Leiden).
Publication:
'Turkish Letters'.
Quoted in:
C. Clusius, Rariorum plantarum historia (Antwerp 1601) 142, 153, 191, 218, 230, 272.
C. Clusius, Exoticorum libri decem (Leiden 1605) 22, 348, Belon transl 18.
Residence
- Paris 1574 - 1591
- Wien 1562 - 1574
- Saint-Germain-sous-Cailly 1591 - 1592
- Istanbul 1555 - 1562
Occupation
- diplomat 1554 - 1562 - Court of Ferdinand I, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Istanbul
- private teacher 1564 - 1570 - Court of Maximilian II, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Wien
- prefect of the imperial gardens 1570, Wien
- Maitre dhotel of Queen Elisabeth of France (daughter of Maximilian II) 1574 - 1591, Paris
- imperial ambassador 1552, England
- Maitre dhotel of Queen Elisabeth of France 1570 - 1574 - Court of Maximilian II, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
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- C. Clusius, Rariorum plantarum historia (Antwerp 1601) 142, 153, 191, 218, 230, 272.
- C. Clusius, Exoticorum libri decem (Leiden 1605) 22, 348, Belon transl 18.
- Z. von Martels, 'Augerius Gislenius Busbequis. Leven en werk van de keizerlijke gezant aan het hof van Suleyman de Grote. Een biografische, literaire en historische studie met editie van onuitgegeven teksten' (Groningen 1989).
- Z. von Martels, 'On his Majesty's Service. Augerius Busbequius, Courtier and Diplomat of Maximilian II.' in: F. Edelmayer & A. Kohler ed., 'Kaiser Maximilian II. Kultur und Politik im 16. Jahrhundert' (Munchen 1992) 169-81.
- A. H. Huussen, 'Het leven van Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq' (1949).
- O. Wijnands, 'Commercium Botanicum: The diffusion of plants in the 16th century.' in: L. Tjon Sie Fat & E. de Jong ed., 'The Authentic garden. A symposium on gardens' (Leiden 1991).
- E. van Gelder, 'Tussen hof en keizerskroon. Carolus Clusius en de ontwikkeling van de botanie aan Midden-Europese hoven (1573-1593)' (Leiden 2011) 36, 45-6, passim.