Overview
The last of the Renaissance humanists, Bonaventura Vulcanius, is still a mysterious figure, even though he left a correspondence, at least two Alba amicorum, and a collection of books and manuscripts. Born in Bruges in 1538, the son of a disciple of Erasmus, he spent the troubled decades of 1560 and 1570 in wanderings before his appointment in 1581 as a Professor for Greek and Latin Letters at the University of Leiden. He edited and translated many a rare text, composed dictionaries, sent laudatory poems, and compiled the first chapters of a history of Germanic languages. This volume gathers recent research on this versatile philologist, and includes the first edition of many unpublished works and documents. Contributors are Karel Bostoen, Hélène Cazes, Thomas M. Conley, Harm-Jan van Dam, Hugues Daussy, Kees Dekker, Jeanine de Landtsheer, Alfons Dewitte, Toon van Hal, Chris L. Heesakkers, Wilhelmina G. Heesakkers-Kamerbeek, Jeltine Ledegang-Keegstra, G.A.C. van der Lem, Kees Meerhoff, Dirk van Miert, Kasper van Ommen, Paul J. Smith and Gilbert Tournoy.
Full Product Details
Author: Kasper Van Ommen ,
Anton van der Lem ,
Kees Dekker ,
Kees Meerhoff
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Volume: 194
Dimensions:
Width: 16.00cm
, Height: 3.40cm
, Length: 24.00cm
Weight: 1.015kg
ISBN: 9789004192096
ISBN 10: 9004192093
Pages: 504
Publication Date: 19 November 2010
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
The present publication offers an important basis for further study into the life and work of Vulcanius [...] this collection of essays has a broad scope and explores contemporary archival and printed material, two reasons for appreciating it as an important stimulus to continued research. Henk Nellen, Renaissance Quarterly Vol. 65, No. 1 (Spring 2012), pp. 189-191. Une chronologie bio-bibliographique, une bibliographie detaillee, et un index de noms propres font de ce livre une oeuvre de reference incontournable pour tout examen ulterieur du monde et des ecrits de Bonaventure Vulcanius. Ingrid A. R. De Smet, Bibliotheque d'Humanisme et Renaissance, vol. 73 (2011), no. 3, pp. 733-734. This volume gathers recent research on this versatile philologist [Vulcanius], and includes the first editions of many unpublished works and documents. Wordtrade.com
Author Information
Hélène Cazes (Doctorate 1998 , Paris X-Nanterre, Renaissance Literature) teaches at the University of Victoria, Canada. She studies the history of texts, books, and scholars. She has published extensively on the Estienne dynasty and on the fortune of classical texts.
