Adolf Occo - Abraham Ortelius - 1598-5-4
FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ | 491 |
InstitutionName of Institution. | The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek |
InventoryInventory number. | MS 79 C 4 (161), f° 165 |
AuthorAuthor of the document. | Adolf Occo |
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. | Abraham Ortelius |
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . | May 4, 1598 |
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. | Augsburg 48° 22' 0.48" N, 10° 53' 55.32" E |
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. | Jacob Cool, Johannes Vivianus, Christophe Plantin, Jan Moretus |
LiteratureReference to literature. | Occo 15791, Hessels 1887, no. 320, pp. 750-7512, Callataÿ 2017, pp. 91-92, n° 68.3 |
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ | book |
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence | Latin |
LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia | https://dams.antwerpen.be/asset/R1VRGLLXImtAVHTXZIzddAGx/v1O3MFWoFMSccdeHlIERsGRT |
4 May 1598 (from Augsburg): “Cum decreverim libellum meum Impp. Assiduo amicorum hortatu denuo mittere in publicum, neminem habeo, Vir clarissime, quem illum commendem nisi tibi, aut nepoti tuo Jacobo Colio, idque vetere motus amicitia et familiarite, quae ante annos plus munus XX vivente adhuc parente meo p. m. inter nos inita erat, eo praecipue tempore quando nobiscum erat Clarissimus dominus Joannes Vivianus cui maxima intercessit cum parente meo familiaritas et amicitia, sicut haud ita pridem me per literas admonuit, hac igitur ratione ductus iam tibi quoque hunc meum libellum (quem modo mitto) commendo ea commendatione quae potest esse maxima et diligentissima, et quia scio tibi ingravescente iam aetate et aliis negociis occupato, id fore difficile et laboriosum forte, peto ut id nepotii tuo Colio comittas, qui ob eam quam in ipso percepi humanitatem et benevolentiam et amorem etiam in studium antiquitatis, forte haud gravatim quicquid erit operae aut laboris subibit, promovendo et monendo dominum Moretum, ut Plantinianis vestigiis insistens, hunc quoque emendatione in publicum prodire velit” (Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek: MS 79 C 4 (161), f° 165; Hessels 1887, no. 320, p. 750-751).
References
- ^ Occo, Adolf (1579). Imperatorum Romanorum numismata a Pompeio Magno ad Heraclium: quibus insuper additae sunt inscriptiones quaedam veteres, arcus triumphales, et alia ad hanc rem necessaria. Antwerp: Christophe Plantin.
- ^ Hessels, J.H. (1887), Abrahami Ortelii (geographi Antverpiensis) et virorum eruditorum ad eundem et ad Jacobum Colium Ortelianum (Abraham Ortelii sororis filium) epistulae cum aliquot aliis epistulis et tractatibus quibusdam ab utroque collectis (1524-1628) ex autographis mandante ecclesia Londino-Batava, Cantabrigae. Reprint: Osnabrück, O. Zeller, 1969.
- ^ Callataÿ, Fr. de (2017), “Glory and misery of Belgian numismatics from the 16th to the 18th c. as seen through three milestones (Goltz 1563, Serrure 1847 and the Dekesels) and private correspondences”, in J. Moens (ed.), 175 years of Royal Numismatic Society of Belgium. Proceedings of the Colloquium ‘Belgian numismatics in perspective (Brussels, 21 May 2016’), Brussels, pp. 37-129.