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7 unusual facts about Johannes Meursius


Adonia

According to Johannes Meursius, these two rituals made two distinct feasts, which were held at different times of the year, the one six months after the other; Adonis being supposed to pass half the year with Proserpine, and half with Venus.

De Administrando Imperio

The editio princeps, which was based on V, was published in 1611 by Johannes Meursius, who gave it the Latin title by which it is now universally known, and which translates as On Administering the Empire.

Dominicus Baudius

In the same year he was appointed historian for the French States-General together with Johannes Meursius, with the assignment to write down the events of 1609-1611.

Johannes Meursius

Johannes Meursius (van Meurs) (February 9, 1579, Loosduinen, near the Hague – September 20, 1639, Sorø), was a Dutch classical scholar and antiquary.

This manuscript claimed that it was originally written in Spanish by Luisa Sigea de Velasco, an erudite poetess and maid of honor at the court of Lisbon and was then translated into Latin by Jean or Johannes Meursius.

Nicolas Chorier

This manuscript claimed that it was originally written in Spanish by Luisa Sigea de Velasco, an erudite poetess and maid of honor at the court of Lisbon and was then translated into Latin by Jean or Johannes Meursius, a humanist born in Leiden, Holland in 1613.

Whore dialogues

The attribution to Sigea was a lie and Meursius was a complete fabrication; the true author was Nicolas Chorier.



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