János Zsámboky

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Johannes Sambucus
Native name János Zsámboky
Born June 1, 1531
Nagyszombat (nowTrnava)
Died June 13, 1584
Vienna
Nationality Hungarian
Portrait of Zsámboky in the second edition of his Emblemata

János Zsámboky or János Zsámboki or János Sámboki, (with his humanist name Latin: Johannes Sambucus, or Johannes Pannonicus Sambucus; June 1, 1531, Nagyszombat (now Trnava in Slovakia) - June 13, 1584, Vienna) was a Hungarian[1][2] humanist scholar: physician, philologist and historian.

He was the composer of the most renowned Hungarian Emblemata book: Emblemata cum aliquot nummis antiqui operis, Ioannis Sambuci Tirnaviensis Pannonii. (1564). Sambucus' emblem book was edited five times and it was translated into French and Dutch. He also wrote the Icones veterum aliquot ac recentium Medicorum Philosophorumque in 1574, published in Antwerpen.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Jacob Soll, The information master: Jean-Baptiste Colbert's secret state intelligence system, University of Michigan Press, 2009, p.26 [1]
  2. ^ Theo Hermans, A literary history of the Low Countries, Camden House, 2009, p.156 [2]
  3. ^ "Lessico – Sambucus Ioannes". Summa Gallicana. http://www.summagallicana.it/lessico/s/Sambucus_Ioannes.htm. Retrieved 21 October 2011. 


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