Adrianus or Adriaan van Meerbeeck (1563–1627) was a writer and translator from
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, .
Life
Meerbeeck was born in Antwerp in 1563. By 1600 he was headmaster of the Aalst grammar school, and he was still living in Aalst in 1625.
A. J. van der Aa
Abraham Jacob van der Aa (7 December 1792, Amsterdam – 21 March 1857, Gorinchem) was a Dutch writer best known for his dictionaries, one of notable people and the other of notable places in the Netherlands.
He was born in Amsterdam in 1792. ...
, ''Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden'', vol. 12/1 (Haarlem, 1869), 483
Available
on Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Accessed 16 November 2015. He is best known for two chronicles, ' (1620) and ''Nederlantschen Mercurius'' (1625), and also for compiling accounts of the funerals of
Ferdinand II of Aragon
Ferdinand II ( an, Ferrando; ca, Ferran; eu, Errando; it, Ferdinando; la, Ferdinandus; es, Fernando; 10 March 1452 – 23 January 1516), also called Ferdinand the Catholic (Spanish: ''el Católico''), was King of Aragon and Sardinia from ...
,
Emperor Charles V
Charles V, french: Charles Quint, it, Carlo V, nl, Karel V, ca, Carles V, la, Carolus V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain ( Castile and Aragon) ...
,
Philip II of Spain
Philip II) in Spain, while in Portugal and his Italian kingdoms he ruled as Philip I ( pt, Filipe I). (21 May 152713 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent ( es, Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from ...
,
Rudolph II,
Philip III of Spain and
Albert VII, Archduke of Austria.
His brother,
Jan van Meerbeeck, was a printer in Brussels.
Works
Histories
*' (Antwerp,
Hieronymus Verdussen Verdussen was a dynasty of printers in Antwerp, starting with Hieronymus Verdussen I in the late sixteenth century, and ending around 1800. Many other printers in Antwerp were also related to the Verdussens through marriage. They specialized in reli ...
, 1620)
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*' (Brussels,
Ferdinand de Hoeymaker
Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "protection", "peace" (PIE "to love, to make peace") or alternatively "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "co ...
, 1622)
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*' (Brussels, Ferdinand de Hoeymaker, 1622)
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*' (Brussels,
Jan van Meerbeeck, 1625)
Available on Google Books
*', drawn from the works of
Josephus and
Hegesippus; surviving only in a reprint from 1711
Available on Google Books
Translations
*
Nicolas de Montmorency, ' (Antwerp,
Caesar Joachim Trognaesius, 1617). Reprinted Leuven, 1690.
*
Johannes Cotovicus
Johannes Cotovicus or Jan van Cootwijk was a 17th-century travel writer who wrote an account of a journey to Jerusalem and Syria.A. J. van der Aa, ''Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden'', vol. 3 (Haarlem, 1858), 704-705Availableon Digital Libr ...
, ' (Antwerp,
Hieronymus Verdussen Verdussen was a dynasty of printers in Antwerp, starting with Hieronymus Verdussen I in the late sixteenth century, and ending around 1800. Many other printers in Antwerp were also related to the Verdussens through marriage. They specialized in reli ...
, 1620).
References
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1563 births
1627 deaths
Writers from Antwerp
17th-century historians from the Holy Roman Empire
Latin–Dutch translators
French–Dutch translators