Philip Numan (born around 1550, died 19 February 1627) was a lawyer and humanist from the

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, and a writer in prose and verse, sometimes under the

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Hippophilus Neander.

Life

Numan was appointed city secretary of

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in 1583, and planned the joyous entries into the city of

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in 1594 and of

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in 1596. His account of the miracles attributed to the intercession of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel was published in Dutch and French, and soon translated into Spanish and English. He translated a number of Latin and Spanish works into Dutch (and in one case into French). When he was translating ''Diva Virgo Hallensis'' by

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, Lipsius wrote to him on 9 April 1605 that he should not translate too literally, but in his own natural style, because "each language has its own character and as it were its own genius, which cannot be conveyed in another language". In preliminary verses to

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's ''Neder-duytsche epigrammen'' (Mechelen,

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, 1617) Numan wrote in praise of the "genius" of Dutch as a literary language.

Works

As author

*
Den Spiegel der Menschen, innehoudende den generalen staet ende roep van t'menschelijck gheslachte
'. Antwerp, Hans Coesmans, 1583. * ''Den Strijt des gemoets inden wech der deuchden''. Brussels,

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, 1590. * ''Descriptio Spectaculorum et Ludorum in adventu Sereniss. Principis Ernesti Austriaci Bruxellis editorum''. Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1595. This work on a Joyous Entry of

to Brussels was illustrated by Johannes Bochius and

Joos de Momper Joos de Momper the Younger or Joost de Momper the Younger (1564February5, 1635) was a Flemish landscape painter active in Antwerp between the late 16th century and the early 17th century. Brueghel's influence is clearly evident in many of de Momp ...

. * ''Panegyricus in adventum serenissimorum principum, Alberti et Isabellae, Archiducum Austriae, Ducum Brabantiae, in civitatem Bruxellensem''. Brussels, Jan Mommaert, 1599. *
Historie vande Mirakelen die onlancx in grooten getale gebeurt zyn, door die intercessie ende voor-bidden van die H. Maget Maria. Op een plaetse ghenoemt Scherpenheuvel by die stadt van Sichen in Brabandt
'. 2nd edition. Leuven, Jan Baptist Zangre, 1604. Further edition Brussels,

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, 1606
Augmented edition 1614
* ''Histoire des Miracles advenuz n'agueres a l'intercession de la Glorieuse Vierge Marie, au lieu dit Mont-aigu, prez de Sichen, au Duché de Brabant''. 2nd edition. Brussels, Rutger Velpius, 1605. Augmented edition 1613. On the Marian cult of the

Basilica of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel The Basilica of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel (Dutch: ''Basiliek van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Scherpenheuvel'', French: ''Basilique de Notre Dame de Montaigu'') is a Roman Catholic parish church and minor basilica in Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Belgium. The ...

. **Spanish translation as ''Historia de los Milagros que en Nuestra Señora de Monteagudo çerca de Sichen, en el Ducado de Brabante, nuestro Señor ha sido servido de obrar'' by Cæsar Clement. Brussels, Rutger Velpius, 1606. **English translation as ''Miracles lately wrought by the intercession of the Glorious Virgin Mary at Mont-aigu, nere unto Sichen in Brabant'', by Robert Chambers (Antwerp,

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, 1606) *
Toe-voechsele vanden Mirakelen gheschiedt op Scherpen-heuvel
'. Brussels, Hubert Anthoon, 1617. *
Ander mirakelen van onse lieve vrouwe op Scherpenheuvel
'. Brussels, Hubert Anthoon, 1617. * ''Autres Miracles de Nostre Dame au Mont-Aigu''. Brussels, Hubert Anthoon, 1618.

As translator

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,
Den Leydtsman der Sondaeren
'. Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1588. Further edition 1613. *

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, ''Het Leven van de seer heylighe Maghet Catherina van Senen''. Brussels, 1594. Reprinted Antwerp, 1638. * Bernardino da Balbano, ''Theylich Mysterie van die Gheesselinghe ons Heeren Iesu Christi''. Leuven, Jan Maes, 1607. Reprinted 1611. *

,
Die Heylighe Maghet van Halle
'. Brussels, Rutger Velpius, 1607
Reprinted 1643
* Andres de Soto,
Deux dialogues traitans de la doctrine & matiere des miracles
'. Brussels, Rutger Velpius, 1613. **Also into Dutch as
Twee t'samensprekingen behandelende de leeringe ende materie vanden mirakelen
'. Brussels, Rutger Velpius, 1614.

Bibliography

* Aa, A.J. van der, ''Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden'', volume 13, Haarlem, 1868, pp. 344–345 * Witsen Geysbeek, P.G., ', volume 4, Amsterdam, 1822, p. 520

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Numan, Philip 16th-century translators 17th-century translators Spanish–French translators Spanish–Dutch translators Latin–Dutch translators 16th-century writers 17th-century writers Belgian Catholic poets City and town clerks People from Brussels Year of birth uncertain 1627 deaths Lawyers of the Habsburg Netherlands