Baccius, Andreas (16th century) was a physician from St. Elpidio, Italy who wrote "De Thermis" (Venice, 1571, 1588), about the wines of Italy (Ort123), "De naturali vinorum historia" (Rome, 1596), and "De methodo medendi per balnea"<= Healing through baths>, (and?) "Baths of the whole World (Ort142).
Baths of the whole world: Ort142.6, 142.11, 142.21, 142.23.
On the Wines of Italy, Bk.6: Ort123.10.
Bæton, a mythical figure featuring in Plato’s "Phædo" is quoted by Athenæus (Ort222) in his "Deipnosophiston".
Quoted by Athenæus: Ort222.2.
Balbi, Casparo (16th century) from Venice, Italy wrote an itinerary entitled "Viaggio del Indie orientali dell anno 1579 fino al 1588" (Ort164).
Journal of India: Ort164.12.
Ballinus, Julius (16th century) was a lawyer from Venice, Italy who published "Disegni delle più illustri itta e Fortezze del mondo, con una breve istoria delle origine et accidenti loro" <= about cities> (Ort1,2,3) in Venice in 1560, a forerunner of Braun’s "Theatrum Urbium".
Cities (in Italian): Ort1.52, 2.52, 3.57.
Balsamon, Theodorus (1140-1195) was a Byzantine historian who wrote "On the powers of the Patriarch of Constantinople".
Ort218.16.
Baptist Raymond see Raymond Baptist.
Barbaro Hermolius see Ermolao Barbaro.
Barbaro Josaphat (15th century) was a Venetian patrician who was sent to Tartary and Persia as an envoy. His travel reports (Ort163) were published by Ramusio as "Viaggio della Tana e nella Persia".
Ort167.10;
Travels: Ort163.8.
Barbosa, Duarte (died 1521) was a Portuguese sea explorer who wrote an itinerary which was published by Ramusio in 1588. Barbosa died in 1521 together with Magellan on the first voyage around the world.
Ort164.19.
Barbosa, Odoardus see Barbosa, Duarte.
Barbuda, Ludovicus Georgius see Barbuda, Luis de.
Barbuda, Luis de, (second half 16th century) was an important Portuguese chartmaker who in the 1570s appears to have defected to Spain, where he held important positions in the "Casa del Contraction" in Sevilla. He supplied a manuscript draft map of China to Ortelius upon which Ortelius’ China map (Ort164) was based.
Ludovicus Georgius is mentioned in the cartouche of the Chinæ map as its maker, Ort164.
Barlaam, Josaphat (7th century A.D.) wrote the most famous spiritual guide of the Middle Ages, expressing an apology of Christian life.
Ort8.14.
Barland, Adrianus (1488-1542) from Zeeland, the Netherlands, later Louvain, Belgium, is a historian who wrote "Catalogus insigniorum oppidorum inferioris Germaniæ" which was published in Antwerp in 1526, as also "Descriptio Hollandiæ et Zelandiæ" and "Itinerarium Belgicum".
Ort78.8.
Barletius, Martin (15th century) from Italy wrote "De obsidione Scodrensi 1477" Venice 1504, "De vita et laudibus Scanderbergii" (Ort144,145), Rome 1506 and "Compendium vitarum summorum pontificum et imp. Romanorum usque ad Marcellum II", Rome 1555.
Life of Scanderberg: Ort144.12, 145.9.
Barlesio Marino see Barletius.
Baronius, Cæsar (1538-1607) was an Italian ecclesiastical historian and cardinal; in the Roman Catholic church who wrote "Annales Ecclesiastici". As a Vatican librarian, he had access to the Papal archives.
Book 6: Ort184.14.
Barreiros Caspar (died in 1574) was a Spaniard who travelled to Italy and who wrote "Chorographia" Coimbra, Portugal 1561 describing Italian cities from Bajadoz to Milan. He also wrote "De regione Ophira" and "Observationes cosmographicæ".
Ort9.26, 11.27, 11.68.
Barrius, Gabriel (16th century) from Francica, Calabria, Italy wrote "De antiquitate et situ Calabriæ", Rome 1571, (Ort139,140,210) and "De laudibus Italiæ" (1571).
Ort210.15, 224.22;
Calabria: Ort139.10, 210.16, Bk.1-5: Ort140.10.
Barrius, Ioannis see Barros, Joao de.
Barros, Joao de (16th century) is the most important Portuguese historian of the age of discoveries. He wrote "De Asia Decas 1-2" (Ort1,2,26,164,166,177), published in Lisbon, Portugal 1552-1563. He seems also to have written a book about Africa (Ort8).
Decades on Asia: Ort1.68, 2.68, 164.19, 166.8, 166.10, 167.5, 167.14, Ch.1: Ort26.8,
First Decade on Asia, Bk.3 Ch.3: Ort177.30;
Book on Africa: Ort8.15.
Barthema, Luigi (born in 1480), also Ludovicus Vartomannus, is one of the most important Italian explorers. He travelled through Ethiopia, Egypt, Arabia Syria and India. His travel reports were translated into Latin by Archangelo Medrignano and published in Milan in 1508 as "Ludovicus Vartomani Novum Itinerarium Æthiopiæ, Ægypti, utriusque Arabiæ, Persiæ, Siriæ et Indiæ intra et extra Gangem". It was published in Italian by Ramusio in 1517. Barthema was translated into many languages.
Mentioned in text block lower right of Ort1.
Ort1.70, 2.70, 6.5, 7.7, 166.8.
Barthema, Ludovicus see Barthema, Luigi.
Bartholinus, Richard (16th century) from Perugia, Italy was in the service of the Cardinal of Gurk. He wrote "De bello Norico <about the Bavarian war>, Austriados libri duodecim" <twelve books on Austria> (Ort1,2,3) Strassburg 1516 and "Hodœporicon cardinalis Gurcensis".
Austria Bk.8: Ort1.27, 2.27, 3.30.
Bartholomæus (13th century) was a travel companion to Guilelmus de Ruysbroek or von Rubruck, (1215 or 1220-about 1270) on his travels in Western and Central Asia, the experiences of which were recorded in Ruysbroek’s "Itinerarium" in 1253.
Ort22.33.
Bartholomæus Amantius see Amantius Bartholomæus.
Bartholomæus de las Casas see Casas.
Bartholomæus Marlianus see Marlianus, Bartholomeus.
Bartholomæus Saligniaco see Saligniaco Bartholomæus.
Basil the Third, Ivanovich, Grand Duke of Moscow (16th century) in 1525 sent his ambassador Gerasimov to Rome with a letter and present fro Clement VII. Giovio was assigned by the pope to entertain the ambassador and to get as much material about Russia as possible from him. Giovio then recorded the material in a book "Pauli Iovii libellus de legatione Basilii magni…" published in the same year.
Ort19.10b.
Bassianensis see Niger, Franz.
Beatus Rhenanus see Rhenanus Beatus.
Becanus, Ioannes Goropius (1518-1572) of the Netherlands was a physician with linguistic interests who wrote "Originum Gentium libri IX, in quibus: Atvatica, Gigantomachia, Niloscopium, Cronia, Indo-Scytica, Saxonica, Goto-Danica, Amazonica, Venetica et Hyperborea" <on the origin of people, 9 books, in which ..> (Ort1,2,3,189) 1569. Also "Origines Antwerpianæ" <the origins of Antwerp> 1572, "Becesselana" (Ort58,65,66,115,174) and "Gallica" (Ort194). Ortelius holds him in high esteem, which as far as Goropius’ linguistic observations are concerned was totally unfounded.
Ort 12.23, 56.3, 56.17, 57.3, 63.2, 178.7, 179.7, 197.2, 198.2, 199.5, 200.5;
Origin and nature of the World: Ort1.57, 2.57, 3.62, Bk.8-9: Ort189.32-34;
Becesselana: 58.7, 65.14, 66.14, 115.12, Niloscopius in Becesselana: Ort174.5b, 174.10;
Gallica: Ort194.29, 194.32.
Beda Venerabilis (672-735) was a Benedict clergyman who wrote "Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum", an Anglo-Saxon Ecclesiastical History much quoted by later British historians, which first appeared in print in Strassbourg, 1475. It is the most important work of the "greatest English Historian" (PMM) and gives an account of Christianity in England from its beginnings to Bede’s own days, scrupulously citing earlier sources. Bede is the only source providing information on Cædmon (670), one of the earliest English poets, whose only authentic fragment is included.
Beda is once mentioned on the mapsheet of Ort190;
Ort16.5k, 16.14, 16.18, 19.19, 19.45f, 23.4, 192.44, 192.60, 192.62, 192.63, 192.72.
Belegerius see Belgius.
Belerium does not seem to be an author but rather an attribute meaning: "coming from Land’s End", the most western point of Cornwall.
Ort192.15.
Belgius (first Century B.C.) was a captain or king of the Gauls or Celtes who is cited by Trogus Pompeius (Ort197,198) and Pausanias (Ort197,198).
Cited by Pausanias: Ort197.7, 198.7.
Cited by Trogus Pompeius: Ort197.7, 198.7;
Bellarmati, Girolamo (1493-1555) published a map of Tuscany in 1536 which was used by Ortelius for his own Tuscany map, Ort130.
Mentioned in the cartouche of the Tuscany map as its maker, Ort130. Further in the map texts:
Ort1.50, 1.61,2.61,3.54, 3.67, 34.8, 36.20, 37.13, 37.15, Belleforest, François de see Belleforestius, Franciscus.
Belleforestius, Franciscus (1530-1583) mostly worked as a translator. His "Cosmographie" (Ort38), Paris 1575, is an excerpt from Münster. Hence Ortelius calls him the French Münster.
Ort1.50, 1.61,2.61,3.54, 3.67, 34.8, 36.20, 37.13, 37.15, 40.5, 41.4, 42.5, 43.5, 43.10, 46.2, 47.3, 47.7, 47.9, 47.21, 49.9, 49.22, 54.3, 54.7;
Universal Cosmography: 37.23, 38.7, 43.5.
Bellonius, Pierre (1517-1564) travelled in the Orient as a companion of Gilles. He wrote about these travels with particular attention to natural history in "Les Observations de plusieurs singularitez et choses mémorables, trouvées en Grèce, Asie, Judée, Egypte, Arabie et des autres pays estranges, rédigées en trois livres" (Ort39,146,147,148,149,159,170,174,181) Paris 1553. L’Ecluse has translated this work into Latin, Antwerp 1589. Bellonius also wrote on fish, birds and similar subjects (Ort106) in which he included a map of Lemnos used by Ortelius (Ort149).
Mentioned in the cartouche of the Cyprus map as the maker of the inset map of Lemnos, Ort149. Further in map texts:
Ort147.2, 147.3, 147.5, 147.6, 147.9, 147.25, 147.27, 148.6, 148.13, 149.11, 149.12, 168.8, 169.3, 174.2, 174.3, 174.5a;
Observations: Ort39.13, 147.11, 148.8, 170.8, Bk.1: 146.13, 146.14, 146.21, 149.14, 159.8, 174.10, 174.16, 181.11.
About Fish: Ort106.12;
Bellovacensis, Vincentius see Vincentius of Beauvais.
Bellunensis, Urbanus (15th century) wrote the first Greek grammar in Latin.
Ort175.6.
Belvacensis, Vincentius see Vincentius of Beauvais.
Bembus, Petrus (1470-1539) was a Cardinal and humanist who wrote about Mount Ætna in "De Ætna ad Gabrielem liber" (Ort141), Venice 1495, 1530, Lyon 1552. He also wrote "Hieroglyphical Table" (Ort221).
Mount Ætna: Ort141.6;
Hieroglyphical Table: Ort221.37.
Benedetto Giovio see Jovius Benedictus.
Benedictus Arias Montanus see Arias Benedictus Montanus.
Benjamin (12th century) of Tudela was a Jewish rabbi, traveller and writer who wrote "Itinerarium Benjamini Tudelensis", published in 1543.
Ort175.4.
Benzo, Hieronymus (16th century) of Milan, Italy travelled in America between 1541 and 1556. His travel report "Istoria del mondo nuovo libr. III" <History of the new world, 3 books> (Ort14,15), Venice 1565, and a description of the Canary Islands, Venice 1572 were translated into Latin by Urbanus Calveton, Geneva 1578, 1581, and 1600. A German translation by Abel Scherdinger was published in Basel in 1579 and 1582.
Ort9.45, 10.45, 11.48;
History of the New World: Ort14.12, 15.14, 15.19.
Bergamus, Georg Jodocus (15th century) was an Italian poet who praised Lake Garda in his "Benacus" (Ort120), Verona 1546.
Description of Lake Garda Bk.1-5: Ort120.9.
Bermundez, Jodo or Ioannes (16th century) was a Portuguese who as a physician was the first Portuguese envoy in Æthiopia. Pope Paulus III appointed him as Patriarch of Æthiopia and Alexandria. Alvarez usually calls him "mestre Joan". He wrote "Esta he huma breuve relecao da Embeixada quo patriarcha da Ethiopia, chamado vulgarmente Presto Joannis" (Ort175), Lisbon 1561.
Experiences of the Abessines: Ort175.20.
Bernardino Arluno see Arluno Bernardino.
Bernardino Corio see Corio Bernardino.
Bernardinus Scalantus see Scalantus Bernardinus.
Bernhardinus Gomez see Gomez Bernhardinus.
Berno the Abbot (died in 927) of St. Baume, abbot of Cluny, Burgundy was born from a noble family and was held in great esteem. He was a friend of King Rudulphus, wrote "Testamentum" in 926 and is quoted by Irenicus.
Quoted by Irenicus: Ort114.4.
Beroaldus, Philippus (1453-1505) from Bologna, Italy, published works by Cæsar and Florus and wrote a "Chronicle" (Ort178,179).
Chronicle: Ort178.8, 179.8.
Berosus "the Imaginary or the Turncoat or Unreliable" (about 300 B.C.) wrote a history of Babylonia and also commentaries quoted by Viterbiensis (Ort117,118).
Ort1.19, 2.19, 3.21, 55.8, 56.2, 57.2, 193.3, 197.7, 198.7, 199.10, 199.12, 200.10, 200.12, 207.5, 208.5, 211.8;
Commentaries as quoted by Viterbiensis: Ort117.33, 118.33.
Bertrand Argentre see Argentre Bertrand.
Beutherus, Pedro Antonio (16th century) was a theologian from Valencia, Spain who wrote a history about Valencia in which he takes the imaginary Berosus to be real. Alonso de Ulloa translated this work into English in 1556. Ortelius refers to his "Annales" (Ort29,30).
Ort29.2, 29.7;
Annales: Ort29.6, 30.2, 30.8, 30.9.
Bilibaldus Pirkeimerus see Pirkeimer.
Bizarro, Pietro see Bizarrus, Petrus.
Bizarrus, Petrus (died in 1584), an Italian who died in Antwerp was mostly active as a publisher He wrote a history of Genoa: "Senatus populique Genuensis rerum domi forisque gestarum historiæ atque annales" Antwerp 1579, and a Persian history with much contemporary detail (Ort167). Ortelius calls him "my good friend".
Ort125.10;
History of Persia: Ort167.11.
Blanchon Joachim (born 1553) from Limoges, France, was a poet who wrote "Premières œuvres politiques", Paris 1583. A laudatory poem by Blanchon is included on Ortelius’ Lemovicum map (Ort43b).
Poem on the Greeks in bottom cartouche of Limousin, map Ort43b
Blasius, Vigenerius see Vigenerius Blasius.
Blondus, Flavio (1392-1463), "most famous among historians", became secretary to the Curia in 1434. He wrote a history of the Middle Ages and a historical-geographical Lexicon about Italy (Ort122,129,131) called "Italia Illustrata" and a topographical work about Rome called Roma instaurata" which appeared in 1471.
Ort117.5, 117.27, 117.33, 118.5, 118.27, 118.33, 119.3, 120.8, 127.9, 128.10, 129.14b, 129.14c, 132.12, 133.19, 134.15, 136.3, 137.11, 137.14, 137.33, 138.3, 138.6, 138.8, 147.23, 210.24;
Description of Italy: Ort122.10, 129.17, 131.2, 131.8.
Boazio, Giovanni Baptista (late 16th century) is most probably an Italian who resided in Great Britain between 1585 and 1606. He designed approximately ten maps, including the model for Vrients’ map of Ireland.
Ort22.41.
Boccacio (1313-1375) <to be filled in>
Ort133.4, 133.8.
Bodinus, Ioannes (1530-1596) from Angers, France, wrote "Methodus ad facilem historiarum cognitionem" (Ort115), Paris 1566, an inportant treatise on historiography.
Ort19.14, 36.8, 36.9;
Methodus historica: 115.12.
Boekel, Peter (1530-1599) Thietmarsia
Mentioned in the cartouche of the half sheet Holsatiæ map as its maker, Ort88a, Ort89a, Ort90a.
Boëthius, Hector (1465-1536) became vice-chancellor of the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He wrote a history of Scotland "Scotorum historiæ a prima gentis origine" Paris 1527. Although acclaimed upon publication, Boece’s "History" began to receive criticism from John Lelenad (1506-1572) and Humphrey Lloyd in his "Commentariolo Descriptionis Brittannicæ Fragmentum". Boece’s history was expanded with many fables by Ferrerius from Piemont, Italy, who published his version in Paris, 1574.
Ort16.18, 18.5, 18.12, 18.13, 18.14, 18.15.
Bohemus, Ioannes (16th century) from Aub is the writer of "Omnium Gentium mores, leges et ritus etc." (Ort114), published in Augsburg in 1520 and in Freiburg in 1540.
Ort1.60, 2.60, 3.66, 56.7, 57.8, 100.4, 110.11, 158.7;
De moribus gentium: Ort114.3, 114.4..
Böhm see Bohemus.
Boissard, Jean Jacques (1528-1602) was an archaeologist who wrote "Methodo historica" and exchanged letters with Ortelius.
Ort129.17.
Boissardus see Boissard.
Bompario, Ioannes (16th century) or Pierre-Jean or perhaps Jean Pierre de Bompar published a single sheet map of Provence in 1591, which is followed very closely by Ortelius (Meurer p. 117).
Mentioned in the cartouche of the Provinciæ map as its maker, Ort47.
Bonaventura Borchard see Borchard Bonaventura.
Bonaventura Brochardus see Borchard Bonaventura.
Bonaventura Castiglioni see Castiglioni Bonaventura.
Bonaventura Vulcanius (16th century) from Leiden, Netherlands, was publisher and commentator of Apuleius "De Mundo". He wrote "Etymologicon" and corresponded with Ortelius (Hessels nr. 131).
Bonfinius, Antonio (late 15th century) was an Italian by birth. He was by Mathias Corvinus called to the Hungarian court. His "Rerum Ungaricarum decades tres, nunc demum industria" was published by Martinus Brenneri Bistricensis Transylvani in Basel in 1543 and 1568 (Ort105,150,152,154,155,162,163). He is called the Hungarian Livius. He often relies on Blondus.
Ort152.13, 153.73, 203.3, 203.15;
Decades of Hungary: Ort150.13, 150.19, 150.22, 152.13, 154.16, 155.16, 163.8,
Decade 1, Bk.1: 152.2, 152.5, 153.2, 153.4, 153.5, Bk.1&2: Ort162.8, Bk.4 Ch.4: Ort105.7, 106.7.
Bongarsius, also Johann Bongers (16th century) printed five maps derived from 14th century manuscripts including an untitled world map credited to Marino Sanuto, as well as a Holy Land map. The maps were published after Ortelius’ death as Volume 2 of "Gesta Dei per Francos", Hanover 1611.
Ort193.6.
Bonifacio see Bonifacius.
Bonifacio, Gaspar (?) is mentioned in the cartouche of the inset map of the Rovigo-Adria area in Italy as its maker (Ort134). However, Meurer attributes this map to Giovanni Bonifacio (see next item) rather than to Gaspar Bonifacio.
Bonifacio, Natale (1538-1592) of Sebenici made a single sheet map of the Abruzzi published in Rome in 1587. In the cartouche of Ortelius’ Aprutti map he is mentioned as its maker (Ort138).
Bonifacius, Ioannes (1547-1635) also Giovanni Bonifacio, was born in Rovigo, Italy. He studied law and practised this in Rovigo. From 1593 onwards, he was a civil servant for the Republic of Venice, working in Treviso and Padua. He was also active as a poet and historiographer, and was a member of various academies. His main work is "Historia Trivigiana" (1591), a regional history on Treviso (Ort122).
Description of Treviso: Ort122.13.
Borchard Bonaventura (16th century) was a French monk who wrote about his travels in the Sinai and Jerusalem. It has been claimed that he made a map of Palestina.
Bordonius, Benedictus (died in 1529 or 1531) from Padua, Italy is known because of his guide of islands "Isolario" (Ort1,2,3,141,148,149) Venice 1528, 1534, 1562.
Ort147.9, 147.11, 147.23, 147.28, 148.4, 148.8, 148.10, 149.5, 181.11;
Islands of the World: Ort1.54, 2.54, 3.59, 141.5, 141.8, 141.15, 148.4, 148.15, 149.8.
Bouchet, Jean (1476-1550) of Poitiers wrote "Annales d’Aquitaine" (Ort38), Poitiers 1524.
Chronicle of Aquitania: Ort38.7.
Bouillus, Carolus (1470-1553) from Vermandois, France, was a very productive writer. His "Chronicon" is his most important publication. He also wrote "De differentia vulgarium linguarum et gallici sermonis varietate" (Ort69,70), Paris 1533 dealing with etymology.
Ort44.6, 45.6, 48.4e, 48.4f, 49.5, 49.15-16, 55.12, 70.8, 71.2, 71.8; Discourse on languages: 69.2, 69.8, 70.3.
Brandt, Sebastian (1458-1520) published "Chronicon Germaniæ, præsertim Alsatiæ".
Ort56.7, 57.8.
Braun, Georgius Agrippinensis (1541-1622) of Cologne was a theologist and teacher who together with Hogenberg wrote "Civitates Orbis Terrarum" or "Theatre of Cities", (Ort1,2,3,31,32,51,161).
Ort161.23, 168.5, 169.4;
Theatre of Cities (in Latin) Ort1.53, 2.53, 3.58, 31.9, 31.29, 32.10, 51.9, 52.10, 161.26, 161.74.
Breidenbach, Bernhard von (died in 1497), a German, wrote "Peregrinatio in terram sanctam", an account of a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, published in Mainz in 1486.
Ort180.15.
Breitenbach see Breidenbach.
Brevetanus, Angeles (16th century) drew the map "Mons Circæus", used by Ortelius in 1595.
Mentioned in the cartouche of the inset map of Mount Circæus as its maker; further in map texts : Ort209.30, 209.32.
Brinckhorstius, Hugo (16th century) from England, lived for some time in Erfurt, Germany and provided Ortelius by letter with statistical information on Thüringen, Germany.
Ort96.2.
Brochardus see Burchard.
Broderith, Stephan or Stephanus (died in 1540) was a Hungarian state official. He reports on the battle of Mohacz in his "De Claude Ludovici II regis Hungariæ" (Ort152,153) which he experienced as one of the retinue of the King, printed in Basel (Ort152,153).
Ort150.13, 150.22, 203.15;
Treatise printed in Basel: Ort152.2, 152.4, 153.2, 153.5.
Brodeus, Ioannes, "a man of good judgment" (16th century), a personal acquaintance of Ortelius, wrote "Miscellanea" (Ort224).
Miscellanea Bk.3: Ort224.15-18.
Brognoli, Bernardo (?) is mentioned in the cartouche of the Veronæ map as its maker, Ort120.
Bronovius, Martin (16th century) was a Pole sent as an envoy to Tartary by King Stephan. He was taken captive there, and learned about this land and its people. His book "Descriptio Tartariæ" appeared in Cologne, Germany in 1595, usually bound together with Reichersdorf’s "Moldaviæ quæ olim Daciæ pars, chorographia" which was written in 1541.
Ort163.8.
Brontius, Nicolaas (16th century) was a poet and philologist and teacher from Douay, Belgium, who wrote "De laudibus Hannoniæ" (Ort69) and also "Libellus de utilitate et harmonia Artium (Antwerp, 1541), an attractively illustrated work for students.
Ort70.3, 71.3;
Discourse on Hannonia: Ort69.3.
Bruno, Georgius, see Braun, George.
Bruschius, Caspar (1518-1559) was a productive and esteemed geographer. He wrote (1) "Chronologia Monasteriorum Germaniæ præcipuorum" (Ort56,57), (2) "Magnum opus de omnibus Germaniæ episcopatibus" Nurnberg 1549, (3) "Beschreibung des Fichtelgeberges" 1542. The Ortelius Catalogus Auctorum of 1603L mentions a map of Fichtelberg made by Brusch. (4) "G. Bruschii iter Rheticum fragmentum ad Hier. Pappum carmine elegacio" Basel 1580. (5) "G. Bruschii Iter Helveticum ad Culenium carmine elegacio", Basel.
Ort93.7, 107.4, 108.4, 111.6, 112.6;
Monasteries of Germany: Ort56.8, 57.9.
Brussius, William (16th century) wrote "Ad principes populumque christianum de bello, adversus Turcos gerendo", Cracow 1595, and "De Tartaris Diarium", Frankfurt, 1578, 1598.
Ort214.38.
Brutus, Marcus Junius (86-42 B.C) was an orator in the Cicero style who according to Ortelius wrote "Menechmis" (Ort210). In the 1609/1612L edition this is corrected to Plautus, who is indeed the author of this comedy.
Menechmis: Ort210.3.
Buchanan, Georgius (1506-1582) from Scotland wrote the unfinished poem "Sphera" and the satirical poem "Franciscanus". He also translated Euripides’ Tragedies (Bordeaux, 1544) and wrote a "History of Scotland", whicn includes a tale about McBeth’s tragic fate. His metrical translations of the Psalms were used until well into the 18th century.
Ort19.13.
Buchananus see Buchanan.
Budey, Ludovicus Regius (1510-1577) from Paris was a scholar in Roman Law who was honoured with a biography during his lifetime. He corresponded with Erasmus, latinised Greek concepts, and wrote "De studio literarum tecte et commode instituendo" and also "De transitu Hellenismi ad Christianismus" (1535).
Ort221.21.
Bugnyon, Philibert (died in 1590) poet and lawyer from Macon, France, wrote "Chronicon urbis Mattissanæ" Lyon, France, 1559.
Ort54.6.
Bulonius, Ægidius (1510-1563), also Gilles Boileau de Bouillon from Belgium was a Flemish writer, poet, diplomat, cartographer and printer. He made a two sheet map of Sabaudia or Savoye published by Hieronymus Cock in 1556, used by Ortelius in 1570 (Ort48b), and also a map of "Gallica Belgica" in 1557, see Karrow 83/88.
Mentioned in the cartouche of the Sabaudiæ et Burgundiæ map as its maker, Ort 48b, 49b;
Ort48.4ef, 55.2.
Bundvica (1st century A.D) was a British queen who who in 61 A.D. led a revolt against the Romans.
Ort192.32, 192.38.
Burchard, F. (seciond half of the 13th century) was a German monk from Magdeburg who travelled in Palestine and wrote a treatise published as "Borchardi (Monachi germanici) circa annum 1283 descriptio terræ sanctæ et regionum finitimarum." published by R. Reineccius in Magdeburg, Germany 1587.
Ort170.8, 173.3, 174.10.
Busbechius, Augerius Gislenius (1521-1591) from Boesbeke, South Flanders wrote four long and fascinating letters as imperial ambassador to the Turkish sultan Süleiman the Great in Constantinople, called "Legationis Turcicæ Epistolæ IV", (Paris, 1589) in which he reports about his most diverse political, ethnical, cultural and other experiences, from tulips to the testament of Emperor Augustus which he discovered there. He also wrote commentaries on Dioscorides (Ort149).
Ort159.2, 159.5;
Commentaries on Dioscorides: Ort149.14.
Busbequius see Busbechius.
Byzantinus Stephanus see Stephanus Byzantinus.
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