Cornelius Grapheus (1482 – 19 December 1558), Latinized from Cornelis De Schrijver, was a secretary to the city of

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and writer.

Life

Grapheus was born in Aalst,

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, in 1482. His brother was Joannes Grapheus, the printer who also settled in Antwerp. As a young man Cornelius travelled in Italy. When

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's ''

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'' was first printed in 1516, Grapheus provided some liminary verses. Cornelis De Schrijver Cornelis Grapheus 28juli

By 1520 he was secretary to the city of Antwerp, writing a Latin panegyric to greet Charles V on his return to that city from Spain. In 1522 he was arrested on accusation of heresy, was taken to Brussels for questioning, and made a full recantation.S.B.J. Zilverberg, "Grapheus, Cornelis", ''Biografisch Lexicon voor de Geschiedenis van het Nederlands Protestantisme'', vol. 4 (Kampen, 1998), 148-149. In 1523 he was set at liberty and returned to Antwerp, where he became a teacher. In 1540 he was reinstated as secretary to the city, and in 1549 he was again involved in the public welcome of a visiting prince, in this case

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. He died in Antwerp on 19 December 1558.

Works

*''Divi Caroli imp. caes. opt. max. desyderatissimus ex Hispania in Germaniam reditus'' (Antwerp, Michiel Hillen van Hoochstraten, 1520)
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*''Ex Publii Terentii comoediis latinissime colloquiorum formulae'' (Vienna, 1529)
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**Reprinted Mainz, 1537 �
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*''Spectaculorum in susceptione Philippi'' (Antwerp, Gillis Coppens van Diest for

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, 1550)
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**Dutch translation as ''De seer wonderlijcke, schoone, triumphelijcke incompst, van den hooghmogenden Prince Philips'' (Antwerp, Gillis Coppens van Diest for Pieter Coecke van Aelst, 1550)
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**French translation as ''Le Triumphe d'Anvers, faict en la susception du Prince Philips'' (Antwerp, 1550)
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References

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