Jan Thieullier (active in the early 17th century) was a Flemish poet, residing in

Mechelen Mechelen (; french: Malines ; traditional English name: MechlinMechelen has been known in English as ''Mechlin'', from where the adjective ''Mechlinian'' is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical contex ...

, about whom very little is known.

Life

Thieullier was a

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who has been said to have been born in Mechelen, but the evidence for this is unclear.C. Debaive, "Thieullier (Jean)", ''

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'', vol. 24 (Brussels, 1929), 920–923. In January 1617 he was dean of the Mechelen

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the

Peoene The Peoene (Peony), also known as the Sint-Jansgilde (Guild of St John), was a chamber of rhetoric dating back to the 15th century in Mechelen. History The oldest mention of the Peoene is in a city accounts book from 1472. The guild took part in ' ...

(the Peony). On 24 May 1619 his son, Wilhelmus, was baptized in St. Rumbold's Cathedral. As dean of the Peoene Thieullier was one of the organisers of the ''blazoenfeest'' (a rhetoric competition) hosted in Mechelen on 3 May 1620. Participants in the competition came from as far afield as

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and Haarlem. As part of the event, a play was performed which Thieullier had written for the occasion: ''Porphyre en Cyprine''. This was the first pastoral tragedy in the Netherlandish tradition of "rhetorical" drama. It was printed in 1621.

Works

''Porphyre en Cyprine treur-spel verthoont by de redenrijcke gulde die Peoen binnen Mechelen'' (Mechelen,

Henry Jaye Henry Jaye (died 1643) was an English Catholic exile in the Southern Netherlands. He became printer to the city of Mechelen. Life The earliest record of Jaye is in 1606, when the English ambassador in Brussels, Sir Thomas Edmondes, had him sum ...

, 1621)
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Thieullier also wrote commendatory verses for Richard Verstegan's ''Neder-Duytsche Epigrammen'' (Mechelen, Henry Jaye, 1617) and for

Willem van Nieuwelandt Willem or Guiliam van Nieulandt, sometimes Nieuwelandt (1584–1635) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, engraver, poet and playwright from Antwerp. Biography His father Adrien van Nieulandt the elder was born to a family of artists of Flemish orig ...

's ''Claudius Domitius Nero'' (1618) and ''Poema vanden mensch'' (1621).

References

External links

Author page
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thieullier, Jan Flemish poets Flemish writers (before 1830) Poets of the Spanish Netherlands 17th-century male writers Dramatists and playwrights of the Spanish Netherlands Writers from Mechelen Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Silversmiths