Martinus Nutius or Martin Nuyts was the name of three successive printer-booksellers in 16th and 17th-century Antwerp. Collectively, they were active from 1540 to 1638.

Martinus Nutius I

Martinus Nutius Meranus (1515—1558) was born at Meer, near

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, and sometimes went by the name Vermeere ("of Meer"). He became a burgher of Antwerp on 31 December 1544, having been a member of Antwerp's

Guild of St Luke The Guild of Saint Luke was the most common name for a city guild for painters and other artists in early modern Europe, especially in the Low Countries. They were named in honor of the Evangelist Luke, the patron saint of artists, who was iden ...

since 1540.

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, "Nutius (Martin)", ''

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vol. 16
(Brussels, 1901), 11-12. In 1541 his address was ''In Sint Jacob, naest die Gulden panne, op die pleijne van de Iseren waghe''. In 1543 he was ''buyten die Camerpoorte in den Gulden Eenhoren'', in 1544, at the sign of the Fox, and from 1546, ''in de twee Oeyvaerts'' (the two storks) on the Corte Camerstraet. His

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became two storks, one carrying a fish or an eel to the other (a needle replaced the fish or eel from 1552). His motto was ''Pietas homini tutissima virtus'' (''Piety is the most secure virtue for men''). Nutius's output as a printer included an unusual number of works in

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. He was married to Marie Borrewater, who ran the family business as "Widow of Martinus Nutius" from 1558 to 1564, when their son

Philippus Nutius Philippus Nutius or Nuyts (1597—1661) was a 17th-century Flemish Jesuit. Life Nutius was born in Antwerp on 8 March 1597, the son of the bookseller Martinus Nutius II and Anna Templaers.Émile Van Arenbergh, "Nutius (Philippe)", '' Biographie ...

took over the shop.

Publications

Juan Boscán Almogáver Joan Boscà i Almogàver (, es, Juan Boscán Almogávar; 1490 – 21 September 1542), was a Spanish poet who incorporated hendecasyllable verses into Spanish. Biography The exact date of birth for Boscà is unclear, but there is a consensus tha ...

and Garcilaso de la Vega, ''Las Obras de boscan y algunas de Garcilasso de la Vega repartidas en quatro libros'' 545* Agustin de Zárate, ''Historia del descubrimiento y conquista del Peru'' (1555)

Martinus Nutius II

Martinus Nutius II (1553—1608) was the younger son of Martin Nutius and Marie Borrewater, and younger brother to

. He became associated with his brother in the family business from 1579, and took it over completely after his brother's death in 1586. He joined the Guild of St Luke in 1587.

, "Martin Nutius II", ''

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vol. 16
(Brussels, 1901), 13-14. On 23 April 1589 he married Anna Templaers. Their children were Martin (born 1594), Philippus (born 1597), Maria (born 1601), Michel (born 1603), and Jean-Baptiste (born 1606). The younger Nutius was the printer of

Jerome Nadal Jérôme Nadal, SJ (in Spanish: Jerónimo Nadal) was born on 11 August 1507 in Palma De Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands, Spain, and died on 3 April 1580 in Rome. He was a Spanish Jesuit priest in the first generation of the companions of St. Ig ...

's ''Evangelicae Historiae Imagines'' (1593), a project in which

Christopher Plantin Christophe Plantin ( nl, Christoffel Plantijn; – 1 July 1589) was a French Renaissance humanist and book printer and publisher who resided and worked in Antwerp. Life Plantin was born in France, probably in Saint-Avertin, near the city ...

, who died in 1589, had originally been involved. He died on 18 March 1608. The business was carried on under the name "Heirs of Martin Nutius", but as his oldest child was still only 14 at the time of his death, others must also have been involved. From 1614 to 1618 the imprint was "Heirs of Martin Nutius with Jean Meursius", returning to "Heirs of Martin Nutius" from 1618 to 1623.

Publications

, ''Evangelicae historiae imagines'' (1593) * Jerome Nadal, ''Adnotationes et meditationes in evangelia'' (1595) * Jerome Nadal, ''Evangelicae historiae imagines'' (third edition, 1596) *

Balthazar Ayala Balthazar Ayala (1548–1584) was a military judge in the Habsburg Netherlands during the opening decades of the Eighty Years' War who wrote an influential treatise on the law of war. Life Ayala was born in Antwerp in 1548, the son of a Spanish cl ...

, ''De jure et officiis bellicis et disciplina militari'' (second edition, 1597) * Jean Bosquet, ''La Réduction de la ville de Bone'' (1599) *

Diego de Torres Bollo Diego is a Spanish masculine given name. The Portuguese equivalent is Diogo. The name also has several patronymic derivations, listed below. The etymology of Diego is disputed, with two major origin hypotheses: ''Tiago'' and ''Didacus''. ...

, ''De rebus Peruanis'', translated by John Hay (1604) * ''De rebus Japonicis, Indicis et Peruanis epistolae recentiores'', translated by John Hay (1605)De rebus (1605)
on Google Books.

Martinus Nutius III

Martinus Nutius III (1594—1638) was the oldest son of Martinus Nutius II. He was received as a master in the Guild of St Luke in 1613 but continued to work under the imprint "Heirs of Martin Nutius" until 1623. On 24 November 1618 he married Catherine Galle, daughter of

Theodore Galle Dirck or Theodoor Galle (16 July 1571 – 18 December 1633) was a Flemish Baroque engraver. Biography He learned the art of engraving from his father Philip Galle. He married Catharina Moerentorff (Moretus), daughter of the prominent printer ...

and Catherine Moerentorf (daughter of

Jan Moretus Jan Moretus, also John Moerentorf or Joannes Moretus (2 May 1543 – 22 September 1610), was a Flemish printer who was an apprentice for Christophe Plantin, married his daughter, and later inherited the printing business on his father-in-law ...

and granddaughter of Christopher Plantin). Later, on 29 April 1635, he married Catherine Galle, daughter of Michel Galle.

, "Martin Nutius III", ''

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vol. 16
(Brussels, 1901), 14-15. Nutius was the printer of the first nine volumes of

Cornelius a Lapide Cornelius Cornelii à Lapide (''né'' Cornelis Cornelissen van den Steen; 18 December 1567 – 12 March 1637) was a Flemish Catholic priest. He was a Jesuit and exegete of scripture. Life He was born at Bocholt, in Belgian Limburg. He stud ...

's biblical commentaries. The tenth volume was printed by his heirs in 1639, and the final, eleventh volume by Joannes Meursius in 1643. On 15 November 1638,

Balthasar Moretus Balthasar Moretus or Balthasar I Moretus (23 July 1574 – 6 July 1641) was a Flemish printer and head of the Officina Plantiniana, the printing company established by his grandfather Christophe Plantin in Antwerp in 1555. He was the son of Martin ...

wrote to the bookseller Balthazar Bellerus, in Douai, asking him to take Nutius's oldest son, Martin, as an apprentice. Bellerus declined on 23 November, predicting that there would be no future for the boy in the book trade.

Publications

, ''Commentaria in Pentateuchum Mosis'' (1618), as "Heirs of Martin Nutius I * Cornelius a Lapide, ''Commentaria in quatuor prophetas maiores'' (1622) * Carolus Scribani, ''Politicus-Christianus'' (1624) * Cornelius a Lapide, ''Commentaria duodecim prophetas minores'' (1625) * Cornelius a Lapide, ''Commentaria in Omnes Divi Pauli Epistolas'' (1627) * ''S. Norbert'' (1627), a Jesuit school drama about the life of

Norbert of Xanten Norbert of Xanten, O. Praem (c. 1075 – 6 June 1134) (Xanten-Magdeburg), also known as Norbert Gennep, was a bishop of the Catholic Church, founder of the Premonstratensian order of canons regular, and is venerated as a saint. Norbert was ca ...

.S. Norbert (1627)
on Google Books. * Jacobus Tirinus, ''Commentarius in Vetus et Novum Testamentum'' (1632)

References

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