See also:

• JEAN

JEAN JACQUES See also:

• JEAN JACQUES BOISSARD (1528-16oz)

BOISSARD (1528-16oz)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• ANTIQUARY

antiquary and Latin poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BESANCON

Besancon . He studied at See also:

• LOUVAIN (Flem. Leuven)

Louvain; but, disgusted by the severity of his See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master, he secretly See also:

• LEFT

left that See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary, and after traversing a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany reached See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, where he remained several years and was often reduced to great straits . His See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence in Italy See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed in his mind a See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for antiquities, and he soon formed a collection of the most curious monuments from See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome and its vicinity . He then visited the .islands of the See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

Archipelago, with the intention of travelling through See also:

• GREECE

Greece, but a severe illness obliged him to return to Rome . Here he resumed his favourite pursuits with great ardour, and having completed his collection, returned to his native See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country; but not being permitted to profess publicly the See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion, which he had embraced some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time before, he withdrew to See also:

• METZ

Metz, where he died on the 30th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1602 . His most important See also:

• WORKS

works are: Poemata (1574); Emblemata (1584); Icones Virorum Illustrium (1597) ; Vitae et Icones Sultanorum Turcicorum, &c . (1597); Theatrum Vitae Humanae (1596); Romanae Urbis Topographia (1597—1602), now very rare; De Divinatione et Magicis Praestigiis (16o5); Habitus Variarum Orbis Gentium (1581), ornamented with seventy illuminated figures .