Morillon, Antoine
Persons known by name
Morillon, Antoine
Antoine Morillon
- c. 1522–1556-10-9/10 in Leuven
- son of Guy Morillon (†1548), secretary to Charles V, admirer of Erasmus, supporter of the Collegium trilingue in Leuven
- knew Pighius from his studies in Leuven
- worked for Granvelle buying books in Venice,
- in the circle of cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi in Rome
- suggested to Granvelle a list of books to buy or copy
- close collaborator of Jean Matal who calls him "Belga" in 1547 in Vat. lat. 6038, fol. 188r°
- [Cooper 1993: 101]: "Matals principal Flemish collaborator" + [Cooper 1993: 103] "one of his major […] collaborators"
- records to Matal inscriptions from Germany, Venice, Padova, Napoli, Pozzuoli, Brindisi, Sicily
- [Heuser 2003: 94 Fn 3] according to [Cooper 1993: 101, 103, 106, 108] BAV Rom, Vat. lat.
- 6037: 59r,
- 6039: 299–303v, 331–333r, 353r/v–354r, 383v, 443v, 457 r/v
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in the service of Granvelle he went to Venice to buy books and have them binded there.
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In Trento (1546) he made a deep impression on Don Diego Hurtado de Mendoza: "Morrillon es el mejor hombre del mundo; y si el no se quisiesse bolver alla, por mi voluntad, no se yo si le dexare ir. " From May 1548 to October 1551 there are notes of Morillon's studies of antiquities in the correspondence between Hurtado de Mendoza and Granvelle. [Heuser 2003: 95 Fn 3 (cont. from page 94)]
- [Heuser 2003: 111] "Antoine Morillon, der Onkel Philipp van Winghes, war unter den zeitgenössischen Antiquaren in Rom derjenige, der die meisten Beiträge zu Matals Inschriftensammlung leistete.
- Sekundärliteratur zu Morillon: [Schulte 1979: 319, 321, 327f., 335f.]; [Velde 1961: 301]; [Veldo 1966: 25f.]
- [Heuser 2003: 112, Fn. 3]:
- Morillon wrote a letter to Granvelle from Leuven containing an overview on ancient literatur
- in 1547 Morillon wrote an "Index mediorum auctorum secundum artem" for Granvelle
- "Ein Diarium des Humanisten, das wichtige Informationen über sein Itinerar in Italien und den Niederlanden enthalten haben muss, befand sich noch 1642 unter den nachgelassenen Manuskripten seines Neffen, des Kanonikers Jérome van Winghe, in der Kathedralbibliothek von Tournai: [Schulte 1880: 34]; [Even 1899: Sp. 264f.]; [Velde 1966: 30]