page_title: Jacobus Latomus
hierarchical_section_title: Jacobus Latomus
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: IdentificatieTitel(s): Portret van Jacobus LatomusJacobus Latomus theologus. (titel op object)Serie portretten van vijftiende- en zestiende-eeuwse geleerden (serietitel)Objecttype: prent Objectnummer: RP-P-1907-5608Opschriften / Merken: verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228Omschrijving: Rechtsonder genummerd C3.VervaardigingVervaardiger: prentmaker: Robert Boissard (vermeld op object)Plaats vervaardiging: FrankrijkDatering: 1597 - 1599Materiaal: papier Techniek: graveren (drukprocedé)Afmetingen: plaatrand: h 140 mm (Onduidelijke plaatrand.) × b 107 mm (Onduidelijke plaatrand.)ToelichtingMogelijk prent uit: Boissard, Jean-Jacques; Bry, Theodoor de; e.a. Bibliotheca sive thesaurus virtutis et gloriae in quo continentur illustrium eruditione et doctrina virorum effigies et vitae (...). Frankfurt: Guilielmi Fitzeri, 1628.OnderwerpWat: historical personsbookrodents: squirrel - FF fabulous animals (sometimes wrongly called 'grotesques'); 'Mostri' (Ripa)Wie: Jacobus LatomusVerwerving en rechtenVerwerving: onbekend 2006Copyright: Publiek domein
context_page_description: Jacobus Latomus was a Flemish theologian, a distinguished member of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Leuven. Latomus was a theological adviser to the Inquisition, and his exchange with William Tyndale is particularly noted. The general focus of his academic work centered on opposing Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation, supporting the divine right of the papacy and the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church.Etymology: Latinized Latomus = Masson from Greek lā-tómos 'stone-cutter, quarryman', thus 'mason'.
context_section_description: Jacobus Latomus (or Jacques Masson) (ca. 1475, Cambron – 29 May 1544, Leuven) was a Flemish theologian, a distinguished member of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Leuven. Latomus was a theological adviser to the Inquisition, and his exchange with William Tyndale is particularly noted. The general focus of his academic work centered on opposing Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation, supporting the divine right of the papacy and the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church.Etymology: Latinized Latomus = Masson from Greek lā-tómos 'stone-cutter, quarryman', thus 'mason'.
caption: Jacobus Latomus from Boissard's Bibliotheca chalcographica (1669)
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