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22: 202: 132:. At the death of his father in 1650, he returned briefly to Amsterdam to oversee the shipping of his father's library to Stockholm. He determined to leave Sweden in 1654, and after Christina abdicated upon her conversion to 165:, and became residentiary canon at Windsor in 1673, a post he held until 1688, shortly before his death. In the later stage of his life, his interests turned to mathematics and natural history. 109:
and beginning his lifelong collecting of manuscripts and books before he returned to Amsterdam in 1644 to take up a position as city librarian.
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P.R. Sellin, 2004. "Isaac Vossius and his Circle: His Life until his Farewell to Queen Christina of Sweden, 1618–1655" in
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from an early age. In 1641, he undertook a European tour, in which he visited England, France and Italy (notably
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After his brilliant, though at times controversial, career of scholarship in Sweden, Vossius went to
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Isaac Vossius and his circle, His life until his farewell to Queen Christina of Sweden, 1618-1655
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on his deathbed, it was reported, until reminded that to do so would reflect unfavorably on the
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in the world (Massil 2003). He had a contemporary reputation for eccentricity, refusing the
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VCF, VCQ, VCO – medical, pharmaceutical and alchemical manuscripts, folio, quarto and octo.
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Steven Massil, 2003. "Immigrant librarians in Britain: Huguenots and Some Others"
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VGG F, VGG Q – Germano-Gallico (Germanic and Romance languages) folio and quarto
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After his death, his heirs sold his library of books and manuscripts to the
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as his amanuensis. There he enriched the library that had been founded by
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He was raised in the atmosphere of a scholarly household, familiar with
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to take up a position as her court librarian, and was accompanied by
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Günther Thomann (1998). "Isaac Vossius". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.).
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are catalogued under shelfmarks identifying his collection:
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The Cambridge History of English and American Literature
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Castigationes ad scriptum Georgii Hornii de ætate mundi
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Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)
70:. Isaak formed what was accounted the best private 326: 456: 324: 353:Brief sketch of Vossius' intellectual milieu. 180:VLF, VLQ, VLO – Latin folio, quarto and octo 124:, partly as booty of war from the library of 183:VGF, VGQ, VGO – Greek folio, quarto and octo 374:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 412:Oratio de De Vossiorum Juniorumque Familia 303:The history of the Royal Society of London 284: 234:(in Latin). Den Haag: Adriaen Vlacq. 1663. 251:Observationum ad Pomponium Melam appendix 186:VMI – miscellenae (mixed Latin and Greek) 200: 112:In 1648, he went to Sweden, summoned by 20: 254:(in Latin). London: Robert Scott. 1686. 244:(in Latin). London: Robert Scott. 1685. 457: 439:(1659) - full digital facsimile from 299: 218:De poematum cantu et viribus rhythmi 446:The Correspondence of Isaac Vossius 285:Munkhammar, Lars (16 August 1998). 13: 422:A History of Classical Scholarship 379: 84:St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle 14: 516: 428: 371:Dictionary of National Biography 146:. In 1664 Vossius was elected a 86:, to which chapter he belonged. 407:, June 2004, pp. 720–722. 306:. London: A. Millar. pp.  293: 278: 157:in 1670, received a degree in 1: 480:17th-century writers in Latin 424:, volume ii (Cambridge, 1908) 318: 500:Fellows of the Royal Society 389:. Groningen, Forsten, 2000. 241:Variarum observationum liber 222:Variarum observationum liber 214:De septuaginta interpretibus 43:– 21 February 1689 in 26:Variarum observationum liber 7: 259: 148:Fellow of the Royal Society 10: 521: 231:De motu marium et ventorum 206:De motu marium et ventorum 401:English Historical Review 93:, ancient geography, and 485:Dutch classical scholars 271: 196: 172:. Still today, the 729 58: 35:, sometimes anglicised 16:Dutch classical scholar 365:"Vossius, Isaac"  300:Birch, Thomas (1756). 266:Coenraad van Beuningen 209: 68:Gerhard Johann Vossius 63:He was the son of the 29: 495:Dutch music theorists 410:Jan Willem De Crane, 212:He was the author of 204: 136:, he followed her to 24: 170:University of Leiden 475:People from Leiden 441:Linda Hall Library 210: 130:Claudius Salmasius 45:Windsor, Berkshire 30: 505:Canons of Windsor 122:Gustavus Adolphus 118:Cornelius Tollius 512: 490:Dutch librarians 414:(Francker, 1821) 375: 367: 344: 332: 312: 311: 297: 291: 290: 282: 255: 245: 235: 174:Codices Vossiani 520: 519: 515: 514: 513: 511: 510: 509: 455: 454: 431: 382: 380:Further reading 362: 341: 321: 316: 315: 298: 294: 283: 279: 274: 262: 248: 238: 228: 199: 143:Codex Argenteus 114:Queen Christina 61: 17: 12: 11: 5: 518: 508: 507: 502: 497: 492: 487: 482: 477: 472: 467: 453: 452: 443: 430: 429:External links 427: 426: 425: 415: 408: 397: 381: 378: 377: 376: 360: 354: 345: 339: 320: 317: 314: 313: 292: 276: 275: 273: 270: 269: 268: 261: 258: 257: 256: 246: 236: 198: 195: 194: 193: 190: 187: 184: 181: 60: 57: 47:) was a Dutch 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 517: 506: 503: 501: 498: 496: 493: 491: 488: 486: 483: 481: 478: 476: 473: 471: 468: 466: 463: 462: 460: 451: 447: 444: 442: 438: 437: 433: 432: 423: 419: 416: 413: 409: 406: 402: 398: 396: 395:90-6980-132-9 392: 388: 384: 383: 373: 372: 366: 361: 358: 355: 352: 350: 346: 342: 340:3-88309-072-7 336: 331: 330: 323: 322: 309: 305: 304: 296: 288: 281: 277: 267: 264: 263: 253: 252: 247: 243: 242: 237: 233: 232: 227: 226: 225: 223: 219: 215: 207: 203: 191: 188: 185: 182: 179: 178: 177: 175: 171: 166: 164: 160: 156: 151: 149: 145: 144: 139: 135: 131: 127: 123: 119: 115: 110: 108: 104: 100: 96: 92: 87: 85: 81: 77: 73: 69: 66: 56: 54: 50: 46: 42: 38: 34: 33:Isaak Vossius 27: 23: 19: 435: 421: 418:J. E. Sandys 411: 404: 400: 386: 369: 348: 328: 302: 295: 280: 250: 240: 230: 221: 220:(1673), and 217: 213: 211: 205: 173: 167: 152: 141: 111: 107:Hugo Grotius 103:James Ussher 88: 62: 51:scholar and 36: 32: 31: 25: 18: 470:1689 deaths 465:1618 births 385:F.F. Blok: 150:in London. 134:Catholicism 55:collector. 49:philologist 459:Categories 359:(pdf file) 319:References 53:manuscript 37:Isaac Voss 159:civil law 76:sacrament 39:(1618 in 260:See also 224:(1685). 216:(1661), 138:Brussels 99:Florence 65:humanist 155:England 72:library 393:  337:  208:, 1663 163:Oxford 126:Prague 95:Arabic 80:canons 41:Leiden 28:, 1685 272:Notes 197:Works 161:from 91:Greek 450:EMLO 391:ISBN 335:ISBN 105:and 59:Life 448:in 405:119 308:415 82:of 461:: 420:, 403:, 368:. 343:. 310:. 289:.

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Leiden
Windsor, Berkshire
philologist
manuscript
humanist
Gerhard Johann Vossius
library
sacrament
canons
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Greek
Arabic
Florence
James Ussher
Hugo Grotius
Queen Christina
Cornelius Tollius
Gustavus Adolphus
Prague
Claudius Salmasius
Catholicism
Brussels
Codex Argenteus
Fellow of the Royal Society
England
civil law
Oxford
University of Leiden

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