Barthélémy Aneau
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Barthélémy Aneau was a French poet and humanist. He is known for his novel Alector, ou le Coq, and his work on emblem
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He born in Bourges. He taught rhetoric, and became principal of the Collège de la Trinité in Lyon
, from 1542.
He wrote both French and Latin poetry. His works include:
He was killed in 1561, during riots in Lyon, in or near the College. He was suspected of Protestantism.
Emblem book
Emblem books are a category of mainly didactic illustrated book printed in Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries, typically containing a number of emblematic images with explanatory text....
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He born in Bourges. He taught rhetoric, and became principal of the Collège de la Trinité in Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, from 1542.
He wrote both French and Latin poetry. His works include:
- a French verse translation of the emblem bookEmblem bookEmblem books are a category of mainly didactic illustrated book printed in Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries, typically containing a number of emblematic images with explanatory text....
of Andre Alciato (Lyon, 1549); - Quintil Horatian (Lyons, 1551), anonymous attack on Joachim du BellayJoachim du BellayJoachim du Bellay was a French poet, critic, and a member of the Pléiade.-Biography:He was born at the Château of La Turmelière, not far from Liré, near Angers, being the son of Jean du Bellay, Lord of Gonnor, first cousin of the cardinal Jean du Bellay and of Guillaume du Bellay.Both his parents...
- a Latin poem Picta poesis (1552), called Imagination poétique in his own French translation;
- Alector ou le Coq, a fantasy story (Lyon, 1560).
He was killed in 1561, during riots in Lyon, in or near the College. He was suspected of Protestantism.