Franciscus Raphelengius

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Frans van Ravelingen, Latinized to Franciscus Raphelengius, (February 27, 1539 — July 20, 1597), was a Flemish-born Dutch scholar, printer and bookseller, based in Leiden. He was the patriarch of the Raphelengius printing family. He held the chair in Hebrew at Leiden from 1587, and also had knowledge of Arabic and Persian. He wrote an Arabic-Latin lexicon, which was published posthumously in 1613. This was said to be the first proper dictionary of the Arabic language.

Raphelengius was born at Lannoy and was the son-in-law of printer Christopher Plantin; he managed the Plantin office in Leiden. He collaborated on the Antwerp Polyglot Bible, and was official printer for the university. His scholarly printing qualities were one of the attractions that drew Joseph Justus Scaliger to Leiden in 1593. Raphelengius died in Leiden.

External links

(Dutch) Some biographical information
Works by or about Franciscus Raphelengius in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
The Arabic type specimen of Franciscus Raphelengius's Plantinian Printing Office

Sources

Fuks, Lajb, et al., Hebrew Typography in the Northern Netherlands, 1585-1815, pages 16–17, BRILL publishers 1984, ISBN 90-04-07056-7

Authority control	VIAF: 73982616 ISNI: 0000 0001 2281 8784 BNF: cb12927437j

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Name	Raphelengius, Franciscus
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Short description	Dutch printer
Date of birth	1539
Place of birth
Date of death	1597
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