Right Lipse

Right Lipse , Joost Lips or Justus Lipsius, born with Overijse (Duché of the Brabant) the October 18th 1547 and deceased with Leuwen the March 24th 1606, is a Philologue and Humaniste which lived in what was then the Spanish Netherlands, future Belgium.

Great nephew of the scholar Martin Lipse, died in 1555, Juste Lipse made his studies with Brussels, Ath and the college of the Jésuites of Cologne from where his/her parents withdrew it, for fear it did not enter to the Jesuits, to send it to grant its Leuwen, but it preferred to be directed towards the humanities. He followed, as secretary, the cardinal of Granvelle to Rome where he followed the courses of Marc-Antoine Muret with which its extraordinary memory enabled him soon to compete.

He returned to Leuwen and travelled, sharing his life between the studies, teaching and the pleasures. He converts with the Luthéranisme, but its works political Considérations and especially Of una religione , in which he preached the need for a Religion single and exclusive, seemed advances made with the catholic party and made it suspect to the eyes of reformed. It then solved to leave the Holland, and under pretext of disease, it went to Spa, from where it sent its resignation of the Université of Leyde. In 1591, it publicly made act of accession to the Catholic religion.

In spite of the many offers of posts of teacher arriving of all the Europe, it preferred the town of Leuwen. It became also Historiographe of Philippe II of Spain and adviser of the archduke Albert. It published many works on very diverse subjects, religion, Politique, Philosophie, Antiquité. It also left a very vast correspondence.

One says that it was, to the daily newspaper, pleasant, in spite of accesses of melancholy. He hated the Musique, but loved much the dogs and the flowers, mainly the tulips. This is why Rubens represented it with tulips behind him and its dog Saphir with its feet.

He died of a liver disease.

The seat of the Conseil of the European Union to Brussels bears its name because a street Juste Lipse was at this place until the construction of this building in 1985. A massive bust of Right Lipse is in the hall of the building of the Council.

Works translated into of French

Treated Constancy of Just. Lipsius, to which, in the shape of familiar estimate, is discoursed of the afflictions & mainly of the public ones, & as it is necessary to solve to support them , Tours, Claude de Montrœil and Jean Richer, 1594
Histoire of Notre-Dame de Hal , Brussels-Ostend, CH. - J. - has. Greuse, 1859
the new correspondence of Right Lipse preserved at the Museum Plantin-Moretus , Antwerp, Vereeniging der Antwerpsche Bibliophielen Vrijdagmarkt, 1964
the two books of constancy: esquels in the shape of familiar estimate is discoursed of the afflictions, and mainly of public, and as it is necessary to solve to support them , Traduction anonymous of Latin, edition of Turns, 1592, Paris, Noxia, 2000
new Lettres of Right Lipse, concerning its Relations with the Statesmen of the provinces *Unis of the Netherlands, mainly during the years 1580-1597 , Amsterdam, C.G van der Post, 1858
Traité constancy ED. Lucien Of Wood, Brussels, C. Muquardt, 1873
Of constancy , Paris, Gilles Robinot, 1606
Works , Ghent, Vyt, 1886

Latin works

Hortorum lib. IV. Cum Disputatione of will cultura hortensi. Joan. Meursii wire. Arboretum sacrum. Angeli Politiani Rusticus. Adhaec Lipsii Light hortenses and Lazari Bonamici Carmen Of vita rustica , ED. Rene Painter, Ultrajecti, Apud J. Ribbium, 1672
I. Lipsi Satvrnalivm sermonvm libri dvo, which gladiatoribus , Lvgdvni Batavorvm, Ex officina Plantiniana, apud Franciscum Raphelengium, 1590
Iusti Lipsi Epistolae Leave III, 1588-1590 Eas ediderunt, adnotatione critica instruxerunt, notisque illustrarunt Sylvette Sué & Hugo Peeters, Brussel, Koninklijke Academie voor wetenschappen, letteren in schone kunsten van België, 1987
Iusti Lipsi Epistolae quam curavit edendam Jeanine De Landtsheer, Brussel, Koninklijke Academie voor wetenschappen, letteren in schone kunsten van België, 1994

Iusti Lipsi saturnalium sermonum libri duet, which gladiatoribus , Antverpiae, Ex officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum, 1604,1598
Iusti Lipsis Epistolae Pars XIII, 1600 , Brussel, Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor wetenschappen in kunsten, 2000
Of amphitheatro liber: in quo formed ipsa loci expressa, and ratio spectandi, cum aeneis figuris , Lugduni, Batavorum, Ex officina Christophori Plantini, 1584
Justi Lipsi of amphitheatris quae extra Romam libellus: in quo formae eorum aliquot & typi , Antverpiae, apud CH. Plantinum, 1584
Iusti Lipsi Saturnalium sermonum libri duet: who of gladiatoribus , ED. Jan Moretus, Antverpiae, ex officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum, 1604
Iusti Lipsi de Cruce: profanamque AD sacram historiam useful , ED. Jan Moretus, Antverpiae, ex officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum, 1593

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