Description: ARIAS MONTANUS Benedictus, Antwerp 1572
Caption: Two engraving from Arias Montanus, Benito “Antiquitatum Iudicarum Libri IX”. Benito Arias Montano or Benedictus Arias Montanus (1527-1598), Spanish orientalist and editor of the Antwerp Polyglot, was born at Fregenal de la Sierra, in Extremadura, in 1527. After studying at the universities of Seville and Alcala, he took orders about the year 1559. He became a clerical member of the Military Order of St. James, and accompanied the Bishop of Segovia to the Council of Trent (1562) where he won great distinction. 11 x 9 inch