José Ruysschaert

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José Ruysschaert (born June 11, 1914 in Renaix , † January 9, 1993 in Vatican City ) was a Belgian librarian.

Life

Ordained priest of the Tournai diocese in 1939 and graduated from the University of Leuven in 1947 . Two years later, his thesis was published. From 1949 he was the Latin scribe of the Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana and published, among other things, the catalog of manuscripts of the Roman College of the Society of Jesus. From 1965 he became vice-prefect, but in March 1971, due to the successor to Alfons Raes, prefect since 1962, Alfons Maria Stickler preferred. He was also a teacher at the Scuola Vaticana di Paleografia, Diplomatica e Archivistica and retired in 1984.

He published numerous and authoritative studies, particularly in the fields of Christian archeology, library history, and miniature history. He was also a member of the Comité International de Paléographie Latin and since 1976 a member of the Società romana di storia patria . He left his library and documents to the Fondazione Ezio Franceschini in Florence.

Fonts (selection)

  • Juste Lipse et les Annales de Tacite. Une méthode de critique textuelle au XVIe siècle . Lions 1949, OCLC 25388242 .
  • Les manuscrits de l'Abbaye de Nonantola. Table de concordance annotée et index des manuscrits . Rome 1955, OCLC 977722034 .
  • Libri manoscritti e stampati del Belgio nella Biblioteca Vaticana secoli IX-XVII . Rome 1979, OCLC 969625493 .
  • Les frères Andreoli relieurs des Chigi . Rome 1992, OCLC 716590006 .

literature

  • as editor Jozef IJsewijn : Roma humanistica. Studia in honorem revi adm. Dni Dni Iosaei Ruysschaert . Leuven 1985, ISBN 90-6186-184-5 .
  • Giulio Battelli : José Ruysschaert . in: Studi romani . 41,3 / 4 (1993), pp. 317-318, ISSN  0039-2995 .
  • Giulio Battelli: José Ruysschaert (1914-1993) . in: Archivio della Società romana di storia patria . 117 (1994), pp. 278-279, ISSN  0391-6952 .

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personal data
SURNAME Ruysschaert, José
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian librarian
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Renaix
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1993
Place of death Vatican city