Claudius Salmasius
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Claude Saumaise, also known by the Latin name Claudius Salmasius, was a French classical scholar.
Dissertatio de foenore trapezitico, 1640
Portrait by David Bailly
De usuris liber, 1638
Gerardus Vossius
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Gerrit Janszoon Vos, often known by his Latin name Gerardus Vossius, was a Dutch classical scholar, theologian, and polymath.
Claudius Salmasius
…highly personal and widely known, and Heinsius as university librarian refused him access to the books he wished to consult. Salmasius had an ally in Gerardus Vossius, on religious grounds. Following his polemical Defensio regia of 1649, a flattering invitation from Queen Christina induced him to visit Sweden in 1650…
Gerrit Johan Vossius