Médaille - Des grands hommes de la Belgique Rembert Dodoens ND
| Bronze | 42.1 g | 46.4 mm |
| Location | Belgium |
|---|---|
| King | Leopold I (1831-1865) |
| Type | Commemorative medals › Personality medals |
| Years | 1848-1850 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 42.1 g |
| Diameter | 46.4 mm |
| Thickness | 4.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#310198 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 95% |
Reverse
In the upper field, engravings of five books, a vase filled with flowers and a snake symbolizing medicine.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
FLORUM HISTORIÆ
STIRP. HIST.
LA BELGIQUE
OÙ L’ON AIME TANT LES FLEURS,
S’HONORE D’AVOIR VU NAÎTRE
DODONAEUS QUI FIT FAIRE A LA
BOTANIQUE SES PREMIERS PROGRÈS.
1554, IL PUBLIE SON HERBIER A ANVERS.
1568, IL REFUSE LA PLACE DE MÉDECIN
DE LA COUR A MADRID. 1574, IL ACCEPTE
CELLE DE MÉDECIN DE MAXIMILIEN II
ET SE REND À VIENNE. 1580, IL
REVIENT DANS SA PATRIE ALORS
DÉSOLÉE PAR LA GUERRE ET
BIENTÔT IL VA PROFESSER
LA MÉDECINE À LEYDE
OÙ IL MEURT EN
1585.
Engraver: Adolphe Jouvenel
Edge
Plain
Comment
Rembert Dodoens was a Flemish botanist and physician born in 1518 in Mechelen and died in 1585 in Leiden.He was the author of a famous work on medicinal plants, a Flemish edition entitled "Cruydeboeck", published in 1554 and translated into French three years later by Charles de l'Ecluse under the title "Histoire des plantes".
From 1848 to 1850, Adolphe-Christian Jouvenel engraved and published in Brussels a collection of 25 bronze medals in 45 mm modules, depicting portraits of "The great men of Belgium". At the time, each medal was sold for 4 Belgian francs.
34 mm bronze or brass tokens reproducing some of these medals were also engraved to, according to the prospectus of the time, bring this publication within everyone's reach, with a more democratic selling price of 50 centimes.
