© 2010 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands (ISBN: 978-90-04-19209-6) SKETCH OF AN ACCEPTED CHRONOLOGY FOR THE LIFE AND WORKS OF BONAVENTURA VULCANIUS 1538 Bruges Birth in the house of Petrus Vulcanius (1503–1571) and Adrianette Tuwaert. 1545? Diest Under the care of Jan van der Molen (Molanus), headmaster at Diest. 1554 Ghent Under the care of J. Ottho at Ghent. 1555 Louvain Medical Studies. 1557 Cologne Lives with Georg Cassander. 1559 Burgos Secretary and Librarian for Cardinal Franciscus de Mendoza y Bobadilla. 1566 Toledo Secretary and Librarian for Archdeacon Ferdinand de Mendoza. 1571 First return to the Netherlands and wanderings. 1573 Cologne Preceptor for the children of Henricus Sudermann. A Chair of Greek is offered to him. Vulcanius must leave the town after a fight with Regius/Gilbert Roy. Cyrilli Patriarchae Alexandrini liber adversus Anthropomorphitas . Cologne, G. Galenius. 1574 Basel xii sketch of an accepted chronology 1575 Geneva Editor and translator for Henricus Stephanus. Cyrilli Patriarchae Alexandrini de Adoratione in Spiritu et Veritate . Toledo, J. Ayala, preface dated of 1570; Arriani De Expeditione Alexandri Magni . Geneva, Henricus Stephanus. 1576 Basel Lives in the house of Froben. Isidori Hispalensis . Originum libri viginti . Martiani Capellae De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii . Basel, Petrus Perna, sd 1577 Return to the Netherlands. 1577–1581 Antwerp Secretary for Philip Marnix. Travels to Worms and Heidelberg. 1578 Leiden Elected for the Chair of Greek and Latin at the University of Leiden. 1581 Leiden Professor of Greek and Latin in Leiden; Secretary for the University Senate. One trip to Bruges. 1584 Leiden Sale of some books to the University Library. Callimachi Hymni et Epigrammata, cum Moschi, ac Bionis edijlijs reddita . Antwerp, Chr. Plantin; Josephi Scaligeri, Jul. Caes. F., Paroemiae verteres, Graecis versibus comprehensae, Leiden, J. Paedts. 1586 Leiden Cornelii Aurelii Batavia . Antwerp, Chr. Plantin. 1588 Leiden L. Apulei De Deo Socratis . Leiden, Franciscus Raphelengius; Constantini Porphyrogennetae De Thematibus. Leiden, Franciscus Raphelengius. sketch of an accepted chronology xiii 1591 Leiden Aristoteles De Mundo . Leiden, Franciscus Raphelengius. 1594 Leiden L. Apulei Opera Omnia . Leiden, Franciscus Raphelengius; Agathiae . De Imperio et Rebus Gestis Iustiniani Imperatoris . Leiden, Franciscus Raphelengius. 1595 Leiden Nili Archiepiscopi Thessalonicensis De Primatu Papae Romani . Leiden, Franciscus Raphelengius. 1597 Leiden Iornandes De Getarum sive Gothorum Origine et rebus Gestis. Leiden, Franciscus Raphelengius; De literis et lingua Getarum sive Gothorum, Leiden, Franciscus Raphe- lengius; Theophylacti Simocatu Expraefecti Problemata,Leiden, J. Paedts. 1600 Leiden L. Apulei Opera Omnia . Leiden, Christophorus Raphelengius. Thesaurus utriusque linguae . Glossaria Latino-Graeca et Graeco- Latina . Leiden, J. Paedts. 1605 Leiden Cyrilli Archiepiscopi Alexandrini liber adversus Anthropomorphitas . Leiden, J. Paedts. 1610 Leiden Sale of part of Vulcanius’ library: auction catalogue kept at the Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum te ‘s Gravenhage. 1612 Leiden Poemata et Effigies Trium fratrum Belgarum, Leiden, L. Elzevier. 6 October 1614 Leiden Death in Leiden. His brother Franciscus Vulcanius sells part of the library and papers to the University Library..