H. D. L. Vervliet Explained

Hendrik Désiré Louis 'Dis' Vervliet (Antwerp, 31 December 1923 – August 2020) was a Belgian librarian and historian of books and printing.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Life

Vervliet was born into a working-class family and received a doctorate in classical philology in 1955.[9] In his career, Vervliet worked as deputy director of the Museum Plantin-Moretus, professor and librarian of the University of Antwerp[10] [11] and as professor of book and library history of the University of Amsterdam.[12] [13] [14] In 1968 he became a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts in the humanities class. His wife was Irma Regemortels (1928-2006), also a librarian.[15]

Work

In his writing on the history of books, Vervliet was particularly known for his work on printing in the sixteenth century in France, Belgium and the Netherlands,[16] [17] [18] and the work of Robert Granjon.[19] [20] [21] [22] [23] In 2013, Ton Croiset van Uchelen wrote that he "is now generally recognised as the authority on the sixteenth-century typefaces of Western Europe."

After retiring, Vervliet published extensively, in his eighties completing publishing two large volumes on printing in the French renaissance. In his nineties he additionally completed a book on Granjon's floral ornaments, and then a book covering Granjon's entire career published at the age of 94. Returning to the topic of civilité types, which he had published on at the start of his career, at the time of his death he had recently published a paper extending his earlier research on the types of Philippe Danfrie and was working on another paper on Granjon's civilité types.[24] [25] [26]

A festschrift was published for Vervliet in 1988.[27]

Notes and References

  1. Rouzet . Anne . Vervliet (Hendrik D. L.). Cyrillic and Oriental Typography in Rome at the End of the Sixteenth Century. An Inquiry into the Later Work of Robert Granjon (1578-90) . Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire . 1986 . 64 . 2 . 420–421 . 2 July 2020.
  2. Web site: Hendrik Désiré Louis Vervliet . . 2 July 2020.
  3. Book: Hendrik D. Vervliet. Post-Incunabula en Hun Uitgevers in de Lage Landen/Post-Incunabula and Their Publishers in the Low Countries. 6 December 2012. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-94-009-8828-6. 11.
  4. Web site: Simons . Ludo . Hendrik D.L. Vervliet (1923–2020) . Plantin Institute of Typography . 6 September 2020.
  5. ExquisiteFonts. Blokland. Frank E.. Frank E. Blokland. 1291624230816296960 . 7 August 2020 . Typographic scholar Prof.dr. Hendrik Désiré Louis Vervliet passed away yesterday at the age of 96. The importance of his research and numerous monumental publications cannot be overemphasized. Without his kind help 25 years ago, DTL VandenKeere would have never been accomplished. .
  6. Johnston . Alastair . Hendrik Désiré Louis Vervliet: An Appreciation . . 2020 . 682–685.
  7. Lane . John A. . John A. Lane. Hendrik D. L. Vervliet and the context of his work on the history of printing types . Journal of the Printing Historical Society . 2021 . 7–22.
  8. Kemp . William . In memoriam Hendrik Vervliet (1923-2020) . Réforme, Humanisme, Renaissance . 19 May 2021 . N° 92 . 1 . 17–27 . 10.3917/rhren.092.0017. 236356951 .
  9. Web site: Members . . 10 August 2020.
  10. Vervliet . H.D.L. . Libraries and Librarianship in Belgium . IFLA Journal . 1977 . 3 . 1 . 9–11 . 10.1177/034003527700300104. 108692977 .
  11. Corthouts . Jan . Julien Van Borm, a librarian for all seasons . Bibliotheek- & Archiefgids . 2007 . 19–21 . 2020-09-06 . 2020-07-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200720100636/https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/assets.vvbad.be/www.vvbad.be/production/meta-magazine-article-pdf-200706_Van%20Borm.pdf . dead .
  12. Book: Uchelen . Ton Croiset van . Dutch Typography in the Sixteenth Century: The Collected Works of Paul Valkema Blouw . https://books.google.com/books?id=cWVo7MZJ1fIC&pg=PR16. 7 June 2013. BRILL. 978-90-04-25655-2. 16. Preface.
  13. Vervliet . H. D. L. . Review: Koninklijk Bibliotheek en Nederlands Bibliotheekbeleid: Verspreide Geschriften, 1983–1990 . Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues . April 1992 . 4 . 1 . 79–80 . 10.1177/095574909200400106. 183942950 .
  14. Vervliet . H.D.L. . Gutenberg or Diderot? . Quaerendo . 1978 . 8 . 1 . 3–28 . 10.1163/157006978X00025.
  15. Van Borm . Julien . Frida Martens . Bibliotheek- & Archiefgids . 2007 . 23–4 . 2020-09-06 . 2020-07-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200720100636/https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/assets.vvbad.be/www.vvbad.be/production/meta-magazine-article-pdf-200706_Van%20Borm.pdf . dead .
  16. Mosley. James. James Mosley. Garamond, Griffo and Others: The Price of Celebrity. Bibliologia. 2006. 1. 1. 17–41. 3 December 2015. 10.1400/53248.
  17. Mosley . J. . James Mosley . The Palaeotypography of the French Renaissance: Selected Papers on Sixteenth-Century Typefaces. By HENDRIK D. L. VERVLIET. (Library of the Written Word, 6; The Handpress World, 4.) * French Renaissance Printing Types: A Conspectus. By HENDRIK D. L. VERVLIET. . The Library . 23 June 2011 . 12 . 2 . 175–178 . 10.1093/library/12.2.175.
  18. Lane . John A. . John A. Lane. The Printing Office of Gerrit Harmansz van Riemsdijck, Israël Abrahamsz de Paull, Abraham Olofsz, Andries Pietersz, Jan Claesz Groenewoudt & Elizabeth Abrahams Wiaer c.1660-1709 . . 27 June 2013 . 43 . 4 . 311–439 . 10.1163/15700690-12341283.
  19. Shaw . David . Granjon's Flowers: An Enquiry into Granjon's, Giolito's, and de Tournes' Ornaments, 1542–1586. By Hendrik D. L. Vervliet . The Library . June 2018 . 19 . 2 . 238–239 . 10.1093/library/19.2.238.
  20. Book: Vervliet . Hendrik D. L. . Robert Granjon, letter-cutter (1513-1590): an oeuvre-catalogue . 2018 . Oak Knoll Press . New Castle . 9781584563761 . First . 2 July 2020.
  21. Book: Vervliet . Hendrik D. L. . Granjon's flowers: an enquiry into Granjon's, Giolito's, and De Tournes' ornaments, 1542-86 . 2016 . Oak Knoll Press . New Castle . 9781584563556 . First . 2 July 2020.
  22. Web site: Boardley . John . Death of a Typeface . i love typography . 6 June 2020 . 4 July 2020.
  23. Janssen . Frans A. . Robert Granjon, Letter-cutter; 1513-1590: an oeuvre-catalogue, written by Hendrik D. L. Vervliet . Quaerendo . 8 November 2019 . 49 . 3 . 275–276 . 10.1163/15700690-12341446. 211647799 .
  24. Vervliet . Hendrik . The combinable type ornaments of Robert Granjon, 1564-1578 . Journal of the Printing Historical Society . 2015 . 25–61.
  25. Vervliet . Hendrik D L . Danfrie Reconsidered. Philippe Danfrié's (d. 1606) Civilite Types . The Library . March 2020 . 21 . 1 . 3–45 . 10.1093/library/21.1.3.
  26. van Impe. Steven. RareBookLibAntw . 1291261181404098562 . 6 August 2020 . Hendrik D.L. Vervliet has passed away, aged 96. A monument in #bookhistory, it would be impossible to say what was his most important publication. He wasn't able to finish his final article, on Granjon's civilité type..
  27. Book: van Borm . J . Simons . L . Het oude en het nieuwe boek : de oude en de nieuwe bibliotheek . 1988 . DNB/Uitgeverij Pelckmans . 9789028914025. Hendrik Désiré Louis Vervliet werd op 31 december 1923 geboren te Antwerpen in een eenvoudige arbeidersfamilie..

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