Perizonius

Perizonius (or Accinctus) was the name[clarification needed] of Jakob Voorbroek (26 October 1651 – 6 April 1715), a Dutch classical scholar, who was born at Appingedam in Groningen.

He was the son of Anton Perizonius (1626–1672), the author of a once well-known treatise, De ratione studii theologici.

Having studied at the University of Utrecht, he was appointed in 1682 to the chair of eloquence and history at Franeker through the influence of J. G. Graevius and Nikolaes Heinsius.

C. L. Bauer, 1793–1801), one of the last developments of the study of Latin grammar in its pre-scientific stage, when the phenomena of language were still regarded as for the most part disconnected, conventional or fortuitous.

The manuscript includes many richly decorated pages depicting the historic invasion of Germany by the Hungarians.

Perizonius
Manuscript from the Collection Perizonius (Leiden University Library, PER F 17)