Badius, Josse (Jodocus)

Badius, Josse (Jodocus)

surnamed Ascensius because he was born (in 1462) at Asshe, near Brussels, was a Flemish scholar who taught Greek at Lyons and Paris. He died in 1535. A noted printer, he himself composed some works, among them, Psallteiun B. Marice, Versibus:-Navicula Stultarum Miulierulm, an at; tack on the vices of women:-Vita Thomcea a Kempis: Navis Stultiferce Collectanea, in Latin verse (1513, rare). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.