Erasmus House

Erasmus House, Maison d'Erasme, or Erasmushuis

Erasmus House is a museum in Anderlecht, a municipality in Brussels, devoted to the Dutch humanist writer Erasmus.[1] The house was built in 1458, and it was a school in 1515 under the tutelage of Pieter Wijchmans, a friend of Erasmus, who stayed there for 5 months in 1521 working on his translation of the New Testament from Greek into Latin.[2] The building was converted to a museum in 1931. Its garden is split into two parts that both try to adhere to the spirit of Erasmus; one through art and the other through medicinal herbs from the 16th century.

References

  1. ↑ "Erasmus House". Museum website. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Erasmushuis Anderlecht

Coordinates: 50°50′11″N 4°18′29″E / 50.8365°N 4.3081°E / 50.8365; 4.3081

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