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Zsámboky János
1531—1584)

János Zsámboky or János Zsámboki or János Sámboki, (with his humanist name Latin: Johannes Sambucus, or Johannes Pannonicus Sambucus) was a Hungarian humanist scholar: physician, philologist and historian.

He was the composer of the most renowned Hungarian Emblemata book: Emblemata cum aliquot nummis antiqui operis, Ioannis Sambuci Tirnaviensis Pannonii. (1564). Sambucus' emblem book was edited five times and it was translated into French and Dutch. He also wrote the Icones veterum aliquot ac recentium Medicorum Philosophorumque in 1574, published in Antwerpen.

One of the basic features of humanism - including the humanism of the Kingdom of Hungary - was its intense interest in ancient culture. Its integral part is also the imperial portrait preserved especially on coins and in busts. Johannes Sambucus, the famous poet, historian and physician, also active as a royal counsellor to the Viennese Imperial Court of Ferdinand I, was not only an object of such renewed interest.

Slovakia, 2011, János Zsámboky

Slovakia, 2011.11.25, Trnavia. János Zsámboky