Janos Zsamboky (1531-1584), Hungarian humanist. Zsamboky was born at Nagyszombat (now called Trnava in Slovakia) into a wealthy family. He was educated at several universities throughout central Europe including Vienna, Leipzig and Wittenberg. During a trip to Padua he studied medicine and qualified as a physician, a position he held at court on his return to Hungary. Zsamboky wrote the first Hungarian Emblemata, a book containing images with linked texts (the 'emblems') that were intended to inspire the reader to reflect on a particular moral lesson. His book was published in 1564 and was published through five editions and was translated into French and Dutch. This woodcut comes from van Opmeer's Opus chronographicum orbis universi, published at Antwerp in 1611.