GORLÆUS, ABRAHAM, an eminent antiquary, born at Antwerp, who gained a great reputation by collecting medals and other antique remains. He was chiefly fond of the rings and seals of the ancients, of which he published a prodigious number in 1601, under the title of Lictiotheca; sive Annulorum Sigillarum, quorum apud pios tam Græcos quam Romanos usus ex ferro, ære, argento, et auro, Promptuarium. This was the first part of his work; the second, entitled Variarum Gemmarum, quibus antiquitas in signando uti solita sculpturæ, appeared afterwards. This work has undergone several editions, the last of which is that of Leyden, 1695, containing a great number of cuts, and also a short explanation of these by Gonorius. In 1680 he published a collection of medals, which, however, if we may believe the Scaligerana, it is not safe always to trust. Gorlæus selected Delft as the place of his residence, and died there in 1609.