Erasmian Wit and Proverbial Wisdom. An Illustrated Moral Compendium for François I. Facsimile of a Dismembered Manuscript with Introduction and Description. - MASSING, J.M.,
an illustrated moral compendium for François I : facsimile of a dismembered manuscript with introduction and description
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Erasmus of Rotterdam had his first great success in 1500, when his 'Adages' were published in Venice. the Greek and Roman proverbs which he recorded and explained in this book met the Renaissance taste for ancient ethical precepts which could be used as a guide to living in the modern world. In many later editions the maxims were vastly increased in number and Erasmus's commentaries often lengthened into moral essays. The 'Adages' became one of the most popular Latin books of the sixteenth century. Jean Michel Massing's edition of a unique manuscript provides an important early example of the influence, direct and indirect, exerted by Erasmus. In this vividly illustrated set of pithy texts, word and image enhance each other in a way that prefigures the emblematic form which was to become so influential throughout Europe. As is demonstrated in the Introduction, the manuscript was intended for the character training of the future King François I. Its texts were chosen by the young prince's tutor, François Demou...
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1995Uitgever: Warburg Institute212 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 085481096XISBN-13: 9780854810963Koop dit boek tweedehands
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University of London, 1995. XI,212,XXXp. Original off white cloth. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: MASSING, J.M.,] [Uitgever: Warburg Institute] [Jaar: 1995] [Titel: Erasmian Wit and Proverbial Wisdom. An Illustrated Moral Compendium for François I. Facsimile of a Dismembered Manuscript with Introduction and Description.]
