II-1 Ordinis Secundi Tomus Primus: Adagiorum Chilias Prima, Centuriae I-V (Opera Omnia Desiderii Erasmi - Erasmus, Opera Omnia) - Hardcover

9780444897435: II-1 Ordinis Secundi Tomus Primus: Adagiorum Chilias Prima, Centuriae I-V (Opera Omnia Desiderii Erasmi - Erasmus, Opera Omnia)

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ISBN 10: 0444897437 ISBN 13: 9780444897435

Publisher: Brill, 1993

Ordo II comprises the work that made Erasmus famous, namely the Adagia (Proverbs) some of which were extended into essays. This first volume of the Adages in the Amsterdam edition of the Latin texts of Erasmus gives a general introduction to the Adages in German, as well as a critical edition of the Latin text of the first half of the first thousand Adages. The text is accompanied by notes, also in German, that trace Erasmus' sources and give linguistic, historical, philological and, where necessary, theological background information that helps to understand the text and Erasmus' way of working.

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About the Author

Edwin Rabbie, Ph.D. (1986) in Classics, University of Amsterdam, LL.M. (1994), Leiden University, is justice in the district court of The Hague. He has published critical editions of Hugo Grotius and other Neo-Latin authors.

Review

Professor Miller's Latin text has been prepared with admirable care and is based on a collation of all thirty-eight editions published before 1640. His description of each of these early editions and their interrelationships establishes for the first time an authoritative textual history for the Moria. His survey of the work's sources is unusually well-balanced, with special attention to classical influences and to late mediaeval models. Professor Miller's annotations to the text are impressive in their scope and should add significantly to our understanding of Erasmus' satire. In short, his annotations prove him equal to the extraordinary demands placed on an editor by Erasmus' penchant for learned joking, by his broad reading, and by his panoramic criticism of Renaissance society. Erasmus, who spent so much effort in making the classics of the past accessible to his contemporaries, would surely be pleased at the learning and scholarly care Professor Miller has brought to this edition of his own satirical classic. -- Renaissance Quarterly

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