| II-9 Ordinis Secundi Tomus Nonus: Adagiorum Collectanea Contributor(s): Heinimann, Felix (Editor), Van Poll-Van de Lisdonk, M. L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0444519416 ISBN-13: 9780444519412 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $193.80 Product Type: Hardcover Language: German Published: August 2005 Annotation: This edition of the complete works of Erasmus of Rotterdam is arranged according to the division into nine ordines which Erasmus himself laid down for the posthumous publication of his collected works. Each ordo is devoted to a specific literary or thematic category. In this edition, each text is preceded by an historical introduction, and is accompanied by two sets of notes: an apparatus criticus (i.e. the text-critical notes) and a commentary, in which Erasmus' sources are identified and references to contemporary persons and events clarified. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Library & Information Science - General - Computers | Systems Architecture - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Series: Opera Omnia Desiderii Erasmi - Erasmus, Opera Omnia |
| Physical Information: 1.53" H x 7.1" W x 10.1" (3.00 lbs) 504 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The ninth and last volume of the Adagia (Proverbs) of the Amsterdam edition of the Latin texts of Erasmus gives an introduction in German and a critical edition of the Latin text of the Collectanea, an early collection of proverbs, which differs from lter editions of the Adages. The text is accompanied by notes in German that trace Erasmus' sources and give linguistic, historical, philological and, where appropriate, theological background information. This volume also comprises general indices to volumes II, 1-9. |
