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Adagia

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Adagia

Collection of Latin proverbs and allusions published by the Dutch humanist Erasmus in 1500. The texts and his commentaries were meant to encourage the use of a correct and elegant Latin style. The book quickly became enormously successful, with numerous editions appearing during the 16th century.

The first version, Collectanea adagiorum, appeared in Paris and was dedicated to Erasmus's English pupil and patron Lord Mountjoy. It contained about 800 entries. By the time of the second edition, Chiliades adagiorum, published by the Aldine Press in Venice 1508, Erasmus had expanded the collection to over 3000 entries, including a number of Greek sayings.



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) I have searched in Erasmus' Adagia, histories of La Rochelle, Sainean's socio-linguistic inventory of Beroalde's style and lexicon, and Huguet -- all to no avail.
Reverse transmutations: Beroalde de Verville's parody of Paracelsus ... by Giordano, Michael J. / Renaissance Quarterly
Out of eleven editions authorized by Erasmus, Eden concentrates on three: the preliminary Collectanea with 818 adages (Paris, 1500), the first Adagia with about 3260 (Venice, 1508), and the second Adagia with about 3400 (Basel, 1515).
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) For example, the Adagia appeared on the book list of Giovanni Battista Francino, curate of Agnona, who studied Latin grammar, rhetoric, philosophy, and theology at the Brera college in Milan.
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