Erasmus – Collectanea Adagiorum,1500 The Adages of Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus

Erasmus Adagia: Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, c.1469-1536 ,published an annotated collection of Greek and Latin proverbs entitled Collectanea Adagiorum,  in Paris in 1500, with around eight hundred entries. By 1508, Erasmus had expanded the collection titled Adagiorum chiliades (Thousands of proverbs) to over 3,000 items, commentaries and essays on political and moral topics. The work continued to expand up to … Continue reading →