Prolegomena to the Adages : : Adagiorum Collectanea, Indexes to Erasmus' Adages / / Desiderius Erasmus.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press ebook package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Erasmus, Desiderius,
• TeilnehmendeR: Barker, William.; Grant, John N.
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Collected Works of Erasmus ; 30
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Erasmus' Adages --; The Adagiorum Collectanea --; Indexes to Erasmus' Adages --; Erasmus' 1528 Note on Indexes --; Greek Index of Erasmus' Adages --; Latin Index of Erasmus' Adages --; Index of Early Modern English Proverbs --; Erasmus' Index of Topics --; English Index of Erasmus' Adages --; Supplementary Index of Names in Erasmus' Adages --; Index of Scriptural References --; Works Frequently Cited
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781442617650; 9783110638967
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442617650
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Desiderius Erasmus.

After spending several months in England, Erasmus returned to Paris in the winter of 1500 and set about compiling a small anthology of classical proverbs known as the Adagiorum collectanea. This modest work became the basis for one of Erasmus' best known and longest works, when it was expanded in 1508 into the far more substantial Adagiorum chiliades. The essay that begins this introductory volume to the Adages explores the development of the Collectanea and its transformation into the Adagiorum chiliades. It is followed by the first annotated translation into English of the Collectanea. The second part of this volume contains a series of indexes to all of the adages found in CWE volumes 31-36: Greek; Latin; Early Modern English proverbs with possible sources or parallels in Erasmus; Erasmus' original topical index; and full indexes of all the proverbs and names mentioned by Erasmus. The Prolegomena to the Adages is a much needed resource for Erasmus and Renaissance scholars alike and it continues the excellence in scholarship which defines the entire series. Volume 30 of the Collected Works of Erasmus series.