Comoediae and Vita Terentii by Publius Terentius Afer and Francesco Petrarca - 1496: Gloss and commentary by Aelius Donatus, Guido Juvenalis and Jodocus Badius Ascensius
by Publius Terentius Afer and Francesco Petrarca
Comoediae and Vita Terentii: Gloss and commentary by Aelius Donatus, Guido Juvenalis and Jodocus Badius Ascensius
by Publius Terentius Afer and Francesco Petrarca
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With 165 woodcuts (8 full-page, including 1 repeat) by the Master of the Grüninger Terence in contemporary colouring.
The texts contain traditionally the interlinear gloss and commentary by the Roman grammarian and teacher of rhetoric Aelius Donatus (fl. 4th century AD), here added by commentary of Guido Juvenalis and Jodocus Badius Ascensius. These extensive additions are set in a smaller type surrounding the main text of the plays.
This edition is abundantly illustrated with remarkable woodcuts by the 'Master of the Grüninger Terence', named from the present work, who frequently worked for Grüninger, and represents the Strasbourg woodcut at its height. With his advanced technique of fine and narrow hatching this artist marks a stylistic shift in German book illustration, particularly in representing tone and dimensionality. Grüninger's Latin Terence of 1496 is the first important work with the cuts in the new style. In the present copy, the illustration is enhanced with contemporary colouring in mostly muted tones of brown-red, pale yellow, grey-blue, brown, and green as the only bright colour.
The texts contain traditionally the interlinear gloss and commentary by the Roman grammarian and teacher of rhetoric Aelius Donatus (fl. 4th century AD), here added by commentary of Guido Juvenalis and Jodocus Badius Ascensius. These extensive additions are set in a smaller type surrounding the main text of the plays.
This edition is abundantly illustrated with remarkable woodcuts by the 'Master of the Grüninger Terence', named from the present work, who frequently worked for Grüninger, and represents the Strasbourg woodcut at its height. With his advanced technique of fine and narrow hatching this artist marks a stylistic shift in German book illustration, particularly in representing tone and dimensionality. Grüninger's Latin Terence of 1496 is the first important work with the cuts in the new style. In the present copy, the illustration is enhanced with contemporary colouring in mostly muted tones of brown-red, pale yellow, grey-blue, brown, and green as the only bright colour.
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- Illustrator Master of the Grüninger Terence
- Format/Binding Dark brown 16th-century calf over bevelled wooden boards, tooled with fillets in blind and ornamental rolls and centrepieces in
- Book Condition Used
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition Second illustrated edition
- Publisher Johann Grüninger
- Place of Publication Strasbourg
- Date Published 1496
- Size 305 x 217 mm
- Keywords early printing, theatre, drama, european theatre, comedies, classics, classical studies
- Size 305 x 217 mm
