Erasmian wit and proverbial wisdom
Subtitle: an illustrated moral compendium for François I : facsimile of a dismembered manuscript with introduction and description
By: Jean Michel Massing.
Series: Studies of the Warburg Institute ;; v. 43
Publisher: Warburg Institute, University of London
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; fre; grc; lat
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Demoulins, François, 16th cent. -- Illustrations.; Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536 -- Influence.; Francis I, King of France, 1494-1547 -- Books and reading.; Francis I, King of France, 1494-1547 -- Knowledge and learning.; Illumination of books and manuscripts, French -- Expertising.; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance -- France -- Expertising.; Manuscripts, French -- Facsimiles.; Didactic literature, French.
Genres: Illustrations.; Facsimiles.
Notes: Text in English; poetic passages in Latin, Greek, and French, some accompanied by English translations.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [105]-108) and indexes.
Black-and-white photographs and transcription of a dismembered manuscript of the so-called Speculum principis, attributed to François Demoulins, written for François I.