Hercules in Venice: Aldus Manutius and the making of Erasmian humanism
A famous portrait of Erasmus by Hans Holbein depicts the scholar with his hands resting on a volume identified as his ‘Herculean Labours’. Erasmus associated this adage with the effort expended and ingratitude encountered by the philologist, and made it central to his self-presentation. In this ar...
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Warburg Institute
2019
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