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Fourteenth Annual Margaret Mann Phillips Lecture: Of Mice and Men: Aelurus Colocci's Invectives Against Erasmus.

An unusual view of Erasmus comes from sixteenth-century Rome, in a series of poems that portray the sage of Rotterdam through the eyes of Aelurus, the beloved cat of Angelo Colocci (1474–1548), humanist, socialite, book collector, antiquarian, and undisputed expert on the length of the ancient Roman...

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Published in:Erasmus of Rotterdam Society Yearbook Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 29 - 43
Main Author: Rowland, Ingrid D.
Format: Article
Published: Brill Academic Publishers 2008
Subjects:
Sixteenth century
Social history
Lectionaries & Christian union
Invective
Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536
Colocci, Angelo
Roman civilization
Rome
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Summary:An unusual view of Erasmus comes from sixteenth-century Rome, in a series of poems that portray the sage of Rotterdam through the eyes of Aelurus, the beloved cat of Angelo Colocci (1474–1548), humanist, socialite, book collector, antiquarian, and undisputed expert on the length of the ancient Roman foot.