Year/Century: 16th century
Language: Latin
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Binding: Vellum
Description: Terentius Publius Afer. Elegantissimo Sex P. Terrentii Comoedae. Erasmus's contribution as front, Terence's comedies bound in authentic blind-stamped pigskin dated 1575 (Brylingeri, 1567 [26], 643, [3, blank] pages. Provenance: Phillipus Mylius's early ink ownership signature on the title, along with inscriptions from other early owners. Dimensions: 4" by 6.5"; extensive marginalia; rear blanks; additional annotations in places to text; clasps absent; tail torn; corners split; entire rubbed; contents lightly foxed and occasionally mildly stained; some ink to title and elsewhere. Text in Latin. Known by his stage name Terence, Publius Terentius Afer (c. 195/185 – c. 159? BC) was an African-born Roman dramatist who lived during the Roman Republic. His comedies were initially presented in the period between 170 and 160 BC. A Roman senator named Terentius Lucanus took Terence to Rome as a slave, educated him, and then, after being impressed with his skills, set him free. At the age of twenty-five, Terence suddenly passed away, most likely from a shipwreck or illness while returning to Rome from Greece.It was said that he was traveling to discover new stories for his comedy to be based on. During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, his plays were widely utilized as a means of teaching Latin, and Shakespeare even occasionally copied them.
The well-known phrase "Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto"—which appears in Terence's play Heauton Timorumenos—reads, "I am human, and I think nothing human is alien to me."
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