Latin Translation in the Renaissance by Paul Botley - 9780521837170

Latin Translation in the RenaissanceThe Theory and Practice of Leonardo Bruni, Giannozzo Manetti and Desiderius Erasmus\nAuthor(s): Paul Botley\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521837170, 978-0521837170\nSynopsis\nLatin translations of Greek works have received much less attention than vernacular translations of classical works. This book examines the work of three Latin translators of the Renaissance. The versions of Aristotle made by Leonardo Bruni [tel] were among the most controversial translations of the fifteenth century and he defended his methods in the first modern treatise on translation, De interpretatione recta. Giannozzo Manetti [tel] produced versions of Aristotle and the Bible and he too ultimately felt obliged to publish his own defence of the translator's art, Apologeticus. Desiderius Erasmus (c. [tel] chose to defend his own translation of the New Testament, one of the most co.