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Both were learned , but Valla not nearly so much as St. Jerome ; for , besides the fact that Valla knew no Hebrew , he had not the advantage of the slightest knowledge of Chaldaic and the other Eastern languages into which the ...
Both were learned , but Valla not nearly so much as St. Jerome ; for , besides the fact that Valla knew no Hebrew , he had not the advantage of the slightest knowledge of Chaldaic and the other Eastern languages into which the ...
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In 1470 a splendid edition of St. Jerome's works , as far as typography is concerned , was issued in Rome , under the pontificate of Paul II ; but since the Greek and Hebrew words had been omitted , and no distinction had been drawn ...
In 1470 a splendid edition of St. Jerome's works , as far as typography is concerned , was issued in Rome , under the pontificate of Paul II ; but since the Greek and Hebrew words had been omitted , and no distinction had been drawn ...
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In the above quotation we catch Erasmus in one of his moments of exaltation , when St. Jerome and not Valla is in the ascendant . But it was only for an instant , and it was only the intellectual part of Jerome that so moved him .
In the above quotation we catch Erasmus in one of his moments of exaltation , when St. Jerome and not Valla is in the ascendant . But it was only for an instant , and it was only the intellectual part of Jerome that so moved him .
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| Title | Life, Character & Influence of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, Volume 2 Life, Character & Influence of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, John Joseph Mangan Volume 2 of Life, Character & Influence of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam: Derived from a Study of His Works and Correspondence, John Joseph Mangan |
| Author | John Joseph Mangan |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1927 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 427 pages |
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