Jodocus Badius
Jodocus Badius (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; 1462 – 1535), also known as Template:Nowrap, Template:Nowrap, and Template:Nowrap,Template:Sfnp was a pioneer of the printing industry, a grammarian, and a pedagogue.
LifeEdit
Josse Badius was born in the village of Asse (formerly Assche) near Brussels in Flemish Brabant in AD 1462.Template:Sfnp He was a scholar of considerable repute, studying in Brussels and Ferrara and teaching Greek for several years at Lyons, France.Template:Sfnp During the years 1492–1498, while in Lyon, he began working as a proofreader and editor for the printer Jean Trechsel.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
He moved to Paris, where he established his own printing house in the year 1503, which eventually took the name {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}.Template:Sfnp With 775 editions,Template:Sfnp it served as one of the most active publishers during the first three decades of the 16th century. He specialized in Roman classical texts in Latin, often with his own {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} for the student market.Template:Citation needed For example, for the 2nd-century BC Roman playwright Terence, Badius printed a Praenotamenta in 1502.Template:Sfn This introduced the subject of Roman comedy through a lengthy treatment of general theories of poetry and thorough discussion of its origins, development, and classifications. He also published work by contemporary humanist writers.Template:Sfnp He frequently worked with or for Johannes Parvus (Jean Petit), the era's most important bookseller and publisher.
He was also the author of numerous pieces, amongst which are a life of Thomas a Kempis and a satire on the follies of women entitled Navicula Stultarum Mulierum.Template:Sfnp
Badius died in 1535.Template:Sfnp His epitaph was written by his grandson Henry Stephanus.Template:Sfnp His work was continued by his 2nd son, Conrad.Template:Citation needed After Conrad confessed to being a Huguenot, he was forced to flee to Calvinist Geneva in 1549.Template:Citation needed
GalleryEdit
- Prelum Atcensianum.jpg
Another woodcut printer's mark of the Prelum Ascensianum ("press of Ascensius") in 1508.Template:Sfnp
- Prelum Ascensianum-monogram--free.jpg
The monogram I V A B (Iodocus Van Asche Badius) in the lower part of the same printer's mark.